Cold, Empty Mattresses And Falling Stars

*Cassidy's POV*

"Okay these are the last three dresses, they are all wearing the same gown but Tamara's is a darker shade for the maid of honor" Becca smiled as she walked back in, I nodded and continued to finish the strawberries, we've been here for 45 minutes, went through 15 different dresses and we still can't decide what dress we like the most, finally the girls come waltzing back in, they all look stunning, I smiled and nodded, "What do you guys think?" I asked, "I am in loooveee!" Katelynne smiled as she admired herself in the mirror, "I mean I don't actually wear dresses but I really like this one and it's comfortable" she smiled nodding at me, "I reaallyy like this!" Tamara said brushing herself down, "Becca I think we'll take them" I grinned but it slowly wore off as I realized that I am just about to go through the same experience, "Great let's get you started" she said clapping her hands and leading me out, there was a rack of white dresses, "I know you don't want to be here for ever so pick four and we'll get you started" she smiled exaggerating the word ever, I nodded and looked at them before choosing four different dresses, the first one was a fit and flare which had lace detail but the dress was white and the detail was a dark gray which just made it look old and dirty, the next was a drop waist ballgown which was uncomfortable and hard to walk in, the third was a sheath one with a belt and it was kind of boring so I didn't want that, the fourth was a modified a line with a peach tone to it and it was not the most aesthetically pleasing, the another upsetting thing was that 3/4 of them showed off my annoyingly growing baby bump, as I gave up hope and decided to come back tomorrow I saw that while I was surfing through the dresses at the start that I had dropped one, when I picked it up to put it back on the rack it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, "Becca?" I asked, "Mmhmm" she said as she was about to walk back into the room, "Can I try this on?" I asked, she looked at me and smiled, "Absolutely" she said before leading me back to the changing rooms, when I had it on, I felt like I made a statement and for once I felt like I was beautiful, "Do you want to show the girls?" She asked, I looked at it in the mirror a last time to see if it hid my baby bump or not, thankfully it did, I smiled and nodded before she picked up my train and walked through, when I entered the room everyone gasped excitedly and I knew this was the one.

As we were driving home I dropped Katelynne off at hers with her bridesmaid dress, then Lynn at hers with her bridesmaid dress and finally Tamara at dad's, it was 4pm so he was out with Mike and the guys getting their suits fitted, "Can you keep your dress and my dress here, it's just I know Mike will go snooping for it" I laughed, she nodded as we sat at the kitchen table, "I miss this house" I sighed as I watched Tamara making me a coffee, "I miss you" she said, "I mean, three years ago, you weren't moving out or getting married" she laughed sitting down and handing me my cup, "I know, it's crazy" I said breathing out a small laugh, "So how many guests are you expecting?" She asked, "Well we sent the everything out last week as you know and we received 155 RSVPS out of 158, so we are just going to lay the tables out for 158 as planned" I sighed, "158 is a lot of people for a wedding" she laughed as she sipped her tea, "I know but if you think about it there is Mike's family, you guys and all our friends so we've done pretty well" I shrugged, she nodded thoughtfully, "Is Austin, going to be there?" She asked concerned, "Yeah, I invited him, as much as Mike hated the idea of it, I didn't want to be rude" I explained, "Did he RSVP?" She asked, I shook my shook my head staring into the cup, if I'm honest I didn't expect him to, she opened her mouth to say something but closed it as her phone started to go off, "It's dad" she said checking her texts, "He's on his way home now, do you wanna show him the dress, or hide it from him until the day?" She asked, "I'll hide it" I nodded panicking as I rushed to the car and got them, racing upstairs and putting them in Tamara's pull out drawer, it's big enough to fit them lying down so they won't crumple and it's her underwear drawer so Dad doesn't go in there, I ran back down just in time for him to come through the door, "Hey baby" he smiled hugging me, "Hi daddy" I smiled back, "Hi dad!" Tamara shouted from the kitchen, "Hey sweet pea" he laughed rolling his eyes, "Are you already for your big day?" He asked, I nodded nervously through gritted teeth as the day was literally 4 weeks away.

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