Chapter 0818

Shaking my head, I turned without another word and stormed out of the fitting room. I took the two strides across the hall to Jessica's fitting room and knocked on the door, folding my arms across my chest.

"Jess? You in there?"

There was a muffled thump in the fitting room, followed by the sounds of someone rustling around. Finally, the door cracked open to reveal one bewildered blue eye peeking out at me.

"What's up?"

"You know this isn't working, right?"

Jessica paused, her full face coming into view as she cracked the door open a little wider. I knew she had heard everything and I knew, considering the fact that we had been here for hours already and that the frustration between the two of them was only mounting, that she felt the same way.

"But... tradition..."

are you two

But I also knew that she knew that I was right; she and Lori had never been 'traditional '. In fact, when that arbitrary

Now, they could pave their

she whispered.

voice called out. "Not in this awful

too, you know," she called out. "Maybe we should just laugh about it together, like we

practically hear the gears turning in Lori's

get out here," I said, unable to keep

her gown closed in the front. Her hair was a tousled mess of curls,

off as her eyes fell on Jessica standing there in her dress. Lori's mouth dropped open, all

to drink in the sight of her fiancee as if she

could see the pleased smile tugging at her lips, the blush spreading

few strides, Lori had crossed the space between them, cradling Jessica's face in her hands. "Jess, you're so... beautiful," she murmured, punctuating the last word with a lingering

as I watched them, a wave of pure happiness for my friends washing over

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