She giggled at me and turned her body around again, bringing her lips just inches away from mine. “Are you ready to ditch this place then? Ally will never have to know.”
I scooped her up in my arms just the way she liked it and made a beeline through the crowd. I didn’t have to be asked twice.
Chapter 4
Leah
“There you are, Leah Rossi! I know you sneaked out on me last night and just left without a goodbye. I bet you think you’re so sneaky, but you’re not. You’re lucky it’s your wedding day or I’d beat the shit out of you right now. I don’t think a black eye would be too pretty in the wedding pictures though.” Ally huffed out a breath, before climbing into the pedicure chair beside me and dipping her feet into the steaming water with a sigh. Remy was already on the other side of me after we had met up for breakfast. Apparently, Ally had a later night than the both of us. I wonder who exactly it was with.
“Just relax, Al. Me and Chase don’t get much alone time, so we’re going to take advantage of it while we can. We had fun with everything you planned out, so thank you.”
“Well, I guess that’s okay then, as long as you had fun before and after.” She wiggled her eyebrows at me, not even needing an answer for that. She knew perfectly well all about Chase’s amazing skills. I’m pretty sure she was sick of hearing about them.
“So Rem, you excited to start school? Can you believe we’re almost done?” Remy and I both had equal amount of credits so we would be getting our nursing degrees at the end of the fall semester.
“Yes,” she answered back while handing the technician a bottle of bright red nail polish that she had picked out, which matched her hair perfectly. “I just can’t believe that we’re almost finished, its surreal. Then I just have to figure out where I want to go and start applying for jobs. Who knows where Mark will be or if we’ll end up staying together.”
I knew she had been worrying about that lately and their relationship seemed to be a little strained because of it. The Major Hoosiers had been offered the opportunity to open for a pretty big band and they would be on the road for a while if they accepted, which I was pretty sure they would be doing.
“Well, at least you have a little bit of time to decide on all of that. Hopefully, you’ll figure out everything with Mark.” Remy nodded her head silently, but I could tell she was stuck on the whole Mark thing.
I loved Chase with all of my heart, but who knows if we would’ve ended up staying together if he had continued to be in the band. I don’t know if I could handle having a boyfriend on the road even though I trusted him completely. It was those groupies that I didn’t trust.
“So Al, what did you end up doing for the rest of the night after we left? Seems like you were out pretty late.” I raised an eyebrow at her, but she avoided looking at me. Instead, her toes looked very interesting all of a sudden.
“Oh, nothing. Just danced a little, walked on the beach for a bit. Nothing too exciting.”
I snorted when she said it. I knew her too well, basically every word out of her mouth had just been a lie, but I decided to let it go. For now.
We were pampered for the rest of the day, getting our toes and nails done, and then getting massages. Lunch was brought to us while we were soaking in our whirlpool with our special facial masks on. I felt fancy eating those tiny little finger sandwiches with cucumbers on them. I had never before been so catered to in my life. Mary had really outdone herself with all of this and I was really going to need to figure out a good way to repay her.
After our soaking, all three of us were put into white fluffy robes and were escorted to the salon in the resort. We weren’t doing anything too fancy so I just got my hair styled with my usual curls and a crown of braids added to the front. Ally and Remy both got theirs put up into a simple twist and then we made our way up to their room where we were getting ready for the ceremony.
“Oh my,” Remy breathed out after helping me slip the simple white dress that flowed around my ankles, carefully over my hair. The minute I had seen this dress at the bridal store, I knew it was going to be perfect for our ceremony. There was a lace overlay over the thin material and it tied around my neck, leaving my back completely exposed. “You look gorgeous; I can’t wait till Chase sees you. He won’t have any idea what to do with himself. He’s probably going to faint.”
Chapter 5
Chase
The day had passed by slower than I had thought possible. Teddy, Mark, and I hung out at the beach all day, after my mom made sure I was lathered up in plenty of sunscreen, like I was five years old again. The girls definitely had more pampering to do on the wedding day than us guys.