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Arabella was adding the finishing touches to her hair, which was a messy side-do, but on her it looked perfect, fitting even. She smiled at herself in the mirror, and laughed a little bit at herself. She was excited for a wedding. Her wedding. Her wedding, to a stranger. It sounded silly when she said the words aloud to herself, but she knew it was only the truth. After doting on this for a while, she heard light footsteps pitter-patter down the hallway, and then a knock on her door. She got up, shuffling a bit to get to the door, so as not to step on the dress.
As she opened the door, a maid greeted her warmly, "Follow me this way, dear." Ara nodded and followed the maid who led her though a series of long, twisting hallways and through doors, eventually reaching a glass door that would lead her to her destiny..right? She picked up the end of her dress a little as they set foot on the soft grassy terrain. Ara continued to follow the maid through the garden, birds singing jubilant songs of joy and matrimony as it seemed. Ara craned her neck to see if maybe the grooms were visible, but they were not in sight. She stopped abruptly, as the maid did also, in front of a door. She opened it, and stretched her arm in laying it against the door, as if to gesture, 'go on in.'
Ara followed these subtle directions thanking the maid and smiling at her, and entering the room. She longed to see her soon-to-be husband, and meet him. That's when it dawned on her that she would have to kiss him. She had forgotten. Well, only if this is going to be a traditional wedding, she noted. Kissing a stranger. Reminded her of that video 'FIRST KISS.' Her sister and mother had fangirled over that video, but Ara saw it to be cute, but seemingly fake. What strangers would kiss like that?
Snapping sharply back to reality, Ara acknowledged the female host smiling brightly and standing in front of her. Ara smiled accordingly, mirroring the host's smile, and wondered what it was she was to do now.
As she opened the door, a maid greeted her warmly, "Follow me this way, dear." Ara nodded and followed the maid who led her though a series of long, twisting hallways and through doors, eventually reaching a glass door that would lead her to her destiny..right? She picked up the end of her dress a little as they set foot on the soft grassy terrain. Ara continued to follow the maid through the garden, birds singing jubilant songs of joy and matrimony as it seemed. Ara craned her neck to see if maybe the grooms were visible, but they were not in sight. She stopped abruptly, as the maid did also, in front of a door. She opened it, and stretched her arm in laying it against the door, as if to gesture, 'go on in.'
Ara followed these subtle directions thanking the maid and smiling at her, and entering the room. She longed to see her soon-to-be husband, and meet him. That's when it dawned on her that she would have to kiss him. She had forgotten. Well, only if this is going to be a traditional wedding, she noted. Kissing a stranger. Reminded her of that video 'FIRST KISS.' Her sister and mother had fangirled over that video, but Ara saw it to be cute, but seemingly fake. What strangers would kiss like that?
Snapping sharply back to reality, Ara acknowledged the female host smiling brightly and standing in front of her. Ara smiled accordingly, mirroring the host's smile, and wondered what it was she was to do now.