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Alexis took a deep breath before looking herself in the mirror. She was wearing a gorgeous long, laced white dress that had been made especially for her by the great Ana de Luca. She ignored the exact cost of the exclusive dress, but she knew it was extremely expensive.

An old memory started to creep into her mind. The memory of another white dress in another life, a life that seemed so far away now that she wondered if it all had been a beautiful dream or a terrible nightmare.

2010

“Guys, I’m getting married in less than a month! I need to find the perfect dress” She sighed looking around the retail store “Everything here is …generic”

“Well, Alexis you don’t have much choice. You thought the designer store I took you was too expensive, and you don’t like the retail store either” Olivia sighed annoyed “We’ve gone through Plan A and Plan B, what’s next?”

Max grinned “I know a little vintage shop just around the corner. They have great, original, cheap clothes”

Olivia couldn’t hide her disgust “Vintage?”

Alexis jumped into Maxwell’s arms “That’s just perfect Max!”

After walking a few minutes, they arrived at the store.

Alexis’s eyes wandered through the store “I hope I could find something that will leave him speechless”

“Please, Blossom, that guy is so lost for you, you could arrive in a jean shirt and he’d still be mesmerized”

Olivia arched her brow contemptuously “Well, that’s probably because that’s what he’ll be wearing himself”

Alexis warned her friend “That’s strike one, Liv. I don’t know why you hate him so much”

Olivia scoffed “He’s in last year of his Veterinarian degree but you’re about to start your second year, Alexis. Why do you want to get married right now? Do like everyone else, fuck him in every classroom of the university and move on” She squinted at her “Are you sure you’re not pregnant?”

Alexis rolled her eyes “First of all, you’re the only one that fucks in classrooms, Liv. And for the hundredth time, no I’m not pregnant. We’re just crazy about each other. I can’t even explain it” She sighed “he’s my whole world and I’m his”

Max talked while he looked through the racks “Well, I for one, think is inspiring, Lexie. I’ve never seen anyone more in love than the two of you”

Olivia nodded “Well, that’s true, you’re disgusting when you’re together”

Alexis shook her head amused. “Strike two, Liv” She turned to Max “Did you find something?

Max answered from the back of the store with his arms full of white dresses. “Only this, Blossom. Let’s the parade begin!”

After two hours trying different outfits, Alexis had chosen a long, white, bohemian dress, that would suit perfectly the simple wedding they were planning.  

Maxwell was almost jumping “You look gorgeous Blossom!”

Olivia nodded “The bastard won’t know what hit him”

Alexis looked herself in the mirror beaming, she had never felt so elated before in her life.

Maxwell saw the tears in his best friend’s eyes and took her by her shoulders “Is everything ok, Lexie?”

Alexis wiped the happy tears with the back of her hand “I was just thinking that I can’t wait to be his wife”

Drake entered the address Liam had given shaking his head, it was an exclusive, expensive store. He definitely couldn’t afford it. One day, Liam would understand that they didn’t belong to the same world.

“Drake, over here” Liam waved at him.

“Hi, Li. This store is way above my possibilities, man. I just need a suit”

“Come on, Drake. You only get married once, or at least that’s the plan” he teased.

Drake smiled thinking about her “There won’t be no one else, Liam. I’ve never been so sure about anything else before in my life”

Liam nodded “I know, Drake. That’s why I brought you here, plus, I’m the best man. The suit is on me. She deserves to have the best day possible”

“And she will if I don’t spend our whole budget in the damn suit. I appreciate your offer, but I can buy the suit myself. Let’s go to another store, one that I can actually afford”

They got into Drake’s jeep, and he started driving.

Liam watched his best friend, feeling almost jealous. Drake was going to marry the love of his life. Alexis. As usual, when his mind drifted to her, Liam tried to think about something else, he couldn’t allow himself to go there. “We have been friends all our lives, Drake. You can trust me, is money a problem? I could lend you some”

Drake shook his head. He had inherited his father’s house after he had passed and his internship at the veterinary clinic was a paid job. It was a small house and the internship didn’t pay much, but they would manage.

“It’s not that, Li. I’m just trying to be careful. Lexie is always exhausted from studying all day and working all night in that bar, so I’ll try to convince her to quit waitressing. I’m also saving to take her to that trip in South America she dreams about. We won’t be able to do It right away because of my internship, but maybe in the summer”  

Liam chuckled “I can’t get over the fact that the brooding, dark and cynic Drake Walker is so ‘in love’ that he’s planning a honeymoon. Who would’ve thought?”

Drake didn’t reply anything, but he was wearing such a mushy grin that Liam punched him playfully in the arm “You disgust me, man. Who are you and what did you do with my best friend?”

Drake shook his head “I don’t know what the fuck she did to me, Liam. I only know that I can’t wait to make her my wife”

Alexis spent her days trying to forget all about those days, the days with him. She was starting a new life in less than two months. And after all, she had been through, after all the heartbreak, all the pain, all those days in that horrible clinic, she deserved to be happy with a man that loved her. She deserved to forget everything about her old life and start all over again.

Maxwell entered the room and gasped “Oh my god, Blossom! You look gorgeous!”

“Thank you, Max. It was a great idea to hire Ana de Luca. The dress is beautiful” She gave him a small smile.

Five long years had passed since that dreadful day, but Maxwell still wasn’t used to the change in Alexis’s personality. The joyful, sunny girl he had met in college had disappeared and a guarded, broken woman had taken her place. However, Max knew his old Blossom was still there somewhere and he had made it his life’s mission to bring her back.

A few minutes later she had changed back into her clothes, and they walked to the exit.

“Thank you for coming to the fitting with me, Max. Are you sure you don’t want to join us for diner?”

“Sorry, Blossom, Rash is waiting in the house, I owe him a romantic night”

Alexis smiled “Oh, I wouldn’t want to interrupt that”

A flammant black Aston Martin pulled over in front of them.

“That’s your fiancé, Lexie” He kissed her in the cheek as he waved to the man inside of the car.

Alexis set herself in the passenger’s seat before turning her head and kissing her future husband “Hi, Liam”