The Secret

Chapter 4

Here we go. The wedding.

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Before she knew it, Rory was sitting in a hotel room with her grandmother going over last minute details of her and Logan's impromptu wedding. Even though she'd only had a few weeks, days really, Rory and her grandmother were able to pull everything together. And, she only had to fight her a few different times about various things.

In the end, Rory was able to buy a dress, even if it was off the rack and Emily about had a heart attack at the realization they couldn't order something custom from a famous designer. While she wasn't happy with the idea, she came around when Rory walked out in the perfect dress to get married in. It was an A-line, sheath style dress with a sweetheart neckline. There was also a sheer lace overlay that was covered in pearls that covered the bodice, the open back, and covered her arms.

When she stepped out of the dressing room, Emily was breathless and Rory wasn't much better. They both knew immediately that it was the dress for her. And, it was in her size already with only minor alterations needing to be made. They then decided that a veil wasn't the way to go and settled on a hair piece that had matching details to her dress on it. Because of that choice, Rory also was able to decide on her hairstyle: a low bun on her right side. The plus of that was she would be able to most likely do her hair herself.

However, upon mentioning that to Emily, she was quickly vetoed and, ten minutes later, Rory was informed that her grandmother made an appointment with a hairdresser near their hotel in Denmark that would handle her wedding hair and her wedding make-up by coming to their suite. Rory thanked her grandmother even if she thought it was an unnecessary expense.

From there, things fell into place. Richard, Emily, Rory, and Logan were able to get two suites booked at a Hilton very close to the botanical garden at Copenhagen University. Even though it was short notice, Logan happened to know one of the deans there and was able to pull some strings to allow them to have a ceremony inside. From the pictures, Rory knew that it would be a wonderful ceremony.

Shaking herself, Rory brought herself back to the present. The hairdresser had just finished her hair and make-up and Rory was trying to look pleasant since there was a photographer in the room, also a find by Emily. While she was grateful to everything Emily and Richard had done to help them, she was also overwhelmed. But, she didn't put up too much of a fight. While she might not have thought about having some of the things Emily did, Rory had to admit that the little things Emily included with the hairdresser and photographer were appreciated because they meant she wasn't as stressed about everything as she might have been otherwise.

"Rory, are you ready to get dressed?" her grandmother asked.

Rory looked back over her shoulder at her grandmother and saw her standing there with the dress bag in her hand.

She nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be," she said while smiling and standing to walk over to her grandmother.

Emily grinned at her. "I absolutely cannot wait to see how you look in this dress!"

Together, they slowly slid the zipper of the bag down and pulled the dress itself out. Equally as careful, Emily pulled the dress out of the bag and prepared it for Rory to step into. Using her grandma for support, Rory carefully stepped into the dress and slipped the robe she was wearing off while Emily helped her get her arms through the sleeves without bunching or ripping the overlay.

Once on, Emily used a button hook to get the buttons on the back of the dress put together fully. Once finished, Emily stepped back and Rory could tell that Emily was trying to stifle sniffles. She turned to look at Emily and saw the tears gathering in her eyes. "Grandma, are you okay?" she asked, worried something was wrong.