Selfless

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When we pulled up to the venue I could feel the butterflies in my stomach growing stronger. Maybe it was the anticipation of it all hitting me at once.

Colby squeezed my hand gently as he parked the car, "ready to do this?" He asked with a small smile. "More than ready." I said and opened the car door. Colby grabbed my bag and the stroller and set it up as I pulled Mia out of the car, "how's my little flower girl?" I cooed and brought her to my shoulder as she cooed.

I laid her in the stroller and used that as a walker as Colby took my cane from me.

"Hellllo!" Liz said cheerfully as everyone else started pulling up. "Hi!" I said as we walked up to the cabin we were going to put our stuff in. "Are you guys excited?" She asked as Colby went in to put my stuff down. "We are really excited. I can't believe it's tomorrow. Thank you by the way for being so courteous about the date change." I said causing her to smile as the girls filed into the cabin.

"It really wasn't a trouble at all, how are you feeling by the way?" She asked as Mia spit out her pacifier. "I'm feeling okay, still need to have a cane to walk but we are getting there." I said and reached down to put the pacifier back in her mouth. I paused and rubbed her cheek with the back of my finger and smiled at her as she looked at me with wonder in her eyes.

Once everything was set up inside everyone came out to join me. Colby came up next to me and wrapped his arm around my waist as Liz explained how we would be doing things.

As soon as everything was explained we got to it, Michelle and Colby's dad sat down with Mia as we fake ran through the wedding. Colby and his mom went down first, then Gage would bring Mia down the aisle, he would also carry the rings, then Jake and Tara would go, Corey and Devyn would follow, and lastly Sam and Kat would go.

As they were doing this I bit my lip and looked at my dad. "You look scared." He said and I shrugged, "I kind of am. It's more of an excited scared though." I said as we watched them map out how they would stand. "Yeah, that's usually how it feels." He said and I chuckled, "did you tell Michelle you love her yet?" I asked, changing the subject. "Yeah, last night." He said and I smirked.

"Way to go dad, can't wait for your wedding." I said coyly as he chuckled, "not for a long time, if ever. I don't think we could do that to you." He said and I looked at him with confusion, "what do you mean?" I asked as they finished planning things out. It was almost my turn to walk down but I wanted to finish this conversation.

"You know..having a step mom, and having Stephanie technically be your sister, I just don't know." He said and I shook my head, "don't worry about me! Things are different with the whole mom situation, if you want to marry her then do it, don't let me hold you back from it. Plus I already told Stephanie that even if you get married we will never be sisters so it doesn't matter." I said quietly.

"Alright, come on down Cora!" Liz yelled as I nodded, "let's do this." I said and linked my arm through his.

We walked slowly down the aisle as everyone just sat around on their phones. Colby watched me carefully though, making sure I was okay. I was doing pretty well until I lost focus for a second and ended up tripping. Dad tried to catch me but I yanked my arm from him so I could catch myself from slamming my face into the ground. Colby gasped and yelled, "Cora!" as he ran to me. My dad crouched down as I burst into laughter.

Don't get me wrong it hurt like a bitch, but it was just funny that I ate shit walking down the aisle.

"Are you okay?" Dad asked as I held my hands up for them to help sit me up, "I'm gonna bust my ass on our wedding day." I said as I wiped my tears of laughter. "No I think you got it out of the way tonight." Colby said with a chuckled and brought his hand to my cheek. "You okay?" He asked softly as I nodded, "I'm okay, just clumsy." I said and let them help me up.

Everything in my body hurt pretty bad but it could have been worse. Colby ran back down to the alter as dad picked up my cane.

We went through the rest of the mock ceremony which ended in Colby picking me up and carrying me back down the aisle as I giggled. I was feeling a lot less nervous now about the whole thing, which was nice.

We all went into the little reception hall and sat down at the tables that were set up. They brought out our food as everyone just goofed off and had a good time. I just couldn't believe that the wedding was tomorrow already.

This time tomorrow I would be Cora Elizabeth Brock.

That was strange, but also so exciting.

After dinner we finally had to go our separate ways. The guys plus Michelle and Mrs. Brock all piled into their cars as the girls went into the cabin with Mia.

Colby and I just stood outside the cabin for a second, this was the last time we would see eachother before I was walking down the aisle. We didn't say anything for a second as we just looked into eachothers eyes.

"I love you." Colby mumbled as a small smile formed on my lips. "I love you too. I guess I'll see you tomorrow." I said as he smiled, "I guess so." He said quietly before pulling me to him by my waist.

He kissed me with so much passion it made my legs collapse slightly. I didn't even falter though as he held me tightly to him.

When he pulled away his lips were slightly swollen sending a shockwave through my heart. "Goodnight baby girl." He said and let go of me, "goodnight, Brock." I said with a smirk as he backed up. He blew me a kiss then walked to the car.

I smiled and slowly made my way inside as the girls screamed happily, "I can't believe it's really happening!" Kat squeeled as she hung up our dresses on the closet door, "me either. We need to practice my walk though so I don't bust ass again." I said as Tara cackled, "dude you ate shit even with the cane." She said as I giggled, "at least I didn't get hurt again, ugh I would hate myself if I did." I said as Kat stood a couple feet away from me, "let's keep the not hurting yourself streak alive, and walk to me." She said as Devyn took the cane away from me.

I started walking feeling confident at first but my legs got more and more tired with each step. I held onto Tara's arm about halfway to Kat, but I was still proud of myself. "That was good! I think you're gonna do great tomorrow. He's gonna be so happy and surprised." Devyn said and clapped her hands together. "I hope so." I said and sat on the bed again.

We spent the rest of the night pampering ourselves and doing face masks and other exfoliating treatments. By the time we were done it was already midnight so we decided to go to bed since we had to get up pretty early.

I laid in bed and stared at the ceiling, feeling the nerves eating me alive. I wanted to desperately to be in Colby's arms right now so he could tell me I would be okay. I was just scared of falling, or of someone crashing the wedding, or honestly anything happening. I just wanted it to be perfect.

I laid there for another thirty minutes before I decided to bite the bullet and call Colby.

"Hey are you okay?" He asked after a couple rings. "I'm okay...I can't sleep." I admitted and he breathed a laugh, "I'm having a hard time too." He said causing me to smile, "I'm just antsy and nervous." I said with a sigh and pulled my blanket up to my chin. "Me too, but it's gonna be okay. We are going to have fun, and everything will go smoothly. And if something goes wrong we will handle it. You and me baby. Forever." He said quietly which made my chest loosen a bit.

"You're right." I said and looked at the time, it was already 1:15. "It's late though, we should really try to sleep otherwise we will be zombies on our wedding day." I said with a small smile.

"Okay, sleep well beautiful girl. Whenever you're feeling scared just remember that we will have eachother during this and during everything in life from now on. You don't need to be scared. I'm always gonna be there." He said quietly as my heart skipped a beat.

"I know, I love you and I'll love you forever. Get some rest, Brock." I said and he chuckled, "love you too. Goodnight." He said then hung up.

I felt so much more relaxed as I started drifting off.

When I woke up, it would be my wedding day.

I couldn't be more excited.