Arielle wondered what fate had in store for her.
She was lost in her thoughts and did not notice a figure standing in front of her until…
Pah!
The sudden sound jolted Arielle back to reality.
It took her some seconds to realize that the sound she heard was a slap to her face. She winced as her hand came in contact with her cheek.
Arielle looked up and saw the person who had slapped her.
"You have the nerve Arielle, to tell Davis to choose you. Let me tell you something Arielle, Davis is mine and he can never get married to you. I will make sure of that." Chloe said as she finished her piece.
Arielle just listened to her and finally got up from the couch. Her whole being was calm as if she had not been slapped moments ago.
Pah!
Another slap was heard but this time around Arielle had been the one to slap the girl who had been ranting nonstop.
By this time, the people in the shop had already gathered to watch the show.
Natalie and Miranda heard the commotion and went out to check what was going on.
"You! You slapped me?" Chloe asked disbelieving as she held her cheek.
"Yes and I'll slap you again if you didn't believe it." Arielle said with a cool smile. She wasn't one to always fight but she was not a pushover either.
"Should I give it a try again?" Arielle asked as she raised her hand intending to slap Chloe again but Chloe stepped back.
"I thought as much. Now coming back to what you said, that I told Davis to choose me? What does it have to do with you if I told him to choose me?"
"You…"
"Yes? What happen to me?" Arielle asked.
"You also mentioned Davis is yours, is your name written on his forehead or any part of his body?"
Natalie and Miranda got to where the commotion was happening. "What happened sis?" Natalie asked Arielle with a frown etched on her face.
"I'll make sure he doesn't choose you. You this whore!" Chloe yelled.
"You still dare to say nonsense? I assume that slap was not enough to reset your head, dare to say it again?" Arielle asked with the smile still etched on her face as she moved closer to Chloe.
Chloe moved back and ran out of the shop, "You will regret this Arielle!" She said and quickly ran out.
"What happened Ari?" Mira asked.
"It's nothing. Can we try on the clothes now?"
"You insisted on not trying out the clothes moments ago, what has changed?" Natalie asked with a suspicious look.
"Should I go?" Arielle asked and was about leaving. "Alright alright, let's try on the clothes." Miranda said.
Arielle collected the first gown from Miranda, "Try this on." Miranda said and pushed her into the changing room.
Arielle entered the changing room and put on the gown given to her. It was a black off shoulder gown. The gown had stones arranged carefully at the waist area and a long slit from her thigh downwards.
Arielle came out and Miranda shook her head not liking the gown.
"Change it sis. All the men might just end up choosing you, if you wear this. Just look at your breasts struggling to breathe." Natalie said playfully.
Arielle took a pillow from the couch and threw it at her. "Sorry sis." Natalie apologized with a smile on her face.
Miranda gave her another gown but when Arielle came out they did not like it. She tried eight more gowns and they were all rejected.
"It does not suit you skin tone."
"It is too tight."
"It is too revealing."
"The gown is too free."
Arielle got tired, "I am not changing into any more gown." She said and sat down on the couch.
"What about this one?" Natalie asked as she brought out a green colored gown.
"Just this time, Ari. After this, you can do anything you want." Natalie said.
"Fine." Arielle collected the gown and went into the changing room.
She changed into the gown and came out.
"How does it look?" Arielle asked but Miranda and Natalie just stared at her not saying a word.
Arielle sighed and clapped her hands to get their attention. "You look stunning Ari." Miranda said.
"I'll go with this one. I like it also." Arielle said.
"Alright. I just need to adjust the breast and butt area. You have big breasts and butt Ari." Miranda said.
Arielle widened her eyes at Miranda's comment and smacked her arm. "Sorry." Miranda says with a smile.
"She's not wrong Ari. I wish I had half…" Natalie did not get to finish her statement as Arielle threw another pillow at her.
"Alright. Go and change back." Arielle nodded and went into the changing room. She looked at herself in the mirror and stared at her breasts and turned to the side a bit to look at her buttocks.
They were not too big but they were not small either.
She walked out of the changing room and gave the gown to Miranda.
They talked for some minutes before Arielle and Natalie walked out of the shop after paying for the gown.
"Now let's get you shoes." Natalie said and they walked towards the shoe shop.
The day of the ceremony finally arrived.
Today, Arielle and every other girls who had turned eighteen would be getting ready for marriage whether they were ready or not.
"Hurry up Ari. This clothes won't wear themselves." Nat said to Arielle who was in the bathroom.
Arielle sighed for the umpteenth time this morning as she stared at her reflection through the mirror and thought of what lay in store for her today.
Her entire life was going to change today, and she didn't know if it would change for the better or it would be worse.