The Harder I Work, the Luckier I Get

The other side of the bed was empty when I finally woke up in the morning. That was probably a good thing, with that whole silly superstition about the groom seeing the bride before her wedding. I didn’t believe in it, but I found myself wanting to do everything I could to make the day perfect.

  I figured Nate stood all creepy-like over the bed for a while that morning watching me just to prove it wrong. I knew he liked to do that, and the superstition wouldn’t keep him from being his creepy self.

  “Did not,” I heard him say telepathically from somewhere in the house. He didn’t like it when I started calling him creepy. He thought the word should be reserved for my brother.

  Whatever, I’d still be avoiding him as much as possible before the wedding. I looked at my alarm clock and saw that it was just after nine. I wasn’t expecting it to be that late, and I was surprised Frannie hadn't been trying to drag me out of bed. We did have less than eight hours to make me pretty after all, and I imagined we needed every single one of those hours.

  If it was left to me, I would’ve showered and threw on my wedding dress, but since I didn't even know where they’d put the dress, I didn't have a lot of choices other than waiting for assistance. Chances were I’d need some help getting into the blasted dress anyway.

  I decided to go ahead and take a shower. I imagined that was somewhere on the day's itinerary. As I was rinsing the conditioner out of my hair, I heard noises coming from the other side of the shower curtain. I couldn’t tell exactly what was going on, but it was disturbing hearing someone out there.

  “Nate, what have I said about trying to use my bathroom while I’m occupying it?” I said, not bothering to verify that he was the perpetrator. I didn’t know anyone else who’d try to sneak a peek of me in the shower.

  “Sorry, Peaches, it’s just me. I’m setting up my beauty station. How much longer do you think you’ll be?” Frannie asked.

  “Two more seconds,” I said, ringing out the extra water from my hair, and then turning off the water. “Since you’re in