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august 18th, 2018
SCARLETT

ROSE AND I ARE SITTING ON THE BED, WATCHING LITA GET READY. The brunette would sometimes turn around and make funny faces at Rose to keep her occupied while I braid my daughter's hair. It's only a couple of hours before the wedding and pretty much everything is ready. I know Valérie is going over everything downstairs to make sure everything is in order and perfect.

I sometimes take breaks from braiding Rose's hair to look at Lita. She's standing up in front of her mirror, wearing nothing but underwear and an oversized light blue vichy patterned blouse, finishing off her makeup. Next thing I know she's leaving the room to go help her sister with something, and I'm left alone with Rose.

"Mama, outch!" I hear Rose's voice, and I look down seeing I'm pulling a bit too hard on her hair. Focus Scarlett!

"Sorry my love." I kiss the back of her head and go back to braiding her hair. Soon enough, we are done, and I let her run around the room in her pretty dress.

I move to sit on Lita's old desk chair, adding the finishing touches to my makeup as well when Rose comes up to me again. She rests her arms on my knees and plays with the fabric of my dress. Her eyebrows are furrowed, she wants something but isn't asking me. "Mama? Makeup?"

"You want to wear makeup?"

"Mhm."

"Let's see." I'm looking in my makeup bag for an eyeshadow that she might like. I come across a palette with colours that I know she likes, some are bland while others have glitter. It's perfect for her.  "That's gonna go on your eyelid, what colour do you want? Do you want pink to match your dress?" She nods. "With the sparkles?" I add and watch her eyes light up.

I pick her up and sit her on the desk in front of me. She is surprisingly sitting very still, and I have no problem gently applying the product on her eyelids. When she opens her eyes, I watch as she immediately grabs the small mirror to look at it, and gasps.

"Lipstick?"

"And lipstick!" I grab mine, so we can match and apply it to her lips. She look back at the mirror with the biggest smile and her face before she throws herself at me. She was sitting on the desk, so she gave me a heart attack, at least she landed in my arms, and now we can share a good cuddle.

"Thank you mommy for putting your makeup on me. I'll put my makeup on you now!" She tells me as she reaches for a brush but I quickly grab her little hand before she can do anything. She whines, reaching for it as I hold it out of her reach and promise her I will let her do my makeup next time. We seal the promise and boom, tantrum avoided.

Lita comes back just as I finish my makeup. She's wearing her dress, I hadn't seen it yet and she looks absolutely stunning. It is a purple, velvet dress that goes down to her ankles, with a floral pattern that I think will match the other bridesmaids' dresses. The dress is full coverage in the front with a halter neckline connecting to two thick velvet back straps, creating a gorgeous open back detail.

She had her hair in a half up style, small strands of her curly hair framing her face... she looked absolutely breathtaking.

I jump when Lita waves her hand in front of my face to get my attention, and she chuckles a bit when she finally does. "Scarlett, can you zip my dress up?" I nod, and I zip up the mid back zipper of the dress. She walks to her mirror to take a look at everything together and through the reflection, she catches a glimpse of Rose colouring on the bed. "Oh look at you Rosie! Looking all pretty! Did mama do your makeup?"

Rose perks up at the attention she's getting and runs into Lita's arms who just hoists her up and hold her on her hip. "She did! Do you like it!"

"I love it!"