wedding bells and second chances

CLARABELLE POV I'm sitting in a coffee shop with Mia, Liv, and Lily, who are chatting about work and our lives, catching up on our week. It's a once-a-week thing we do since we all live in the same city, New York City. We all grew up in Sleepy Hollow, and when we graduated high school, we came to NYU—all of us, including all my siblings and friends. We are on the biggest topic since last year, my brother's and my best friend's wedding. Knox and Mia have been dating since middle school. I'm maid of honor, of course, and since being a fashion designer, Mia has designed her wedding dresses. Yes, I said dresses; she has two, one for the ceremony and one for the reception, of course, and she designed our dresses as well. We also get two dresses, and I designed the shoes because I'm a shoe designer and the vice president of the company. "Mia, are you done with all the dresses?" I ask, and Liv and Lily await an answer as well. "Yes, I have. I can't wait for you guys to see them!... And are you done with the shoes, Clara?" Mia asks me, "The twins moved their heads to me. Just finished them on Saturday. Will bring them to the fittings. When are the fittings?" I ask, "What are everyone's schedules like this week?" Mia asks, "I'm open every night this week, but during the day I'm busy at work." I say, "I'm free on Friday night." Liv says she is a doctor and has the least time of all of us. "I'm free Friday night as well," Lily says. She is a lawyer, so her time is limited as well. The twins work different jobs and choose not to enter the legacy their parents chose for them. Their brother took over the fashion house their father and mother built, while I, my brother, and my sister took over our parents' business, and Mia works for Knox, best friend of Hawkly James Kingsley, one of my ex-best friends and best man. He took over his parents' business with his two sisters, and Mila and Violet are the head designers, the VP and PF, like my sister and me, and he is the crown. "That settles it. We meet up at Clara's place and have a girls' night and have the fitting for the dresses and shoes as well. "I blink twice. "When did I miss the decision to hold it at my place?" I ask . "I can't hold it at our place since your brother will be there, and the twins' place is too far for us to go there. They will be in the area because of work." Mia says, "The twins' flat is in Jersey; why they chose to live there beats me." "Fine, I'll host... Twins, do you want to sleep over since it will be late and there will be wine?"