The event set-up

Ring!!! Alina wakes up with the sound of the alarm with one eyes close she reluctantly departs from her pillows wet with drools. 

"Oh... who ever invented time doesn't understand the feeling of sleepy." She hastily make way to the bathroom to splash water on her face to waken her sleeping muscles. before getting herself under the shower. She hastily get dress for work grabbing a sandwich and a cup of coffee and taken it in a hurry as if she is being chase.

She step out of her apartment door. "Good morning World!" she yell as she face the outdoors. The caretaker of the apartment complex, used to her just gave her a wave. the passers-by looked at her as if she has loosen something in her head. 

She commuted going to work and hoping to make it on time before the van with the equipment for the event set up departed.  When she was almost at her destination there was a built up on the traffic that she decided to make a go for it. "Anyway I will reach the office ahead o the bus." she said to herself. 

So with perspiraton as big as corn kernels she reach the office, only to realized that the service van had already left. she tried to contact one of the staff to tell the driver to wait for her. She was stunned with the reply.

"We are already setting up in the venue."

"Why? what time did you depart? "

"Some  two hours ago."

"What? why was I not informed?"

"We tried to contact you for the change of schedule but your phone is unattended."  

"That's Imposible!"

"Imposible or not you just have to switch with Joan  she took your place here so you will  have to stand in for her at the wedding planner department, Go and report to Miss Elaine."

"Oh my God!" she groans as she realized how hectic the wedding planner department is,  they are always short staffed and they sometimes have clients that are imposible to please. even though the pay is slightly higher there, it can never compensate with the  insults and the stress the employees experienced. That is why the staff always resigns.

She looks at her phone and saw that she got a lot of missed calls and unread message because  she probably muted it.

She went to report to Miss Elaine to start her job,

"Thanks you're here Ina will you please checked on the gowns for tomorrows wedding and deliver it in the hotel . Joan has left without endorsing us the reports so you just got to go there in person to check, here is the address and here is the key to my car, you have license? you can drive?"

"Yes." If there is something she had achieve while working here is her driver's license . The car will just have to wait until she she  had come up to the amount to buy it. At this moments it remains in her bucket list.

When she reach the boutique  and check on the gown all is well  and she collected it to deliver to the hotel  but the owner of the botique made an unusual request.        

"Alina dear, will you please be a darling and deliver this gown to St Jude's cathedral I am short staffed and it's along the way to your destination."  She said it with so much pleading that made Alina guilty to refuse. 

"But Ma'am, Miss Elaine asked me to check and deliver  the gowns for the Alonso-Gomez nuptial. ASAP." She tried to deny her request because it is not a part of her job as an event coordinator and this time she is just filling in for Joan as a wedding coordinator assistant. 

"I know dear but the church is along the way you can simply drop by and give it to Mr David and be on your way,  Please,,," Her pleading touch the bottom of Alina's compassionate heart and  she hesitatingly accepted her request. thinking that she can squeeze it on her itinerary.

As she was driving back to the office after delivering the gowns on the hotel she make a detour and  dropped by the church and hurriedly looked for Mr David. As she handed him the parcel with piercing eyes he ordered her to change into the gown.

" But I was only asked to deliver..."  she started to reason out but he won't hear of it instead he lead her  into a vacant room and said.

"How will I know if it fits you. If you won't display it."

She felt the pounding on her head.

"Oh this give me a head ache this is not my lucky day, first I was caught in the traffic jam, was transfered to this wedding coordinator department then I was ask to deliver this parcel and now I was force to model it and I am running late to back to the office. Now I find it difficult to close back of the gown could anything go much worst than this? I should have stayed in bed instead." she was thinking aloud, and was startled when  the door suddenly  opened and a woman carrying a overnight bag and she place it in the table and open it. She peep into it and saw make-up kit and Cosmetics of different shapes and colours.

"Huh sorry." when she notice Alina's open back.

" I didn 't notice come on over I'll fix your back." She smiled and help her zipped her back,  just like a puppet she followed her order she ask Alina to sit in front of the mirror. There was a mirror mounted on the wall, and without much  ado she started to apply make up on Alina's face.

"It was just a good thing that I am blessed that  don't supper allergies of any kind and my face doesn't need more make up to be beautiful." She brag thinking to herself

When she finished  Alina was ushered to the entrance of the cathedral and had her lined up with the entourage marching towards the altar. This time she reject the idea and started to make a scene when that same Mr David said to her it is just a  dress rehearsal since the bride is unable to appear. He handed her a bouquet and smilingly said.

"Just go along with it it will be over soon."

,"What? I was just ask to deliver the gowns. Now I am ask to stand in for the absentee bride?"

"I'm Sorry MIss?"

"Alina Jones." too bad she  fall on the bait of telling her name.

" Please  Miss Alina Jones It would just be for a while, We will make it worth your while." 

 So she obliged took step after step to the altar. Just like a lamb who was lead to the slaughter.