"Aureaila honey, it's time for you to wake up, and get ready?" Mom's voice rang through my sleepy brain.
"Huh?" I mumbled.
"Honey, we are leaving to meet the Averian's in about three hours." She told me.
"Averian's?" I asked with my eyes still closed.
"Yes honey, that is the last name of your future husband." She said softly.
My eyes snapped open at that.
"Oh." Was all I could say.
"Honey, you need to start getting ready. Three hours isn't a long time to get ready for formal gatherings." Mom said.
She's sitting on my bed, and is running her fingers through my hair.
I looked my mother in her matching green eyes.
"I thought we weren't to be there until midnight?" I asked.
My mother gave me a concerned look. "Honey, it's passed 9 o'clock."
I shot up to a sitting position.
"9
