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Chapter 1
I see her walk down the aisle, looking like an angel and suddenly I feel very lucky to have been able to live this very moment. I never thought this would ever happen to me, never thought I was loved enough to be married and now she’s made it all real. I love her s-
“Don’t have a panic attack on your wedding, man,
Kenji reminds, interrupting my thoughts. “Just focus
on the image of J.”
I nod.
She smiles a sweet smile on reaching me and I can’t help but smile back. She offers her hand and I promptly take it. We turn to each other, our eyes locked.
“We are gathered here to witness and celebrate the holy marriage of Aaron Warner Anderson and Ella Sommers.”Castle starts.
Hearing that it is actually happening alone has me breathing heavily, so nervous that my heart might explode.
“I believe you will be presenting your vows?” He looks at me.
I no longer seem to respond so I nod.
Somehow, Ella seems to notice and offers to go first.
“Aaron, it is almost a dream come true to have you in my life. You have done so much for me,sacrificed so much for my comfort and bore with me everytime I was sick. You were always there for me when I needed you,” she says, already tearing up.“ I’m so so lucky to have you and I promise you that I will always try and bring the happiness you deserve. I love you so ,so much.”
Her vows touch my heart. I can’t function
and I have to say my vows and I keep trying to tell myself but then she places a soft hand on my chest, her eyes assuring me that everything is fine. I open my mouth but nothing comes out. She seems to understand this though.
She reassures, “It’s okay,”placing another hand on my cheek, “you don’t have to say it. Your comfort is more important to me than the vows.”
This has me overwhelmed but equally pained to have acted like a coward but only now I seem to try to control my breathing.
On Ella’s signal, Castle continues, “Now, I pronounce you man and wife.” looking at me, he says,“You may now kiss the bride.”
But just as I turn back to Ella, she wraps her arms around my neck and kisses me hard. I’m taken aback but then I find a rhythm and kiss her with my arms around her waist.
“Hey! Keep it PG 13! There are kids here!” I hear Kenji shout but I don’t seem to care.
I only know that my wife is kissing me. When Ella breaks the kiss,she hides herself in my chest as if mortified by the comments. I kiss the top of her head and smile .
It is now that I remember what I have to do. I pull
Ella away from the our audience, toward what previously seemed to be an old park with little greenery.She frowns, asks me the reason for our presence here.
I finally find the words to say it.
“Ella, love, you don’t know how sorry I am for not
doing it but now I think I can’t seem to look back
in time only to regret it. I couldn’t say the vows
because I was too much of a coward to let others know how I feel about you. These words are only for your ears to hear and I couldn’t exploit it.Sweetheart,I’ve loved you for the better part of my life and experiencing this moment feels so surreal ,so lovely. You need to know that I will always keep trying to be what you deserve and also try to be good to others only for you. You make me good. I love you and promise that the saying ‘till death do us part’ will fail because my love for you exceeds beyond time."
I see her smile, feel her love so strong that it
weakens me. Tears roll down her cheeks when
she says,“Aaron, this is the most beautiful thing
I’ve ever heard. How could you think I’d be upset
with you for not saying the vows when I knew what you were going through? I love you.” She kisses me again and this time everything feels better that perfect.
Only to disturb my heaven comes kenJi,as
always.“ Okay, you both look very cute and everyhting but seriously,you guys coming or what? We’ve been looking for you everywhere and you had to here?!Come on now or I’ll ask Castle to levitate your asses back there!”
Ella laughs and pulls me back to the location. On
our arrival,everyone congratulates us as we walk
towards our new home together.
Our home
Kenji shouts something and blocks us from entering through the door. Looking appalled he says,“You guys have no manners or any knowledge about the traditions do you?! Of couse you don’t. This is why you you cant kill me. You both need me.”
Ella and I exchange looks, clueless.
As a reaction to our expressions,he adds,“ The groom carries the bride inside the new house as a tradition.”
On que,I pick Ella up and squeals at the sudden
action, wrapping her arms tightly around my neck for support and laughes. I walk through the door and into our new, beautiful, partially furnished home.
I turn back to our audience that smiles at us , a few faces with happy tears and Nazeera breaks their trance by pulling everyones' attention away and saying, “I think that’s enough. If we don’t leave them alone now, they might rip there clothes in front of us which isn't something I'm ready to witness.”
“Do whatever you want but do not damage those
clothes. Alia and I took a lot of efforts to make them overnight . "Ian reminds.
And the door is shut .
I unwillingly put Ella down and she says, “Would you like to have a home tour till I get rid of the jewellery?”
I smile and nod.
She moves toward a decently furnished
bedroom while I sight a kitchen on the left that
requires reparing ,another bedroom opposite to the one Ella left for and I assume the bathroom's to be attached but I don’t bother going there because all that matters now is being close to my beautiful wife.
I move into the bedroom and spot her removing
the pins from her hair. Her jewellery is already on the
dressing table. She gives me a look did you like the our
new home?
She seems to say. I nod .
I move behind her, push her hair to a side and kiss her neck.
“Thank you so much. I love the house. I can’t believe I get to spend the rest of my life with you starting now.” I wrap my arms around her waist.
She places her hands on mine,looks into the
mirror,in our reflection and says,“Me too. I
promise i will make you happy.”
“Sweetheart,you don’t need to make a promise, you already make me so happy. You make my world light up.What more do I need to ask for?”
At this she laughs and says,“Other things apart,can you please unzip my dress? I can’t reach it.”
Gently, I unzip her, leave a trail of soft kisses along her spine. At this, I sense her feelings change, the love intensifies and she lets me know that she loves my touch,craves it .
The dress falls down, gathering a pool at her feet. I wrap my arms around her and look at us in mirror that hangs right in front. She covers her hands with mine, feeling them.
This feels like the best day of my life. I've never felt so my love, never have been given so much attention or affection. Everything was possible because of Ella. I wonder what I would ever do without her. Everytime I tried to do my best to have my father show me love, he looked at me with disdain. I was lifeless ever since my mother fell sick but now,I feel new. I don't ever want to lose this day.
"Aaron?"
"Yes,love?"
"Are you okay?" She looks at me with worry for some reason.
" Of course I'm okay. I'm perfect. I was just thinking about how this is the best day of my life."
She smiles.