“Then why were you guys so afraid to tell me?” I ask them confused.
“Because we couldn’t find an explanation to what we saw. It drove our minds crazy, and we didn’t want the same thing to happen to you. We just prayed you two would never cross path, and that was it. This was the reason why we told Lexi to avoid you. We –ourselves- didn’t want to break it down on you until after the wedding when we knew you know something so as not to get your thoughts all worked up, but when we saw how much it was affecting you, we decided it’d be better if we just tell you now.”
“Okay, I’m glad we’re over with this. Now...” I look them all in the eyes pleadingly. “Promise me there’ll be no more secrets.”
They all pulled me into an everlasting hug whilst chuckling as they spoke out the words that brought me so much relief. “We promise.”
Chapter 6
Out of all those stressful past few days, last night was probably the most peaceful night I slept. No headaches. No overthinking. No Adam. No Evelyn. No weird dreams. No wedding stress. Just a pure, stress empty and beauty recovering sleep.
I woke up with a smooth, sparkling clean face. No dark circles under my eyes, no wrinkles, no acne, and it felt amazing for a change: to feel like you’re burden-free. To top it all, Lexi is the one who woke me up as a surprise. At 9 am, I was shook awake when someone jumped in excitement on my sleeping figure. To say that I was awake in alert thinking that the house was on fire was an understatement.
When I reached the point where I became aware of Lexi’s presence, I re-arranged my sit-up position into a sleeping position by pulling the blankets over my face to hide the hurt I felt from her ignoring methods the last few days. Nonetheless, I think she noticed my attempts to avoid her because she threw off the blanket which made my face feel exposed all of a sudden, and turned on the lights.
It was at this moment, my friends, when I noticed how full my once upon a time empty room was.
My eyes did a double take at the countless ‘I’m sorry’-labelled helium balloons scattered all over my room. Not only did Lexi get me helium balloons as an apology attempt since she’s very much aware of my obsession with them, but she bought me my favorite chocolate molten cake, which I have to say was the reason why I so easily accepted her apology in the first place.
Food is my weakness.
Especially chocolate.
Her apology warmed my heart, and it was then when I realized that even if she hurt me, she’s still my best friend, and we all do silly mistakes.
After we were good, we sat down in my room discussing what we both missed the past few days. Even though her eyes shone brightly with genuine happiness when I told her that my mom and I finally found the dress, I could still catch the tiny fraction of sadness swirling in them which she was trying so hard to hide.
When I asked her about it, she brushed it off claiming that the reason behind it was that she wasn’t there with me when I found it. That she feels like she’s an idiot for messing up things with me before my wedding, for not getting to be there when I found the perfect dress, and for not getting to share my happiness.
To lift up her mood, I got out the white box from under the bed and opened it. Lexi gasped when she saw the dress and kept on gushing on how I’m going to be the ‘most beautiful bride of the century’.
While Lexi was observing the dress, my bedroom door suddenly slammed open. When my eyes caught who it was, it widened a tiny fraction before I lashed out as I got up from my seat and started rushing quickly to push him out of the room.
“Don’t you know it’s a bad omen when the groom sees the bride’s wedding dress before the wedding?” I cross my arms over my chest as I face my fiancé whom I try desperately to block out his view of the insides of my room yet shamelessly fail due to the height difference.
“And don’t you, Evangeline Williams, know how much I missed you?” He stares at me with his beautiful jade green eyes and gives me one of his dimpled smiles- the one that causes the entire female population to swoon.
The same one that forced me to fall head over heels for him.
Since it’s only been less than a week since I’ve last seen him, a light blush forms on my cheeks, and I offer him one of my smiles. “I missed you too.”
I turn back and tell Lexi to return the dress and put it away before Mr. Curious here manages to glimpse it, and that’s when the whining starts.
The whining of a 5-year-old.
God! I’m marrying a child.
“Oh come on!” He stomps his feet, “Isn’t it a bad omen if I see the bride in her wedding dress just before the wedding starts? See, it says if I see it on you before the wedding, but it didn’t mention it’s bad if I see it alone.”
“You just made that up. No, I won’t let you see it now. You’ll have to wait just a few more days.” I chuckle lightly at the frown that
