UNEXPECTED LOVE: Chapter 3

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I held my bathrobe tightly as I felt another wave of nervousness. I was dreading for the wedding to come, and it was happening within an hour. Random thoughts came running in my mind. 'Will Adrian cry when I walk down the aisle?' I asked myself with that question. 'Of course not, silly girl.' I answered back to my myself.

"Gale!" My mom snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Mom?" I just stared at her. I noticed that the make up artist was already done with my hair and makeup. It was time for me to wear my wedding gown.

"Are you alright?" She asked me as she assisted me with my gown.

"Yes mom, I'm just a little bit nervous." I sighed.

"It's going to be fine sweetie." She let out a smile.

"Are you ready?" Em asked as she opened the door. She helped us with my gown and I was ready in no time.

"Yes," I simply answered.

"I think we need to go now Auntie, they're all waiting at the venue." She said to us.

"Okay, let's go sweetie."

I glanced at myself in the mirror once again before exiting the room. I was going to be Mrs. Paul Adrian Collins within an hour. The feeling was so crazy and scary.

"Hey Gale," Em squeezed my left hand.

"Hey," I smiled.

"It's going to be fine, Adrian is, somehow, a good person."

"I know but we don't love each other."

"Soon, you will do." She gave me a warm smile.

I felt that my eyes were teary and it was so hard to battle with the  . After several minutes, we finally arrived at the church and I felt like I almost wanted to pee. There were some guests outside and the thought that there were even more guests inside gave me chills.

"This is it." Mom said as Catherine opened the door.

"Good morning Auntie." She gave mom a peck on both cheeks and turned her attention to me.

"You're so beautiful." She gave me a light hug.

"Thanks."

"Are you nervous?" She asked me.

I just gave her a worried look while Em answered for me. "She's so nervous that she almost want to puke."

We all let out a small giggle and after a couple of minutes, I guess, the ceremony started. They started walking down the aisle and I didn't even notice that my turn was coming. Em was already walking and I was coming next. Yes, I almost wanted to puke... on my dress so that the wedding would be cancelled. But, it was no turning back.

Mom and Dad walked me down the aisle and as we approached the altar, I saw Adrian standing in front. His face was unreadable. He was so perfect standing there but then reality ruined everything, it was just a fixed marriage. 

'What if I run now?' I mentally asked myself. 'Stupid Gale, you cannot abandon your family here.' The other part of me answered. I was being weird again.

It felt like forever to walk down the aisle but when we reached the altar, I felt my whole body freeze. I wanted to collapse but I just cannot do it.

After the wedding ceremony we headed to the reception. The tables were covered with teal and the napkins were peach. The chairs also had peach ribbons. It was my dream motif. Unfortunately, it was not my dream wedding.

The reception was traditional. We shared our first dance as Man and Wife and some of our family, relatives and friends shared a speech for us.  We acted cool in front of everyone but the truth was, my blood was boiling because of him. I did not even want to remember the details.

After that, we headed to our own hotel rooms to change into proper clothes for our flight. Our parents said that we should spend the rest of the summer in our beach resort. It was located somewhere south of the country.

"Be careful, okay?" My mom reminded me as the driver lifted my last suitcase and placed it in the trunk. I was not even sure if I was ready to spend my summer with a stranger.

"Yes mom," I smiled.

"We'll miss our baby," Dad said as he hugged me.

"I'm your baby." Kevin showed a fake pout.

"Fine, baby." I teased as I hugged him. "I'll miss you," I added.

"Have fun, Gale." Aunt said as she hugged me.

"Of course Auntie." I hid the sarcasm in my voice.

"Just call me mom."

"And call me dad, have fun and be careful," Uncle- Erm Dad said. It was really awkward.

"Okay erm uhm dad." I said as I hugged him back. Jeez, I was so uncomfortable.

"Finally I have a baby sister." Catherine smiled as she gave me a warm hug.

"Yeah," I simply said, it was really awkward. Adrian was just standing there, staring at us as we said our goodbyes.

"Bye Gale, I will miss you," Em said.

"Bye, I will miss you too." We hugged each other.

"Be careful son," his dad told him as we closed the door.

"Yes dad," he simply said as he slipped his sunglasses on.

"Be safe if you're not yet ready to be parents," Catherine said, talking with no one in particular. I just rolled my eyes and plugged my earphones on. Adrian closed the window and the car started moving.

We arrived at the airport after an hour and we immediately checked in. I did not even dare to look at him. He helped me with my suitcases and he pushed the cart by himself, at least he was a gentleman. I just walked with my own bag and fell in line waiting for our turn to check-in. Again, Adrian took care of our suitcases as I talked to the clerk, at least I didn't have any trouble carrying my own heavy suitcases. After checking in, we headed towards the waiting area.

"I'm going to buy some snacks, do you want something?" I asked him as I stood up from my seat, breaking the silence.

"If I want something I'll buy it for myself." He simply said, not even caring to face me, his eyes were glued on his Ipad. What a great husband, I thought.

"Fine," I mumbled. He was acting so rude to me like I wanted this to happen. Reminder number 1: Don't even dare to break the silence, just talk to him when he's talking to you.

I headed towards Starbucks and bought myself a Venti Caramel Frappe. I asked for a no whipped cream and less caramel kind of frappe. I also bought some Pizza from Sbarro and finally I headed back to my seat.

After an hour, I heard our flight number from the announcer. "Flight 386, now boarding." We stood up and headed towards the designated gate for our flight. We were flying first class so we got in first.

I plopped down on my sit and glued my eyes on my phone to check some updates. Soon, I got bored and eventually I fell asleep.