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.Mom would lose it and have a heart attack.I could see it in my mind already, sitting in the hospital in my wedding gown.I cringed at the thought and tried to force it from my mind.When we went down to the kitchen, I noticed the clock.It was half past nine and I was supposed to be at the church at one this afternoon to meet the stylist.At least I was not going to have to do my own hair.That was a big plus on the outlook of the day.As I sat there, I had a million ideas running through my mind.Everything from me making a fool out of myself to Eric not being at the church surfaced.Eric would never do that to me.Secretly, I wanted to know if he was as nervous as I was.There is only one way to find out.I left the kitchen, telling Mom that I was going to run up and get dressed.I did not have any more room in my mind for anything extra, so I actually used the phone to call Eric.Mom was screaming at me the entire way up the stairs to hurry up and get ready to go.A hot shower on a morning like this was not something I was intending on rushing through.The heat of the water would relax me and I really needed that right now.Eric answered his phone with a shaky voice.“Hello, my love.”“How is your morning starting out?” I asked him.“The same way yours is it seems like.My mom has done nothing but yell at me to hurry since I woke up.”“Well, I guess I better go and get dressed before Mom calls out the firing squad” I said to him as I grabbed a pair of jeans and a pull over from the closet.“Yeah, me too.I love you.”“Love you too,” I said quickly before I closed my phone.I hurried to take a shower, praying that Mom would decide to not push the matter any farther.I knew that I only had a short ten minutes in the shower before I was being rushed again.After my mom had beat on the door several times yelling at me to hurry up, I got out of the shower and got dressed.The stress was still building in my neck.The shower had not helped that a bit.It was not long enough.Mom was waiting at the door for me with her keys.This was it.My last ride with my mother as a girl.In less than three hours, I was going to be a married woman.Mrs.Bailey Gray.It had a nice ring to it and the thought of it filled my body with the most powerful feeling of love that anyone could possibly feel.We made several stops after we ate a quick breakfast.The first one took the longest.It was the most important one we would make.Eric’s wedding band was ready.I had forgotten all about picking it up.Thankfully, my mother thought of everything.She was not as absentminded as I was.What would I do without her?The thought brought tears of loneliness to my eyes and I tried to fight them back as hard as I could, but it did not work.Every feeling that I had about leaving her spilled from me as I cried.Mom quickly went into a fit of panic.She asked me about ten questions all at once.I think she thought I was about to back out of the wedding, but I wasn’t.I was just sad about things that really did not even make since to me.The move, not living in the house with her, and, mainly, I was afraid to lose my virginity, even though I wanted to, real bad.“Sweetheart, everything is going to be fine.Do you not want to do this?” Mom asked choking back her own tears.“I’m fine,” I said drying my face with the Kleenex the jeweler handed me.I was ashamed about bursting into such a public show of emotion.When I was able to see again, I examined the ring for any imperfections.Everything was fine with it.I took a quick look on the inside of the band to make sure that they had the inscription right and it was.The only word that could explain everything about Eric and me.EternityI let the jeweler know that everything seemed to be in order and handed him the ring back.He took it and placed it in the ring box.Mom had gone as far as to have the ring box special ordered to match the wedding colors.It was deep purple.Man, she is wonderful.After Mom paid what was owed on the ring and thanked the man behind the counter for doing such excellent work, we left.Mom did not waste any time starting our much-needed conversation.I do not even think that she got the car door shut before she asked what was bothering me.“I just feel a little sad about leaving you and Dad,” I said as the tears began to fall again.She stared out the windshield wiping a few tears of her own off her cheeks before asking, “Is that all?”“No, not really.It’s nothing I guess.”“Everything is something” she replied with a worried look.I guess it was now or never.If I was going to get any reassurance about the wedding night, I was going to have to ask now.There wouldn’t be any time later.“I’m a little scared about after the wedding,” I said actually afraid to look at her.She took a minute to think over what I had said before answering.“Honey, it is perfectly normal to be homesick.”A nervous laugh escaped my lips.I had not realized that she was not aware of what was really bugging me until then.“No Mom, the other stuff.”Her mouth hung open 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