"You may now kiss the bride."
Said. Done. They were way too young to get married; They should wait, they said. Camille and Logan didn't mind. This was supposed to be the best day of their lives no matter what anyone said.
Finally married.
Everyone was happily cheering while they shared their first kiss as wife and husband. Except for one person. The best man. For him this was pretty much the worst day ever. He just lost the love of his life. He couldn't help but always feel like they were meant to be together. But after this day he had to face the truth: He was wrong.
Camille and Logan were soulmates and his soulmate might be somewhere else out there still waiting for him eventually. Only this thought gave him enough strength to fake a smile for his best friend and his wife for the rest of the wedding.
"Is everything alright, Carlos? You seem kind of preoccupied..", Jennifer asked after minutes of watching her friend staring at the tabletop without any emotion in his eyes.
Though she was somehow his best girl bud Carlos never told her about those feelings he never should've started to have in the first place. No one should ever know about them. If he could he wouldn't even want himself to know about them anymore.
"Yeah. Yeah. Everything's great!", Carlos lied. He still couldn't believe where he actually was right in that moment. This had to be a bad dream. A really bad one. The hopelessely romantic dance Logan and Camille shared wasn't really helping to make him feel better about this day AT ALL. He had to get outta here.
"Where are you going?"
"Home." , Carlos replied.
"Already?"
"Yupp. I'm really tired. See you tomorrow, Jen." Carlos gave her a quick hug and made his way to Kendall, Jo, James and his date to say goodbye to them as well.
If this would've been a normal party he would've just tried to avoid Logan and Camille. As they were the reason he wanted to leave earlier than he thought he would. But he couldn't avoid them. It wasn't a normal party. As much as Carlos might've wanted it to be one. It was their wedding day and he had to tell them he was about to leave.
"Logan. Camille." They both turned around simultaniously. "I'm gonna go home."
"What? No. Come on, Carlos. The night's still young, right?", Logan put his arm around Camille and they smiled at each other. Carlos heart broke apart watching them smiling like that. He knew he should be happy for them, so he just faked a smile like every second of that day.
"Right.", Camille replied with a even bigger smile.
"Well and you two still will have a lot of fun, for sure. But I really gotta go to bed. Congrats again, guys. And.. uhm.. bye", he waved with another one of his fake smiles and was about to leave.
"What? Carlos Garcia. Come back here. You owe me a hug!", Camille demanded. Carlos replied with rolling his eyes and then going for that hug. When he pulled away from it Camille seemed pleased. He knew that his best friend would ask him for the same thing, too. A look into his eyes was enough to prove Carlos was right. Without even hesitating Logan hugged him as well.
"Sleep tight.", Logan said. The seconds they were hugging seemed like an eternity to Carlos. His only wish right in that moment was that this day never would've happened or at least that he would've been able to tell the love of his life how he felt a long time ago. Before all of this happened. Maybe things would be different now. Maybe he would've been in Camille's place on that very special day. Maybe...
"Yeah and you two have a good night as well. Honeymoon! Whoo-hoo!", he faked excitement which seemed to be liked by the happy couple as they responded with grinning. Carlos turned around and finally left the building.
"Worst. Day. Ever.", he groaned and threw his tie to the ground. Why did he even have to be that stupid best man for his stupid best friends wedding with that stupid girl?
Okay. Camille wasn't stupid. She was one of his best girl buds. But still this was all wrong. It should've been him. And no one else.
"Why couldn't I just tell him? 3 words. 3 simple words.", Carlos soliloquized and stopped in front of his car. One look around and he realized was the only person in the parking lot.
"No one's here. Just say it for once. Out loud and you'll feel better.", Carlos suggested to himself and took a deep breath. Even though he knew no one's ever gonna hear it, he imagined Logan standing right in front of him which made his heart beat like crazy.
"I know this comes way too late. But better late than never, right?", he laughed. A quote of one of their songs. How ridiculous. Good no one heard that.
"Okay here it goes…" He closed his eyes. "I love you."
Suprised about the fact that those three words really came out of his mouth for once he began to jump.
"I LOVE YOU. I REALLY DO!", Carlos shouted again.
"You love who?" A voice behind him asked. And suddenly that really relieving moment he just had shared with himself turned into a complete awkward one… Carlos blushed. He NEVER would say those three words again...
