I had this idea burning in my head and had to put it on paper. Review and tell me what you think
SM OWNS
PROLOGUE
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The Wagner March began to fill the cathedral. My heart began to accelerate, pummeling into its neighboring organs with each irregular beat. My palms were drenched, a scent of freesias and sweat circulating the bouquet that I held.
I felt Alice give my trembling hands a reassuring squeeze.
"It's never too late" she whispered.
I glanced away from the pew, towards his family. Their faces were reserved as they anticipated the next few moments. His father softly whispered something into his wife's ear which made her smile and grasp at his fingers playfully. He smiled back but not before placing a chaste kiss on her lips. I looked away. The exchange was so sweet, yet so defining that I felt like I was eavesdropping.
Suddenly everything went quiet. Feet shuffled underneath guests as they turned their direction to the back of the church. And there she was. Blanketed with lace and white rivers of fabric, she made her way down the aisle hand in hand with her father. Each step she made and every beat of the song that coincided along with it seemed to rupture through my body, slicing every nerve and tendon it came into contact with.
After what seemed like an eternity, there was silence. The organ player placed his hands in his lap, retiring for the day. Hushed voices of disapproval flooded through the pew and a new layer of tension descended.
Breathing hitched as her father placed her cold, lengthy fingers in his.
Fists tightened as he unveiled her, unmasking her for what she truly was…a thief. She had taken everything. And now she would take him for the final time in front of all to witness.
I watched as my soul mate's eyes bored into another woman's. I watched as her lips curved into a cynical smile and I watched as my world returned the gesture.
"Do you Kate take Edward to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do" she said, thoughtlessly.
"And do you Edward take Kate to be you wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better and for worse, for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish forever and always until death do you part?"
Silence.
Someone coughed.
More silence.
I glanced up, a tear trailing my cheek and finally his eyes met mine. We held the gaze for a second. And even though it was just a second, I needed it to matter. I needed him to I mattered. That we mattered.
"I-" he began, but quickly stopped. My breathing hitched.
Come on Edward, I thought, say no. Say you can't do this. Just say no.
There were whispers from the guests below as the minute hand passed by the number twelve for the second time.
"I" he said again.
Another tick of the red hand. Another stab to my heart.
"I do".
And that's when the walls crumbled. And all I could do was listen. I listened as a voice declared them husband and wife. I listened as the voice asked of any objections. I listened as someone said, "I object". And then I panicked as I realized that I was the one who did.