Chapter 4

Ashley's POV

Dreams.. Dreams are the way for humans to escape.. You just close your eyes and you hope you will be somewhere nice, that the sky is going to be clear. You will hope to see yourself doing something you really love and that you are happy.. Unfortunately though, dreams bring nightmares as well and when something beautiful happens in that dream then in seconds it can be really bad.. From happy you get scared, from smiling you become frightened and you just wish to wake up..

Girls of my age where thinking of marrying since they were little girls.. But here I am today, looking at myself in front of the mirror, wearing my wedding dress and all I can think is pretty much nothing.. And I mean nothing.. I see myself but I believe is someone else and not me.. It's like I am living in a dream and while I am being extremely happy in seconds I become frightened and I just need to wake up.. This is how I feel right now..

"Ashley, come.. It's time.." my mother says but its more like a whisper.. It's like I can't hear her.. She had to come really close to me and actually wake me up from my dream.. I realized that when I saw her in the mirror standing right next to me..

"Yes"

"You are the most beautiful bride.. The Warblers daughter was the worst bride I ever seen.. I guess they wanted a rich wedding just to cover the ugliness of their daughter.."

"Mother, stop.. You shouldn't talk like that"

"You were there.. You saw her.. I can't believe she even found someone to marry her"

"Let's go please.."

The church was packed.. Of course it would be.. Most of the people I knew, some others I didn't.. And it wasn't only people from our part of the family.. Aiden's family name was important as well.. Our wedding would be tomorrow's front page in any newspaper..

Aiden was standing there, smiling when he saw me walking holding my father's arm.. He was handsome and in a way I should be happy because Aiden was my ticket to freedom..

"You are very beautiful Ashley"

"Thank you.. You are beautiful as well"

"Take care of my daughter Aiden.. From today you will be the one who is going to take care of her"

"I will sir.. With all my heart"

"Good"

And with that the ceremony begun.. An hour later I was the wife of Aiden Dennison.. And I already missed being called Ashley Davies.. It felt weird.. Like everything was weird.. The reception was held at the Ritz.. Only the best for our wedding, according to my mom.. I wanted something simple.. If it was in my hands I would find a small church and it would be only me and the person I was marrying..

"Ashley darling.. You look so beautiful tonight.. And lucky you.. Aiden is a catch"

"Thanks Marion"

"If I wasn't married I would definitely try to bring him home with me tonight.." yes, I might didn't love Aiden, but I was married to him right now so actually listening to every woman talk like that for him actually pissed me off

"If you weren't married Marion? Well, even if you weren't, he is.. With me.. So excuse me but I will go to my husband now"

I was fuming.. The nerve some women had.. Women completely sad with their lives.. When I reached Aiden he was talking with some other men.. I didn't know them..

"Hello my beautiful wife.. Gentlemen.. This is my wonderful wife Ashley.. Ashley this is Bert, Alex and George.. We were classmates in Yale.."

"Nice to meet you all.."

"Aiden, you are one very lucky man.. You told us how beautiful she was but actually looking at her.. One word.. WOW" Bert, or I think it was Bert said..

"Guys, she is not only beautiful.. She is clever and she is actually going to become a pilot.. She is going in training in two weeks" Aiden said being all proud but when he did I saw their faces.. They were like "are you serious? A woman pilot?". Instead they didn't say that but actually laughed.. And really hard if I might say..

"Nice one Aiden.. I didn't know you had it in you to actually be that funny"

"Who said I am joking Alex? Ashley is going to become a pilot"

"And you are going to let her? She is your wife, a woman.. And you are letting her go on war?"

"And who are you to actually tell me what I should do or don't? Let's go Ashley.."

Aiden stood by me.. He put his hand on my back like protecting me for these assholes and took me away from their close mind personalities..

"Pay them no mind.. I am proud of you and what you want to do.. And as I said its me and you now.. So don't care about what everyone says.. Ok?"

"Thank you.."

"My pleasure.. What do you say if we went outside? I think its too much for me here.. All these people.."

"You read my mind.."

While sitting with him outside I was thinking that I could actually love Aiden.. I might didn't love him right now but I could see myself loving him.. Because he was a great man and he wasn't like all the others.. Yes, I think I could love him in future..

"As much as I like it out here I think we should go inside.. I am sure they will look for us"

"I don't want to.. I would rather be home and not with all these people.."

"It will be over soon Ash.. You will see" Ash it was something he started calling me two months ago and I kinda liked it..

Once we got inside we were bombardised with questions about me going on war, being a pilot.. Those three had big mouths and I am sure they told their wives and their wives told to other people and go on..

"You just got married and you are going to let her go?"

"Who with your status would accept his wife to be a pilot?"

"A woman going in war? Are you serious?"

These were some of the questions.. They were even worse but I am choosing not to even say the same things they said.. And last but not least our parents.. Yes, so nice.. And they were all four of them together..

"Aiden, how you accept your wife to become a pilot? Did you lose your mind?" Mr Dennison said and he was really pissed..

"Ashley, you couldn't help it.. Didn't you? You had to embarrass your father and me to all these people for something that is insane"

They were all talking at the same time when Aiden yelled for all them to stop..

"Listen to me.. All of you.. With all the respect sir" he said to my father " I married to your daughter today and I gave my promise to you that I will take care of her.. Thank you for raising such a wonderful woman and I consider myself happy to be her husband"

"Father, as I said to Mr. Davies, Ashley and I are a couple and what we are going to do is our problem and not yours.. I am very proud of her for what she wants and I am going to help her to do so.."

"Be a man to your wife.. No son of mine would let his wife to do such a thing" I couldn't stay right there and listen to them talking about me like I was nothing.. I was a person.. I wasn't a thing.. And I think it was about time for me to say something..

"I am sorry sir but I am here.. You are talking to me like I am invisible.. I don't know why you think that a woman can not do that.. And actually it's your country and my country that actually recruits women.. So I guess world is changing and it would be the right time to start changing as well.."

"If you were man enough you would tell your wife what her right place is.."

"Father, with all the respect she is my wife and that's her right place.."

"If you let her go there and disgrace our family I will disown you.."

"Then you should because she will go and I will be very proud to take her to her training.."

"You.. You.." he looked at me in the eyes and I thought he would do something bad to tell you the truth..

"Now if you excuse us.. Since this is our wedding we are going to our home.. I hope you won't regret your decision, father.."

I couldn't believe in my eyes or ears.. Aiden actually took my side and he confronted not only my father but his father as well.. And that man disowned him because of me..

"I wanted to tell him to fuck off as well but I decided that wasn't the right thing to do since our mothers and you were there.."

"Aiden, did you realize what just happened?"

"Yes, I did.."

"I didn't want to be the reason for your father disowning you.."

"I am going to tell you something.. Me and my father never got along.. He is a prick and I am wondering why my mother married him.. If it wasn't for her he would be nothing.. And she loves him.. So pretty much now I am free as well.. You and me.."

All these months I never kissed him.. He would give me a kiss on my chick and I would do the same.. So without thinking I gave him a kiss on his lips.. And it was my first kiss to a man.. I was glad that it was Aiden.. And the thoughts I had this morning about him and our marriage, after tonight, they were starting to vanish..

TBC

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