so its been a while, hopefully ill have another chapter by next week, in the meantime, heres an (re)edited version of the first. enjoy.
Aedion:
The doorbell chimes loudly as someone opens the door
"Is this a joke?" asks Dorian stepping into the store, waving a familiar looking dark green envelope. He slaps the envelope down in front of me and the pale, silvery card slides out.
Its upside down, but I can still read the names in bold script: Aelin Galathynius and Rowan Whitethorn. A wedding invitation.
I exhale sharply, trying to come up with a good response.
"What do I do with this?" he asks me.
"I honestly don't know" I confess "showing up would just be awkward…"
"…but not showing up is childish" he finishes "Chaol got one too."
"And you are cool with...?" I pause, thinking out how to phrase it, getting an invitation to your exes wedding can't be fun.
I study his face as he nods, dark hair sliding onto his forehead. He pushes it back and meets my eyes.
"I'm over it" he tell me firmly "It was hard at the beginning, you know, her with Chaol".
"Yeah..."
"He was going to propose to her" he adds "bought a ring, and everything…"
Ouch, that's new.
"You look like her" he tells me suddenly studying my face.
I take the opportunity to do the same, his face is almost perfectly symmetrical, angular with a strong straight jaw. deep-set eyes, paired with an aquiline nose, giving him an almost aristocratic appearance.
The doorbell chimes once again, and I hear the familiar clacking of a certain pair of stilettoes.
"Well, speak of the devil" I mutter without even looking up
"And she doth appears" announces Aelin, strutting in through the door.
"nice to see you too".
"Likewise"
She continues through the store letting her hand run across the many necklaces on the display.
"Careful" I warn her, halfheartedly, as she passes over a golden pendant made from a series of warped rings.
She does this every time.
"Aren't I always?"
I snort and turn back to Dorian, who looks fairly uncomfortable, to say the least.
"Well I'm done here" he announces
"Aelin" he nods at her as he passes
"Dorian".
The doorbell chimes as he opens the door to step out.
"are you coming to my wedding?" asks Aelin suddenly, Dorian stops, one foot already out the door, before turning back around. His Adam's apple bobs as he swallows.
"I guess so" he finally says, turning back to the door.
"Manon too?" she asks
"I'll ask her" he says, before stepping out completely, the bell chimes once again as the door slams shut behind him.
After he leaves, Aelin makes her way to the wedding rings, next to the register.
"I want to try this one" she announces pointing. "The silver one"
"White gold" I correct her, as I unlock the display, I doubt she's actually going to buy it, but she'll keep nagging me until I let her try it on. Opening the glass I take out the ring she was pointing at, a 10k white gold, tiffany style 1.5 carat amethyst.
I pass it over to her, and she slides it onto her left hand ring finger. And examines her hand.
"This one is nice" she announces, fanning her hand out in front of me.
"Not bad" I say, "2500 and it's yours"
she blinks. Before sliding the ring off her finger and handing it back to me.
"So" she starts "you bringing a date to my wedding, or are you still stuck up on Kyllian?"
"I'm not" I mutter but she doesn't seem to hear me, or maybe she doesn't care.
"Because how I see it, it's been almost 3 months and you're still moping"
"I'm not mop-" I start
"Don't interrupt me when I'm talking"
I sigh, and spare a glance at the door.
Please anyone come in.
"I think you need to get over him" she announces "get off your ass and find somebody new
Maybe she's right. But I'm not going to admit it.
Suddenly her hand is in my face.
"So, How about this one?"
"Jesus, woman calm yourself" I push move her hand away from my face. On her finger sits a slim black band. It takes me a moment to recognize the ring.
"5mm tungsten, ordered them last week, arrived…." I trail off realizing that I hadn't unpacked them yet. That they should still be sitting in their packaging in the back.
Aelin smiles innocently at me, as I glare at her.
"We talked about this" I tell her.
"You're no fun" she pulls her hand back, and looks and the ring.
"I like this one" she announces, and even I have to admit the small band sits rather nicely on her ring finger, and despite its more masculine style, still looks, quite elegant and feminine on her hand.
She takes the ring off and hands it to me. As I place the ring in one of the drawers, she pulls out her phone and starts texting someone.
"You are treating me to lunch" she announces after a few seconds.
"What about rowan?" I ask, knowing him, chances are he's waiting for her with his bike outside.
"Already taken care of" she replies.
"Fine, but only because you asked so nicely".