For better or for worst – Part 1
The bells of church were ringing out. It was clear that's a festive day for several people, all being here to assist at a marriage. The weather was sunny and hot, perfect for this summer day. Several persons including the groom were waiting on the forecourt in front of the big Viridian City's church, looking forward to seing the bride to arrive. When the white and decorated car got to the place of the ceremony, everybody was delighted, turning all their eyes onto the bride who was sit down in the back of the car. Only, nobody could observ her inside the vehicle because of the tinted windows, but she was capable to see all the people there were in this place for this special occasion. Exhaling to calm herself down, she was waiting that her father come to open her the car door, her bride's bouquet in her hands. She was stressed even if this moment was a childhood dream and that she waited since always.
Seeing her dad come to her and offer her his hand, she began to go outside the car, taking care to her wedding dress and to her hairstyle. She had a perfect bun, a natural make-up style and wore a splayed wedding dress : into groom's eyes, she looked like a princess. She barely was outside that she was photographed by all of the guests, always at her father's arm, she was smiling before raise her violet eyes toward the groom. Murmuring something in her father's ear, she waited for his answer, but only a negative sign rispond to her. She felt her lips to shake, a wave of sadness washing over herself, but desiring to hold her head high, she began to walk in order to join her fiancé. Always with her father, she climbed up the steps until to be bseide her fiancé. After that, the guests went into the church, followed by the young groom. The bride waited outside for a moment, in the company of her father. When her moment came, she took a deep breathing before walked inside the beautiful old nave, under everybody's eyes. She desperately looked everywhere to find one person into all the guests, without show her internal distress, but after a moment, she understood he abandonned her. She felt her heart tighten behind her breast with a desire to cry alone.
Once she was beside her fiancé, she thanked him for leading her to the groom while he kissed her daughter's forehead, proud of her. She smiled at him, then she turned her glance towards her fiancé, the fast breathing and her heart beating furiously. The priest drew the bride's attention to him, beginning to talk to the gathering. The engaged couple sit down in front of the priest, listening and waiting her moment. The bride was elsewhere, thinking to her life, to her lover, to her future, only her pleasure wasn't whole. She didn't imagined that he won't be with her at this moment, this moment which truly was important for her. She was disappointed, but she realised his absence was meaning more things she could think before. All of a sudden, the priester asked to stand up. Was it the moment to exchange their vows? She thought it was too fast to her, she wasn't ready because he wasn't present with her for that. Her fiancé took her left hand into his, putting his browns eyes into hers, an enormous smile on his perfect face. She took the time to analyze him : he really was a beautiful guy, with his deep brown eyes, his gentle facial features. Behind these characteristics, he also was the perfect man, always to help others, so kind with everybody, and he loved children more than she loved them. Slowly, she lowered her eyes to watch their interlaced hands, when the priester adressed to the groom.
" Cameron, will you have Cassidy to be your wife, to live together as friend and mate ? Will you love her as a person, respect her as an equal, sharing joy as well as sorrow, triumph as well as defeat, and keep her beside you as long as you both shall live ? " The priester asked.
" I will." Cameron answered.
No doubt for him, he desired to take Cassidy as a wife, and probably as a future mother. Cassidy's heart raced at his response, she had the impression to suffocate when the clergyman turned toward her, to asked her the same thing. She didn't know, she was lost, but she was into delicate situation.
" Cassidy, will you have Cameron to be your husband, to live together as friend and mate ? Will you love him as a person, respect him as an equal, sharing joy as well as sorrow, triumph as well as defeat, and keep him beside you as long as you both shall live ?" He asked to her.
The young man was outside with his pokémons, caring to his old motorcycle. Mightyena and Hitmontop were playing together, Butch could observe them, giggling of the situation. Suddenly, his joy disappeared when he heard the bells of the church ringing : he perfectly knew for what it was. Ignoring these sounds, he turned again his attention to his motorcycle, with a heavy heart. He couldn't deny this event hurts him, even if it concerned her ex-partner, her bestfriend ; he couldn't go to support her for see her to be to another man than him, it was beyond his strength. When they were coworkers, he thought it was different, they could have sexual relationship without feelings, and Cassidy could have a boyfriend who wasn't him. Only, when the Team Rocket period was over, Butch thought she'll stay with him, because she was scared to be abandonned ; he believed they could live together, in a little house, maybe elsewhere than in Viridian City. But he did an error, the biggest error he never did before this time, this time where Cassidy left him. She probably was afraid by his behaviour, by his feelings, by the fact he declared to her all he felt to her. Of course, she knew everything at the moment where Butch spoke with honnesty, but Cassidy didn't desire to be tied to a man, she was a free woman since the first time he saw her, and she wanted to stay that way.
In spite of their separation, they continued to be friends, but they were less close than before. Butch took care about his pokémons, and lived into a little house closeness to the city, placed into the countryside. At the beginning, he was receiving and sending a lot of messages to his partner, they met the most part of the time in the City, to talk, to drink together. Their life didn't so different than they were when both were into Team Rocket because they spent all their time together. But with the time, a gap began to hollow their relationship out. After several months, Cassidy disappeared to leave him alone. But one day, she came back to present him her new boyfriend. This guy was a wealthy man, he had several castles through all Poke-World, moreover, he truly was a beautiful guy. Butch thought to James, because Cassidy's boyfriend looked like this idiot from Team Rocket, always careful, polite and well dressed. He didn't know how was the life of the modest people, he couldn't see him. When Butch explained to Cassidy that the guy wasn't for her, she left hil another time, leaving him alone, without possiby return. He hated her, he hated her new boyfriend and all he wished it was to have Cassidy for him. Even if he tried to hide his jealousy for her, the problem was more important than they both thought.
A day, Cassidy invited him to announce her engagement and her desire to make to Butch her main witness. It was the matter for him, because he didn't succeed to accept her demand, inflaming Cassidy's situation when he took her soft hands to do his own marriage proposal. At this moment, he had already signed his own death warrant and the one of their relationship. After a long argue between them, Cassidy finally said Butch was always a guest for her moment. He wanted to help her, to go with her in front of the altar and stay closer to his bestfriend. He tried, but he was heartbroken because of her, because of her new life in which he didn't have an any space to subsist. Finally, he decided to drop and try to forget his ex-partner, his Cassidy, his single love.
Cassidy was walking in the street, always holding into her right hand, her bunch of violet and blue flowers. Her long wedding dress moving with her legs movement ; she had several locks of hair freed from her perfect bun and her veil was flying with to the hot breeze. She didn't crying, she was proud of her and had the sensation to find again the pleasure she had in the Team Rocket when Butch and her succeeded something. She walked during a long moment, and to have more comfort, Cassidy had taken her stilettos off and continued her way barefoot. The young bride didn't want to stop, she desired to go somewhere, she was determined.
In front of the garage, she attentively looked at her ex-partner, who was fixing his old motorcycle. She hesitated to speak, being confused by her awkward situation and took the decision to stay in silence, in hope that Butch see her. Mightyena and Hitmontop were always playing in the garden and in this fact, they couldn't notice Cassidy's presence, what it reassured the blondie girl. Butch unbelievably was sexy when he was occupied to his car or motorcycle, these vehicles were as his own children and to pamper them was one of his favorite hobby. He just wore a blue jean and was shirtless, with sweat onto his bronzed skin. While Cassidy was feasting her eyes on him, Butch stood up with a smile on his lips, proud for what he did. Passing one of his strong arm onto his forehead desirous to dry it. All of a sudden, he turned his glance toward the young woman he knew by heart. He blinked several times, he wasn't certain if she was real or she was a trick from his imagination but after a lot of time he realised Cassidy was in front of him, wearing her long wedding dress. Inside his eyes, she looked like as an angel who was fell from the sky, she was gorgeous and perfect. Cassidy was here, in front of him and she was smiling, her violet eyes shining thanks to the happiness she could feel at this time. He couldn't do otherwise than imitate her, and they stayed in a long silence, intensely gazing at each other.
To be continued...