The tragic life of Desmond Sycamore
Chapter 7: The day she became mine
Scarlett and I had been dating for some time, though people might say that it wasn't long. I however feel like I have known her my whole life. We have been going ice skating, watching films and even went star gazing. I took her to meet my parents too, who weren't very thrilled, but at least now I know that neither our parents are thrilled in our choice of partner. Of course, that didn't matter to us.
Well, the day I asked her father for his permission to marry Scarlett, he rejected me. I didn't expect anything else, but it still hurt. Of course my own parents weren't thrilled at the idea of me marrying 'a servant girl', as they put it. That was the last drop, so I planned to propose to Scarlett at one of their Christmas parties. Maybe they'll disown me, but I don't care at this point. I love my Scarlett, and I will marry her, rather our in-laws like it or not. I have made a necklace from a gem I found during an early expedition I went on, that reminded me of her. I just used a small piece and the rest I have send to a museum. I had planned on proposing to Scarlett for a while, I even talked about it to my friends and even Raymond. They all said that I should. I guess they can't stand my constant talking about her. Well, Scarlett and I lived together for a few months now, so I thought that we should go the next step. So of course I proposed to her and of course she said yes. You can't imagine how much my heart was beating when she uttered this small world that would change our lives forever. I couldn't help myself so I picked her up and spun her around. I may not be really strong, but that was something I always liked to do.
The wedding planning went smoothly, well, as smoothly as can be when your in-laws are involved in the planning and still try to convince their daughter to reconsider. I'm glad that we had their support, but it still sucked hearing them trying to convince their daughter to marry someone else. The wedding day however wasn't as smooth as we had hoped. Firstly, my parents showed up and tried convincing me that I were to make a mistake marrying Scarlett, than Scarlett ran away, nowhere to be found. Of course I was blamed by her father that she ran away.
"I knew that you only manipulated her to marry you, Desmond! You better fix this, or I will have your head!", those were his words. Of course, I would like to keep my head, so I promised to find Scarlett, but said that it might take a bit and that the ceremony might be delayed because of it. Lilian, Scarlett's mother said that it would be okay, and that I should just go. Her and her husband would also look for her.
Well, I looked all over the property until I spotted a white dress under the branches of a weeping willow. I swept the branches away a bit and sat down next to Scarlett.
"A weeping willow, an interesting hiding spot, love.", I said with a smile. Scarlett looked up to me and than back at the ground.
"What's the matter, Scarlett?", I asked and took her hand in mine. She looked at me again.
"Desmond, I'm scared. What if you realise that you don't want to be with me?", Scarlett wondered. It caught me by surprise and honestly, I know what she feels. I myself feel the same way. The first day I met her, I was certain that she wouldn't like me the same way I liked her, but I was wrong, now we are sitting underneath a weeping willow in our wedding clothes and try to figure things out.
"I'm scared, too.", I admitted. It was the first time I ever admitted something like that in front of her. I usually kept those feelings for myself whenever I was with her, but it felt like I had to tell her at that time.
"You are scared? But you are always so confident.", Scarlett said with a confused look on her face. I smiled slightly at her.
"Of course I'm scared. I don't know what the future will hold, and if our marriage will hold.", I admitted, looking up into the tree, I don't know what she did, I just felt her laying her head on my shoulder before saying: "Well, than we better find out together."
"Yes, let's find out what the future has in store for us, together.", I agreed and we stood up. I like to say I'm a smart man, but I certainly don't know everything, but It feels like with her, I don't need to know everything, because we will figure things out along the way.
The ceremony was delayed a bit, but nothing that we couldn't handle.
"It's not gonna be a necklace again this time, right?", Scarlett asked. I chuckled a bit and assured her that no, this time she will get the ring she deserved. We said our vows and all, her father still wasn't very happy about the outcome, but still. I was happy, Scarlett was happy, we will live happily ever after. I would do anything for her, though I think that would come back to haunt me one day.