(At the wedding)
Maria took a deep whiff of her cedar oil to calm her nerves, although it
did not seem to be working. God, she hated her Mom's family, it's probably
why they never kept in touch. They were all so damn finicky and judgmental!
They always had these grand expectations for their offspring. Probably why
her mother ran off and got herself banged up, she just wanted to get away
from it all. Maria stared up at the grand cathedral that probably took way
too much money to rent.
As Maria walked through the huge glass doors she was bombarded by crazy relatives. They all had these fake smiles plastered on their faces and were cooing about how long it's been and so on. But Maria rally knew that they were sizing her up seeing if she was ugly or fat, stupid or dull. She could not stand it. When she was finally able to breath again she spotted Francis. Walking over to her and the handsome groom she congratulated her cousin on the engagement. It was funny how different children could be than their parents; Francis was one of the sweetest girls she had ever met. She loved animals and regularly picked strays off the street. She had met Brian at a Vet hospital and they hit it off right away. Francis had always gushed about him to Maria and voiced concerns about her family disapproving. After talking with Francis a little the doors to the dining room were opened.
Maria stared in awe at the inside of the dining hall. There were ice sculptures and table cloths of silk; the food looked like a work of art, something you couldn't touch just look at. There seemed to be hundreds of guests of power and importance. At each seat there was a corresponding name tag. Maria looked around for her name and inconspicuously sat down. As guests began to file in more and more people sat down. In a few minutes everyone was seated. The last person to sit was a 17 year old boy who slid in next to her. She looked him over. He was gorgeous, no doubt about that, but he screamed "rich boy" and breeding. And the way his eyes darted up and down Maria's body revealed his sleaziness.
He gave her smile that obviously cost millions of dollars to make and said, "My, My if I had known there was gonna be such a pretty girl here I would not have been so mad about coming at all." His eyes began roaming again and Maria felt her skin crawl. What a creep!
She gave him a fleeting smile and removed his hand from her thigh, which had stealthily climbed its way there during his introduction.
"Hello, Ms. Deluca it's been ages!" Maria heard her too cheery, too dumb cousin say from across the table. Carmen did not even wait for an answer from Maria, before starting to babble complete substance less small- talk.
Maria rolled her eyes and stifled a groan; she mumbled, "Nice to see you dear cousin." Carmen's mouth continued to move rapidly but Maria couldn't hear her. She had learned very well how to ignore her relatives. Maria nodded her head in agreement at times totally oblivious to what her cousin was saying. She once again began to admire the grandness of the hall, well she sure as hell didn't like her family but at least they had good taste. She returned her gaze to Carmen when and found her watching Maria expectantly for an answer to some question. Maria didn't know what to answer considering she didn't even know what Carmen had asked.
"You know what, Carmen I'm really not feeling well. I'll have to excuse myself." With that, Maria made a quick escape out to the hallway. She needed to get some fresh air! Maria looked across the narrow hallway. Damn! This place is humongous how am I going to find my way out? She began to walk down the halls and then picked up her speed. She never saw the orderve cart when she whipped around the corner. It hit her square in the middle of the forehead. She could feel herself falling and then the world went black.
As Maria walked through the huge glass doors she was bombarded by crazy relatives. They all had these fake smiles plastered on their faces and were cooing about how long it's been and so on. But Maria rally knew that they were sizing her up seeing if she was ugly or fat, stupid or dull. She could not stand it. When she was finally able to breath again she spotted Francis. Walking over to her and the handsome groom she congratulated her cousin on the engagement. It was funny how different children could be than their parents; Francis was one of the sweetest girls she had ever met. She loved animals and regularly picked strays off the street. She had met Brian at a Vet hospital and they hit it off right away. Francis had always gushed about him to Maria and voiced concerns about her family disapproving. After talking with Francis a little the doors to the dining room were opened.
Maria stared in awe at the inside of the dining hall. There were ice sculptures and table cloths of silk; the food looked like a work of art, something you couldn't touch just look at. There seemed to be hundreds of guests of power and importance. At each seat there was a corresponding name tag. Maria looked around for her name and inconspicuously sat down. As guests began to file in more and more people sat down. In a few minutes everyone was seated. The last person to sit was a 17 year old boy who slid in next to her. She looked him over. He was gorgeous, no doubt about that, but he screamed "rich boy" and breeding. And the way his eyes darted up and down Maria's body revealed his sleaziness.
He gave her smile that obviously cost millions of dollars to make and said, "My, My if I had known there was gonna be such a pretty girl here I would not have been so mad about coming at all." His eyes began roaming again and Maria felt her skin crawl. What a creep!
She gave him a fleeting smile and removed his hand from her thigh, which had stealthily climbed its way there during his introduction.
"Hello, Ms. Deluca it's been ages!" Maria heard her too cheery, too dumb cousin say from across the table. Carmen did not even wait for an answer from Maria, before starting to babble complete substance less small- talk.
Maria rolled her eyes and stifled a groan; she mumbled, "Nice to see you dear cousin." Carmen's mouth continued to move rapidly but Maria couldn't hear her. She had learned very well how to ignore her relatives. Maria nodded her head in agreement at times totally oblivious to what her cousin was saying. She once again began to admire the grandness of the hall, well she sure as hell didn't like her family but at least they had good taste. She returned her gaze to Carmen when and found her watching Maria expectantly for an answer to some question. Maria didn't know what to answer considering she didn't even know what Carmen had asked.
"You know what, Carmen I'm really not feeling well. I'll have to excuse myself." With that, Maria made a quick escape out to the hallway. She needed to get some fresh air! Maria looked across the narrow hallway. Damn! This place is humongous how am I going to find my way out? She began to walk down the halls and then picked up her speed. She never saw the orderve cart when she whipped around the corner. It hit her square in the middle of the forehead. She could feel herself falling and then the world went black.
