Well, I still don't own it. And here is the final chapter.
And so here I am watching my best friend pace the floor of a Sunday school classroom. I have never seen him so nervous in his life. Its as though he honestly believes that after almost five years she will see him as he is and run as fast as she can. I try to remember the things he said on my wedding day to calm me down, but they would never sound right coming from me. As Amy comes in to check on her brother, I slip out to see my sister one last time before she becomes Bright's wife.
I have never seen her so beautiful or so happy. She glows in her wedding gown. Delia is the exact opposite of Bright. She is calmly sitting on a stool fixing her niece's hair. The conversation she is having with my father is so unimportant and casual that I wonder if she even remembers that today is her wedding day. And when I ask her if she is nervous her answer is so simple and so perfect.
"Its right. I am the most me and the happiest when he's around. There's nothing to be worried or nervous about."
It is a version of these words that I use to calm Bright down. She's loves him, that's all he needs to know or think about. And it is enough.
So as my father gives my sister away to the man who already possesses her heart a chapter of life closes. And the greatest love story I will ever know is not my own, but that of my baby sister and my best friend.
Thus ends this story for now. Give me time and I may change my mind. I didn't want to leave it unfinished but I have lost my heart for it.
Did it turn out at least okay? Let me know!