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Austin's POV
I take my place at the top of the altar as the processional starts. Both Dez and Jace leave my side to go meet their ladies Carrie and Trish in the middle of the aisle.
I watch as they reach the center of the aisle . They will be escorting Trish and Carrie all the way up to the front and to their places at the altar. Jace grabs Trish first, she takes his arm happily at least when she looks at him. When she looks at him you can tell that they are in love, and Jace's face mirrors Trish's as well. However; her face automatically sours when she looks at mime. She's got a pained expression on her face, but only those closest to her would notice. I certainly did. When Trish looks away Jace continues to guide her up the aisle, I see that she looks really anxious like she's feeling trapped like a caged animal in a zoo, and then she has a tight-lined forced smile upon her face when approaching me. The couple finally reaches me at the altar after about a minute or so of walking at a good pace up the aisle, then Trish gives me a pleading look, a look that suggests,
"Please Austin. Don't go through with marrying Piper."
Once my brain registers what Trish was trying to express without words... I lock eyes with hers and her eyes are glazed over, she still looks pained but I just give her a blank stare. She stays quiet and just takes her place at the altar.
I turn to face forward again and look to see Dez escorting Carrie down the aisle with her hair in an updo, curls framing each side of her face, and wearing her orange floor length taffeta Maid of Honor dress. She has a huge smile on her face. Well, at least my soon-to-be Sister-in-Law doesn't hate me. Wish I could say the same for my manager who also happens to be one of my best friends. I can feel Trish glaring at me, but choose to ignore it. When Dez and Carrie reach me, he looks at me with the, "It's not too late." look on his face.
It's then that I remember exactly what Dez said all those years ago.
"I call bullshit. Bullshit Austin! Stop being afraid of asking for what you want. What are you going to do when you realize Ally's the love of your life and you've already committed yourself to someone else? Get your head out of your fucking ass! No girl is ever going to be Ally."
I'm snapped out of my thoughts when Dez nudges me and the music changes. I look up and see Piper coming down the aisle on her father's arm. I listen as the organ starts to play the first few notes of Here Comes the Bride, but very quickly the organ's music is not the music that I hear.
What I hear in my mind is bits and pieces of Taylor Swift's song, Speak Now. The song that was playing just as I was getting out of the limo.
This is surely not what you thought it would be
Well, no it's definitely not how I pictured my Wedding Day to be. I didn't even want to get married in a traditional church, I wanted something more fun. Not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just not Austin Moon Pop Star's style. It was Piper's idea, not mine. She can be rather difficult to deal with at times, so I concede and just let her have what she wanted.
Sacrificing your desires and acting pussy whipped? Well, well fucking B-R-A-V-O Austin!
I scold myself internally at my conscience use of language, in a church of all places. I'm probably going to go to hell for that!
And the organ starts to play
A song that sounds like a death march
It does sound like a death march to be honest. I cringe at the thought of it, on the inside of course. Obviously my outward appearance can't be cringing in front of two hundred plus wedding guests.
She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen
As I watch Piper continue to make her way down the aisle it's not Piper that I envision coming towards me in the white dress.
What I see is in fact a woman in white. Don't get me wrong but the white dress I think I see is an A-line form fitting lace, with a sweetheart neckline, the sash on the dress was embellished with crystals and in the very center a treble clef instead of a flower like I've heard some brides choose to have. The bride's hair isn't blonde, but instead has long brown curls tumbling down her back. Also, her chocolate colored hair is braided on each side of her face and pulled back highlighting her gorgeous face and the most beautiful brown eyes, not green ones.
It's only when the music stops that I snap out of this trance.
But I know you wish it was me,
The woman standing in front of me waiting isn't Ally it's Piper. I blink for a second, see that Piper in her wedding dress looks beautiful. Her hair is curled tightly, but it's not pinned back out of her face. Her gown resembles that of an eclair somewhat, you know that pastry? It's mermaid style with an embellished crystal sash near her waistline with a flower in the center, not the treble clef. Her veil goes just past the bottom of her curls to a little below her shoulders.
Nothing like the dress I envisioned coming towards me, or the woman standing now right in front of me.
You wish it was me,
Don't you?
I take Piper's hand after her father kisses her on the cheek. We take our places at the altar and face one another. I take both of her hands in mine.
The preacher begins the ceremony, " Dearly beloved we are gathered her today to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony."
Don't say yes, run away now
I'll meet you when you're out
Of the church at the back door
I look around in the church in search for any sign of her, but she isn't anywhere to be found. Not like the part of the song where Taylor sings,
And I am hiding in the curtains
It seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride to be
She's not the type of woman that would be hiding in the curtains. She wouldn't even dare to show up at all. Why would she be here of all places? This isn't some cliche movie where the officiant says,
"Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace"
Ironically, this also happens to be a line in the song playing itself out in my mind. They took that out of the ceremonious wording in the churches years ago when it had started to prove to be an increasing issue. Seeing as people were backing out of marrying the person they had planned to marry and all. At least from what I've heard or any family members weddings that I've attended. Don't quote me on that.
The music running rampant in my mind ceases for the moment. I need to get this out.
"Piper." I say her name like I would normally, but in a rather serious tone. She looks at me pure happiness crossing her tanned face while appearing to be completely on cloud nine.
"Yes Austin?" Her eyes are shining and she's smiling that pretty smile that she has always had.
"I need to talk to you a moment." I say with a sense of urgency now seriously evident in my voice as my hands start to feel clammy.
She must have noticed my hands are clammy, gives me a puzzling look before uttering the words, "Um, I don't think this is the right time at our wedding to talk. The preacher is talking right now." She doesn't say anything else just yet, neither does the preacher.
There's the silence, there's my last chance.
The preacher looks between both Piper and I, when I interject, "Father can I please have a minute to speak with my fiancee?"
I stand up with shaking hands
All eyes on me
I'm already standing at the altar, but that's besides the point. The guests and everyone else in the church gasp as they look on, and I watch from my peripheral their eyes dart back and forth between Piper and I in pure and utter confusion.
Horrified looks from everyone in the room
But I'm only looking at you.
"Austin. What are you doing?" She says as her grip on my hands tightens significantly.
"Piper. I need to tell you something. I should have told you a long time ago. Ally was my first everything, not you. We were together intimately the night before she left for Europe."
She brings her hand back and slaps me hard across the face. "Are you serious? How could you Austin? Why did you even propose to me? She doesn't love you Austin, not like I do. You don't even love me, do you?"
But you are not the kind of boy
Who should be marrying the wrong girl
"Of course I do, but I've realized that I'm not in love with you."
"WHAT! That was almost four years ago and you choose NOW to tell me. Have you lost your mind?!" The look on her face almost made me take back what I just said. A range of emotions cross her face, anger, disbelief, more anger, upset, near tears and finally pure and utter rage. She blinks trying to process it all. I give her a moment to let everything sink in and continue.
"I can't marry you, Piper. I'm sorry, but I don't belong with you. I'm in love with Ally. I know this is the worst time to breakup with you."
"You think?! HOW DARE YOU HUMILIATE ME IN FRONT OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HAPPIEST DAY OF OUR LIVES! I can't believe any of this is real!"
She's now full on screaming in a church in front of our wedding guests, rightfully so, but Ally would never ever do this. She's going to end up embarrassing both of us, yet she's the one wailing at the top of her lungs so loudly that it would make Scuttle's voice from The Little Mermaid while squawking sound beautiful.
"I can't commit to you, especially not when she's the love of my life." The fire in Piper's eyes are hauntingly frightening.
Don't let her try to hold you down! You know, you don't want to completely lose your man card here.
With the encouragement from my conscience I push on to say, "It's not fair to you or to me. Ultimately our marriage would result in divorce. I'm not going to let you back me into a corner or trap me by tricking me to impregnate you somehow, that's not happening. I'm sorry if this hurts, but I only want to get married once."
She slaps me again really hard actually even harder this time and it stings. " You deserve a man that's truly in love with you, will love you til death do you part. Goodbye Piper." I kiss her on the cheek not letting her respond and the music in my head resumes playing.
So, don't say "Yes", run away now,
As I hear that line I start sprinting down the aisle. I first run past both sets of our parents, mine stay seated.
I think I hear my mother say to my father, "Oh Mike, I'm so relieved. It looks like we may finally have the daughter we've always wanted. Ally. No one will ever be as special as Ally to Austin."
"Well, dear. He needs to go get Ally back first. So, we'll just have to wait and see if he can. Its been years but I love Ally and I think that they suit each other nicely."
My parents embrace each other as the rest of the church well Piper's side of the church is in complete chaos.
Meanwhile Piper's dad has his fist balled at his side, her mother is flailing her arms around wildly.
Don't wait or say a single vow
Your time is running out and they said speak now
As I run down the aisle her father, mother, grandparents, cousins and the rest of her family members and friends yell,
"STOP HIM!"
"AUSTIN GET BACK HERE!"
Piper's family and friends attempt to stop me. I look to my left and notice that no one on my side of the church is attempting to stop me. Not my parents, Dez, Jace, Trish, Chuck or any of my family members not a single one. They are just sitting in their seats, while Dez, Jace and Trish and still standing and holding people back from trying to reach me.
Once I reach the doors Dez yells, "Go get your girl, Austin!"
Trish screams, "The Marriott, she's staying at The Marriott!"
Jace hollers, "Marry the right woman for you Austin!"
Baby, I didn't say my vows
I've reached the main doors to the church and swing them open and head out of the church and into the pouring rain. I just hope that it's not too late.
After all she may not have been around but I didn't even let the preacher say Speak Now...
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