Speak Now
Chapter 3 : Action Speak Louder
The preacher's deep voice made it sound as if it was a demand, not a question.
A demand to speak. Now.
Whoever wanted to go ahead and ruin this expensive occasion and the hopes of the almost-wed couple and the crowd should really speak now.
…There was a silence.
My last chance.
Gathering all of my strength, I slowly stood up, my knees shaking, my hands trembling, my pulse racing.
Slowly, like in the movies, everyone's eyes turned towards me.
The atmosphere turned stiff as gaping mouths, horrified looks, surprised expressions (and smiles from certain people) painted everyone's facial expressions. Everyone was just so surprised that anyone would want to break up this wonderful occasion.
I summoned all of the courage I have... and I tried to speak.
...but somehow, I could not.
Words were stuck on my throat and would not come out. Great. Just. FREAKING. great.
Strong heat seared my cheeks and my ears. My mind went all fuzzy because of embarrassment, but through it all, I forced myself to look at Lucas and Lucas alone. His warm, brown eyes stared back, confused.
I am not this kind of girl, who rudely barges into weddings and ruins good occasions. I am not the kind of girl who speaks her mind, even if asked. I am not the kind of girl to makes waves in the perfectly ironed tablecloth of fate. I am just Nana. Plain Jane Extraordinaire. I am not that attractive, and I have always been a very quiet girl. I have an odd way of looking at the world, but come to think of it, so does Lucas. We both look through the world through rose-coloured glasses. People don't normally wait until the wedding to tell someone they love who is getting married to someone else how they felt. People rarely barge into the church and crash weddings nowadays.
Probably because, unlike me, people find the courage to tell the on they are in love with what they are feeling. Either that, or they accept the cards that fate has dealt them. It is unfortunate that it had come to this, and now that I have his, (and everyone else's) attention, I cannot speak. I cannot find the courage to tell him what I felt, to tell him that he is just not the kind of boy who should be marrying the wrong girl... that the right girl is standing here...ready to embarrass herself and to ruin her already fragile self-esteem just to get a chance of being with him...
The situation was just oozing with irony.
Fortunately, Lucas needed no words from me. As if awakening from a spell, he quickly descended from the altar and jogged down the aisle. Not bothering to stop, his body collided with mine. His tackle sent me flying towards the red carpeting on the floor where the bride had walked earlier. His warm body was tightly pressed against mine. I could feel his heart beating against my chest. I felt my cheeks burn hotter and my heart beat wilder. Lucas and I have never been this close before...never in our 10 years of friendship. And yet, Lucas acted as if he was used to our bodies being so...close together.
I got lost into those big brown eyes. His hand on the nape of my neck, softly lifting my head from the ground, sent sparks flying through my spine.
Before I realized what's going on, he slowly lowered his face towards mine, our lips millimeters from each other. My breathing quickened. There was a fluttering, yearning feeling in the pit of my stomach. I could feel his other hand snake towards my neck, and my shoulders...
...Oh...I was in heaven.
The moment he captured my lips, my body went ablaze (figuratively). I was consumed by the heat of the passion and the pull of his soft, strawberry-chapstick lips. My eyes slowly glazed over and closed. My mind completely went blank because of the boldness and the utter intensity of the moment. My last thoughts were of his addictive lips, and the intoxicating way he tastes...
Our little spontaneous kissing scene was interrupted by loud screech. Lucas quickly turned his head to the general direction of the noise. I, however, could not. It was like Lucas's kiss had paralyzed every nerve of my body.
The bride flew into a horrendous fit of rage, like an ultimate chimera on the loose. She flew down the aisle towards Lucas, shrieking like a banshee. She grabbed Lucas from behind and trapped him in a suffocating embrace, maniacally shouting her wedding vows.
I snapped out of my love coma. I soon as I saw Lucas gasping for breath, I lost all immobility and all of my thinking processes. I went mad.
Adrenaline surging through my veins, I quickly grabbed on one of the loose floor boards and pulled it straight out of the ground. Not even thinking about consequences or the source of my inhumane strength (Which I just assume came from the adrenaline rush) I strike her in the back of the head with the floorboard, like a bat to a baseball: once, for stealing Lucas, twice for breaking up a magical moment between us, and a third time for stealing him again.
However, instead of her screeching in pain, or dying, she cackled. Hell, she can cackle. Angry glowing green eyes glared at me, her thin blood-red lips stretched into a creepy smile...like that MSN emoticon for : D
Dropping Lucas, she charged at me.
I closed my eyes, expecting a pretty painful assault. With my adrenaline rush gone and fear firmly planting me onto the ground, I resigned myself to whatever torture monster bride has in mind.
At least, I accomplished my mission...
Then, all of a sudden, everything went quiet. I slowly opened my eyes and saw Lucas, and his hand emitting a strange blue light. Chimera bride was lying on the floor, quiet but not dead. Her eyes were still blinking and the echo in the church amplified her heavy, raspy breathing, frightening even the most fearless guest. But at the moment I wasn't very concerned about Ultimate Chimera bride, or the baffled crowd, or the ruined occasion...
The soft blue light slowly disappeared. Lucas slowly approached me, his gentle brown eyes looking directly at me. He slowly took me into his arms, lifting me bridal-style.
He leaned in for another mind-blowing kisses...
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