Since Juan was there to give her away this time, Felix walked down the aisle after Britt, leaving the two of them alone in the foyer. Sabrina took a deep breath as the doors opened, willing herself to put one foot in front of the other. A genuine smile overtook her face when she saw how Patrick had transformed the church into a tropical paradise reminiscent of Puerto Rico; however, as the Wedding March played, she kept it pasted on and her anxiety in check by focusing on Patrick standing at the altar happily waiting for her. When she and Juan reached him, Juan removed her hand from his and put her hand in Patrick's. After kissing her lightly on the cheek, he sat down in the front pew with Becky. Sabrina heard Patrick say, "You look beautiful," as she handed her bouquet to Felix, so she whispered, "Thank you," back to him just before Lucy began the ceremony.
The more Lucy talked, the less comfortable Sabrina became, soon breaking out into a cold sweat and struggling to breathe. When the time came for the vows, which she and Patrick had re-written themselves, Lucy turned to her and said, "Sabrina, would you like to go first?"
Although Sabrina had memorized them, no words escaped when she opened her mouth. As she struggled to remember the words, Sabrina gazed around the room and saw all the faces of the people she cared about begin blurring together. Feeling faint, she turned back to Patrick and swallowed. Badly needing air, Sabrina managed to squeak out an, "I can't," right before she ripped her hands from his, picked up the skirt of her gown and bolted down the aisle and out of the church.
When Patrick spied Sabrina in the back of the church, he immediately knew something was off with her. Yes, her smile was genuine, but she also seemed panicked, like a horse who'd been cornered. As she walked towards him, he remembered their last wedding and sighed. She'd been beautiful then in her mother's dress; but, she was even more gorgeous now, if that was possible. This dress was still classically elegant, but it had a much more modern vibe. With her hair cascading down her back and a tropical flower pinned in it, Sabrina looked like a fallen angel sent down from heaven just for him.
When she reached him, he smiled at her encouragingly. Robin was at her house across town and he had no other former wives to come back from the dead and disrupt everything. He'd also made it clear to all the guests that drama wasn't welcome today, so, if they had any, they'd better settle it elsewhere. This wedding would be perfect for Sabrina. It was the least she deserved.
When Juan placed Sabrina's hand in his, Patrick noticed it was clammy. Chalking it up to nerves at finally being here together again, he tried to calm her by telling her she looked beautiful. She smiled and thanked him after she gave her bouquet to Felix.
Patrick only half listened to Lucy during the beginning of the ceremony. If it had been up to him, he would have skipped the fluff and got right to the "I Do's"; however, Felix convinced him that the other stuff was important to Sabrina so he put it in. It didn't seem that important to her today though, because the longer Lucy talked, the more Sabrina fidgeted. Odd.
When it finally came time for them to say their vows, Lucy asked Sabrina to go first. He knew she had them memorized, so Patrick wasn't sure why she hesitated to speak. He was about to ask if Sabrina was okay, when he noticed her glance around the room. Unfortunately, when her eyes met his again, she looked ready to drop. Then, Patrick heard the absolute last thing he'd ever expected to hear in his life - right before she bolted down the aisle as if the hounds of hell were nipping at her heels.
Shocked, Patrick just stood there. If his mind were a computer, it would have been repeating the message "Error! Does not compute!" over and over because, he couldn't, for the life of him, understand how Sabrina could run away and leave him stranded at the altar feeling as if he had been punched in the gut. It was in that moment that he truly realized how Sabrina had felt two years ago when he completely forgot about her and walked down the aisle to kiss Robin. What had he done?