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“Well, Jesus H, I’m glad you’re here,” he said. “We got the world’s most nervous groom in there.”
“Sorry,” I said. “Damn dress got stuck.”
“We’ll have to call Christian Dior,” said Sara. “Get a refund.”
We giggled, and then Zeke and Sara kissed. She glowed as she waved him inside.
“You know,” I said. “I think there might be more than one wedding happening this year.”
“We’ll see if it’s true,” she said to me. “What they say about the best man and the maid of honor.”
The music had already struck up inside, and Sara walked in to take her place.
And then, it was my turn.
Smiling faces awaited me, as they stood while I stepped forward. I couldn’t help but look and see. Everyone from The Blue Orchid was there. Cherise, and Andy. My mom and my brother smiled and waved at me. And Macy too: and while we hadn’t told my mom or my dad, I felt sure that they knew somehow. The little blue-eyed girl was growing up fast. And she was looking more and more like her dad.
And then, there was a moment when everything stopped. And through the parting in the crowd, I could see him.
I don’t think Alex had ever not looked handsome, but seeing him today was like the first time. His dark hair had been neatly combed, and his skin was soft and a little tanned, from our walks in the park. The happiness we’d both come to share had brought him to life. And I knew that he wasn’t the same man I’d known all those years ago.
My father shook his hand. “Treat her well, son,” he said.
“I will,” said Alex, smiling. I loved his darkness, his moods. I loved him when he was angry, when he was wild. But I loved him all the more for being able to smile, to be happy.
He took my hand. “I love you,” he whispered.
“I love you too,” I said.
The music came to a stop.
And there, for a second, I realized that this was where I’d been coming, to this moment, for years. I’d been traveling in time to get to this day. The day which marked the end of all the days that came before. The day which marked the start of something new, and altogether better.
The End
