Waking up to realize that there is no body occupying the space next to you can be heartbreaking, especially if it's supposed to be your honeymoon.
Walking from the bathroom to the balcony after taking a shower, I take in the beautiful island we are in. From a distance, I could see the blue ocean waves and the numerous green tress surrounding the area. Taking a deep breath in, my nostrils are instantly hit with the fresh smell of non-polluted air. I might as well enjoy my time here, I think.Walking back to the room, I change into my spring floral dress that Steven loves so much. What changed between us exactly? The Steven that kept on bothering me for two weeks straight just so that I could go on a date with him five years ago isn't the Steven I know now. He is no longer the guy that made time for me no matter what came up and definitely not the guy that couldn't leave me alone in the same room as his brother. But now he is so comfortable with it that he even asked me to stand in the altar with Blake! The thought continues to make me feel even more stupid the day after.Don't think about it, just try to enjoy your time here.I'm right, I should just focus on this lovely island. Now finished with fixing myself, I take my room card and leave the honeymoon suite. Mother and I made plans to spend a few hours together, since she has to go back home and fix some few things.Stepping into the spa, I am met with the most beautiful woman ever - my mother. I believe that she used to be a model in her days even though she denies it. Like the way her curves fit in her well maintained fit body, she is just amazing. And her face! Don't let me get started on my mother's face. She has a perfect jawline- Angelina Jolie type. With the perfect eyes which I inherited from her - sky blue eyes. The same ones that made me fall for Steven when I realized how he had the same eye color as mine."Mother!" I run up to her and even though she is mad, she hugs me nevertheless."Let's go to the steam room, I want to yell at you properly without disturbance." She throws the hotel's white gown at me and walks into the steam room."So Aria, tell me what in the world is going on!" Where is Steven?" Mother yells before I could get comfortable and I could see the steam coming from her and trust me, it's not the one caused by the steam room we are occupying."Mom it's really complicated.""Complicated she says! Don't you dare use that word on me. You just don't want me telling you how stupid you are.""Fine. I will tell you what is going on but promise not to kill Steven.""Will you just tell me what is going on and start straight from the beginning before I slap some sense into you because it looks like you need a good slap."With mother staring at me so angrily but with worry swelling on her face, I tell her what happened. Starting from the moment I got a call from Steven.*"Babes why are you calling? You're going to see me just a few minutes from now, don't worry." I smile and try to focus on putting on the diamond earrings he got for me and asked that I wear on our special day."That is the problem. I won't be able to make it today-"My heart hits the ground and shatters the same moment my phone does. This- this can not be happening. I tell myself and could feel the room getting smaller as if trying to squeeze the living out of me."Babes?! Aria?" I hear Steven's voice from my phone that is lying on the white fluffy carpet.I rapidly pick it up, "what do you mean Steven?!""Look before you start getting really mad, just know I have a solution okay. I talked to my brother and after a very lengthy conversation and business deals he agreed to stand in as me and keep the wedding going. I had to leave for a business meeting which is out of the country." He talks as if choosing a business deal over me is not a big of a deal."You what?! This is crazy Steven. You know how much your brother and I can't stand each other so why would you want me to stand with him at the altar? You want me to seriously say my vows to another man?! You want me to kiss another man?! Really now?!""Noooo, I don't want that but that is the best I could come up with. Like I said, I talked to Blake and he also agreed not to kiss you on the lips okay? He will kiss your cheek and everything will be fine."Dropping to the floor, I try to process things. "Can I think about this?"There is a huge silence before he could answer, "sure but please think about us also Aria. You know that I never wanted this to go this way right?""Right." I then drop the call and throw my phone across the room.Taking in a deep inhale, I kneel down and pray to God to give me the strength and let my heart lead me in the right path. After I'm done I stand before the mirror and my heart breaks.Steven won't see me walking down the aisle with my father in this beautiful dress. He won't see the huge smile on my face as I reach the altar and hold his hands. He won't say his vows meant for me in front of the pastor and everyone else, including me. With the thoughts roaming my mind, I get really frustrated that I pick up the flower vessel on the left side of the mirror and throw it across the room. I kick the dark blue sofas from their places I mess the place up and do feel better afterwards.I look back into the mirror again.Don't do it Aria. It's a bad ideaBut me being the stupid girl I am, I open the door and tell the people outside that I'm getting married. When the cleaners walked in, I could hear their horrified gasps as I walked away. Good thing I left some money with a note saying how sorry I am. That is the least I could do for bringing them into my mess.*Silence falls upon us after I'm done telling mother what had happened. Her eyes inspect my every move for minutes before she finally says something."So let me get this straight, you went ahead with Steven's idea even though I raised you better that this Aria! Where did you lose you mind?""You won't understand mom.""I need a drink." She walks out of the steam room with me following behind. We change into our clothes and head towards the dining area.Along the way, we had been quiet. I know she won't say anything until she at least orders her drink. This is going to be a long day.Arriving at the diner, we are greeted by a beautiful waitress who leads us to our respectful seats. We take our order and mom does order her red wine."Aria I did not raise you this way. Or was I doing such a terrible job that a boy comes into view and you forget everything?" She asks and I could see the pain in her eyes. I shift uncomfortably in my seat as I start playing with the table cloth. "From a young age I tried to not hide the relationship between your father and I. How he is not the best father and husband because of his workaholic ways. I might still be in this marriage with him but I don't want you to be like me. I want what is best for you and frankly, this does not look like that. If Steven could not make time for his wedding, what else won't he make time for?""I don't know but mom I love him. He is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I know that this looks bad but Steven loves me too and he-""Your father loves me too but look at our relationship. He is not the man I fell in love with years ago that got me pregnant at 18.""Mom," I slip my hands into hers and squeeze them tightly, "I know you are worried about me and that you don't want to see me hurt but there is a reason I went ahead with this. I know that Steven messed up big time but he is probably sorry and will make it up to me and you."Our food and drinks arrive causing me to pull my hands away from my mother's and start digging in."Just so we are on the same page, I no longer love Steven but I will act civil towards him for your sake." She says and fixes the cloth onto her laps. "So the one you were at the alter with is Blake?""Yep. He is the one I've been telling you about.""The one that you once believed had some sort of crush on his brother." She then laughs so hard, making me embarrassed as the couple close to our table stares at us crazily. I do say a lot of dumb things."Well the way he was acting made me think that there was some incest thing going on. He always picked on me and never hid his dislike from the moment I met him.""Well it's better for someone to not hide their dislike for you rather than put on a smile yet wish you dead.""True." I smile at her and cut the soft tender steak."So is anything going on between you two?"I choke on my very delicious steak and I'm forced to gulp down a lot of water removing the wonderful taste in my mouth, "ew, no! Blake and I will never - ew mom! Even if he was the last man on earth, I will never ever have anything going on with him. He is the meanest person I've ever met and he hates me." I stab the steak with so much force that a 'click' sound is made from the contact of my fork and plate."That is what most people say." She takes a sip from her glass. "The way you people kissed, I almost got fooled into thinking it was a real wedding.""Firstly, it was a real wedding. Secondly, we kissed just for the act.""Are you sure? Because the way your lips were-""Mom!" I hide my face in my hands. "Can we please not talk about this?"She lets out a laugh, "sure. Oh and you know that I have to go back home early, right?""Yes, you told me.""Well I will be away for a long time after I finish with the deals back at home. There is some small country music celebrity that will be going on a two months tour and asked me to be her makeup artist. I will make sure to video call you everyday, okay?""Okay mom. But remember that I'm grown," I raise up my ring finger. "I'm someone's wife.""Whose wife exactly?" She mumbles under her breath."Mom!"Don't you just love the sound of ocean waves? How they are able to create a violent but calm sound. I am a huge fan of nature because it makes feel much closer to God which gives me a lot of peace.I can remember the days I used to walk with Steven down the beach and had actual fun. Now, however, I'm strolling alone at the island's beach while the water tries to comfort me. Mother and I finished our breakfast hours ago and ever since, I have been visiting some known spots that are of good attraction! I came across this known restaurant that does not serve small fancy portions of food. Which is why I ate a very large pizza. It almost covered the whole of my table. I had to pay myself back for all those food I refused just so that I can fit into my wedding gown.With the sun setting, I walk back to the hotel with a very calm soul. The receptionist greets me warmly and hands me a a rectangular small box and roses that came while I was out. Reaching for the card, my heart dances at the si
Honeymoon - vacation taken by a newly married couple after their wedding. The definition clearly does not include me in the mix. It has been 7 whole days with me at my honeymoon alone. My family has left and so I'm all alone in this island, oh and also with Blake. I try to pretend he never existed to start with but it's so hard when all the hotel helpers talk about him. The old will talk about how nice and caring he is, while the young talk about how his the most handsome man ever. Pshh, if only they knew.Today in the early morning I had a conference call with the pastor that I regularly go to whom by the way was acting really out of the ordinary. He was the one that was supposed to lead the wedding but he had an emergency and thus assigned another one to us. It's like he knew something was up but still didn't say a thing. The one thing he said that still puts me at uneasiness was, God works in mysterious ways and I will see the plan he has for my life, not now but someday. And that I
03:30, my watch reads. Where and why am I up at this time? Well, I am in a private jet going back home and I am up because of the boy with a crazy mind. Blake banged on my door at around two am shortly after I had finished my small one-person party and told me that we had to leave as soon as possible. He told me how he had to go back home and the thought of leaving me alone in the island does not sit well with me…I'm five years older than him, I am capable of taking care of myself and if I was willing, him too! He didn’t take me seriously even after throwing a lot of threats around and tantrums. I felt drained as he was not changing his mind so, I finally took a bath and followed him. It's sad how I left all the free food at the hotel.Looking over to my right side, I see the spiraled work on Blake’s desk and his concentration unmoved from the laptop lying on his lap. My eyelids start getting heavier and heavier until I finally drift off to sleep.*24hours later and we were off the je
“You can hear it in the silence- silence The silence - silenceYouuuuuYou can feel it on the way home - way home - way home - way home YouuuuuYou can see it with the lights out - light outs - lights out - lights outYou are in love - true love - you are in love”Taylor Swift's ‘you are in love’ song plays in the background as I hold a comb while on my bed as I continue pretending to be the one performing the song at the biggest stage known to men. Happiness is plastered all over my face and nothing can ruin this moment, no matter how hard the forces of this world tried.When I woke up, I just felt good. Feelings of positivity were surrounding me like guards surrounding their princess. It felt like something great was about to happen and even though I got a bit discouraged when the silent house greeted me instead of humans, I got much (much much much!!!!!!!) better when I got greeted by a mailman who had the marriage license documents and after thanking him a thousand times, I final
I left work early, around 3pm because we didn't have much work and people kept on bugging me to reveal who I married. I kept my mouth shut and threw the key away. Now I'm at the park taking pictures of almost everything. Photography doesn't focus on one thing. It's broad and you can take a shot of something simple like a falling leaf and turn it into a majestic beauty. The new camera is perfection!Focusing my lens, I capture a moment of a bird feeding it's offsprings. Satisfied with the number of shots and looking at the setting sun, I walk up to my car and drive back to the house. After planning the wedding and everything thoroughly, Steven suggested I move some of my things to the house and I agreed. Which is why instead of going to my apartment, I go to the Parker's house.I reach the house and everyone has left. Mr Thompson probably went to drop Mrs Claire and pick up Blake. I go to my room and take a quick shower then head towards the kitchen when I'm all warm.I start to prep
"You cooked and didn't leave some for me?" Mrs Claire asks quite offended.Pouring warm milk into my coffee, I give her the most apologetic look ever, "I'm sorry. You should blame Blake though. I know that I left some food after I dished up for us.""Us?" Her face plays a look of confusion."Yes, us. I ate supper with Blake.""Ah, I thought you ate it with Steven.""Nope, I didn't see him yesterday. Must be at work I guess." Mrs Claire nods her head and goes upstairs probably to check up on Blake. My phone vibrates on the table and the caller ID reads Stevie❤️"Hey." I say monotonous."Why weren't you answering your phone? I called multiple times.""I must have been sleeping Stevie." The nickname falls out before I could stop myself and I bite my bottom lip with what is to come next."How many times should I tell you not to call me that? Steven is just fine." He says in a very irritated manner."I'm sorry, I forget that at times.""It's fine. We are having lunch today, I'll meet you
"Are you alright?" Blake asks still holding my hand. Don't lie. The words roam in my mind as I debate on whether to lie and say yes or tell him the truth."Maybe? I mean I was alright, I was happy when I got here then next thing I know, I was left at the beginning of a date by Steven because of work so I don't know anymore, am I alright?" I try to sound my usual self but with my tears threatening to fall out and my down spirit, my voice comes out broken than ever."No, you're not alright. Steven is a douche-""No he isn't!" My voice comes out louder than expected and embarrassment suddenly overcomes me. "He isn't a douche, he just had an important meeting to attend to I think. He is doing this for him and I. Someone who is a douche would not be doing that Blake.” Trying to avoid the pity in his eyes, I look behind Blake. The four men in suits who seem to be waiting on Blake look very irritated with him, or with the both of us? Okay, I do not want to be on any business men’s bad side b
After a long debate with myself, I finally came to the conclusion that I'm going to ask him why he left in such a hurry. I have notes glued in my brain to help me with what I am to say. What I did not prepare myself for, however, is for everyone to be in the kitchen and for me not to take notice of them but only of the man sitting on the white counter eating cereal. Still relaxed as if he didn't do anything wrong."Why did you leave me at the restaurant yesterday?" I ask eyes fixed only on him."Babes didn't I explain yest-""Not you Steven, him." I point at Blake without even thinking my words through."What?" Both Steven and Mrs Claire ask at the same time.Blake, however, remains unfazed and the only thing I get from him is putting down his bowl and looking at me like I just didn't ask him a question."What's going on here?" Steven asks clearly trying to figure out the situation.I move my eyes from Blake to Steven and this is when my nerves start kicking in. "I uhm...Blake and I a