In The Blink Of An Eye

Free Once Again

About twenty minutes later Jake and I got back to our hotel room. It would have taken shorter but I felt sick again on the way here so I had to stop by to throw up.

"Are you feeling better? Do you want me to make you something to eat?" Asked Jake.

"No honey I'm fine. I'm not hungry. Actually, the thought of food is making me want to throw up again."

"Do you feel sick?"

"Not really! I just have a horrible headache and I'm extremely nauseous. With everything going on I'm surprised I don't feel a lot worse than I do."

"Yeah, you've been under a lot of stress lately. Hopefully things will calm down and get back to normal after our wedding."

"I hope so because I don't know how much longer I can take of all this. I can't believe my own sister didn't want to believe me. No wonder everyone else thought I was involved in the whole mess."

"Don't worry about that right now. Lay down and get some rest. I won't wake you up when I leave in the morning. Whenever I get back, if you're not awake by then I'll wake you up. You need to get some sleep and take care of yourself. The last thing you want is to get sick before our wedding."

"You're probably right. I just hope I feel better by tomorrow because I feel like crap and I have to try on dresses all day."

"You don't have to! I'm sure that whichever dress you put on you'll look like a princess."

"Awww thanks babe, but I want it to be perfect. I just want to feel good in my dress. I don't plan on getting married again and the first time I didn't have a dress so I just want things to go right."

"They will! Don't stress yourself out. The most important thing is that we have each other and that we're happy and in love. Everything else will fall into place. Now, get some sleep."

He leaned over and kissed me.

I laid down next to him and snuggled up to him as close as I possibly could as he wrapped his arms around me. Within a few minutes we were both asleep. Wow! I must really be getting sick because I don't remember the last time I fell asleep that fast. My body felt like I had been working out for days and I was super tired. Imagine being sick on my wedding day? Knowing my luck, I wouldn't be surprised.

The next morning I woke up before Jake did. It wasn't my choice unfortunately. I woke up because I had the urgency to throw up EVERYWHERE. As I jumped out of bed and barely made it to the restroom, Jake heard me and got up behind me. So much for sleeping in and getting some rest huh? I really needed to calm down and stop stressing so much because this was getting out of hand. I've always been aware of how poorly my body and mind handled stress but this was crossing all lines. My whole life I would get sick every single time I was stressed out whether that was in school before an exam or because of men and love problems. Stress and I just didn't get along too well. Stress isn't anybody's friend but I got very serious and intense headaches and symptoms every time I was stressed out more than normal.

And now... I was stressed out all the time.

"Again? Are you sure you don't want me to take you to the hospital?" Asked Jake as I walked out of the restroom.

"I'm okay, I'm just stressed out."

"Babe you really don't look too well. You're extremely pale and you're hardly eating anything."

"I'll be fine, I just have a lot on my mind. Don't worry about me and go try that suit on. I can't wait to see you in it."

"If you need anything don't hesitate to call me, okay?"