Homesick (Lesbian)

Chapter 19: The Wedding Part 3

Riley stepped forward and placed herself next to Connor. The wedding planner told her to take a couple of steps back so that she wouldn't be blocking the groom. I looked at how confused and out of place Riley looked. She's always been a little awkward and someone who keeps telling her that anything you do is blocking the groom makes her nervous.

The rehearsals were important, we all knew it, but they were also exhausting. I was told to change places four times, only to be told to go back to where I'd been in the beginning. The chairs seemed to be too crowded, the flowers didn't match the walls and Sheila's mom was, apparently, walking 'too fast' down the aisle. I could tell that both Connor and Sheila were regretting their choice of having a big wedding already, but things were already paid for, so it was what it was.

At one point we were asked to take a seat so that the groom and the bride could stand in the altar, exactly how 'needed' to be. The bride to the left, the groom to the right.

Riley and I sat next to each other. We both kept our eyes on the happy couple while we spoke.

"Anything?" I asked, leaning in a little to make sure I didn't have to raise my voice to much.

"No. I looked everywhere, but you definitely didn't drop it."

"What if I did and someone already found it?"

"Well, I asked at the front desk and no one has returned a ring. Although, I would imagine people wouldn't be particularly keen on returning a $1.800 white gold ring."

"Oh, God. I can't believe I'm the crazy cousin."

Riley turned to me "The what?"

"You know, the crazy cousin. In every wedding there's a crazy cousin that's a wild card and is bound to do something stupid at the wedding. I just kind of wished my something stupid wouldn't be ruining the wedding."

"Hey, come on," she said, and held my hand. "You haven't ruined the wedding."

"Riley, I'm pretty sure I threw Connor's ring into the lake."

"You don't know that for sure."

"Then where is it?!"

"Look, that doesn't matter right now. Right now me need to focus on figuring out what we can do to fix it."

"Which is?"

"I talked to Connor for a while just before the rehearsal, he doesn't know why but he told me where he bought the rings. It's this nice little shop downtown."

"Really?"

"Yes, but they don't open on Sundays so we have to leave right now if we want to get there before they closed."

"You're telling me that I get to skip this for an actual good reason?" She smiled. I squeezed her hand. "Absolutely. Let's go!"

We got up and were ready to sneak away until the wedding planner asked were we were going. "Uh," I started "We just have to..."

"It's private, actually."

"But you're the bride's maid and the best woman," the woman replied.

"It's okay, I think we got it. Don't worry about us."

"And the rehearsal dinner?" she asked.

The wedding planner was gonna continue but Sheila interrupted. "No, no! Let them leave. It's probably a good reason."

Judging by the tone in Sheila's voice, I was convinced she thought Riley and I were going to, well, you know. We thought it was the best reason we could come up with if we were to keep the missing ring to ourselves, so we didn't confirm nor deny it. We ran away before the wedding planner could come up with anything else annoying to say. That woman was too much into perfection for my taste, but hey! She was what Connor and Sheila asked for so who am I to judge.