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Chapter 2: Phoebe

Phoebe

I always loved weddings whether I was a guests sitting in the wooden church pews or I was in the wedding party. Today Rachael's aunt got married to a great guy -Garrett. I stood fourth inline with the other bridesmaids. I was wearing a knee-length coral colored dress. The bridesmaids and I stood in a pattern: yellow, coral, yellow, coral, etc. There were six of us so it ended with a lady in coral. The ceremony was just about over when the bigamist said, "You may now kiss the bride!"

Garrett gently placed his right hand on Shannon's left cheek and leaned in to passionately kiss her. Everyone in the pews cheered and they happily exited the church with the wedding party following. It took about half an hour for everyone to get out of the church and greet everyone. We all carefully shuffled into the white limo. It wasn't a long car ride to the reception. It was a morning ceremony with an afternoon reception to follow. I sat next to Rachael in the back of the limo by the driver. Well it depended on how you look at the seat since the door was at the back of the limo.

I turned to Louis and said, "So tell me about Liam."

"First of all you should know he's in a band that's number one in 37 countries!" he practically shouted at me.

"I knew he looked familiar!" I face palmed.

"Yeah, he's in One Direction," Rachael mentioned.

"Sorry I don't follow," I shrugged.

"Yeah neither does Rachael," Louis looked at her and she shrugged too.

"Next, he has a phobia of spoons, don't ask why. He has two sisters - Ruth and Nicole. His last relationship was with Danielle Peazer and my girlfriend still hangs out with her. His full name is Liam James Payne," he informed me.

"Thanks Louis!" I exclaimed and reached across Rachael to thank him in a hug, but he didn't hug back.

"Anything else?"

"Nope! But he has real nice hair."

"He once got a buzz cut."

"How could he do that to his hair!"

"He did."

"At least it grew back." 

Soon we were at the reception. Shannon was out first with Garrett hand-in-hand. First was the cocktail hour sensibly for an hour. Then everyone headed upstairs for the reception and got seated. The wedding party stood out in the hall and waited for the man to start the introduction. I talked to Peter - the guy who walked with me out of the church - about how we would enter when the man called our name.

"We should've talked about it last night at the rehearsal dinner," Peter told me.

"We tried," I mentioned.

"But we didn't!"

"Sorry I'm such a slacker," I elbowed him.

We stood there thinking, but we had to think fast. Then I came up with an idea and whispered into his ear. He smiled and agreed with me. The order went backwards from how we were lined up in the church. So the sixth person was first and the bride and groom were last. Peter and I were the third "couple" on the line. One "couple" entered casually hand-in-hand. The second couple - a real couple - entered bridal style -but the guy was being carried! He didn't look too heavy or she was just pretty strong. Then it was Peter and my turn. Our names were called "Phoebe Mattery and Peter Bell". I looked at him and he nodded. We turn to each other and he took my right hand. I placed my left hand on his right shoulder feeling the grey suit. We held one arm out and entered doing a part from the tango. Then in the middle of the dance floor he released and I spun around a few times. He kneeled on one knee with his arms open like he was presenting something. When I stopped he took my hand and we skipped off.

Two other couples passed and then it was Rachael and Louis' turn. I wondered what they would do. I knew that Louis was a silly type of person. Then their names were called, "Rachael Kendrick and Louis Tomlinson!" They didn't hesitate to appear from the hall. Rachael was on his back! I knew it would be something silly yet cute. They ran across the dance floor - without falling - and then he put her down. Finally the new couple came in. They didn't do anything fancy since it was already all about them and they looked amazing! After the intro everyone settled down and Shannon had her first dance. It was truly beautiful.