The Scandalous Wedding

Chapter 10: Wedding part 1 - The Murmuring Couple

As she walked down the aisle, clutching her father's arm, she didn't feel any of those emotions she thought she would feel. Those silly romantic sweet things which she wrote in her diary in her teenage years didn't seem real, rather seemed like a fairy tale, where she was just a spectator but not the princess.

Few hours ago, when she woke up in her room, after that dreadful night- Dreadful? Her sub conscious asked. Okay, may be not, dreadful! She thought with a shake of her head. She distinctly remembered the night, where Eli spoon fed her the yogurt and made her drink water from such a huge pitcher she had no idea what the purpose of them were. And of course the most embarrassing part of the night, when she peed on the roadside, behind a rock. Ugh! She threw the pillow on the floor and fell face first into another one, to smother herself, hoping to die. She was her mother's daughter, always prim and proper, never had she had a moment of wilderness or spontaneity. And this was exactly why she never did.

While she mused over, how to live the rest of her life with that man who witnessed her most embarrassing moment, the door suddenly opened and people started to pour in.

Kaya, Nimmy were the first one's who came running to her and pulled her in a hug. She laughed at their dramatic faces, "What?" she asked them when they shared concerned looks, having a silent conversation, which hiked Sang's curiosity,

"Somebody spiked your drink Sang", Kaya said in a low voice and Nimmy nodded.

"What?" she chuckled cause that was near impossible. It was a hen's night and everyone were women and because it was simply crazy. Who would do that to her?

"It's true", Nimmy never lied and Sang quickly got pulled into the gravity of the situation, "When you got so high and went with that stripper, I knew something was wrong. Because you are just not the type to do something like that. I was just going to come find you when the fire alarm went off and Mr. McCoy showed up. I thought you... I am so sorry", a sob escaped her lips and Kaya pulled her shoulders down into a comforting gesture,

"I just went to find out who did it when the alarm went off. When I came back, neither of you were there. I thought of calling but...", Sang interrupted Kaya,

"but we left all our mobiles in my car", she nodded, "Oh my god", Sangavi placed her hands on her mouth as her eyes rounded wide, "My car?" she was about to get up to retrieve it from the club's parking lot when Nimmy cut in,

"You dad sent a driver to get the car. Don't worry",

"Ladies", came a feminine voice from the door, and Sangavi's mother walked through followed by Sang's Indian cousins,

"Sheila! Divya!" Sangavi exclaimed and went to hug her first cousins whom she met a very long time ago and only recognized because of the courtesy of face book.

"Hey Sangavi! How're you girl?" Sheila asked looking at her from top to toe, and the conversation flowed.

Soon she was getting ready for the wedding, which she didn't feel like it at all. All she could think was nothing. She felt numb. It was just like her birthday, or any other party where her friends and family gushed about her dress and make up. Except, she didn't even feel the little excitement she felt while getting ready for those parties.

Now as she walked towards Eli, her future husband, she didn't even feel the little nerves a bride should feel. She just wondered if this was how the rest of her life was going to be like, emotionless and numb when her father halted her steps.

She looked up to see that she was already there and it was time for her dad to give her away to her husband.

"Sangavi", her father's lovely voice made her look at him through the veil. And that one look brought tears to her eyes. His wrinkled face, which didn't do any damage to his looks, the bags under his eyes which said a lot about the sleepless nights he spent in thoughts of his daughter and his lips which trembled with every word he spoke, "You will always be my daughter. My princess. No matter what happens, always remember that we love you and we will always stand by your side",