Why us?

Happily ever after

  My first thought was 'what?', but I voiced "Really?". She smiles at me and says "Of course, I think we both waited long enough for this, it's time". She grabbed me by the wrist and took me into the building, it smelt like charcoal and a hint of rotting flesh, which made me slightly gag. I guess Venus notices that I was hesitant to go inside because she stopped and looked at me "It's okay" she says and slowly walks me through the doorway and into the building.

  She walks me through the hallways to a room that has 4 different kinds of tuxedos hanging up in a closet, the room around it was black as coal and there was a single cushioned chair inside that looked like it use to be red velvet but now it's mostly covered in ash. There was a single window that started from the floor and to the ceiling, the roof used to be white and had a single chandelier that was topped with plenty of candles, now the roof wash a grayish color and the chandelier was in really bad shape. "Go ahead and pick one out, I'll be right back" Venus says and leaves the room, I was left to wonder about her, she just broke me out of a hospital and drove me back to the place where I forced her to live for 4 weeks or so and is now wanting to be married to me. Not only this but she is so forceful about it, it's ironic but kind of nerve racking. But what can I do, I can't deny that I want this, that I have wanted this sense I was in the hospital, that I won't regret it if I do, or am I sure on the latter?

  My only choice is to pick out a tuxedo, so I do, I pick out one with a white undershirt, black vest with a light green handkerchief, a bow tie to match it, black dress pants and some black church shoes, I also noticed a mirror in the closet that I hadn't noticed before, under it on a little stand was some hair gel and a comb. I proceed to do my hair in a slicked back fashion and suddenly the room starts to change, at first it's only slightly, the mirror started to sway a bit and my reflection was missing for a good 3 seconds. I continue to think of the wedding to come and my new soon-to-be-official wife. The room changed even more, I was no longer in a charcoal heap of a room, but one in its glory period. I saw perfectly the elegant window and window frame, the luxurious chair with its red velvet cushion, the walls were no longer black but white and gold, the floor was no longer burnt and chipped but solid wood floor that was polished, the ceiling once again had its white extravagant color and gold chandelier topped with a dozen candles, all of which were lit and it's 4 gold chains holding it up. The closet was cleaned and the mirror had no cracks or scratches as it did before, the table underneath was of painted and polished wood with elegant designs engraved into it. I turn around and walk out of the door, I see the orphanage as the house, our house, the house that we lived in, not some crusty old orphanage but our own personal indoor paradise and I realized that this was real, not whatever my mind must have come up with for me to feel guilty about a crime I did not commit, but this, this right her was real life, nothing less and nothing more, and I come to one conclusion, this was where I belong.

  I walk down the stairs and into a grand room that was full of wedding decorations and an isle full of seats, and lots of people where here, all my friends and family that I forgot about, all of Venus' old friends from the orphanage, and even a pastor at the end of the isle, everyone cheered as I walk down the isle and I can't help but to smile. I walk fully through the isle and onto a slight rise in the floor next to the pastor to wait for my bride.

  The doors to the grand hall open ever so slowly to reveal her, my bride, my love, my life, and my hopes. All dressed in a huge white dress that had so many pearls and jewelry up and down the dress, she walked down the isle with nothing less then a slight smirk and stood in front of me and next to the pastor, "How do you like it?" She says "It was all I could do on short notice"
"I love it" I say

  The pastor begins to speak and then gets to the part where we say our vows, I am to go first. "Venus, I promise to love you always and never part from you no matter what I am put through, and to hold your spirit with me forever" "Mars I promise that I will always love you, I know it took me some time to realize it but I know that only you are the one for me and no others can even contest, I want you to know that nothing will take me from you again and that I will be here with you forever"

  The pastor smiles and pronounces is husband and wife and we kiss, the crowd goes wild at the site of us and Venus whispers in my ear "let's get some cake" and kisses me again. "Delicious" I say "wait" I say as she was starting to walk away, I put my hands on her waist and look her in the eyes. "I love you" I say "I love you too silly, now let's go eat" she says as she plays with a price of my hair. We both are laughing as we walk over to the dining room, and everyone follows talking in there own banter. When we get in the dining we all eat some cake and we also get some champagne, the first toast of the night was to love. After a while we are finally left alone in the dining room after everyone had gone back to the grand hall, we both have another glass of champagne in our hands and she asks "do you see what I see?"
"And what's that?" I ask
"Our future" she replies
"I know any future with you will be perfect and nothing less" I say
"A future with you will be wonderful for every second I spend with you, I love you even more" she smiles at me.

  Just then I hear sirens outside and see flashing lights, it was nighttime already, I hear a loud bang at the door and some people talking loudly to each other, another loud bang, and another, the last one hand broken through the locked door to reveal 6 officers and 4 of them holding a huge ram. They run full force towards us but they are still far, me and Venus look at each other and shrug and the same time, we do what any civilized human would do, we drink...