Alriet: When Love Happens

EPILOGUE

Harriet

It is a lot difficult to make a speech. A lot actually. Even more when it's your wedding day. I already had cried a lot. Alec and I waited one year to marry. We wanted Giovanna to be our lady of honour. And it was pretty. The red dress, Alec's idea, was wonderful in her. I cried a lot when she walked, beside Lili to take me the rings. It was one of the most impressive scenes in my life.

While looking at her, before making a speech in the party, I perceived that during the time I carried her in my womb, I was only one a surrogate. Giovanna was exactly like Alec. Her hair was scarce, but black just like his. The green eyes, like an emwasld, as intense as Alec's eyes. I wanted that she would at least inherit my full curls, but my desires seemed like they were not and neither would be taken care of.

I was seated in the table beside Alec, who held Giovanna in the lap. The ring I had placed in his finger was highlighted. I looked in his eyes, approached his face and kissed it. All the guests were clapping. I went back to looking around me. I made sure to invite the people from college, including Julian, my ex-boyfrend that, as incredible as it may seem, Cecília was dating.

I arose and everybodystopped speaking. Georgia and Mirela, her granddaughter, were my bridesmaids. I know that everybodyfound strange that a lady over 60 was a bridesmaid, but I didn't care. They were the closest people to me, other than Alec, Lili and my family. I couldn't want any other bridesmaids for my wedding. I was a lot happy with them.

- I want to make a speech. – Everybodyapplauded and somebody delivered me the microphone. – First, thank you all for your presence. – I grabbed a piece of paper that was folded between my breasts. – I'm sorry for the lack of discretion, but I did not know where to hide this paper. – The majority of the people laughed at what I said. I felt my face heating after that, Alec held one of my hands comforting me. – What I have to speak is not only about me and Alec, even because I'm not going to tell all our secrets, but what I learned along these years since Alec and I met, until we became husband and wife.- I cleared my throat and I stretched the paper, before starting.

I never, really never, told anybody this, but even though I wanted to show people I wasn't like them, showing I was a different woman, intellectual and unique, when I was a child, I was equal to all the girls my age. I dreamed to marry prince charming. The difference is that I did not believe that he was going to arrive in a white horse, as the majority of the fairytales.

And, coincidence or not, Alecsander Bevilacqua gave me nicknames of princesses and treated me as one. He made me feel special. I think that all the men had to make women feel this.

Don't people say that most people is destined to someone else? But themajority of the people is forgotten that whenthinks somebody, that person certain, thedestined one, does not need more to make to be felt it special. It does not need to be conquered. It does not need to receiveaffability. It does not need more to makenothing absolutely. They prefer to have astagnated and consumed relationship.

I do not only mention to the men, I I mentionwhat I perceived. I did not have muchexperience, but I knew people who had had, I observed as many details that I found importantto lead with me.

I perceived that a relationship between twopeople is much more of what sexual desire. It is clearly that this is the healthy necessary and,but when I seat in the sofa of our house, to watch a film with Alec or we make the thingsthat we liked to make before staying togethwasnd that in it made them well, I I know that we do not go and we do not want to lose that. It is what in it defines them. It is what in them it joins the time all.

With it, I want to argue in one Saturday afternoon without a reason any, as any couple, but when the discussion to finish, let us angry to seat to see them a film, or let us anger to the Place Saint Gery or will stay in our library to make what we like, stops them to connect again, as he was in the start of everything.