The Wedding Date

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Saturday morning rolls around and I get ready and head to the hall for the wedding. I am standing outside of the hall with my mother when my aunt and uncle walk up. "Evelyn, Harper. You two look beautiful." my uncle says. "Thank you Uncle John." I say. "Hey sweetheart. How are you?" my Aunt Shelly says. "I'm good, thanks." I say and she asks "I thought your mom said you were bringing a date?" Before I can say anything, I feel a hand on the small of my back and hear "Sorry I'm late babe." and I look up to see Opie standing there in his boots, a pair of nice black jeans, a white button up with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and his hair partially pulled back. "Hey." I say shocked. He leans down and kisses my cheek and says "You look beautiful." and I blush a little. "Aren't you going to introduce me babe?" he asks and I snap to reality. "Sorry. This is my mom Evelyn James, and my aunt and uncle Shelly and John James. This is Opie Winston." I say. "How do you know my niece, Opie?" my uncle asks. "We work together." Opie says and they talk for a minute and my mother looks over and whispers "He's a cute one." I nod and see the satisfied look on her face.

After we all talk for a few more minutes, my mother says "We better head inside." I nod and say "We'll be there in a minute." My mother nods and heads inside and I am left standing there with Opie. I'm wearing a form fitting but elegant royal blue dress with the back out and a pair of six inch stilettos and my long curly hair is in a high ponytail. I look up at Opie and he says "You look amazing." I shy away a little and say "Thank you Opie but what are you doing here?" He tucks a piece of hair behind my ear and says "You didn't think I was going to let you face this shit alone did you?" I smile softly and ask "Where's your kutte?" Stepping closer, he says "At home. Thought I'd be here as your date and not a club member." he tells me. "You didn't have to do this." I say, looking up at him. "And miss seeing you in this dress? Not a chance babe." he says before taking my hand and lacing his fingers with mine and leading me inside.

Sitting inside, watching my cousin get married to the love of her life, I feel Opie's arm around the back of my chair and I find myself leaning into him. I feel him kiss my temple and see my mom smile at me. I take a chance and move my hand to lay on his thigh and he takes his free hand and laces his fingers with mine. After the vows, we head to the reception hall and as we walk in, and they cut the cake and we eat and my cousin finally makes her way over to me. Hugging me, I tell her how happy I am for her and she asks "Where'd you find this one? He's hot." I look at Opie and see he's talking to my uncle and has a beer in his hand. "We work together." I tell her. "Yeah, there's more there than that." she tells me. "No there's not." I tell her. "If you say so but I see how he's been looking at you." she tells me and I can't help but look over at Opie and he looks over at me and winks. "Go." she tells me. I hug her and tell her that I love her and head over to Opie.

As I walk up to him, he puts his arm around my shoulder and pulls me to him and I let him. We spend the night watching all of the drunk people dancing and laugh. When the bride and groom, go to leave, we say our goodbyes and he walks me to my car. "Thank you so much for this Opie. You have no clue how much this meant to me. And it kept my mom off my ass." I tell him. He moves closer and I am leaned back against my car. "There's another reason that I did this." he tells me and I look at him confused. "What's that?" I ask. He leans closer and cups my chin before saying "Because I love you too." and his lips softly touch mine. When we separate, I look up at him and he says "When you were drunk the other night, you told me you couldn't stay with me because you love me. I love you too." He says. I pull him to me and kiss him deeply and when we separate, I ask "What do we do now?" Smirking, he says "I don't know about you but I'm claiming your sexy ass." and I can't help but laugh. When I finally stop laughing, we hear a throat clear and my mother is standing there. We look at her and she says "I just wanted to say goodnight sweetheart." I nod and say "Goodnight mom." She hugs me and whispers in my ear "I like him." I nod and she says "It was nice meeting you Opie." He shakes her hand and says "You too Mrs James." Mom leaves and I ask "You want to follow me to mine?" He nods and kisses me one more time before heading to his bike to follow me home.