"Only two more days." Marco said behind my ear as I couldn't help but smile. We've decided that the sooner we got married the better. Less time for anything to go wrong , which we all knew in this line of profession was a lot.
I mean sure it was hard work to plan a wedding in under two days but with all the help around here - and no added pressure of guests, other than everyone under this roof - made it a lot easier on me. I had everything under control.
"I know! I can't wait to be Mrs... wait , you've never told me your last name before. What is it ?" I asked while he just laughed a light hearted laugh.
"It's Romano. I'm Marco Romano. " He said with a smile , kissing me on the cheek before heading out again. It's weird that something as small and insignificant like a surname , could and will change my life forever... I thought over it the rest of the day, replaying his voice saying it over and over again in my head. His voice sounding angelic trapped between my ears.
"Hey , what are you thinking so hard about ?" He asked sitting next to me at the dining table while everyone else took their seats.
"Oh , just... wedding things." I said , not wanting to embarrass myself even further by admitting he was on my mind the entire time. That would just seem silly. Right?
"It'll all work out. You'll see." He said squeezing my hand as I looked up at everyone around the table waiting expectantly on me.
"Oh yeah, dig in everyone. " I said while they all started grabbing at the food like a bunch of hungry teens - even if the minority of them were , which made this a lot more ironic- as I watched them all converse with eachother.
"You sure you're okay?" Marco said grabbing my attention.
"This is a good thing , right ?"
"Which part ?" He said looking at me.
"Just because I didn't know your last name - and that I'll be taking that last name in less than a day - doesn't me we're not ready right?" I said looking up at him expectantly , grateful everyone else was too engrossed in their food to notice.
"Those are just words. All of this is just words made up to help you make up your mind whether or not a person is right for you. But we know that we are. We don't need to know eachother's favorite colour or movie to prove us other wise. "
"Right. You're right. I don't know what I was thinking. I guess I'm just getting a little nervous is all." I said brushing it off, going back to my dinner.
"We can fill in all the blanks you want after the wedding okay ?" He said while I nod my head. In a way I might've over reacted but I guess the stigma of the 'way things are supposed to go ' in a relationship kept me from seeing the bigger picture. Sure, knowing all of that little things are important but at the end of the day , is it relevant?
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It's tommorow. I'm getting married in a little under a day. 16 hours and 45 minutes to be exact and even though I had everything meticulously worked out to the minute, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't getting cold feet over this.
"Alice? Please open up. Don't make me call Marco. " Frankie warned for the third time this morning. And if even Tom with his scary silent type persona couldn't get me out of my room , what chance did Frankie have.
"Please don't call him Frankie. I just need some time to think." I said covering my head with a pillow.
"That's where there problem lies Alice. Thinking leads to over thinking and nothing good can come from that. Watch a movie or sing a song. Just anything but thinking. " He pleaded though his cries fell on deaf ears cause I wasn't hearing any of that right now.
After a while I stopped hearing his voice thinking he must've given up on me too. Atleast he lasted longer than Tom had. Peaking my head out from underneath the comforter , I see Marco stand infront of me with his arms folded.
"I'm sorry Alice. I gave you a chance. " Frankie said before Marco gave him a look that said go.
"Did you think I wasn't going to find out about this ?" He said taking a seat on the bed.
"Actually, I knew one of them would eventually tell you but I thought by then I would've had a much better excuse in place."
"Excuse? Alice there's no other excuse. You're having second thoughts. Why ?" He asked a lot calmer while he reached his hand out to me.
"I don't know..." I said ashamed , bowing my head while he put his index finger underneath my chin lifting my head back up.
"I love you so much Alice. And I'll never stop loving you. But I understand that this is a big decision and that you need to make it on your own. Whatever you end up deciding, I'll support you . I always will. " he said placing a kiss to my hand before he left.
I couldn't believe my ears when he said he was giving me an out. For the longest time I thought he would never let me out of his sight. Stay or die . That's what he told me the first day I got here . And now... he's willing to let me go ?
He gave me a choice. A decision. And this time I'm not letting this opportunity slip through my fingers again. I knew what I wanted to do. And I'll achieve my goal or die trying.
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Leather Jacket
RomanceIf the loss of her closest bestfriend wasn't enough she had to go and lose her family by a single phone call too , at the hand of the biggest, meanest and most feared man known to anyone. Poor Alice never saw any of this coming when she started off...
