Will I Survive?

CHAPTER THREE

"By the power invested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife," my hands started getting sweaty, I could feel a pool of sweat in my armpits. They surely were becoming pits of water.

"You may kiss the bride." Vernon pulled me closer to him, put one hand on my waist to pull even closer. I don't how much closer does he want us to be. Does he want us to merge? He put his other hand in my hair and kissed me. The kiss was surprisingly warm and soft and slow. I didn't except such.....gentleness from a Mafia Don. Our lips moved in sync and it the best kiss I've ever had maybe because it's the only kiss I have had.

I pulled away first when I realized that we weren't the only people in this room. We both were staring at each other. We looked away from each other when we heard clapping. I looked over to where the sound was coming from and saw a girl and a boy the only ones standing and clapping. I heard Vernon sigh and muttering under his breath about how those two were complete idiots.

He took my hand and we both steeped down from the altar. Everyone started coming over to us and started to congratulate us. We thanked them and moved outside where a car was waiting to take us to his house. We both got in the car and off we went to his house. On the way neither of us talked. I wanted to spark up a conversation but i didn't know what to say. This was all new to me. I mean it's not like I was married before. I literally had my first kiss at my wedding.

When we reached his house, he just got out and went in, not even waiting for me and he didn't even open my door for me. I was about to open my own door for me when it opened by itself. Wow is this door possessed? I looked up and saw a man who had opened my door. He offered me his hand to help me get out of the car. I took it and he hauled me out of the car and closed the door behind me.

" Umm...hi?" I said, totally feeling awkward.

"Hi." he said chuckling.

"Do I know you...?" I said.

"I'm Marco. One of Vernon's cousins." He said.

" I figured since you both look alike." I told him.  After that  nothing was said between us as he took me to the back of the house where our wedding reception was to be held. When we reached the backyard, I couldn't believe my eyes, it was so beautiful. Definitely had a woman's touch to it. There were round tables with six chairs around them, all draped with white sheets but the chairs had a golden ribbon tied to them. There were fairy lights in the trees that gave a backyard a beautiful glow, there was a long rectangle table set up in a corner with food and drinks ready to be served any moment There was a platform in the middle of the backyard for people to dance on, or give speeches that nobody will listen to. Overall it was very beautiful.

" You like it?" He asked me.

"Yeah, it is very beautiful. I really like the fairy lights in the trees." I said.

" Well I'm glad you like it. I'm sure my wife would love to hear that from you. She was very nervous when decorating the backyard with her friends and a few more of her cousins."He said.

" You're married?" I asked him, a little bit shocked. He looked to be in his mid twenties. I mean why wouldn't he be married he was really handsome. Brown hair, Hazel eyes, a -sculpted to perfection- face. No wonder he was married.

" Do you want to meet my wife? I guess then you will be able to believe that, yes, I am married and to a beautiful woman who I love and would die for." He said. Hearing him say those words and and watching his eyes shinning with love for this woman, I really wanted to know who this lucky woman was and I wished to have someone like him in my life and hoped that maybe one day Vernon could talk about me like that and have love for me in eyes as well.

As I was thinking about the fantasies of love, I saw a woman approach us and she was beautiful. She probably was an inch or two taller than and I'm 5'5. She had black hair and blue eyes, just like Vernon. " Hi. You must be Lavender. I have been dying to meet you. I hope you like the setting. I tried to keep it as soft as possible because I didn't want to overwhelm you since you are new here and if I haven't said it yet then WELCOME to the Aresco house. My name is Angela and I'm Vernon's sister and this handsome fella's wife." She told me.

" It's nice to meet you." I said. That's all I could say. I was new here I was a bit scared to talk, thinking that whatever I might say will be judged or I'll say something wrong. And I was really hungry, I did't even have breakfast.

"The food is about to be served. Come on I can show you to our table." She said.

She led us to our table, which was closer to the stage and had ten chairs. When we reached I could see three people already seated which happened to be Vernon himself and his parents. Angela pushed me to sit in a chair next to Vernon. I didn't want to but I knew I had to. Angela and Marco started talking amongst themselves and the rest of us didn't say anything. After sometime I saw two boys approaching our table at the same time the food started being served. They sat down on the two chairs next to me. There were still two chairs empty.

" Hey." They said to me in unison, something I always found really cool about twins was their ability to unknowingly say the same thing at the same time.

" Hi." I whispered back because I was really scared of Vernon and his parents.

" I'm Alexander." " And I'm Josh."

"Nice to meet you both. I'm Lavender but you already knew that." I told them this with a blush prominent on ky cheeks because I was so awkward. I don't do well in crowds or when meeting new people.

"Ya we knew" Alexander said while chuckling along with Josh.

"So what part do you both play in the mafia?" I asked them, kind of curious and eager to know someone, even just a little bit other than their names.

" We both are second in command to Vernon." Josh said.

"Oh, that's nice." I said

After we made small talk about nothing in particular, just talking about our likes and dislike, places we would like to visit, things we would love to do and could relate to. After sometime I saw my parents approaching the table and filling up the two empty seats next to Alexander. 'Now I know why they were empty' I thought to myself. I knew they would torment me somehow and now I just had to wait for it to happen.

Ten minutes after my parents came the food was served and was so hungry. My parents thought it would be a good idea to starve me two days, only giving me water, so I could look good on the "special day". I could literally eat everyone's dinner here on this table. The food looked delicious. It was a a juicy piece of steak, with asparagus and mashhed potatoes. I couldn't wait to dig in. As soon as I took the first bit I almost moaned out loud at the sensation of food finally going in my stomach. I had maybe four or five bites of steak when I felt someone kick my leg under the table. I looked up and saw my mother looking, or more like glaring at me. She looked from me to the food to me again and I understood what she meant. She wanted me to stop eating and I didn't want to. I finally had some food infront of me and I was so freaking hungry but I knew if I didn't listen to my mother there will be dire consequences. So I stopped eating and pushed my plate away. My parents both had satisfying smirk-smiles of their faces and I just looked down on my lap.

"Aren't you gonna eat honey?" I knew Vernon's mother was asking me because my mother would neve call me honey or show any concern.

"No,uh, I'm not feeling well. I think I'm going to go for a walk. Excuse me." I said and stood up from my seat to go and get some air somewhere with less people.

"Wait Lavender can I have you're food?" Josh asked me.

"Yes Josh you can." I told him laughing a little bit and went on my walk