Emily had not been looking forward to her sister's wedding for the simple fact that Emily's sister Kerry was the craziest bride she'd ever laid eyes on. She went mental over the tiniest detail and Emily couldn't take it. There was also the issue of her bridesmaid dress which was hideous and the fact that she couldn't get a date to go with her to the wedding because everyone was back at college taking their assignments which a studious Emily had finished. Kerry had been acting like the bride from hell and quite frankly Emily only felt sorry for one person – Kerry's soon to be husband Peter. Emily got on well with Peter; he'd finally seen her sister's true colours on the run up to the wedding and had spent a lot of time with Emily hiding out in the basement until Kerry had calmed down. He was like a brother to her and couldn't wait for him to join the family.
The wedding was taking place in a grand hotel, the type of place where celebrities had their weddings, Kerry had insisted on the venue. After getting ready with Kerry's other two bridesmaids Felicia and Christie, Emily went on a walk around the hotel and watched as the guests arrived. As she looked out into the gardens she saw a dark haired man sitting on a bench with his head in his hands. Peter.
Emily didn't know what to do, what if he was having second thoughts about marrying Kerry she thought. She packed away these thoughts and marched across the gardens to Peter. He looked up when he heard her coming and his face was that of a troubled man. Emily sat down next to him and laid a friendly hand upon his thigh. Peter glanced at her hand but did not brush it off but neither did he take it. Instead he looked right at his sister-in-law to be and admitted that he was nervous about marrying Kerry.
"What if she's not happy in our marriage? What if we find it really difficult to live together as a married couple? What if...what if she stops loving me?" And as soon as Peter asked that last question Emily knew that that was his only primary concern.
"Peter," Emily began as she put her other hand on his thigh and squeezed it in reassurance, "listen to yourself with all these 'what ifs'. Kerry loves you very much. You've been together for four years now, I've never seen her so...happy. She could never stop loving you! And if she did, I would be here for you." She smiled up at Peter and knew that her final words soothed him. He smiled as he looked into Emily's blue eyes, the exact same colour as Kerry's. He felt the grip she had on his thigh reassuring him, holding him like a vice. He felt a stir below. He gently rested his hand on top of hers and she released her hold, smiling back at him.
"You look beautiful, by the way." Peter said as Emily got back up to enter the hotel. She didn't answer, because she couldn't believe it. There was no way the coral coloured dress that Kerry had chosen suited her or her curvy body. The colour certainly didn't suit her olive skin or her dark hair. She felt that Kerry had chosen it to make her look ridiculous, but then why did Felicia and Christie both look like super models? Yet, here was Peter telling her she looked beautiful. She gave him a parting smile and headed back to the hotel only to run into her frantic mother as she headed towards the foyer.
"Have you seen Kerry? She needs her hair and make-up doing pronto!" She cried. Emily shook her head and told her mother she'd help her look for her sister.
It was about ten minutes later that Emily found her sister. She heard her voice in the reception dining room. Harsh whispers filtered down the corridor and Emily found her self peaking in, not alerting her presence to her sister. There stood her sister in her expensive white wedding dress, lace corset and long and wide skirts with her ex-boyfriend Tony. Emily knew Tony well, she'd hated him. Her sister had been obsessed with him; he was the one who got away. Now she was pointing her manicured finger in his face, "I told you to stay away from here Tony! Why are you doing this to me?" She shouted.
Tony shushed her but answered with almost the same volume, "We've been together for three years Kerry, why are YOU doing this to ME?" He asked, "I thought you wanted us to be together."
