This story is fictional any resemblance to real places or people is completely coincidental.
" O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on" Iago, Othello Act 3 Scene III by William Shakespeare.
It was the perfect day for a wedding, the sun was shining brightly in the baby blue sky. There was not even a cloud on the horizon. The old medieval church stood proudly and defiantly on top of the hill. People flocked to its doors in an array of fancy hats, frilly frocks and morning suits.
Lisa was the chief bridesmaid and was riding in the wedding car with her sister, whom being the bride was in a state of panic. Lisa on the other hand was serenely calm and inwardly smiling at the distress of her sister, but this was nothing compared to what Lisa had in store for her.
Lisa and her sister Wendy were typical siblings who both loved and hated each other at the same time. Both of them desperately sort the approval of their parents, but only one, Wendy, ever received it. Over the years Lisa had begun to harbour a deep resentment towards Wendy. Lisa seethed with envy at the way her sister coasted through life, while she had to struggle just to survive.
The final straw came when Wendy's moron of a boyfriend proposed to her, of course Wendy said yes, but Lisa was screaming no in her head. Something snapped inside of Lisa that day. Lisa felt inferior because Wendy was going to get married which is every little girls dream, while Lisa couldn't even get a date with a guy. It's not like Lisa was hideous, in fact it was just the opposite, men were often intimidated by her beauty. She was the living embodiment of the lady from the song Jolene. 'Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair, with ivory skin and eyes of emerald green'. It was ironic in a way because Wendy bore an uncanny likeness to a young Dolly Parton. In fact on a number of occasions they had gone to fancy dress parties as Dolly Parton and Jolene.
The rented silver phantom Rolls Royce pulled up to the bottom of the driveway which lead to the church. The chauffer got out and helped Wendy in her big meringue dress get out of the car. As per usual Lisa played second fiddle, but she just smiled because Lisa knew that today she would have the last laugh.
Lisa thought it was ironic that her sister was walking down the aisle to the tune 'the Queen of Sheba', a pompous tune for pompous woman. It was a standard wedding service but the church had been decked out to the nines with the help of daddy's money. Lisa sneered and thought that her parents would never go to such expense for her wedding.
The first hymn was a less than rousing rendition of all things bright and beautiful. Most of the congregation hadn't set foot inside a church for most of their adult life and so were not keen to join in with the singing. Lisa could here sniggering coming from some of the little nephews and nieces dotted around the place, keeping themselves amused by tiggybatting each other.
Then came the time in service that every bride dreads but Lisa had been waiting for ever since Wendy's engagement. A rather senile old Vicar croaked "if anyone knows any legal or just impediment why these two persons should not be joined in holy matrimony, let them speak now or forever hold their peace."
There was a pregnant pause while everyone looked at each other. Just as the vicar was about to move on, Lisa stood up and said "I object". There was a stunned silence in the room and the air was so thick it could be cut with a knife.
Wendy looked across at her sister, shooting daggers from her eyes for daring to ruin her big day. "Don't look at me like that sis, you must have known that this has been a long time coming" Lisa said defiantly, "you see ladies and gentleman my dear sister and I have a secret we would like to share with you."
Lisa walked slowly and seductively over to the lectern, the forest green silk dress clinging to the perfect hourglass curves of her body. Lisa lent over the lectern so everyone in the front couple of rows got a good eyeful of her cleavage, she whispered gently into the microphone "Mr Churchwarden would you be kind enough to run the DVD I gave you earlier."
After a couple of seconds the television screens on the pillars went from a PowerPoint presentation to a rather strange looking home video. "Dear family and friends I want to welcome you to a rather impromptu premier of a film I like to call 'the hen night'." Lisa said continuing with her grand plan.
The film started and Wendy recognised the setting was Lisa's living room, then she recognised herself and Lisa entering the room. Looking at the clothes she had on, she knew that this was indeed the night of her hen party. Her face turned as white as a sheet, as memories of that night came flooding back and the taboo that she and her sister had broken.
The film started off innocently enough with two sisters discussing the hen party they had just been out on, and the upcoming wedding. The conversation started to turn a little blue and they talked in detail about the things that Wendy had planned for the wedding night. Wendy's cheeks went red with embarrassment and the congregation just stared transfixed at the screens. Wendy's husband to be, started to feel a bulge in his trousers that was also clearly evident to the congregation as well.