"I swear someone better find Emily's shoe in the next 2 minutes or else I'm going to hit the roof!" I yelled at no one in particular. Just like I thought, Emily failed to stick to the game plan and it was driving me crazy. When I am in charge of something I want it to go exsactly the way I planned it to go, but Emily just loved to push my buttons. In every direction there was chaos. To my left I had my Mum doing pilates in her sweats. I had Nana yelling at everyone to find her blue brooch which she swore she left on the table. I had the hairstylists doing Caz and Sarah's hair at the slowest of fucking speed. They were laughing and joking like there wasn't a wedding we had to get to. Georgia was getting her makeup done quietly, thank god! And I had yet to finish getting my makeup done because I was too busy getting everyone else ready.
"WAIT! I FOUND IT!" Emily yelled from upstairs.
"NOW PUT THE DAMN THING ON BEFORE YOU LOSE IT AGAIN!" I yelled back. "MUM! Shower. NOW!"
She looked at me up and sighed. "I'm just trying to find my inner peace. I want to look good today."
"Mother its not about you, okay. So, WOULD YOU GET IN THE DAMN SHOWER!" I have never yelled at my mother like that before and I was scared as she turned and popped her hip out and glared at me. I quickly ducked behind Nana who was walking past.
"Hey! Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? You watch your tone." She scolded as she turned and walked to the shower. I stood up and placed a kiss on Nana's cheek, who was too busy looking in her jewlery box to notice that I had used her as my personal shield from my mother.
Now, it was my turn to get my makeup done. 15 minutes later my makeup was finished. My makeup was pretty and simple and my hair was exsactly like the other bridesmaids. We had all rushed upstairs to get our dresses on and came downstairs and waited for Caz to finish getting her hair done.
I was standing in the kitchen practising my speech when the door bell rang. Someone else can get it. I have to practise my speech. Speeches have never really been my thing as I remember distinctly a time in college where I had to say a speech about equality and how important it was. I ended up running out of class to the nearest toilet and I throwing up my lunch. It was not pretty. My Dad picked me up from school and was super nice about it. I was the butt of every joke for the whole year but I got over it.
"Caz is one of the bestfriend...fuck...one of my bestfriend in the whole world." I was mumbling my speech to myself. I can't even speak proper english.
"CAMERON! Come here!" Mum yelled from the front. Ugh! I was never going to get a proper practise in if people kept interupting me. I walked out to where everyone was and I froze in my spot when I saw Jack standing talking to Emily. It was like the world had stopped spinning and it was just me and him. He was wearing a fitting black suit, fancy black dress shoes and he had his hair parted at the side and slicked sideways. He looked so fucken hansome! I felt butterflies in my stomach and I couldn't help the blush that had crept into my cheeks. All of a sudden he looked up and his eyes met mine. My heart melted. His eyes roamed up and down my body before coming back to meet my eyes. I felt extreamly awkward and nervous all at once.
Then it happened...A huge smile entered his face and I couldn't help but smile back. He walked over to me in quick easy strides and stopped a few centimetres away from me. He was unbearably close and I tired desperately not to take a step back from his close proximity.
"Cameron, you look absolutely stunning." He leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on my cheek before stepping back. It was awfully quiet before he said, "This is where you say 'Oh thank you Jack! You're so funny, sexy and hansome.'"
I stared at him wide eyed before I responded. "Well...well you look...nice."
"Nice? Is that all I get? Nice." He genuinely looked dissapointed and I felt like a dick. He said all those nice thing about me and the best I had was nice.
"I mean...I mean you look super hot!" Oh fuck! I wasn't meant to say that! It was meant to come out sexier than 'super hot'. I felt a blush creep into my cheeks and I looked down at the ground in embarrasement. Why was I such a dork? I felt a hand slip around my chin and lift my face up so I was looking directly at Jack.
"Well, you look super hot too." His smile was wide and his eyes sparkled like the stars in the night sky. We stood there like that for a long moment getting lost in eachothers eyes. That sounds so tacky. The moment was ruined.
"You going to make us wait all day? Kiss her already you bloody wanker!" My Nana said from behind us. I had forgotten everybody else was in the room untill that moment. I stepped back hurriedly and turned to glare at my Nana. Jack looked shocked but amused.
"NANA!" I groaned. Everybody burst into loud laughter and I couldn't help but smile awkwardly at Jack. It was a weird and awkward predicament we had both just gotten ourselves into and we could both feel eachothers awkwardness. No doubt everybody is going to grill me about 'what was going on' between Jack and I, but I don't even know whats happening between us.
"I just came to drop off this letter to the bride from the groom and to make sure she wasn't going to do a runner." He announced as everybody started to calm down. He pulled a letter from his jacket pocket and handed it to Caz. "And with that, I bid you farewell. I will see you beautiful ladies at the church." He looked at me and winked before turning and smiling to everyone else in the room. Then he walked out of the front door and closed it quietly. God he was sexy!
"What does it say!" Mum said as she pulled Caz down to the couch. We all gathered around and listened intently as Caz began to read the letter Daniel wrote for her.
"To my beautiful bride, Carol Oliva Henderson. I woke up early today bursting with excitement as it is our wedding day. I have unknowingly waited my entire life for this moment and now that it is almost here, I simply don't want to wait another second. I remember the day I first laid eyes on you. You walked into the pub and the whole world stopped spinning and I couldn't look away from your beautiful face. I am so thankful that you looked my way and chose me. I cannot get over the fact that you chose me. Me. If the place falls down, it rains, the food is terrible, the flowers aren't right, no matter what, it will be magical because it means that we will be together at last as man and wife. We will finally get to start our lives together and enjoy every experience, hold one another through every pain and ultimately just be with one another forever. I never thought or knew I could love someone as much as I love you. These feelings are real and I find myself knowing that I am so luckly to have found them, with you. For the first time ever in my life I have a purpose. You have given meaning to my existence. That may sound strange but it's true. You have made things worthwhile. I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with you and I want this day to be perfect especially for you. It has always been my way to try not to give into cheesiness but this time I'll make an exception. After all, I am marrying the most special woman in the world and that entitles me to give into my emotions. Hold on tight to this letter because I cannot promise you many letters but I promise you my love, devotion, fidelity, and protection. I love you, future Mrs. Cooper. See you soon. Lots of Aroha, your future Husband - Danny'" Caz sobbed out the last words and I had to excuse myself. I was so close to tears that I pinched myself in order to not ruin my makeup. Stuff Daniel and his cute words and shit. I need to get my shit together. After taking a 5 minute timeout to compose myself, I was ready to get Caz down the isle.
"Okay, enough tears of joy. Lets fix your makeup and get you in your wedding dress. With have 20 minutes people! Lets do it!" In an instant everybody was up and running about, doing final touch ups, fixing their hair and makeup. Mum and Nana were ready and looked stunning. Caz and everybody else were upstairs getting her into her wedding dress and I went to answer the door.
"Dad, you look nice." I said politely. We still hadn't talked yet and I didn't know what was happening between us. He reached his arms out and pulled me into a tight hug.
"Cameron! You look stunning." I was taken aback. He released me quickly when I didn't respond. I smiled at him simply while standing in shock. Wow. Did Dad just hug me? I was interupted by a rumbling coming down the stairs. I turned and saw Caz gliding down the stairs. She looked so beautiful and elegant. This is really happening, Caz is getting married.
10 minutes later we had arrived at church and the bridesmaids and I were lined up ready to enter. I turned around and looked at Caz who smiled at me nervously.
"Cameron, I'm getting Married!" She said with a shaky voice, nervousness seeping through each word as she grabbed onto my hand desperately.
"I know! You look absolutely beautiful and you have the most amazing man waiting for you at the end of that isle. You can do it. I love you!" I kissed her forehead lightly and smiled brightly. Finally it was my turn.
I felt an overwhelming feeling of happiness and finally it was game time.