Crystal
They were meant to be happy.
When I had imagined this moment, they had been. There had been cheers and big smiles all around. There hadn’t been this… heavy silence. The smiles people shot my way were strained and subdued. Whispers erupted. To quiet to hear but I could feel it in my heart that they weren’t friendly. Somewhere to the left a commotion started but I couldn’t see though the crowd to see what was going on. All I could do was stand there with Gabe holding my hand loosely in his and the most beautiful pale blue dress swirling with an invisible wind around my ankles.
It should have been perfect because this was everything I had wanted. Everything I deserved. Even Gabe was playing his part although I knew he didn’t want to. Hell, he had told me out right and to my face th
