You & Me

HAILEY POV In the empty room, you held the bouquet ready for the ceremony, your hands twinged with sweat. You were nervous. Incredibly so. Your heart ran with legs like a runner. Your eyebrows frowned in worry and impatience. You glanced at the bouquet ready to keep well away from the plants which were still beautifully deadly. They carried an otherwordly trance. You gulped. I was nearly time. Time for you to belong to him forever. Him as in the name you love. William Shane. The man you met three years ago in college, dated for a year and a half, and here you were about to be his wife, you were happy yet nervous, the same as any bride you were told. With a sigh you look at yourself in the mirror wearing the beautiful white dress your best friend Sophie picked for you, speaking of the devil... "Hailey, you ready?" Sophie entered the waiting room with Lara, both your bridesmaids. Seeing them bought your heart back to the panic state, the state of you not being able to breathe which caught both their attention. "Okay, Okay Hailey, you need to breathe... Can you do that for me??" Your bridesmaids, Sophie asked. Only ten minutes remained before your wedding, you were so nervous just like the first time you went on a date with him. "I can breathe." You said to her. "I just need my grandmother's necklace to calm down. Lara, did my mother gave it to you?" Your two friends looked at you wide-eyed. "Uh, Hailey...about that." (30s later) "What do you mean you can't find my necklace! I can't get married without it. It's my lucky charm. No way." You shook you head trying to breathe but the sound of your heartbeat was so loud for you to focus. "Look..." Lara, bridesmaids which happens to be William's younger sister said, "Everyone's here and has a program. It's about to start. I just talked to William and he's just as nevous as you. Do you really want to not marry the love of your life over a necklace?" I shook my head. "Good, because if you don't marry him, I know plenty of women who would." Both of them chuckled at that, "Look Hailey, take 2 minutes and we'll be back to take you, okay my dear?" You nodded and watched them leave, closing the door behind them, your hand touched your bare neck wishing everything goes well even without the neckl..... "Oh, Kelly.... " You walked out of the room when you remember your mom said that she'll give your necklace to your friend with the red hair which happens to be Kelly, your 3rd bridesmaids. "Let's hope she in the room.... " "Be brave for God's sake." You sighed with relief when you heard Kelly's voice coming out from the bridesmaid's waiting room. You were about to knock when you heard another familiar voice. "I can't stop the wedding, Kelly... " William ? Stop the wedding ? "What the hell is going now ? " You thought. "What about me ? " Kelly's voice cracked. Is she crying ? "What about our child ? " Ch-child ? O-Our ? "Didn't I gave you the money for the abortion? I just can't break up with Hailey now, even if I love you it's jus.... " Here when you pushed the door open revealing your fiance and one of your best friends looking at you shocked. Your whole body was shaking with tears threatening to fall but you remain strong as you looked at both of them. "W-What did you just said?" You looked at William in the eyes as he stared back with guilt showing in his eyes. "Hailey.... " Kelly called your name. "Get out! ... " You closed your eyes trying as hard as possible not to fall down. "I am sorry ... " You heard Kelly's crying voice as she runs away leaving you and the man who was 5 minutes close to being your husband. "Listen to me Hailey." He started talking when you looked at him finally the tears finding their way down your cheeks. "Y-You said... " "I am sorry Hailey, I tried to tell you... " He added. "Tried? IT'S OUR WEDDING DAY WILLIAM!" You cried "Y-You... " "Okay, I cheated. I'm cheating. But I just can't be, it's impossible. You're the best girl in the whole universe! But whenever I see her, my view totally changes. It's like I don't even know who I am anymore. It hurts me, but it's feels so good at the same time... I am sorry, Hailey." William snapped, his tone could have frozen peas yet his voice broken. It hit you hard, his words like nails and hammers breaking your heart apart. "Best Girl you said... " You whipped the tears from your cheeks, though it was pointless since more were running down but atleast you could stand up to face him. "S-She is pregnant?" William looked down closing his eyes. "She said she aborted the child... I d-don't know... " He grabbed his hair in frustration. "I don't know how it happened, I ... I was lost and she ... She gave me things you cou... " *Slap* You slapped the man before you, before he added any word. "Don't you dare to make it my fault." You glared at him before turning away leaving the room. "Hailey wait... Please... " He tried to hold your hand but you yanked it but that didn't stop him from talking. "I never meant to blame you, I know I am the b*tch one here... But you have to understand everyone can make mistakes, I might have a thing for Kelly but you're the one I want to spend my life with, if it wasn't the case I wouldn't be here... Please think before walking away, everyone is waiting for us now... Let's get over with the wedding then we can ta... " "Leave." When you turned, at last, to face him again there was no trace of tears, not in your eyes or in track marks on your reddening face. Your eyes were narrowed, rigid, cold, hard. At that moment, William knew you were already far away. He knew, he was the enemy now. These swings from most loved to most hated would be the end of anyone. "Don't even show your face to my parents nor anyone I know." "Hailey... " "I will say you didn't show up, they'll understand... " You looked down thinking of your parent's face when you tell them your fiance left in your wedding, the embarrassment you'll feel around everyone now. "No, I have to take the responsibility, I can't let you face it alone. " "William... " You glared at him. "My friends and family don't know your face yet. I prefer the next time they meet you, you'll only be my best friend's brother. " His sister... How can he face her now? "What did I do? " he cursed himself as all the happy memories with you came running inside his mind, your smiles when you see him and the times you made him feel happy... You watched the man leave the room, tears streamed down your face like a ripple in a lake. William was a sweet, kind men when you met him. You don't know what had climbed inside him, why he did this? "Are you the man I thought of marrying?" You thought when you felt as if your blood had become tar as it struggled to keep a steady beat. Before anybody will notice your absense, you walked out of the room not knowing where to go wearing a wedding dress, makeup ruined and eyes bloody with tears. You wanted to run away, you wanted to hide from everybody here so you headed to the elevator pressing the top floor. "Everything will be alright... Hide now" You told yourseld as you pushed the door with the EXIT word written on it. The Moment the air hit your face, you broke down. You had always been so self-conscious when you cried but now you just gave way to the enormity of your grief. You sobbed into your hands and the tears dripped between your fingers, raining down onto the parched soil. Your breathing was ragged, gasping and the strenght left your legs. You sank to your knees not caring about the stains that might ruin your white dress. You were noisy, your skin was blotched but there was no-one there to witness it let alone come to comfort you. You cried until no more tears came, but still the emptiness and sorrow remained. "I am sorry ... " You sair between sobs, you apologized yet not knowing for who, Him, your Family that trusted your choice or you apologized to yourself for being blind. How can the two people you know get that close yet you never noticed? "Is it an international runaway bride day or something?" You turned when you heard someone speaking, the voice of a man you never heard. * * * * * TO BE CONTINUED . . .