Wedding Bells

Chapterr 5: Wedding?

"What? What are you saying? My wedding was arranged 5 years ago? That's . . . How come I didn't had any clue about it?" I asked Flora.

"Well, both of your and our parents wanted to tell you about the wedding after you graduate university but my brother found out 5 years ago and you found out about it a week ago," Flora said. "But, my brother likes you a lot."

"How?" I asked. "How can your brother likes me when I or we never actually talked or hang out 5 years ago?"

"Come with me," she said as she lead me to another side of Nicklaus's room. There was a small door. Flora opened that door and the room was very small, with some dimmed light and it has pictures of me a on the wall."

I was shocked and confused. "How did he got my photos?"

Flora smirked and closed the door so that we can talk for sometimes alone. "5 years ago when my brother found out that he have to marry a girl that he never know about, he was angry and he wanted to talk to dad to cancel the wedding. However, my brother had to go to camping that day so he didn't or couldn't talked to daydream because dad was busy with his business works in office. Nick went to camp and he has this weird hobby of photography. Nick started to take some photographs when he saw you in another group of the camp members but apparently you were in another camp. Nick told me that when she saw you, he find you being very beautiful and cheerful and he took some photographs of you."

I was confused. Nick saw me 5 years ago?

"Nick didn't know that you are the girl that dad and mom chose for Nick's bride. Nick came home and started to look at your picture and he told me that he thinks hat you are interesting. I found your f*******: page and he started to go into your profile page and learned a lot about you. Then, one day, he went to his first interview in a school for work and he saw you chatting with your friends. From that day, he started to notice you and eventually fell deeply in love with you," she said. "You know, when he got to know that you are the woman that dad and mom wants my brother to marry, he was so happy that he gave me $ 100 gift card. I really like my brother and I am happy that he is going to marry the girl he loves."

I smiled at her, still confuse. I am a girl who always get bullied in school. Why would he like a girl like me? Am I that interesting to Nicklaus?

Suddenly, I saw a piano in the room. "Piano?"

"That's . . . Something personal to my brother . . ." Flora said and suddenly the door opened and we saw an angry Nicklaus.

"Flo! What are you doing here? And you brought Max here too!?" Nicklaus asked.

"Sorry Nick, I thought that you might want her to know about you," Flora said.

"There is no point of telling her about me . . . Why did you even brought her here? This is my personal room and is she don't agree with the wedding then I don't think there is any point of you telling her all this things!" Nick said.

"What? You are going to call off the wedding?" Flora asked, looking at me. She looked sad and upset. "You don't like Nick? But why? He is not a bad boy? He is nice and he love you? Why would you want to hurt him!?"

"Flora! Go to your room," Nick said.

Flora ran to her room as she slammed the door.

I did felt a bit sorry for Nicklaus. I mean, I do like Nicklaus but I am not sure about my feelings. Nicklaus is a nice person but I am going to be a okay with our wedding?

"Sorry," Nicklaus said. "I shouldn't have taken those pictures without your permission," Nick said as he looked at bit sad and was going to get out of the room.

"Nicklaus?" I asked as I held his wrist.

"Yes?" Nicklaus asked.

"Why did you told your family that I might call off the wedding?" I asked.

"Because," he looked sad. "You don't love me, do you?"

I looked at him in confusion.

"Max, I love you," he said as he looked at me and I could see true love in his eyes. "I have been in love with you for 5 years and never did I wanted you to get any hurt. A marriage should make a couple's love stronger not to break their hurt into pieces." Nicklaus went near the window and leaned on the window. "You know what I think about love? Love is something that you can't force somebody to have. If I truly love you then I know that if I marry you by force, all I am going to get is hatered from you. I don't want you to hate me. Sure, I am a couple of years older that you but love happened to everybody. My love for you is a true love so even if you don't marry me, I would still be happy for you because I care about your happiness more than mine."

I was stunned. How can a nice person like me actually like a stupid girl like me? Even though I can see him talking, I could sense that he is getting hurt inside. His voice was cracked as he was speaking. "What will you do if I call off our wedding?"

"I don't know," he said as he tried to do a fake laugh. "I mean, if you are happy then I am happy too. You might be moving on in your life, marrying another person," his voice cracked. "Have a happy family."

"What about you?"

"Me? I . . . Don't know. I might continue working as a teacher, taking care of mom and dad and Flora," he said as he avoided looking at me.

I never saw Nicklaus is that much pain. How can Nicklaus loves me so much? "Should we go to downstairs? I have to tell everybody something."

"You are calling off the wedding?" He asked.

I looked at him and said, "you need to go to downstairs before the food gets cold."

We went downstairs and I could feel that our family seemed pretty tensed. Flora probably told our parents that I knight call off the wedding. I remembered how excited mom and dad were and how much a gentleman Nicklaus is. Maybe it is not a bad idea to marry Nicklaus? "Mom, dad, I agree to marry Nicklaus."