If Only

Thirty Eight

Charlotte Crawford

After the glam team left I went to the mirror and stared at the dress. I couldn't lie it was beautiful, I didn't look terrible, but I knew I was never going to love it.

I played with a curl in my hair and went into the closet grabbing a silver clutch to match the black. It was a floor length black gown, it accented me perfectly

I heard a knock on the closet door and opened it and he stared at me "wow" I felt the self consciousness fill me

"My wife's a woman?" I smacked his arm "you took my breath away before physically assaulting me" he scanned me up and down

"I just don't know how you do it" he sighed "you get more and more prettier every day but today you've outdone yourself tesoro" his Italian accent made my knees weaken

"I hope you know I'm wearing ballet flats that just happen to be covered by the dress" he shushed me

"A lady never reveals her secrets!"

"I regret making you watch all the princess diaries movies"

"It gave me a good education on Feminism"

"Okay we have to go" I handed him my clutch to him as we made our way out

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As the SUV made its way down a long drive following others I felt intimidated, we had one in back and front for security but the rest were others attending

"So how many people are coming to this?"

"A lot but we have our own table with Jillian, Niccolo and Leo, our parents are embarrassed of us so they shove us together as if we were 5" he groaned "it's always the same. Same people, same party, same food and drinks"

"It's not the same this time?" He looked over at me "because I'm there!"

"You are so full of yourself aren't you" says him

The car stops and I looked out the window to an old giant mansion tucked away while it's surrounded with elegance "our family friend donates the estate to us each year"

He opened the car door offering his hand in which I accepted lifting me out of the car wrapping it nicely around his

The eyes that caught our attention were everywhere. Nobody really had met me, we weren't there for most of the wedding we ditched. This was the first event with us together officially

I hope he wasn't stressed, I don't think he could handle that right now. He was still recovering from everything. The worries filled my face but disappear when he looks at me

He guides me in and it's even more grand then I pictured. The auction was for children in need around the world. Children in poverty or even at young ages in medical debt, sometimes the country we live in surprises me

"Oh my god" we turn to the sound her her voice

"That dress is divine, my god I envy how jaw dropping you look while pregnant" Jillian gushed walking over in a sparkly dress "my friend was pregnant and let's just say... she looked nothing like you" she nursed her champagne