With the Lights Off...

{ H i c e t N u n c }

The Day

Her

"And all I know now is that if I would ever die because of you, it would only be because I drowned in your eyes. The blue that captured and haunted me, kept me coming close, until I fell into a love so deep, I did not bother to hold my breath."

1. Don't fall.

2. Don't trip.

3. Don't eat the cake before you're supposed to cut it.

And most importantly... 4. Don't you dare run away.

"You're my forever even if we might not know if that's really the case. There's nothing certain in my life, aside from the fact that I love you. I love you more than I did yesterday. I can't say I'd love you more and more and more each day, because that's a huge promise to keep, but I'll never love you any less than I already do."

If I was being totally honest to myself... I had no idea how to get married.

What if I fell flat on my face in these Louboutins?

What if the train on this Vera Wang dress tore right in half as I was walking down the aisle because someone's kid stepped on it?

What if I had some unknown allergy to peonies and my faced puffed up into a huge gigantic marshmallow of a face?

What if he wasn't there at the end of the aisle?

I swallowed hard as I took in my face staring back at me in the mirror.fiddling with the slim silver chain on my wrist. Somehow, that person is not even me. Her face is too beautiful, her eyes are too hopeful, her lips are smiling into the edges of her face.

I can't remember the last time I looked this happy.

In a long time.

I closed my eyes and tried to remember exactly how we got here... but everything led me back to the only important thing. We got here.

I closed one hand into a fist and opened it back again, my hand flying to clutch that necklace wrapped around my neck. The small glass jar of fireflies wasn't alone on my neck anymore, because it was wrapped in a copper wire ring with his voice saying that one word. Now.

I breathed in and out and felt at peace for the first time in a very long time. No other shoes were going to drop. Nothing was going to happen.

Just that I'm finally getting married to that controlling, aged man-child with the gorgeous blue eyes that I loved more than I could ever put into words.

"Bride? Your bridesman has something for you."

I took in a huge breath and nodded, taking the piece of paper in my hand. Even after all the letters he wrote, I still wasn't used to it. Opening the letter, I saw the same old him I used to see back then.

First things first, you look so wonderful in your dress. I love your hair like that.

I knew you promised you would wear my chain, but if you didn't, it's perfectly fine. This day is not about me anyway. It's a celebration of the fact that the two of you finally decided to stop ruining your happy ending.

Nina, I'm so happy that you did this for yourself, because you deserve to be loved in the wildest, most intense way possible. Ian's the only one capable of that.

I don't want to spoil this by saying more than I should, so I just want you to remember the four rules.

1. Don't fall.