chapter 17.

Lina narrates.

Today is the big day, today I am getting married, who would think that I would marry at 20, I hope it is the right decision, I hope I never regret it. My father is happy, my mother is nostalgic because her "babies" as she tells us have married, she married two years younger than me, since my grandfather forced her, he was tough with his sons and daughters, but with his grandchildren He was a love, he was the most consenting, he gave us everything we asked for. The mass is at three in the afternoon, then there will be the reception at four o'clock, and hence a very long party, so long that it will be three days. On Monday first thing in the morning we will go on our way to our honeymoon, which will last a month and a half, since there are problems in the company. In our absence our parents will take care of it. I am distracted from my thoughts when I see my little sisters so beautiful with their lilac dresses, Zenda brings the bouquet and Ashley brings her kitten to flower (gift from Carlos before leaving) my mother cried out to heaven when she saw a cat asleep in her bed Along with my sisters and to top it off the dog, poor mother is terrified of cats, so she gave it to me, but she will stay here in the meantime for obvious reasons.

My mom comes in after them, saying that we will be late, since now is rush hour (time when some of their jobs go out to eat) so there will be a lot of traffic. Without waiting any longer, we left there, not before without putting on the veil, it is beautiful, it is made of lace, the dress is beautiful, it has hand embroidered the image of the Virgin surrounded by flowers on the skirt, on the back it brings flowers , and small leaves, which are not perceived with the naked eye, everything is in silver. It is very beautiful, as soon as I saw it I was fascinated, my brother-in-law made it, for my part I wanted to add the ornaments already mentioned above, I thought it would look exaggerated but on the contrary, it is very simple, it is better than I imagined. I see through the car window, that we are going halfway, I am in the back, my father is driving and my mother is next to him, the girls are located one on each side. When I get to the church I can see my brother at the entrance of it, along with his now wife, who does not have a very pleasant face, on the contrary it seems that something bothers her, later I will ask him.

- But look at nothing else, apparently they changed my sister for a more beautiful one. - Carlos says while hugging me by the shoulders. My sisters demand your attention.

- Carlos, what did you bring us from your trip of doubts? - Carlos is touched by the mistake of our little sister.

- My love is not doubts, it is weddings, and it is called a wedding trip. - My father explains patiently.

- I will give you your gifts tomorrow, at this time it is time to enter the church, because Aaron is like a caged lion.

- Okay, it's now to go in. - says my dad.

- Well gentlemen, it's time, come on girls, get comfortable as we rehearse it.-Natt tells them, who changes his face a little.

- Daughter, it is time to give you up, your mother has already entered, and only we are missing. - We are distracted by the screams of Irina and Maria, who come running.

"We're here, we're here," says Irina who is accompanied by her ex? But! What? I'll talk to her later.

- Wow, girls look beautiful. - I tell them at the same time we hug.

- Well it's time to go in, it's not going to be that Aaron leaves for you.- says Maria, to which we all laugh, because only God knows if he would or not.

I see how they arrange themselves in pairs, Maria and her partner! They settle behind my sisters, then Irina and her ex, then Natt and my brother, and finally my dad and me. As soon as the girls enter the wedding march is heard, everyone advances in order, I count to ten I see my father, he understands that I am ready, this is how our walk down the hall begins, I observe my uncles, aunts, cousins, cousins, friends family, neighbors, etcetera. I see the young woman who served us at the restaurant, how strange? I will ask Aaron if I invite her. Later I see my mother along with my in-laws, my friends are with them with their respective partner.

The father begins the mass, while I ask God that everything goes well from now on, that nothing bad happens. The father continues with the normal mass until it is time for the vows, the one who begins is Aaron.

- I Aaron Valverde Ferrer, I ... I swear to you here before God, our acquaintances and our families that I take you Lina Garcia Santillán as my wife, to respect you, honor you, and love you in health, in illness, in good times and the bad, until death do us part. - All that he said always looking into my eyes, I could see in them that he does not lie, that he really loves me and I know that he will fulfill everything he said today.

- I Lina Garcia Santillán, I swear to you here before God, our acquaintances and our families that I take you Aaron Valverde Ferrer as my legitimate husband, to love you, respect you, honor you, cook you, pamper you.- When you hear that, Aaron smiles. to wash the clothes and the dishes.- when they hear that, everyone laughs, especially my mother and mother-in-law, instead Aaron makes a face of horror, since he does not like to do that.- love you in health, in illness, in good and bad, until death do us part.

- What God has united that the man does not separate, can kiss the bride.- When the Priest said that, Aaron caresses my cheek with affection, he approaches little by little and without more he kisses me very tenderly, it is a kiss pure, there is no evil in him, in that kiss he shows me that he loves me deeply. We part slowly.

We observe behind us that everyone is standing, clapping very loudly, even the Priest who smiles from ear to ear, Aaron takes my hand and guides me to the exit, where there are more people, who when they see us throw rice at us (which according to My grandmother told me it is for abundance) they congratulate us, they complement my dress and how beautiful the temple looked very discreetly decorated.

My friends come over and hug me at the same time, when Maria leaves me she gives me an envelope, which she said not to open until tomorrow, I keep it in a bag that includes the dress, Irina hugs me crying, she doesn't want me to leave, she says That she missed me a lot, I comfort her I try to motivate her by telling her that when I return we will go out wherever she wants, Natt hugs me, congratulates me and whispers in my ear that he has something important to tell me that if he can talk to me tomorrow, I am about to answer him when Aaron arrives, hugs me, and says it's time to go.

We are on our way to the living room, my new husband does not stop kissing and hugging me very hard, being like this the trip is short, when we get off we go in, I can see how everything is and OH MY GOD! I look beautiful, when I see my aunt Sonia (my father's sister) I will thank her for having recommended her friend Susana. Everything looks incredible, a crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling, along with ribbons that have diamonds and white pebbles with golden touches, everything on the ceiling is incredible, I look down I can see through the large window that has a terrace, You can see the city in all its splendor, I'm sure it will look incredible at night, the bride and groom's table is there, the cake table to the right and the gifts table to the left, in front of this is the track of dance, around it are the tables very well arranged and distributed, with white and gold tablecloths above, the centerpiece consists of a beautiful floral arrangement, it has my favorite flowers that are red roses, they are in a vase tall glass.

I am glad to see that the tables are full, no one was missing, when we saw us enter the mariachi received us asking for loud applause along with the song of "cielito lindo", we went to our table, we sat down at that moment the air freshener informs us that in each one of the places have the menu, to be able to observe that it will be food, snack and dinner. Food will be poblano chili cream and breaded steak, spaghetti with butter and steamed vegetables. Fruit with chocolate or chamoy among other things. Shrimp pasta for dinner, blue cord chicken with a three-cheese sauce, mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables.

Without waiting any longer, the waiters begin to serve the main dish, without further ado we eat, Aaron does not stop telling me how beautiful I look today.

- My love to my mother, mother-in-law and you are wonderful about the place, as well as the temple, but they are not more beautiful than you. - He says all that looking me directly in the eyes, I cannot help but blush.

- Thank you my life, but the credit goes to our mothers, I just said how the flower arrangements would be, with the school and the doctor's appointments I couldn't help much.

- Do you visit the doctor!? Have you felt bad? - Right he didn't know anything.

- Not of course not my mother who in these months has taken me to the doctor every week claiming that I was still not well, for whatever she took me, I have to say that she was scared.

- No wonder, you are his princess, a princess who today becomes queen before my eyes, the queen of my heart. - He says, distributing kisses on my hand.

We didn't talk anymore, until it was time to dance, we danced all night, until four in the morning when people started to leave because the party was so set that nobody wanted to go. The good thing is that in a while there will be trios, and on Sunday as a finishing touch tamborazo. And from there to our wedding trip. Which I am sure will be incredible.