The girl on the red dress PART 1

What a lovely afternoon, the weather is perfect and we are heading to my cousin's wedding, once we got there, I remembered that I don't know anybody there, I don't even know the names nor the faces, even though I lived the majority of my life with the Cosmoses I haven't met any of their relatives because I was always making an excuse in order to avoid seeing them.

We entered the party, I was worried that I may get weird looks from them since I spent many years running away, once we reached party's door Mike's brother Jeff welcomed us with a nice big smile on his face and he said to us with a friendly tone

-          Welcome my brother Mike and his family, how are you doing miss Jessica?

-          I am doing just fine Jeff, thank you!

Aunt Jessica answered him while shaking his hand and then he spoke again with my sister

-          Hello princess, how are you doing today? You look amazing, even better than the bride!

-          I am so excited today uncle Jeff, thank you.

That was my sister's answer and she bowed or him, then he walked towards me and spoke while shaking my right hand by his right hand and petting my shoulder with his other hand

-          And this must be mister Walter, hello son, you look amazing today, and if you don't mind, I would like to talk with you in private later tonight?

-          Yes, I am Walter, uncle Jeff, thank you, and I would love to talk with you in private about how to rob a bank.

I responded to him with that and they all laughed for few moments then uncle Jeff spoke

-          That was a good one son, now excuse me there are other people I should welcome, you can go to the table right over there next to the yellow flowers.

We nodded and went to that table, there were two ladies on that table, an old lady and a young lady, they both were gingers, both wore classy dresses but the young lady seemed innocent, she had big blue eyes, red chicks, pink lips, perfect face structure, she looked just perfect, while on the other hand her mother looked perfectly horrible, not horrible she looked like a bad witch that is going to burn the whole building, she didn't seem friendly at all.

We sat at the table and the young girl greeted us with a very nice tone

-          Hello, mister and misses Cosmos, Vanessa and Walter, I guess?

She said that while looking at our eyes, that gave me a little butterfly, my parents greeted her back, Mike went before Jessica

-          Hello Emma, how are you doing young lady?

-          Good day Emma, how is your father doing? Why hasn't he come?

Jessica was the one that asked about her father, before answering I spoke to her

-          Yes, I am Walter, and you are Emma! Nice to know you.

Emma thanked my father and said to my mother, before turning to me

-          OH, that's kind o you uncle Mike, as for my father, he can't come, he has some business in London this week. And for cousin Walter right here, we've heard a lot about you, and I am terribly sorry for the death of your friend.

I instantly realized that she has some good connection with my mother and/or my sister, I looked at Jessica and she said to me

-          Vanessa is her friend, she tells her everything, ha-ha!

Then it hit me, this "innocent girl" already knows everything about me, even my Ex. this girl knows a lot about me, but still interested in me, is it possible that she likes me? Or she is just trying to get the chance to know me more since we are half cousins, what if wants me to be her dance mate later tonight? What if aunt Jessica and sister Vanessa are planning something for me? wait what i…

-          Walter, you zoned out again, the pretty lady is waiting for your response!

My sister interrupted my thoughts which made me wake up and think about what to say, when I gather my ideas and was ready to talk, I looked at her eyes, which were also looking at mine, that made me stutter for a second

-          AH…AH…AH… it is fine, we all are going to die eventually, aren't we?

I said that and grabbed a glass of lemonade to drink and refresh my throat, while I was doing so, Emma spoke again and said while picking a glass of wine

-          I like that idea; you are a bit smarter that what I thought. Do you also think that life is pointless?

That surprised me that I got choked by my drink, when I looked at her, she was sniffing from the wine glass gently; I wanted to tell her how much I agreed with her but I couldn't because her mother spoke before I could even gather my breathe and sit back normally

-          Enough Emma, you don't know how people perceive your jokes usually, I am sorry my nephew, my daughter likes to say dark jokes to everyone, that some times we think she means them.