The story of you and I

CHAPTER 45

If last week was crazy, this one was batshit crazy, I saw Alex only at night before going to bed, she was busy with work, helping Andrew with the paperwork before the wedding, coordinating the last details with the photographers, reviewing the printings of the photos that were going to be at the rehearsal dinner and reviewing the edition of the video that they were going to show that night, this was a surprise for Ana. Busy with the hotel, I made a mental note that if I ever got married, I wouldn't do it in such a busy month, I had to review and approve the menus for business dinners, the Christmas and New Year's menu, review new prices of the new suppliers, supervise that the budget we had set for decorations is met, anyway ... I hadn't even decorated anything in my house for Christmas, everything was in cardboards in the new apartment. Apart from this, I was supervising the last details of the rehearsal dinner, checking the list to make sure that everyone is going to be there, the rehearsal dinner was only for the relatives and the wedding party and their partners, but since it was not going to be in the city, I had to check everybody's RSVP.

"Emma ... hi"

"Hi Jordan, I hope you're okay. I was just calling you super quick to confirm your presence at the rehearsal dinner this Friday in Saint Augustine."

"Yes, of course I'll be there" he said enthusiastically.

"Perfect ... two people?"

"Yes, so far yes" he said with a laugh. "I hope she doesn't ditch me before that" I giggled.

"Ok, perfect, see you on Friday then" we said goodbye and then I called Oscar, another of Andrew's friends who was flying from San Diego, he confirmed his attendance, but he was coming alone, the last person on the list was Raul, but I knew he wouldn't be able to go to Saint Augustine until Saturday morning.

My parents were going to fly from Seattle directly to St Augustine on Saturday morning, Ana's brother would arrive on Thursday directly to Sarasota and from there they were going to drive with Jen and Ana's parents, everything was perfectly calculated, but this didn't prevent Ana from being a bundle of ​​nerves. Jamie took Ana's mental health as her responsibility, she was with her day and night trying to calm her down and enjoy the process. Ana, Andrew and Jamie were leaving on Thursday, and Alex and I were leaving on Friday morning.

On Thursday night, sitting on my couch, with a paper cup in my hands full of wine, I was going over in my mind all the things that I had to take with me, underwear, check, dress for the rehearsal dinner, check, strapless bra for that dress, check, jeans and t-shirts, mmm I had packed 3 blouses and two jeans, plus the one I was going to wear, but if it was very hot? .. One more blouse or a t-shirt was not going to hurt, shoes! The high heels are packed, I'm taking some flip flops, my converse ...

"Babe!" Alex said pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Al! You scared me, why are you yelling?" I asked with a frown.

"Because when I spoke to you normally you weren't listening to me, and your leg has taken on a life of its own again" she said pointing to my leg that was shaking in its own space, I immediately stopped moving, I looked at Alex, I rolled my eyes, and I made a face at her. "Chill baby, everything is packed, everything is ready, and the most important thing is there" She said pointing to our dresses that were in hangers carefully supported on an armchair next to our suitcases. I nodded and sighed dropping my head on her shoulder.

The next day we arrived a little after lunch, we went to the hotel where almost all of us were going to stay, it was a super luxurious, a modern and beautiful hotel facing the sea, today the couple was going to sleep in separate rooms, because Andrew firmly believed that the groom couldn't see the bride on the wedding day, but for now we were all chatting in Andrew's room. I greeted Jeremy, I haven't seen him in years, then Ana introduced him to Alex, there was an air of celebration, everyone was wearing their best smiles, Ana's parents were overflowing with happiness to have their two children together. Andrew and Alex were talking about something, while she arranged his hair, those identical sets of black eyes were shining as they smile and laugh. Suddenly I felt that my emotions were going to overflow me, I quietly apologized to Jamie and without Ana seeing me, I went out to the balcony. I took a deep breath filling my lungs with iodized air, letting the sea breeze ruffle my hair, I leaned back on one of the balcony pillars and just let my mind wander, I was so happy for my friends, to be part of this day, being next to Alex, I felt a wave of emotion invade my body, I closed my eyes to prevent the tears from falling when I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket.