- >Today was the day.
- >You gave a sharp gulp, looking in the mirror as you adjust your tie properly.
- >It fit in snug as a bug, your colour-drained face a disconcerting contrast to the sharp-looking suit.
- >The suit had gold-thread trim marking a path down the sleek sleeves of your arms.
- >Your mother always was a woman of expensive tastes; while your father was a complete jew when it came to cash.
- >Opposites attract, it seems.
- >However, your hands are shaky; unsure whether it was your diabetes or your nerves telling you to eat something.
- >You pillage your fridge for a quick pre-wedding snack.
- >A few slices of lasagna are still wrapped in aluminum foil.
- >Fuck it, you'll have to eat this on the go; you pick up a plastic fork and plate.
- >Less than an hour until it starts.
- >You weren't the best-liked kid in school.
- >Had your heart broken so many times, the only thing holding it together right now was your rather frayed nerves and African children's tears.
- >Don't try to think about that, Anon; surely this girl will be different.
- >Hopefully.
- >With one hand, you haphazardly jump over the door on the driver's side of your '76 Eldorado; the convertible was your pride and joy.
- >You never ate in it since you and your father restored it on your 19th birthday.
- >Fuck, this was a sexy car.
- >Wish you were getting married to this thing than the woman you've only obscurely heard about.
- >You don't even know her real name
- >Just her small nickname, a moniker or some shit.
- >"Rarity"
- "Rarity."
- >You keep repeating that name to yourself, your car soaring down the highway.
- >The improvised wiring allowed you to connect your phone to the interior's sub-modern radio.
- >You let various songs play through your speakers; only pausing at red lights to take a good glomp out of your cold lasagna.
- >God, you should've microwaved it first.
- >It's making you a little less nervous; always had to eat when you were nervous.
- >It lead to some.. weight problems, here and there.
- >You finally burned off the fat, but your self confidence was frayed because of it.
- > Damn it, brain. Going back to being self-conscious.
- > You finished your meal, licking your fingers so they don't stain your porcelain white interior.
- > Doing a double-take to assure you didn't, you crumple up the lasagna plate and toss it in the nearby garbage bin.
- >Well, it was a recycling bin.
- >But you don't care, you seen that little fucked up triangle; before.
- > Anyhow, you were right on time, it seems.
- > The casual wedding music plays; you give a half-power walk down the aisle, past the pews of your family and hers.
- > Looked rather aristocratic, from your point of view.
- > You can only imagine the glamour of your mother's eyes, and the stiff sense of dread dwelling in your old man.
- > You wait at the altar, subsequently as the pallid bride holding her bouquet came onto the scene.
- > She's pale.
- > Like, REALLY pale.
- > You might ask if she was Irish, you hear they never did too well in sunlight.
- > Clenching your teeth inside your mouth to keep from chattering, you lift up the veil of your bride.
- > A dark azure gaze adores her visage; sleek raven-purple hair come out in a shapely brim, ending in curls beneath her hemmed bridesveil.
- > You pause, looking her over as she does you, some calculating gaze-gandering taking place.
- > You're fairly thrilled about your results, you were expecting some buck-toothed hick-chick beneath the veil, everything went a lot better than expected.
- >Unfortunately, your mystery fiance' doesn't seem to share your sentiment; as a light quirk of a brow avails. You've seen that look before, right after they..
- "Shall we proceed?"
- >The scathing voice of the minister breaks you from your self-doubt; looking back to him, and then your to-be wife.
- "I, Anon. Y. Mouss'e, take you, Rarity, to be my lawfully wedded wife. To have and hold, from this day forward; for better or for worse; for richer or poorer; in sickness and in health; until death do us part."
- >People didn't seem to notice or care that you used her nickname.
- >Thank goodness for that, at least.
- >The recession went on as planned, you and Rarity had a -- however awkward -- conversation about your lives.
- >She was a fledgeling fashion designer, hoping to make it big in the city.
- >You had a much less ambitious goal as a barber; though the two seemed to go hand-in-hand.
- > Then you two talked about music tastes.
- >Your music tastes was more newer rock and similar; Chuck Berry here, Contours there; simple blue-collar type music.
- >Her music tastes were a lot more sharper, refined. She went on about numbers of symphonies and other stuff that you didn't know what the fuck was.
- >You didn't pay too much attention, you were far more focused on her eyes, her almost unnaturally pale flesh, her bust, everything else.
- >You knew what you had to do.
- >By nightfall, when most of the people had already left; you took your new wife out to your car.
- >She seemed fairly impressed with the model, and how much care you've put into it.
- >"It's almost as if you treated this car better than you would a real woman!"
- >You both laugh, her genuinely, you.. not so much.
- "..Heh.. Yeah."
- >Fortunately it went mostly unnoticed.
- >You don't know how she'll react to this, but dammit, you have to try.
- >This place was important to you, and you'd like to share it with your beloved.
- >By nightfall, when most of the people had already left; you took your new wife out to your car.
- >She seemed fairly impressed with the model, and how much care you've put into it.
- >"It's almost as if you treated this car better than you would a real woman!"
- >You both laugh, her genuinely, you.. not so much.
- "..Heh.. Yeah."
- >Fortunately it went mostly unnoticed.
- >You don't know how she'll react to this, but dammit, you have to try.
- >This place was important to you, and you'd like to share it with your beloved.
- >"So Anon.. where might we be going?"
- "Someplace special."
- >"Oh..?"
- "Yeah, you'll see when we get there."
- >She looked rather uncomfortable at your ambiguity, and you wouldn't really blame her.
- > Doubt you'd be thrilled to get in a car with someone who has been a loving stranger -- and you've barely known for a day, to add -- take you on some night-time stroll in the dark.
- >Just thinking it from her perspective gives you second thoughts on if you should go through with it.
- "We're here."
- >You finally pulled up in front of a large building, wood and concrete you observe from the outside.
- >You open your car door, and quickly went around to open it for her, like a gentleman.
- >Last thing you do before leaving the car is activating the convertible's hard-top and locking it.
- >God, you hope it doesn't get stolen or broken into.
- >This is a bad neighborhood, you're kicking yourself as-is for bringing he here while still in moderately well-dressed clothing.
- >Would be absolutely fine to get gunned down when you leave.
- >It'd be like the beginning of Batman, but without Batman.
- >Because his parents would be fucking dead before they even thought of conceiving him.
- >You two went through the dark alley.
- >Eeriness intensifies.
- >She practically clutches onto your side, the woman doesn't like dark allies than you do.
- >Just around the corner and..
- >Music was bleating outside the pseudo-entrance.
- >In the darkest places, just how you remember it.
- >You went to turn the knob, hearing it click; smiling as it revealed the same sights as always.
- >The song is now louder, turned full blast as the scene erupts in a flash of colours and movement.
- >Dozens of couples; some swingers, some not; coddled together in a large basemented corridor. (subject related)
- >They were acting out a bastardized mix of erotic and ballroom dancing.
- >Heh, ball-room.
- >Rarity seems taken back from this, though you turned to her.
- "Would you care to try?"
- >"Wh- NO!"
- > Some of the couples looked at her.
- >At least have an indoor voice, damn.
- > She appeared fairly incline to leave, and almost certainly would if there wasn't the aspect of prowling a dark alley alone to get out.
- >She cringed at the shockwave of attention that she made.
- >"Oh uh.. no! I don't feel comfortable showcasing myself!"
- >Her cheeks turned a pale red, almost pink, blush.
- >God DAMN that's adorable.
- >Makes you try all the harder.
- "C'mon, dear. Let's just try, hm? I'll help you with the steps if you don't feel confident, alright?"
- >Reluctantly, she agrees.
- >Picking up a bottle of cheap wine from the owner, you guide Rarity to a less crowded part of the corridor; easing up her feelings about messing up in front of people.
- "We work like a single being, pushing ourselves into eachother and pulling out at a time."
- >You press yourself against her, she seems to not get the concept.
- >Even when she does, her own movements are a lot more modest, passive compared to yours.
- >She goes with your movements, like a ripple in the water, spreading the 'energy' out.
- >At the very least, she knows how to ballroom dance; so she's taking what she's learned with this.
- >Feels a little less awkward, though she doesn't have that 'soul' for it.
- >Jesus, the hell are you, a barber or a hippie?
- >She had finally gotten the hang of one dance until another song blared through the aging speakers.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoDPPgWbfXY
- >Oh SHIT
- >This was your jam
- >Taking Rarity in-hand, you get your shit together in the corridor.
- >Taking off your shoes, as she does her high heels; swaying your shoulders, she immediately follows suit.
- >Her dress flutters in her awkward attempt to follow your own movements; only much more passive.
- >It wasn't horrible, then again you aren't doing much better.
- >You twirled her hand over her head, the rhythym of the song begins to match your repetitions.
- >Step, twirl, left-right; twirl, twist, switch, repeat.
- >The swaying of her curves, however starved for by wearing a borderline Cinderella-esque Victorian dress, keeps your attention here and there.
- >The woman, no your WIFE, is starting to get some soul in her.
- >Whatever the hell that means.