A blog dialogue- The Wedding...pt. 3

'Hey ladies, we gotta start getting ready to go out. James is standing at the alter and the groom and groomsmen are makin there way out there.' Diva interrupts the convo to alert the bride.

She stands and Deja pulls Eb's veil over her eyes making eye contact to try and determine what Eb wants her to do. She smiles and nods and Deja allows the veil to fall… She made the decision.

As places are taken and the bridesmaids begin making their procession down the aisle to the tune of Wreckless Love, Eb takes a deep breathe and says a little prayer.

Dear God,
I pray that this be your will and I ask that you bless this union for all days. Amen.

As she steps out and begins her procession, All-4-One standing in the balcony directly above the alter, start their acappella rendition of So Much in Love

Stacie takes a handkerchief and wipes her eyes as 1/3 makes eye contact with Charles and smiles; -1- puts arm around KB and Jintu gives Queen a light neck kiss; Rashan licks his lips and smiles over at Jersey who uncrosses and crosses her legs seductively; Char discreetly links fingers with Buttercup while Britt slips her arm through 1980's; Cannon continues to talk under his breath with Zephi and Niga ignores them, staring at Don wondering about him. Only a few actually pay attention to the bride as she walks down the aisle, but only one matters… and his eyes are locked.

Eb's prayer lingers in her mind and she stares into the eyes of the man she is about to commit to for the rest of her life...

And she stops. Because she feels his eyes on her as they bore ferociously… she cannot move. She turns slightly and looks to the men standing to the left of her future husband (Dessex, One Man, Don, and Rashan). There he stood, watching her with quiet strength, unmoved and stoic. She is frozen where she stands and knows that she just cannot move forward.

Soumy, seeing the hesitation, leaves the canopied alter and walks up to her, which causes chatter to break out. He sees her distraction and understands its roots, but wants to push through it and make this woman his bride. He takes her hand with one hand and moves the veil up with the other… the room fades around them.

'Eb….'

Eyes cast down

'You can trust me baby?'

Eyes make contact, tear stung

Soumy takes a deep breath, stands up straighter and asks 'You still want him in your life don't you?'

An apologetic shrug

'You don't want me?'

Eb eyes grow large and she places a hand on his face, 'No! No! That's not it… I love you Soum… more than you know… but….' as tears begin to shed, 'I just can't stop thinking about him since that night. I've tried to shake it… Did everything in my power to do so… but I just can't. I don't know what to do Soumy… Tell me, what do you want me to do.' He puts an arm around her and holds her in a warm embrace.

James standing at the alter ready to commence the ceremony breaks into their world with a booming voice that is really unexpected.

'Eb, Soumy… I want to talk to you two. There are some things that need to be addressed, and clearly you two have not done so. I have sat on the sidelines for too long, and I want the success of black couples to be a typical thing, so com'mon. Let's go talk.'

Rashan looks over at me with the Smirk, and I shake my head and reprimand him with a mouthed 'stop it, jerk'

As James, Soumy, and Eb leave the main hall, and walk to the groom's room… Diva puts one hand on her hip and asks the question that we all wanna know the answer to...

'Which one of ya'll tworked it out for Eb? Cause aint no way she's duckin Soum for anything less than that. One of ya'll got some quote'n'quote good dick that she can't get past...'

Dessex looks over at One Man whose smiling over at Deja. Rashan blows kisses to Jersey who is performing fellatio on her finger causing Cannon to climb over the back of her pew so that he can sit next to her and fantasize. Jameil rolls her eyes and shakes her head at Cannon mumbling 'youngin'. Don is distracted by KB and -1- kissing in the back of the church and doesn't pay attention to what Diva is asking. Swag shifts a bit to give them room and glances up at me, motioning to them and I giggle softly.

Snapping her fingers and walking over to the boys to get their attention, Diva inquires, 'Which one of you hit that?' looking at each groomsman.

They all stand there shaking their heads no, and Diva's gaze lingers on Rashan.

'Well... one of you did, cause she was starin up here when she stopped her procession.'

Rashan looks back at Diva completely unaffected by her glare. 'Well it ain't me, so you can just stop looking this way.'

One Man, Dessex, and Don have yet to respond.

Deja pipes up from the bride's side, 'Why are you ashamed of your dick action. Clearly you did a good job, whichever one of you did it… so why act like it aint you.'

'Cause I save my 'tworking' for my lady and don't feel like I'm part of this conversation,' Dessex pipes up, pointing to his lady sitting in the pew behind Jersey who has moved to touching and fondling her own breasts causing Cannon to slump a bit in his seat so that he can be at eye level. Every so often, he sticks his tongue out and Jintu chuckles at his antics.

One Man and Don are left, but neither one say a word.

'Fine, you don't want to say anything… then I'll just have to assume it was Don, since you guys kissed awhile back,' Diva shrugs…

'A kiss and sex are two different things, so you can just throw that logic out the window,' Don responds.

'Well, why won't you answer?' I look directly at him.

'Because what I do is what I do, and I don't feel I have to answer… besides, I'm not the only single groomsman up here….' deflecting the attention from himself to One.

'But One's only partner has four fingers and one thumb and is attached to his right arm…,' Deja points out.

'Everyone has a first time.' Rashan interjects

'Well then, who is it? You or One Man?'

Don and One Man look at each other, shrug and both stand silent.

'This is some shit.' 1980 adds. Looking over at Britt, 'See, aren't you happy we didn't leave?' Britt furrows her brow and crosses her arms.

'I would never be in a situation like that.'

'What a fucking surprise.' KB retorts

-1- laughs lightly at KB, 'How did you even hear her?' KB just shrugs and goes back to running her fingers thru -1-'s hair.

Just then, James, Eb, and Soumy walk back into the church. All eyes look in their direction and James begins to speak.