Blame it on the Wedding Dress Chapter 2

At her side was Nelly. She had pinned up her dark blonde hair as well with a parting at the right side. She wore a lilac silk dress with spaghetti straps over her shoulders and an organza under-dress. She wore black satin gloves, which did not reach up to her elbows.

Although I hadn't seen my other two sisters dressed nicely like that for long as well, I could not decide if I should stare at Katie in her long white satin bridal gown or at Sylvia in her dark lavender satin dress.

Finally, we stood at the altar in front of the mayor. My place was at the left side, to my right side Katie was standing. Next to her stood Frank – he was almost a foot higher than Katie – a really large and powerful man. On the right side stood Sylvia.

The music stopped and the mayor began the ceremony. I could hardly follow his words. My sense was pulled around between Sylvia and Katie – between the floor length white shining satin bridal gown and the dark lavender satin gown. I would have loved to touch both women respectively the dresses they wore.

More or less we dealt with all formalities, I signed my name on the wedding certificate and we were done. The guests cheered and our father called for dinner.

We were to first to congratulate Mrs and Mr Frank Debond. My sisters and Sylvia embraced her and kissed her cheeks, but we only shook hands and I nodded my head.

It took some time to walk over to the dinner tables close by. The crowd was cheering and congratulating the newlywed couple. And everybody needed some time to find the right table. Of course, every place was named and every guest was requested to take the respective seat. This would change later, but for dinner, I found my name at a table in the last row – depending on the point of view. And I was happy with it because I don't really want to be the center of the action. A place at the border provides many more opportunities to disappear and come back later during a festival.

Tables and seats were wrapped with white cloth. Glasses, porcelain, cutlery were ready, even a candlestick and flowers were placed in the table center.