Sharon WEDS Aaron
We arrived at the church half an hour early. Vee told us that Jones was standing outside and we caught a glance of her from behind standing there. We walked towards them and they disappeared towards the side of the church. Vee then introduced me to a couple and a young boy and I assumed those must be Jones parents and her brother. Before I could open my mouth as ask anything a decorated wedding car drives in and I see Jones in it.
They wait in the car and I thank God for preventing me from stuffing my foot into my mouth. As we waited and watched the bride to be, enjoying the ac conditions while we stood out in the heat, Carter’s car drives us and out steps the groom to be. He heads straight for the bride of the previous wedding and while we hoped there would be some drama, his father in law comes to the rescue and saves him from the blushes. Imagine grabbing someone else bride who just got married right before you just get married.
Mass started and we seated ourselves on the 8th row near the choir. Some very animated faces in the choir and some major seconds and thirds in the chorus kept us entertained. I forgot to mention that Jones looked absolutely stunning when she stepped out of the car. Smooth. The rest of the mass was uneventful save for Vee’s timely comments and some modern art at the altar. Seriously what were they thinking? And then at the big moment they lift up the veil and … thadang… we see Jones hair… anti gravity. I guess it did look stylish but for a conversationalist like me it was as though they had just blasted loud music in the car as they drove to church. As you can imagine there was 5 minutes of laughter at our bench and Peter [Shel] and Tashu joined in. But for all of that I must admit it did not look odd on Jones at all who was very poised throughout.
Rest of the mass was uneventful, they exchanged the rings on the right fingers, said the right names, Jones sang a hymn that was almost a whisper, the bridesmaids did their part is looking good, Carter looked interested in the wedding and no one knew of any impediments why these two shouldn’t have been married. Yeah so we stepped out and met Keav [Kevin] who was all cleaned up and we exchanged a few laughs outside the church. While the family photographs were being taken, Peter was standing with the rest of the family and making weird faces, much like Kaalia and his two cronies from Sholay in the scene where they play Russian roulette with the loaded gun. He wasn’t sure whether to smile or not, and if he did he wasn’t sure how much to. It was so funny that Vee and me held our stomachs and laughed for a good 10 minutes while he waited in agony for the photographer to end his misery.
Post stomach pains from the laughter we all hailed a rickshaw to go to the reception.
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