In My Feelings

TICK. TICK. TICK...

Seconds turned to minutes

Minutes to hours

Hours to days

Days to weeks

And before you knew it, it was the day of the henna ceremony, cousins, uncles, aunties, grandmas & grandpas, distant relatives, and family friends came from all over the country, even some who were abroad, the house was unusually filled and I was temporarily quarantined, different herbs were rubbed on me until I felt like my skin wasn't actually mine

The groom's family had already brought the dowry. And now here I am, seated in front of the henna designer as she worked on my hands while Shalom and Emma were beside me, teasing me non-stop and asking the lady to write his name on my palm to which I bluntly refused

"I just imagined when she gets married and her initials are being changed to 'MRS DAVE' " Emma said "now wouldn't that be fun" Shalom added while nudging Emma and they both burst out laughing I rolled my eyes and sighed

After my henna was done, I sat there watching, the girls who were dancing to the music that was being played, while Shalom and Emma gisted as they got their henna done

I wonder what is awaiting me in my new family

*. *. Several hours later *. *.

My henna was washed off and it was beautiful, I had a refreshing bath and prayed before finally going to bed

The next day the make-up artist was here to do the make-up and I asked her to make it light almost natural and she did just that.

I was all dressed in very uncomfortable clothes whereas everyone was complimenting my looks and Shalom didn't fail to tease me every chance she got, we were in my room and everyone was chitchatting, even my mother in-law was there in the room, she was by my side the whole time and I appreciate her, she was everything anyone would want in a mother in-law

She's just too good

Suddenly an elderly woman came in to the room cheering loudly, my eardrums almost got blocked

The knot has been tied she yelled and the room immediately broke out with loud cheers and shouts.

My heart stopped beating for a split second and I thought of what my future holds, the rest of the day went in a blurry

The next day was the dinner night and the last event before I left for my so called husband's house

At 6pm sharp, I had a bath and sat in front of the mirror as the already waiting make-up artist began her work on my face, an hour and half later, it was done and I slipped into the dress, it was a maroon ball gown with lacy sleeves, it had glitters and specs of gold scattered all over the dress, it also had this long train which would trail behind when I walked, a gold head piece sat gracefully on my head, with golden stilettos and golden colored clutch

Well, to be honest, I almost didn't recognize myself in the lengthy mirror so it was no surprise for me when Shalom came in and started asking where her sister was, Emma on the other hand was just slack jawed but she quickly replaced it with a wide grin "wow "she said in awe

"O My GOD" Shalom said dramatically as they both came closer "sis, you look stunning, no gorgeous" " I think breathtaking will fit more" Emma cut in, they were staring at me like zombies "hell, no words can explain..." Shalom exclaimed with an over dramatic pause, I almost rolled my eyes but then all of a sudden her eyes turned glassy

"Hey, what's with the tears now" I said softly and she shook her head as she wiped away a lone tear

"I'm just going to miss you so badly" she sniffed

"Don't worry I'll only be a phone call away" I said calmly as she hugged me "hey I also want a hug" Emma whined as she joined in the hug

"Okay okay, enough of this now, we need to get to the venue before we get late, let's grace the people with the one and only" Shalom said with a full blown smile as she wriggled out of the bear hug

"Yup, come along" Emma said as they led me out of the house, to the already waiting car and we zoomed off immediately after

30 minutes later

We were standing in front of the hall, you could hear the noise from outside, from the looks of it, the hall is filled, just then the door was pushed open and we made our entrance with the bridesmaids which consisted of Shalom and Emma's friends and some cousins of ours

As we entered with Shalom and Emma beside me, I felt everybody's eyes on me as the hall fell silent all of a sudden, I actually couldn't care less as I held my head high and walked over to the podium where my supposed to be husband was seated, I remained absolutely oblivious to the piercing glare he was giving me

Shalom and Emma helped me to sit beside him "have fun" she whispered to my ear and nudged me gently before they exited the podium, he was still glaring at me so I blocked him out completely

"Hey there wifey" he suddenly said in a mock tone, I ignored him

"Oh?? Why you are silent, you were so full of words back then so what happened now? Cat got your tongue??" he said cockily

"No actually that's not the case, I just don't feel like wasting my time and energy on you, as it is, you yourself are a bad energy" I said with a cheeky smile as I returned my attention to the mc, he glared at me but said nothing afterwards which was good for him nothing afterwards which was good for him

The mc later called the both of us to dance but from the looks of it none of us were willing to stand up from his seat

"Go on, have fun while it still lasts cause I'm quite sure you won't get this kind of opportunity again, cause I promise to make your pathetic life more miserable" he said slyly while glaring at me

I let out a puff of air "only a fool goes into the lion's den unprepared, oh and your threats are so unrealistic, try something better, which you could actually do" I said and glared back just as Shalom came and dragged me to the stage

"Oh my it seems are already getting along with my brother-in law right" she chirped and I scoffed 'my foot' I mumbled

"U said something??"She asked with a raised brow, I shook my head "good there he is" she grinned looking ahead and I turned around to see him coming towards us with his friend, I looked away with a roll of my eyes

When they got to where we stood, his friend and Shalom left us both glaring at each other as the music came on and he held unto me, he directed my hand to his shoulder as he placed his hands on my waist, all this while he didn't look away from me, his gaze was so intense that I felt like he could see right through me, I looked away avoiding his burning gaze as we danced slowly

"U really have a smart mouth now, don't you??"He said, I didn't respond

he continued "you have a bad habit of blabbing out anything that comes to your head and I, have a bad habit of taking things to heart especially when little slimes like you are the ones to challenge me" he said and my head shot up as I glared at him, he suddenly came closer to me, too close, he brought his lips to my ear and whispered ever so slowly

"Come home tomorrow and I will make sure you regret each and every lousy statement you made to me, I will wipe off that bad habit of yours and teach you good manners, I promise" he said just as the music ended, he moved back with a smile as everyone applauded

"I can't wait for tomorrow to be with you, wifey" he said with so much venom in his tone as he walked away.