CHAPTER 3: Does panda hibernate?

Inessa's pov

"Groom and Bride can now exchange their rings" the church priest asked both of them after reading out the vows. Everybody's eyes are fixed on the couple a.k.a. my brother Innet and his wife Livia; whom I practically met 4hrs ago now she is a part of my family, how mystifying. But whatever, she's beautiful and god knows how on Earth she met the scarcity of men to marry my brother.

"Hey , you got something to sober up? I feel like my head is about to explode." Emma, one of the bridesmaids as well as my childhood friend, asked me banging her head on the table.

" If I had one I wouldn't be sitting here like a panda who just came out from hibernation."

"Uhh ….wait does panda hibernate?"

" I don't know, maybe not. I am not a panda nor do I know anyone from the panda family."

" Honey, you're still drunk."

I replied nodding my head, "I think so"

" I know with a character like yours you'll feel I'm being nosy but I think it's my right so you better answer my question honestly." Emma said, looking straight into my eyes.

"Well if you don't say the question i can't decide whether you're being nosy or not."

" Oh shit, that makes sense to" Emma smirking " something happened yesterday right? Has to be a guy. Who is it? Is it the one you called that night sitting in the middle of the street confessing how much you love him?"

Emma said, raising her volume with every word that came out from her, making elder ladies in our front looking back and giving us the look of how spoiled we are.

" Want me to get you a mic?" I said, rolling my eyes, " his name is Rafael, who flew here yesterday in the early morning to give me his reply."

Emma stopped drinking her wine, kept it on the table and turned towards me and said, " he flew all the way here to give you a reply? Girl , that guy is head over heel for you. So what happened then, you guys are dating? why are you sad then?"

"We fought and we ain't dating. Probably won't be seeing him again."

" It's so confusing. Didn't he come here to give a reply then how come you guys end up fighting? Must be your fault. Even Satan can't handle your short tempered, famine urge to be competitive in everything you see even if that's pooping like "lets see who can poop more. It's obviously gonna be me since I ate so much shitty anger.". That's you Inn."

" Well that's not what happened. It's just that what I want he can't give me and what he wants I can't give him. So it didn't work out."

" I think we were talking about your dating life and not composing a barter system." " Like girl, you'll never find anyone who can satisfy all your needs like ALL OF THEM. somewhere or in something they will lack and you have to work with it. Just look at us, even if John was a guy whose visual isn't that great but he has a secure job and was financially stable and so i agreed to marry him. And look at us now so happy."

" Oh yeah, darling you guy's wedding story is way over my head. God knows what happened to that guy you dated for 7 years who you used to consider as your one and only and broke up at the last moment to marry this rich bald man. Anyway, I am never gonna settle for a bald man just because he's rich."

" Oh Andrew? He was a gorgeous man but his visuals cannot not feed me or my babies. Sometimes you need to be practical. Stop with my story and tell me how you met Rafael?"

And for the rest of the wedding ceremony I told Emma every single thing that happened between me and Rafael excluding the part of Matthew. Yeah so how did I meet Rafael? That's a very long and jumpy story better you put on your seat belt. Oh but before that, hi I am Inessa Brown an 24-year old corporate worker living in New York who is engaged to one and in love with someone else.

Okay so to know how I met Rafael we need to go back a little bit.

(to be continue)