My name is Diana and I want to die.
In my bedroom of white, beige and flowers, I am in desperate need of the perfect outfit. I waltz around my vintage floral wallpaper-covered room while deciding whether to wear my favorite floral-printed skirt to match my white top. “Just choose a simple outfit. It’s no occasion, no need to be extravagant,” I keep telling myself, but I’m still feeling a bit uneasy.
I’m seeing Roger. My ex-boyfriend.
Frustrated (and running late), I put on that skirt and wore a peach headband with a little rose on top. My friends say that I look like a garden with that outfit, but I always tell them to zip it; my uncontainable love for flowers won’t be thwarted by nasty remarks. After convincing myself that I looked alright, I stepped outside.
Roger and I met in his parents’ café just a block away from my house. When I arrived, Roger’s with his new girlfriend. Jessica.
Avoiding their eyes, I said “hello” before taking my seat. Roger and Jessica smiled at me in response.
“Thank you for accepting our invitation to be our wedding planner, Diana,” Jessica said. I flinched but re-arranged my features right away.
I would flinch there and then (like when Roger held Jessica’s hand or when they both insisted on using white lilies on the wedding), but I still managed to be professional-looking. My afternoon went to a blur while discussing their wedding.
Their wedding. I flinched again.
When I reached home after finalizing every wedding detail with the two, I locked myself in my room and sat in front of the mirror. In my hands was the portfolio of Roger and Jessica’s big day; in the mirror was a photograph of Roger and me.
It’s then that I’ve decided that this wedding will only happen if I were to be the bride, and the flowers would be roses, not lilies.
I threw the portfolio away and grabbed my journal, jotting down my plans for Operation Getting-Roger-Back.
“Roger, you’ll be mine again,” I scribbled down.
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Getting Roger Back (Prologue) by KASH
Isn't it supposed to be "she RAN away?"
ReplyDeleteTO ADLY:
ReplyDeleteHey there! I think this comment of yours got lost. I think this should be on Week 15. But thanks for pointing this out. I already changed it. :)