Sunday, February 19, 2012

Semester 2! - Journal 2 (Slow Motion)

It was the first key that sparked something into the groom's mind. His bride made the first step onto the carpet and the countless memories he spent with his fiancee was lost except for one. The nerves of settling down could have been getting to him. Or maybe he was just scared that he was too young. In that split second he brushed off all feelings for her. That single F note was enough to remind him of the night he first met her. The way she dazzled him. The way she hollered at everyone. They way she chugged down every glass of alcohol. She was a lady of experience.

As the pianist began playing 'Here Comes the Bride' the groom knew that his partner was about to walk down the aisle. The first night he encountered her was in a club in Harlem. He had took so many shots that to anyone she would seem perfect. He saw the veil from his peripheral vision. Then looked back at when she had her dazzling purple dress that accentuated her womanly features. But now he wasn't thinking about her body but rather the black hairy mole that was very prominent. She was dancing... I mean hobbling because she danced like a blindfolded donkey.
"Look at my man, scoring the ladies," His friends yelped,  laughing at him.
Then his best friend which is now his best man whispered in his ear and said 'butter face.' The sparkle in her eyes was gone.
The past isn't just the past. People can be different one night and change the next day. Not all change is a progression. Except his fiancee did not change. The groom did. The lady he saw then was exactly what he saw now. Except now she didn't excite him. She was out of control on the dance floor, and out of control on the passageway. She walked as if the aisle was her runway. Maybe he needed a women like that in his life. Somebody who could find fun out of everything. But all she is, is fun, not 'wife material'.

Semester 2! - Journal 1 (Flash back)

Characters: Lucy and Freddie
Place: London - Community Center

Eileen was skipping up the steps and it reminded Freddie of Lucy's infinite positivity before she had met him. They finally got up to the outlet store built into London's community center. There sat the maroon couch that Lucy and him were planning to buy but they never got to it. The empty and unwanted inanimate object was unable to vouch for itself and tell everyone that this was the kind of couch somebody wanted in their home. Kind of like Freddie.


"Freddie! Hurry look at this couch!" Lucy shouted from the other side of the display room. She was wearing a light pink chiffon maxi skirt, and sun hat. In contrast to her bright appearance was a forced smile. Her eyes squinted, and eyebrows furrowed and she said "Did you hear me?" Freddie, in his dark grey sweater and Adidas jogging pants shrugged and laid on top of the bed nearest to him.

"Tell me when you're done," Freddie said.
"Oh come on, this is for our home, please, I want your advice too." She bent down to take his head and force him off the bed but her arms weren't strong enough to prevent him from rolling into his sleeping position.
"Just tell me if the couch is pretty!" Lucy screamed not even trying to hide the fact that she was frustrated anymore.
"I honestly do not care."
"You never give a shit," she said walking away. As Lucy approached the revolving door Freddie realized she was serious and started to run after her but when he went past the revolving doors she was gone.


"Dad, did you hear me?!" Eileen shouted
"Oh sorry... I missed that."
"Jeez, this is exactly why mom ditched us."
Freddie throat clogged and eyes burned as he tried to prevent the tears coming out from his eyes. He stayed quiet.
"So..." she sighed. "I'm going to buy snack wraps from the new food stand. What dressing do you want?"
"I don't care. Whatever you want."
"You never care," Eileen said as she walked towards the revolving door. Before Eileen reached the door Freddie ran up to her, kneeled, and held her by the waist.
"I'm sorry. I want ranch," he teared.
Eileen grabbed his arms and pushed him off of her. "Dad, you're so embarrassing."
She started walking towards the opposite direction of the door and towards the food stand. Halfway there she looked back and yelled 'Finally,' with a great big smile.