She's getting married!

Don’t get me wrong. I have no intention of making a newspaper headline, nor do I attempt to boost my post like or increase page view on my facebook. I am just a little  surprised and excited  at the news of my friend’s wedding that will mark the happy ending of her fruitful 7-year relationship. She was my dearest friend during college time, and is still now although we don't meet very often. 

I remember being introduced to her boyfriend ( she told me  “ a  friend who happened to be a boy”) one summer day. I remember the time clearly as he was then wearing a T-shirt and shorts, all in black and gray. I do not remember whether there was any bright color in his casual clothes, but I am not very impressed with those wearing dark colors unless they are super models who are beautiful no matter what they wear. And it was surely not the case then.  He was dark and gray and dusty, while my friend was a lovely pinky girl always  full of life and energy. He didn’t seem to be chatty and didn’t reveal much about himself, while my friend naturally became the  center of attention wherever she went.  Seriously, I  never thought they could be a couple.

One day I saw her shy smile talking about some guy who she did no doubt have affection for. I asked her who that lucky guy was. She said I also knew him. Well, I searched my memory, and found no possible match. Then...my God “ Is that him, the guy we met?” She blushed with a nod. So, it was crystal clear that they were a couple, to my amazement.

She told me a bit about him, which I don’t remember except they were school mates and somehow relations, though not closely related by  blood, which, unfortunately, became their biggest obstacle later on.

I still didn’t think my friend was the  happiest girl on Earth until one day when she took me to a musical event held in her boyfriend’s university. I didn’t know that he would perform then, nor did I know he could sing an English song that well, and  could be that romantic. Imagine the  music was on, and he came to the spotlight, his mouth singing the song, his eyes searching for her.  When he reached the chorus “ Nothing’s gonna change my love for you”, he walked toward the audience where my friend was, presented her a rose and gave her a hug and a kiss. The  last instrumental part of the song was blended with the clap, the cheer and the heart beat.   The couple  blushed with happiness. I was relieved: the first impression was not perfect, but their story was. The guy has proved himself to be an understanding and thoughtful person who is worth being considered her match.

Since then, I have seen countless of their pictures being here and there together, which show nothing but their happy faces. I also see his love poems for her, and her love notes for him. Well, who can  be happier than the couple in love?

Given that, their love is not without down moments when he was so far away and didn’t seem to care enough, when she was so far away, and didn’t seem to take a second to miss him, when work spares no time and energy for affection, when arguments take over endearments, when the adults  challenge their young love. But they are as consistent and full of strong passion as they were on the first days. Seven years is not a long time, yet it is quite enough to prove their  faithful hearts. I don’t know about the guy, but the girl has quite a lot of  admirers and followers whose feelings for her are never returned. That is her, as faithful as her name.

Now everyone knows the rest of the story. A happy wedding is  just a few days ahead. The two are busy preparing for a ceremony that will tie them together emotionally, physically, materially and...you name it, for better or worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, so long as they both shall live.

I can’t help being happy for my friends who I so much admire for their courage, their faith and their love. Keep together and lead a happy life forever, my dears.