Brainstorming

Ideas - present divorced, reflecting on a past wedding

Characters: Lilian / Dawson

Reason why the marriage didn’t work: different priorities, she wanted a partner, he was too committed to his job.

Reason they’re seeing each other in present: funeral of a mutual friend.

The story:

Dawson had expected to see Lilian, of course. He knew how tight she and Kierra had been, but d...

“Oh look, the brides going to come out now”

“Yes, I know JUDY”

“Alright, chill BORIS”

“Oh shut up-“

“That’s not the right bride”

“What?”

“That’s not my friend”

“Well sure it is, y-you’re just being delusional”

“Nope. I know that my friend is definitely not a ginger”

“Um. Well…”

“You drove us to the wrong church”

“What church DID you say?”

“Jabrilabong”

“I thought you said Godzillabong...

The weather wasn’t going to hold. Although I knew this was Texas, and the weather changes every minute. You just have to wait. The days inched closer. The preparation was done. All we had left was the ceremony. The weather needed to hold.

Four days prior to, the forecast was for rain. We’d bought umbrellas just in case. We were to

marry outside, but under the cover of an open air chapel. It was ...

It was a bad omen. Plain and simple. Everybody knew it. You could hear a bloody pin drop. Everyone there could feel the pain.

I’ve only seen my dad. Cry

Three times in my life.

This was one

But misinterpreted

As I was a wife.

I thought he was happy for me

Had not yet learned the strife.

The pain and devastation

That would soon become my life

The picture was beautiful

Caught

Mid French kiss

...

I sank down on the most gaudy chair I had ever seen. One that was covered in pale pink fabric with the largest bow I had ever seen hanging off the back. Had I selected this color? This fabric? I could no longer remember.

I was dressed in the most expensive dress I’d ever owned. One for which I paid an obscene amount of money. I mean like obscene, obscene. Small countries could afford universal h...

“Have you heard about what happened to Vi?” Ilse’s said in a stage whisper that carried over the chatter of china and din of the usual afternoon crowd at the Inn at Blue Rock.

Renate stiffened. She had her back to Ilse’s table. Without turning Renate could picture Ilse’s table precisely. Snowy cap of sleek hair and a face like a wizened hawk, Ilse’s was at the head of the table regardless of its s...

If only I’d said no

When the priest asked.

If only I hadn’t lied my life away in chains of my own making.

If only.

Instead I painted my best smile,

Letting that word fall from my lips

followed by his own.

As we kissed I felt the shackles lock in place,

Cold dread creeping in my bones.

But I didn’t let it shake me,

Convinced my price would save my family.

Money they truly needed,

Even if it came...

“Well, what would have done differently if you could go back to that moment knowing what you know now?”

I leaned back in my chair and stared out the window of my therapist’s office. It was a fair question, but I did not have a fair answer. I had begun to come to this office eight months before to work on challenges in our marriage, the thought always being that this was simply a rough patch and a...

You love me, don’t you?

I question if you really do

I revealed my heart to you

But you bruised it, now it’s black and blue

You love me, don’t you?

But I know our love is true

When you take my hand and lead me through

A starry night, the sky dark blue

You love me, don’t you?

If you did our wedding wouldn’t be screwed

I guess we were fire when we were new

And now I’m just back to being blue...

Flash had failed, and now Dale was married to Ming the Merciless.

As her hair was styled by the court beautician, she had to admit, things weren’t so terrible as she expected.

Ming called himself merciless, but only because he’d been treated so badly. He really just wanted to conquer the galaxy so he’d be left alone to work on his painting.

The wedding went well, she reflected. Ming was quit...