{"id":11356,"date":"2008-05-08T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/todayslegacy.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/08\/one-for-me"},"modified":"2008-05-08T12:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T17:06:00","slug":"one-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2008\/05\/08\/one-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"One For Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cast:<\/em>
Me – myself
“the guy” – representative of Matt in appearance, but not in character
Miranda – my friend Miranda in appearance, though not in character
Chris – Miranda’s husband, yet non-existent<\/span> in the plot<\/p>\n

<\/em>
Sketch:<\/em>
<\/em>
Me and the guy are riding in a car late one night.<\/em><\/p>\n

Me: Miranda wants to marry you as a backup plan in case her and Chris don’t work out<\/p>\n

the guy: No… no<\/p>\n

Me: No, I really don’t think it’s a bad idea, I think you should go for it<\/p>\n

Various explanations mumbled against the silence.<\/em><\/p>\n

the guy: Ok<\/span>, fine<\/p>\n

[Implied few months later.]<\/p>\n

The church is filled with people, not a pew-space available. Big hats, flowery dresses, much chatter. An organ plays in the background. A bride and groom stand on the church stage by the altar. Some dialogue ensues<\/span> between pastor and couple, but exact words cannot be deducted through side conversations.<\/em>
<\/em>
Me: Sits there in shock, mouth agaping<\/span>; obviously having changed mind about wedding plans.<\/em><\/p>\n

Exit music begins and bridal party starts to leave. <\/em>
<\/em>
Me: exits in overwhelmed emotional state after bride\/groom<\/em>
<\/em>
the guy: notices Me running to the bathroom and pursues.<\/em>
<\/em>
Me: enters restroom<\/span> stall and bawls hysterically<\/span> and exhaustively. <\/em>
<\/em>
the guy: [through the closed bathroom door] W<\/em>hat’s wrong? Are you okay?<\/p>\n

Me: [between sobs] <\/em>Those vows you just said canceled our vows and isn’t it illegal to have more than one wife?<\/p>\n

the guy: No, it’s only illegal to have three or more wives, not two.<\/p>\n

Me: [between sobs] <\/em>Are you going to dance with her? [Implied after-reception activity. “Dancing” held to Me character as something that she only does with her husband because of feeling comfortable enough with him to look a fool.] <\/em>
<\/em>
the guy: Yeah. But I won’t do anything else.<\/p>\n

Me: runs from bathroom, wet with tears, toward parking lot.<\/em>
<\/em>
the guy: does not pursue Me, but walks in the direction of his new bride. <\/em>
<\/em><\/p>\n

And then I woke up in a cold sweat and nearly in tears. Matt lay beside me, breathing heavy. The clock read 4 something.<\/p>\n

It didn’t really happen. <\/em>I tried to reassure my mind as I came out of that dream-like haze. This is here and now. This is real. He wouldn’t do that. And Miranda wouldn’t do that. That was some nightmare. <\/em>But I was sleepy enough to have an altered reality.<\/p>\n

I put my arm out…<\/p>\n

I didn’t want to wake him.
He needs his sleep.<\/em>
<\/em>
4:15AM<\/p>\n

4:25 AM<\/p>\n

4:45AM<\/p>\n

the numbers changed, but sleep never came.<\/p>\n

At 5, I hugged him and wouldn’t let go. He woke up.
I told him.
He laughed initially<\/span> when I explained the setting.<\/p>\n

“What a jerk!” His sleepy voice empathized.<\/p>\n

He rolled over, “Well you don’t have to worry about me marrying anyone.” He put his arm around me, “You’re the only one for me.”<\/p>\n

-I have no idea why I had that nightmare, I know that Matt’s promise is forever. And it just tipped my world a little off thought with how real it all felt. I can’t even image what a wife must feel who goes through a divorce. I still have no idea what induced that dream, maybe I ate something funny, but what I do know is that I am blessed not to have to worry about any situation like that.-<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cast:Me – myself“the guy” – representative of Matt in appearance, but not in characterMiranda – my friend Miranda in appearance, though not in characterChris – Miranda’s husband, yet non-existent in the plot Sketch:Me and the guy are riding in a car late one night. Me: Miranda wants to marry you as a backup plan in… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","clear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}