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Author's note: this is an entry in the "Literotica Annual Halloween Contest" for 2014. It chronicles the wedding of Katie Wolfer, a fashion supermodel, and there is some setting of the scene before the "good stuff!" Please vote 5 stars if you enjoy it!
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Despite all the pyrotechnics between us, my aristocratic French fiancรฉ, Victor, and I had a dazzling wedding. There were over 800 guests. Victor's political allies, close and distant family, and the
de Goncourt
family's aristocratic peers all jammed together within the towering walls and majestic stained glass windows of the Rambouillet cathedral, and it was standing room only for latecomers. The cathedral was bedecked with thousands of cherry blossoms flown in that day from South Africa and fine white gauze bunting. Victor's public relations firm was in constant communication with the press, positioning our nuptials as a fairytale wedding and we had photographers documenting it from Paris Match, People Magazine and US Weekly.
The wedding was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. on this sunny, but crisp, last day of October. I spent the morning of my "All Hallow's Eve" wedding day getting ready in Pauline's master suite at the
de Goncourt's
chateau. Caroline, Natasha, Pauline and Emmy attended me, in addition to a make-up artist, a stylist, and a hairdresser. The hairdresser spent almost two hours sculpting my long blonde tresses into a stunning bouffant, with artful tendrils falling on either side of my face. The team buzzed around me like bees all morning, and I felt like I was back to my modeling days, getting ready to walk the runway for Dior or Chanel. Caroline and I had to spend almost forty minutes getting my dress on, with a blue thong for something blue, and Pauline's garters for something old, and a blinding diamond tiara from Harry Winston (Victor's wedding gift to me) for something new. There was a knock on the door. Pauline shouted out, "
Entrez
!" Our driver, Antoine, appeared at the door in his crisp navy blue dress uniform and cap, and gave us a little bow.
"Madame, it is time."
There was a squadron of motorcycle cops who rode ahead of our convoy with lights flashing and sirens blaring, and bodyguards followed in a black SUV. I couldn't believe what a fuss they were making.
It's just me, people! A silly girl who models clothes for a living and likes to have a good time
...
Fifteen minutes later Antoine steered our Bentley through a long cordon of policemen who were keeping the street clear, and stopped in front of the cathedral. Arnaud was standing there, by the main entrance, waiting for me. He was so elegant in his morning coat and ascot. For a man in his fifties, he was still remarkably handsome, with a little gray on his temples, remnants of a summer tan, and a warm grin. He would stand in for my parents since I was an orphan. Pauline and the girls all gathered around me like a flock of beautiful tropical birds covered in gowns of silk and organza. They kissed me, wished me luck and went inside. I remained with Arnaud, surrounded by the metal barricades that they had set up to keep back the onlookers. It was strange to think of Arnaud as this fatherly figure, since the first time we met he had given me one of the best fuckings of my life. That felt like another lifetime, when I was living with Victor's uncle, Daniel, at his beach mansion in the Hamptons and being his assistant. But now Daniel was dead too, and I stood with my older former lover at the door to a magnificent French cathedral. A former lover would stand in my father's place and give me away.
There must have been over a thousand people gathered in the square, straining to see me. I turned around and waved at the crowd and smiled. They roared and clapped. I had butterflies in my stomach and my heart felt like it was going to burst, but I tried my hardest not to let it show. In my head I was thinking,
they want a fairytale princess, Katie, so give it to them.
Arnaud smiled at me and said, "Nicely done, Katie. The people of France are going to love you." He held out his elbow to me as we stood outside the cathedral's massive wooden doors. On either side of us, statues of the twelve apostles that were carved into the walls of the cathedral gazed down on us, their hands clasped adoringly. We could hear a children's choir inside singing a composition by J. S. Bach with high, beautiful voices that sounded like angels.
The crowd in the square had started to chant my name, "Katie, Katie, Katie..." I turned and blew some kisses and again they erupted in cheers and applause.
Suddenly, the music changed and a majestic organ piece began to play. The bass notes rumbled so powerfully we could feel the stone steps we were standing on vibrate. Then, with a massive creak, the cathedral's massive iron-studded doors swung open, each one manned by two monks wearing brown cassocks and large hoods that hid their faces. A group of lovely flower girls dressed in white pinafores and with daisies woven into their hair. They were Victor's cousins' children, and preceded us down the aisle, scattering fistfuls of red and white rose petals from wicker baskets.
I put my hand in the crook of Arnaud's elbow and he gave me a sweet, warm look. "Ready?" he asked. I nodded and gave his arm a little squeeze to indicate how grateful I was for him being there.
Walking down the aisle was surreal. Everyone in the church was standing, straining forward, staring at me. I had thought that my experience walking fashion runways would have prepared me for this. I felt demure and almost girl-like in my long white gown, a wisp of a veil trailing from my hair.
We stopped a few feet from where Victor was waiting and he seemed genuinely happy and proud as he watched me approach him. The cardinal of Paris and his attending monks loomed up on the dais and he was quite imposing with his large, pointed hat and embroidered robes. The music stopped and I kissed Arnaud on both cheeks as I held his hands. I saw a tear forming in the corner of his eye. I was choked up too. I was grateful for this kind, elegant French man, who had stepped in for my family out of the kindness of his heart.
Victor held out his hand and I took it and climbed two steps to join him and the cardinal on the dais. The mass was held in Latin, so I didn't understand much of it, but it had a mysterious weight to it. During his sermon, which was in French, the cardinal said something that struck me. He said that marriage was an act of transformation. And it was true, after Victor threaded my finger with a ring, and then kissed me, I was no longer Katie Wolfer. I was Mrs. Katherine de Goncourt.
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