"You don't have to be tough all the time, I will be there for you I want to make you happy too" he said
"Thank you and sorry for my attitude I was hurt"
"I know I now understand and I am sorry too I never meant what I said" he said
"Back then you made my heart jiggled when you said we're getting married, don't joke with a girl's dreams like that?" She said
"If I ask you to marry me would you marry me?"
"Yes I will" she said
"Even when i don't love you?" He said and she was silent
"Bridget I can marry you but it won't be because of love, I won't cheat on you and I will respect you as my wife can you stay" he said
"Yes"
She knows it was a risky decision but she believed in her love and would want to see the end, call it stupid but she just want to love him
"Then marry me in three weeks time" he said
And she agreed
He told his mom and she was happy, Ella wasn't sure about what she felt about it
"Are you sure about this"
"Yes" he said
"Do you love her?"
"To be honest I don't know but I feel I can spend my life with her"
"Why are you in a rush?" She said
"I want to see her happy and she's, I just want her to be happy" he said
"Eli marriage is a long road ahead please think this through" she said and he nodded
He pushed through with his plans
"Eli do you love her" his mom said
"I don't know mom but I care for her" he said and she left him to think
"The person I love doesn't love me and would never look my way, that feeling was bad, I don't want Bridget to feel like that it hurts so much" he said and both Bridget and Ella heard him
"Are you really going through with this" Ella said
"Yes"
"But he only pity's you"
"What you call pity is care to me and it's a start, Ella I am going to make him love me and this is a start" she said and left but wasn't sure about what she heard maybe she was right he only pity's her because of her father's incident but she just wants an opportunity, once she gets married to him she will occupy his mind
So she believed and went through with the wedding,
On their wedding night they agreed to use different rooms, it was base on Bridget's request
"After owning your heart, I will give you everything of mine but right now I am scared" she said as she slept
It was awkward in the beginning but Bridget made it fun, they had a memorable honeymoon together as friends
Ella got married to Manuel three weeks later
Bridget became his happy pill
His father started recovering better than before
"See I am your lucky charm" she said
"Indeed you're"
He and Ella was invited to a college friend's wedding and they both attended, when they got there most of them were asking if they were a couple now and they were the perfect pair, Bridget and Manuel felt uncomfortable so Manuel followed Bridget when she went out
"Feeling suffocated" Manuel asked
"Not really"
"Well I was, they're making me feel insecure like I am not good for her"
"Hey don't talk like that she chose you, don't listen to them" she said
"Aren't you bothered"
"No!!! He married me and my dream was fulfilled I am too young to care about others opinions"
"Why did you leave the party" he asked
"Because I wanted to give him the chance and feel free to talk to his friends, I don't know them and I hate being the third wheel" she said
"Do you know Ella and Marcia were childhood lovers? Doesn't it bother you that they're friends I mean first love is hard to forget"
"Yh I know but he married me and not her, I trust him" she said and talked about something else
Eli noticed the absence of Bridget and went outside
"Who are you looking for?" One asked
"The lady I came with"
"Yh who's she, she's very beautiful" he punched the guy who said it because of his tone
"She's my girl, my wife" he said and left to look for her and they left
"He used to call Ella his girl how time flies, I should have pursued him more he would have been mine. now look at how lucky that girl is" one of the girls said and Ella heard them