I awoke the morning of my best friend’s wedding with an aversion to light and a searing sore head. Yet I was happy knowing I’d given Andrew a last night of freedom he wouldn’t forget. Even if it were a little hazy for me.

Even before I’d opened my eyes I knew I wasn’t in bed. My back was stiff and upright, and the air had an early morning chill. When I finally opened my eyes I found myself in a tiny wooden chamber only slightly larger than a telephone box.

The box seemed oddly familiar but my sluggish brain couldn’t fathom from where. The oak was of a fine finish and was delicately carved, an odd slated window existed between an adjacent room and above the bench on which I rested was a crucifix.

No. I couldn’t be!!

I reached for the elaborate bronze door handle and slowly turned the handle and peeked through the tiniest gap in the door way. I could see rows of benches, a golden altar and stained glass windows hailing the Lord our saviour.
Sure enough, I had spent the entire evening in the wedding church confessional.

When I opened the door a touch more I saw that I wasn’t alone in the church. A woman was kneeling beneath the altar. The movement of the door had captured her eye and her head swung in my direction.

Quickly, I closed the door hoping she wouldn’t notice but the hasty slam only confirmed my presence. I hoped the stranger would just leave but instead her clicking heels headed directly toward me. I sighed a momentary breath of relief as she walked past the box. But then she opened the other.

“Forgive me Father for I have sinned.....”

Ok, so I’m probably going to hell for this one but who am I kidding, I was probably headed there anyway.

My direction for the remainder of this scene was that my best friend’s soon-to-be wife is in the adjacent booth with premarital doubts or perhaps some final sins she must relieve. I leave it to you to decide which. But I fully intend to exploit my new found position of piety for all its worth.

This can be either a short term prompt or if things go well, perhaps we can do a longer prompt for the entire wedding day. I hope to hear from some of you.