Kim walks to her car from the store; she stops to let a car go past her that is about to turn a corner in the parking lot. She did not see the big mud puddle before it was too late. Damn she thinks as the muddy water splash her all over her. Kim shakes it off and continues to walk to her car yet she did not see the little hole hiding behind a candy bar wrapper. "Oh no not my favorite Versace heels," Kim yanks at the shoe as it becomes stuck in the hole. Finally, she thinks but the shoe scuffed up pretty badly. She takes off the shoe and hobbles to her car. Kim starts her car and the engine light comes on. "Oh God what else can go wrong," Kim says aloud as she begins to drive home.
"Hello Kimberly looks like you have had quite a day," Jeff the mail carrier tells her.
Kim pulls into her driveway and heads to the mail carrier who is about to put her mail in her mailbox. "Tell me about it."
"Just keep smiling it is bound to get better." Jeff hands her the mail and walks to the next house.
Yea, maybe Jeff is right. Kim begins to look through her mail, when she sees a letter with white lace on it. Oh, wow, someone is getting married; Kim unlocks her front door and enters her house. She was about to sit down on the couch before she remembered how how muddy she was, so she stands up and puts the other mail on the living room table before she looks back at the letter. Nice envelope; now let's see which one of my friends are getting married. Kim opens the invitation and sees the names. No, she thinks as she drops the invitation. Not Tommy and Kat. She falls to the floor in one big heap.
Back in Reefside Tommy is hiding from Kat and her crazy mother Caroline. He calls Adam. "Hey want to rescue me from all the mayhem?" Tommy could not take all the wedding planning and his future bride becoming a bridezilla.
"Sure I was just about to grab a bite to eat; Aisha is with Tanya shopping for your mayhem," Adam teases his friend.
"Can we not talk about the wedding please?" Tommy asks pleadingly.
"Yeah man; meet me at Dave' bar okay." Adam answers with a small smile. "I think you could use some drinks as well."
"I sure can." Tommy tiptoes to his keys, which were on the dining room table, and sneaks out the house. He runs to his car and backs out like a bat out of hell.
Ten minutes later, Tommy walks into the bar.
"Whoa Tommy you look like you have been living with Rita and Lord Zedd." Adam sips his beer; looking his friend over.
"I have been; I mean really how two people can get that crazy over a wedding." Tommy sits down at the table.
Adam laughs, "Here I think you need this." Adam hands him a beer.
Tommy takes the beer. "Thanks man I needed this." He takes a long swig of the beer, before he seems to relax.
A server returns with two menus. "Today's special is hot wings."
"That sounds good; I will like those, some fries, and a salad." Tommy smiles at the server.
"Tommy I think I will sample your wings but I want a burger with fries." Adam tells him.
The server takes their orders and walks off.
"Should you be eating like that right before your wedding?" Adam asks with a laugh.
"A little grease and fat won't hurt me." Tommy drinks some more of his beer. "Kat has been driving me crazy man with this wedding crap."
Ten minutes later, Kim picks herself up, showers, and sits down on her bed looking at the invitation. How can this be happening? I thought Tommy and I would marry one day. Stop it Kim you dumped him after all. However, it was not your fault technically Kim; her conscious tells her. Kim had been training for the games for almost a year when she had received a letter. The letter told her that Tommy was developing feelings for Kat and that Kim should just let them be. At first Kim thought, the letter was a joke; no way could her Tommy like Kat in that way. Nevertheless, Kim did a little investigate and it turned up that maybe he did have feelings for Kat and was only still with Kim not to hurt her feelings. Therefore, Kim took the cowardly ways out and broke up with him before he could have done it with her. However, Kim always had that gut feeling that maybe she was wrong and had tried her hardest to find out who had written the letter but to no avail did she find the culprit. Stop being a baby and woman up. You never went to talk to him about the letter so just read the invitation and RSVP or give a good reason why you cannot attend. Kim opens up the invitation thinking who had sent her this.
You are cordially invited to join in the celebration of Thomas James Oliver and Katherine Hilliard wedding. Please come and celebrate with us on this special occasion.
Kim stares at the words for a second before she unknowing checks the yes box and puts it into the prepaid envelope that was inside. She takes it to her mailbox. She suddenly jumps.
"Sorry did not mean to frighten you but I forgot to give you this." Jeff the mail carrier hands Kim another letter before he grabs the letter out of the mailbox and walks away.
Kim walks back into her house. She sets the letter down once the realization kicked in that she had agreed to attend the wedding of her only love and her rival. She does what any normal girl would do in her situation and grabs the chunky monkey ice cream out the freezer.
Tommy is eating his hot wings when a brunette petite walks in and sits down at the table next to them. Could that be Kim?
Adam follows his friend's eyes and thinks the same until the woman turns around and they are able to see her face. Good it is not Kim. "So how do you think Kim will take it?"
Tommy thinks for a minute. He had thought about that when he decides to ask Kat to marry him but he pushed the thoughts back into a corner and locked them there. "I don't know maybe she will be happy that I moved on like she did."
"Oh Aisha tells me that she is single; did you invite her to the wedding?" Adam tells him.
"Of course not," Tommy stares at him as if he has grown a third eye.
"Well she is our friend or at least some of our friends." Adam replies.
"Still Kat would not like that besides her mother would have a fit." Tommy shakes his head.
"Yeah okay I was just wondering." Adam sips his beer. "So how do you feel about Kim now?"
"I have no problems with her if that what's you mean." Tommy avoids looking Adam directly in the eyes.
"I meant feelings bonehead." Adam counters.
The server returns with their orders and sets them down before walking away.
"I uh she will always have a place in my heart; she was my first everything but that is all." Tommy picks up a wing.
Adam nods his head before he takes a bite of his burger. "I wonder how she will find out about it." "Maybe Aisha can tell her?"
"That would be a good idea; although she did hurt me, I think it will still come to a shock to her." Tommy eats another hot wing.
Kim puts her spoon into the ice cream carton. What the hell; did I eat a half of gallon of ice cream by myself. Oh great so not only is Tommy marrying Kat but I am getting fat now too. Kim tosses the carton into the trash bin by her bed. She sets the spoon on the table. I need to talk to Aisha about this but she will only tell me it is my fault and become angry with me all over again for breaking up with Tommy to begin with. What if she is a part of Kat's wedding and is helping Kat as I thought she would help me. Kim gets up to go to the kitchen but stops herself, as she looks at herself in her full-length mirror. Stop walking chubby or else you will have more than a little fat all over your body. She hops back into her bed, turns off the lights, and tries to fall asleep. Finally, she falls into a fitful sleep filled with nightmares. The phone ringing wakes her up. "Hello," Kim moans into the phone.
"Were you sleeping dear," Joan, Kim's mother asks her.
"Yes mom actually I was." Kim rubs sleep from her eyes.
"Oh honey you need to get out; when was the last time you had a date?" Joan questions worriedly at her daughter.
"Not since you set me up on a blind date with that doctor." Kim tells her.
"I was only trying to help; you have not dated or had a relationship since that long haired boy broke your heart." Joan sighs.
"Mom let's not talk about it okay; I thought you had a dinner party to plan?" Kim tries to change the subject.
"I am planning it but I want you to fly to Pairs and be my little hostess." Joan attempts to cheer her daughter up.
Kim groans, "Aw mom I do not want you to try and set me up again."
"Why not you are beautiful, intelligent, and successful, with a wonderful personality," Joan answers. "You could get any man you want."
Not the one I want. "Listen mom I am not feeling so well; can we talk tomorrow or something?" Kim asks not really in the mood to talk.
"Sure Kimmy but you had better not ignore me when I call tomorrow." Joan counters.
"I won't mom now let me sleep." Kim groans.
"Bye dear." Oh, my Kim needs to be her old self again. Joan hangs up the phone sadly.
Kim looks at the phone as she hangs it up. Should I bring a date to the wedding? Would that make Tommy jealous or would he have no problem with it? Kim lies back down on her pillows. I have sunk so low that I would do something like that. She soon falls back asleep.
Back in Reefside, it is a new day and Kat gets the mail. "Yea, the RSVP cards are here." She runs back into the house. "Tommy they are here."
"What is?" Tommy looks confused.
"The RSVP card silly," Kat laughs.
"Oh." Tommy looked uninterested.
"Look sweetie soon my mother will not be around as much but she just wants her only child's wedding to be perfect…" Kat eyes become as big as saucers.
Tommy walks over to her. "What is wrong kitty?"
Kat does not respond she is looking down at one of the envelopes a RSVP card can in. She rips it open thinking maybe I read it wrong. The name in the inside was the same and Kim had said she was coming to the wedding. Kat turns suspicious eyes on Tommy. "Who invited her!"
"Who?" Tommy grabs the card from her. Kim is coming to the wedding. "I did not invite her; I have not talked to her since Trini and Billy's wedding." If someone could call them talking. It was a quick hi and bye with little words in between. Kat made sure of that by remaining by Tommy's side most of the wedding.
"Oh I think I know how she was invited." She is still on our friend log; damn I meant to take her off that list." Kat always felt uneasy at the mention of Kim.
"Well it is too late to uninvited her now besides she may just be coming and with a good gift." Tommy replies to calm Kat down.
"Really you think so?" Kat knew that Kim was loaded since the Olympics and would not have minded a gift from her. Kat smiles at Tommy.
"Yeah I am going for a walk; I ate badly last night and need to walk it off." Tommy grabs a jacket and heads outside. What am I going to do seeing Kim will be torture for me. What if she brings a date? Stop it Tommy you are about to be married and to a woman you love. Nevertheless, not as much as you love Kim; a little voice tells him in his head. Maybe I can find out from Aisha the details. Tommy walks back to his house and waits for Kat to leave before he calls Aisha.
Kat is drove to her friend's Beth home. "Oh Beth it is awful; what if she ruins my wedding and steals Tommy away."
"Oh Kat this is not a soap opera besides Tommy loves you." Beth rolls her eyes. "Here have a drink and relax."
Kat accepts the drink from her friend and sits down on the couch. "You do not understand she was his first everything and if I am not careful I will lose him."
"Then we will make sure she knows that Tommy is yours," Beth has an evil glint in her eyes.
Tommy is feeling frustrated after the third ring and is about to hang up before Aisha answers. "Aisha I almost hung up the phone," Tommy tells her.
"Why what's the rush?" Aisha was painting her nails.
"Oh just the fact that Kim accidently received an invitation to my wedding is all!" Tommy exclaims bewildered.
Aisha nearly spills the nail polish. "What; how did that happen?"
"She is still on Kat's and my friend log." Tommy replies.
"Oh well that is not too dramatic." Aisha rolls her eyes.
"Geez dramatic Aisha really; I do not need any drama now." Tommy shakes his head.
"Right because the evil bitch monster will go balls ass psychotic." Aisha answers.
"Aisha stop laughing this is no joking matter." Tommy had to laugh at the name Aisha had given his future mother in law.
"Don't worry I will talk to Kim although we have not been as close since you know." Aisha frowns thinking about the lack of friendship she has with Kim.
"Yeah no of you guys seems to be that way with her anymore." Tommy feels a little sadden by that. "Some of you were friends with her first."
"Oh she has new best friends besides we talk; oh okay Tommy we talk sometimes." Aisha closes the nail polish and plans to call Kim later before she hangs up the phone with Tommy.