This is my first fan fiction, so I hope I am doing this right! I am not making any money from this and all characters belong to JE.
I stood at the front of my car watching as they walked out of the church. The both have smiles on their faces along with all of their guests. I don't think I have ever seen her so happy. I have finally realized that I never made her that happy. No, just the opposite was true, we made each other miserable.
I wanted to marry her and spend the rest of my life with her, but only if she became what I wanted. I don't know why I pushed her. What I wanted…..who I wanted her to be was not the woman I fell in love with. I'm not sure when my thoughts changed.
Well….that's not exactly true, I guess. I started pushing for more when he started showing up at all of her mishaps. I saw how they looked at each other. I saw the love that shone brightly in each other eyes. She never looked at me like that and quite honestly, I was afraid to lose her.
So I did what I thought was best. I pushed her to quit her job…..to marry me….to have the required 2.5 kids with me. I pushed her to be everything that she didn't want to be. I pushed her to become "the Burg." Why I never realized that my Cupcake would never be the burg is beyond me. Manoso let her fly while I tried to clip her wings. Now he had everything that I ever wanted. He has my Cupcake as his wife and growing large with his child. He has my Cupcake to wake up to every morning, go to sleep next to every night and to love every day for the rest of their lives. My Cupcake is now his Babe. I'm starting to think that she was never my Cupcake.
I'd like to tell myself that I was all she ever needed. But unfortunately, I never was. I didn't wine and dine her like she deserved. I didn't treat her the way she should have been treated. I never brought her flowers or took her dancing. As much as I hate to admit it, he was the better man. He understood Stephanie's wants and needs when all I ever cared about was my own.
Stephanie Plum..ugh..Manoso is going to be a hard woman to get over but I've learned my lesson. I've learned that I need to put my partner's needs in front of my own. It's hard say but losing Stephanie and watching her with Manoso has made me grow up and want to become a better man.
As the festivities at the church wind down, I get in my car to leave. Hoping that they didn't see me but I highly doubt it. Although I'm feeling depressed about Stephanie marrying Manoso, after a year, I am finally coming to terms with it. I drive away from the church feeling lighter and ready to start moving on with my life.