On her wedding day, when Melanie Smoother walked down the aisle, the ceremony was interrupted by her lawyer with papers in his hand. He told her that as she hadn't signed the papers, her and Jake were still married. Melanie asked if anyone had a pen on them. When she was handed the pen, she struggled with putting the pen to paper but in the end, she didn't do it as she still loved Jake and so she cannot marry Andrew
Jake was at home all by himself and he looked at the time on the clock. He sadly thought to himself, "Melanie's probably married by now," then he felt a sinking feeling in his heart. Jake then headed to a bar where he met a brunette woman who introduced herself as Andrea
After Melanie told Andrew she couldn't marry him, Jake's mother reacted angrily and told her to "go deep fry something". Melanie responded by punching Andrew's mom in the face and said, "No one talks about my momma like that!" She then ran away and went to find Jake
Melanie went over to Jake's place but she saw he wasn't there. She decided to try that beach from their childhood. It had started to rain so she made a run for it. When she was looking for him, she thought about how much she loved him and how she was going to tell him how she felt about him. When she got there however, she had seen something. Jake was at the beach and he was kissing another woman. Heartbroken, Melanie walked away
Jake and Andrea were at the beach. He remembered the beach being the first place him and Melanie had their first kiss but he decided that he would create some new memories there. He thought to himself, "I waited seven years for Melanie but she has made it perfectly clear she no longer wants me. If she's moved on, why can't I?"
Melanie went back home and looked through her handbag. She saw that the divorce papers were in her handbag. She got changed, packed her bags then she added her signature to the divorce papers. She then drove to Jake's place where she left the papers at his door then drove back to New York
It had been three years since Melanie had last been in Alabama. She hadn't heard from Jake since that day she went to see him and she wasn't expecting to either. She had continued to work in her fashion design business which had stayed her main focus in the last three years. One afternoon, a pretty brunette came in to see Melanie asking Melanie to design a dress for her. The woman introduced herself as Lacey and told her her and her fiancé had been together for two and a half years and were soon to be married. She then took out her wallet and showed Melanie a picture of herself and her fiancé. Melanie looked at the picture and as she was looking at it, something or rather someone had come to her attention. The man that Lacey was marrying was Jake