Disclaimer: Kelsey, Tim, and Aubrey are OCs. Everyone else belongs to themselves.

AN: So this popped into my head as i was writing an update for Living a Lie. Unfortunately, i'm stuck on that and He gets what he wants, so im working on this. i know i suck for publishing a new story before finishing those, but i couldnt help it. Besides, i needed a matt hardy/oc story! Please review! (=

Every little girl dreams of her wedding day; wearing the perfect dress, walking down the aisle of a perfect church, and ending up in the arms of the perfect man. I'll admit that my vision was a little cheesier than that; all I wanted was a fairy tale wedding complete with a white horse pulling me to Cinderella's castle, a puffy white dress with a train a mile long, a fourteen tier wedding cake, and of course: Prince Charming. While not every little girl has that same dream wedding, we all have something special picked out in our minds. For my best friend, Aubrey, it was finally time for her fantasy to come true; her fiancé Tim was her high school sweetheart. The two were made for each other and everyone could see it; they were the missing puzzle pieces of each other's lives, and when they found each other everything else just fell into place. As I stood in the back of the church watching her go bridezilla on the other bridesmaids, I couldn't help but envy her; she had everything I wanted, and I hoped some day I would find it.

"Alright, line up in height order with Kelsey at the back." Aubrey demanded, in drill sergeant mode, as we lined up at the back of the church. I couldn't believe she was going to be married in less than twenty four hours. I moved to the back of the extremely long line-up and smiled; after months and months of performing stressful maid of honor duties, I would finally be able to relax and enjoy myself.

"Alright, so we'll start the walk down, slowly ladies." Aubrey barked as she directed the long line of bride's maids down the aisle; with thirteen bridesmaids other than me, it seemed as though my walk down the aisle would never come.

"Okay Kels, it's you next." Aubrey said calmly as I smiled at her. She was radiating with happiness, and I knew she had never been so excited for anything in her life.

I made my way down the long aisle, past rows of empty pews, toward the beautiful golden altar at the front of the church. I looked to the groomsmen to see how many of them I knew and gasped when I saw him. I could see a rainbow colored mane pulled into a low pony tail, and I was sure it was my other best friend. The only thing that I couldn't put my finger on was why I could find him and not his brother; Aubrey and I had grown up with the two in Cameron, North Carolina, and I was sure she wouldn't include one brother and not the other. I shrugged to myself as I continued my way down the aisle, stopping at the alter and bowing my head before making my way up to my designated seat next to the bride's. I looked to the left to catch a glimpse of the groom, Tim, and nearly fell over; next to Tim was the best man, standing a mere five feet away from me, looking better than ever.

"Hey." He whispered, flashing the clumsy smile that I had grown to love.

"Hey." I wanted to run over to him and hug him for hours, but I couldn't; Aubrey was making her way down the aisle as we spoke, and to top it off I hadn't spoken to Matt Hardy in nearly a year.

Aubrey made it down the aisle and we quickly went through the mass; then it was time to make our way out of the church. As Aubrey and her fiancé Tim coupled everyone off, Matt made his way over to me.

"Long time no talk." He said with a smile.

"Yeah, I guess we've both been busy. I meant to call, I just-"

"No need to explain; life on the road isn't exactly calm either. It's great to see you though; Tim didn't tell me you were Aubrey's maid of honor."

"Yeah, no one told me about you either." I answered quietly, my voice muffled by the sound of Aubrey yelling at the group to head down the aisle.

"We better go." He said, putting his arm out so that I could I could grab hold of it. As soon as our arms connected, a surge of electricity ran through my body. I was sure he felt it too, and my assumption was confirmed as he turned his head to the side and smiled at me.

We made our way out of the church, followed my Aubrey and Tim, who thanked everyone for coming to the rehearsal and gave directions to the rehearsal dinner they were throwing. I awkwardly pulled my arm away from Matt's as Tim made his way over to talk to him; the two walked away, leaving me standing by myself outside of the church.

"Hey Kels!" A voice from behind me said, as I felt two strong arms wrap around me.

"Jeff!" I said with a smile as I turned in his arms to face him, and hugged him as tight as possible.

"How've you been?" He asked, still hugging me tightly. With my best friend's arms wrapped tightly around me, I couldn't have been happier.

"Good, but I missed you so much! You know, a weekly dose of you on TV, mixed with random phone calls, just isn't cutting it anymore."

"So come on the road with me for a couple weeks, Kels."

I sighed; Jeff asked me to travel with them every time I saw him, and he always knew the answer.

"You know I can't do that, Jeff. Things with Matt are still awkward and it would just be weird for us to be together all the time."

Jeff shook his head at my words.

"You two need to get over this; it was bound to happen, we all knew it would, I mean Shane and Shannon had bets going for years on when you two would finally give in."

I scoffed at his words; of course Shane and Shannon had bets about us, they had nothing better to do with themselves.

"In all honesty, you two need to talk about it. He's been torn up for a year over it, Kels; you need to work things out."

I nodded my head slowly; he was right, things between Matt and I had been awkward since it happened, and we shouldn't have let it come between out friendship.

"Is Ryan gonna meet us at the dinner?" Aubrey asked as she appeared behind me, interrupting the conversation Jeff and I were having. I shook my head violently at her question, giving her the evil eye all the while. It's not that I was ashamed of my relationship with Ryan, I just wasn't sure if I wanted Matt and Jeff to know about it yet.

"Okay, so I'll sit you with Matt and Jeff tonight then, okay?" She said with a smirk, not giving me the chance to object before walking away. I knew exactly what Aubrey was doing; she always pushed Matt and me together, but it wasn't going to work this time.

"So who's Ryan?" Jeff asked skeptically, raising an eyebrow at me as he spoke.

"A friend." I lied, and Jeff knew it.

"And how long have you been 'friends'?" He questioned.

"About a month." I answered honestly.

"Jeff, you ready to head to the restaurant?" Matt asked from behind me.

"Yeah, let's go. You wanna catch a ride with us, Kels?"

"No, I'm actually gonna ride with Aubrey and Tim."

"Actually, they left; Aubrey said you were gonna catch a ride with us. I thought you knew." Matt explained as I chuckled nervously.

"You know Aubrey; she must have forgotten to tell me."

We arrived at the restaurant around seven, eager to have as good of a time as possible; Matt and I did everything possible on the way there to avoid the awkwardness between us. We made our way inside, found our seats and each got a drink.

"I see Tim's dad, I'm gonna go say hi." Jeff said, jumping up before I could oppose. It wasn't that I didn't like being alone with Matt, it was just that things hadn't been the same with us since that night.

"So, I was wondering…did you want to go to the wedding together? I figured we could catch up or whatever." Matt asked, breaking the silence. I swallowed hard at his words; I knew I couldn't go with him, but I wasn't sure how to tell him.

"I can't." I answered, nearly inaudibly.

"Oh. Look, I know things have been a little weird between us; I just thought maybe we could-"

"Matt, it's not that." I interrupted.

"Oh, okay. What is it?" He asked, clearly confused.

"I'm seeing someone." I whispered; I couldn't explain why, but I felt extremely guilty. I knew there was no reason to feel that way; we had never dated, and we had never been in love.

"Oh, well then I guess that explains it." He said; he tried to sound unaffected, but failed miserably. I watched him as he picked up his beer and finished it quickly, chugging every last drop.

"I'm gonna get another beer." He said, picking himself up from the table and walking away without another word. I shook my head as I watched him walk away; things between us were never going to be normal again.

"Everything okay?" my rainbow haired friend asked as he took his seat at our table.

"Yeah, I spilled the beans about Ryan." I confessed, watching Matt across the room. He was talking animatedly to one of the other groomsmen at the bar, and I could only assume the topic of their conversation was either The Hardy Show or his job in the WWE; I smiled as I watched his hands moving quickly and his facial expressions changing constantly as he spoke, it was obvious he was passionate about whatever he was going on about. He looked amazing that night; he was dressed in a pair of light blue boot cut jeans, and a green button up dress shirt with his curly hair pulled back into a pony tail at the nape of his neck. I let out an audible sigh before forcing myself to look away; I couldn't do that to myself again.

"You're not over it yet, Kels." Jeff said, interrupting my train of thought. I shook my head at his insinuation.

"I don't know what you're talking about; I'm very happy right now." I lied, quite badly.

"You're happy and I'm dead." He said, calling me out on my lie.

"You should know by now that you can't lie to me, Kels; I know you too well."

I shook my head, not knowing what to say.

"Jeff, you can't blame me; I'm just trying to move on with my life and forget any of that ever happened. I can't wait around forever hoping things are going to change."

Jeff nodded at my words before quickly changing the subject as his brother took his seat at the table.

"Yeah like I was saying, I've got a title shot coming up."

"That's great, Jeff. It's about time that company realizes true talent; I swear if I see HHH win another belt, I'm gonna take it away from him myself!" I ranted as Jeff and Matt chuckled at my words. It wasn't that I hated Paul, I had met him at many of Matt and Jeff's parties and he was a great guy, but I just couldn't stand watching him win all the time.

"So, are you gonna win?" I asked, trying to get the inside scoop.

"You'll just have to come to the pay per view and see." Jeff said with a smirk on his face.

"I told you, I can't do that."

"Of course she can't Jeff; she's got a boyfriend to worry about now." Matt said, the tone in his voice making it obvious that he was annoyed. Before I could respond, Aubrey and Tim called everyone's attention to the front of the room.

I sighed, taking a sip of my vodka and cranberry; it was going to be a long weekend.