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"So tell me again why I'm doing this?" Lenny asked me as we walked through the white gates covered in ivy that lead into the a huge garden which was filled with tables. We were at Martin and Lana's rehearsal dinner. And trust me I did not want to be there. After that faithful night when Martin kissed me nothing has been the same. Over the past month Martin and Denny had become quite close. He spent every weekend with him and his wife to be.

"Ruthie!" I heard someone calling my name. I turned to see Martin. I smiled and walked up to him, Lenny close behind me.

"hey!" I said as I gave him a friendly hug.

"glad you could come!" Martin said smiling. Before i could say anything else the tall blond Lana walked over to us.

"RUTHIE!" she said in that same high pitched squeaky voice. " Oh my God! I'm so glad you could come!" At this point she had thrown her arms around my neck and was hugging me.

"well, I'm glad I could make it," I said with the most enthusiasm I could choke up at the time.

"Baby we need to go over to the center table to greet the Andersons," she said as she moved her hands from around my neck to Martin's waste and chest. The way that her french manicured finger stoked his chest made me hate her even more. If that was possible.

"Oh that's right, we better go," Martin said as he returned the gesture and wrapped his arm around her waste.

"Well, I guess I'll talk to you later," Martin said as he turned around and walked away.

"I hate that bitch already," Lenny whispered in my ear as soon as Martin and Lana walked away.

"Join the club," I said sighing.

For the next three hours all Lenny and I did was walk around the garden (which as I found out, wasn't really a garden at all, it was just a huge open field that needed a fancy name) and talk about how ugly people's shoes were. Once the actual rehearsal part of the dinner was over you were free to leave. And believe me, I would have, except that Lana stopped me right as I was supposed to leave.

"Oh Ruthie," she said as she tapped my shoulder. I turned to face her.

"I just wanted to give you one of these..." she said as she reached inside a large plastic bag and pulled out a small card that on the front, said; You're Invited... as I opened it up I saw that it was an invitation to a bachelorette party.

"Oh," I said as I read through it.

"Yea well, I just thought sense me and Martin are getting married and you two seem so close, it's like you grew up together and I think it's important to get to know you," she said smiling.

"But your wedding tomorrow," I said looking kind of confused at how she could have a bachelorette when her wedding was the next day.

"Well I'm really not into that whole, going out getting drunk flashing my boobs to every guy that walks by kind of thing," she said shaking her head. "So me and some girlfriends of mine decided that we are going to spend the day getting massages, facials, pedicures, manicures, hair, make up, all that fun stuff," she said smiling. "I know sense you are a model that you probably do all this stuff on a daily basis but I really just..."

"I'd love to come," I said cutting her off. I thought that if I had to listen to the mouse voice any longer that I would scream.

"Oh my God!" she said as she clapped and jumped up and down a few times like she was in Jr. High.

"Well, all the information is on the card and I can't wait to see you there!" she said smiling as she walked away. After she left I turned to walk out of the white gates that had lead me into this hell on earth. Lenny was waiting for me by the car.

"So what the hell was that about?" Lenny asked as I walked over to him.

"I got invited to a girl day out with Lana," I said waving the invitation in his face.

"oh my," he said as he unlocked the car.

"that was my exact reaction,"

When I woke up to the loud screeching of my alarm clock I knew that I had to get up, no matter how much I wanted to stay in bed instead of going to Lana's "Girls day out" Martin's wedding was tonight and I just wanted to have a day where I do nothing but lounge around my house eating Double chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream watching General Hospital. But, that wasn't happening. I dragged myself out of bed, took a shower and then slipped on a pair of jeans and green cami underneath a tan jacket. Roana and Denny weren't even up yet when I left the apartment. As I got into my car I started to think about why I hated Lana so much. If I had just met her on the street and she wasn't engaged to Martin I would thins she was pretty nice, but the fact that she had Martin, and she was the one thing standing in the way of Martin and I being together, was what made me hate her.

When I arrived at the huge white house that Martin and Lana lived with I saw a huge group of cars sitting in the driveway. Once I parked I walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. Lana was the one who answered.

"Ruthie!" She said pulling me into a hug. "I'm so happy you could come,"

"Oh, well, I'm glad I could make it," I said awkwardly.

"Me and the girls were just about to leave for our nine thirty manicure appointment.

"Oh, okay," I said as the long line of woman who I guess were her bridesmaids paraded out of the house. The next thing I knew I was back in my car following behind one of the "girl's" cars. Once we reached the nail salon we all paraded in through the door and took a seat in the lobby.

"Your names Ruthie right?" the girl sitting next to me asked.

"Yea," I said smiling.

"I'm Rachel," the woman said extending her hand for me to shake. I did.

"Nice to meet you," I said.

"So how do you and Martin know each other?" she asked. It was then I realized that everyone in that nail salon was listening to me.

"Oh, we go way back," I said trying to get off the subject.

"Is he an old flame of yours?" she asked me.

"I wouldn't put it that way..."

"Don't you have a child with him?" One of the other girls interrupted.

"Yes but..." I tried to say.

"I told you there was sex," one of the girl said to another.

"But you see it wasn't..." I tried to say.

"Did he leave you or something?" Another girl asked. I glanced over and saw Lana looking heartbroken.

"No, okay, no!" I said sternly. They stopped. But for the rest of the day they basically ignored me, through the massages, facials, getting hair done, and getting make up done, only three words were said to me. And when I was about to leave, Lana didn't hug me. All she said to me was "See you later"

I did not want to go to the wedding. I couldn't go to the wedding. The first thing I did when I walked in the door of my apartment was rum over to the freezer and get a carton of ice cream and a beer. I then flipped on SOAPnet and started watching All my Children. I knew that the wedding was starting in two hours but I couldn't go, I couldn't face him. There's no telling what I could do. By the time I reached the bottom of the ice cream container and had finished up three beers, it was 5:15, which meant they were already fifteen minutes into the wedding. I can't explain why I did what I did next. Maybe it was because I was drunk, maybe I was feeling brave, or maybe I was just head over heels in love. I grabbed my purse and my jacket and walked out the door. I headed down to my car. Although I was more than a little tipsy, that didn't stop me. Driving fifteen miles over the speed limit I drove to the church where Martin was getting married. I pulled up in front of the church entrance and got out of the car. I could feel my heart beating as I allowed my hand to rest on the door to the chapel. When the minister got to the point where he asked if anyone objected to this marriage I knew that this was my time. With all the strength in my body I pushed those door wide open and scream at the top of my lungs, "You can't marry her Martin!"

I was home sick for one day of school and that is why I wrote this so quickly. After re-reading it I guess it was kind of rushed and probably not the best chapter but I hoped you liked it! Thank you to all the faithful readers! and some of you have been asking how old Ruthie is and the answer is she is 24. thank for reading, please review!