Chapter 14

A/N: Trying to get back on my regular update schedule…but who knows how long that will last. Lol. Here's the next chapter!

Sam was first to break out of her trance. She walked over to Claire and glared at her. Claire backed away, visibly uncomfortable. They were separated by only a few inches.

"What do you mean everything is wrong with my wedding?" Sam asked through gritted teeth.

"Well, I called the church, you know, the one that was put on the invitation, to confirm our visit there tomorrow afternoon. No answer. I called again. No answer. So I had my sister take me over there, and…yeah, it's been shut down."

"What? Why?" Sam and Freddie asked in unison, and then they looked at each other and shared a small smile. Claire didn't understand why they always did that.

"Well, the police…they found…some stuff that was hidden there, so they shut it down."

"Ugh!" Sam groaned. Her wedding was in two months. Why did this have to happen to her?

""And then I called the band manager-he's a strange man- and he said that on the flight up here, they all want first class seats…that we have to pay for."

Freddie groaned. More money they had to spend. "Is that gonna put us over our band budget?" he asked.

"Yeah…"

"By how much?" Sam demanded to know, her face in the couch pillows, convinced her wedding was ruined.

"About six hundred dollars."

"UGH! Why does this have to happen to me?"

Carly and Melanie sat down on the couch next to Sam, trying to calm her down.

"Sorry about her." Freddie said to Claire.

"Oh, it's okay. I've seen this plenty of times before. But now it's official."

"What's official?"

"Bridezilla Sam has arrived." Claire replied with a sigh.

"Oh. Well that's just peachy." They turned their attention back to the girls on the couch.

"Come on, Sam." Melanie was saying, holding her sister's hand. "Just because it's the church we went to as children doesn't mean you have to get married in it. We've been there enough times already."

"I guess you're right, but where am I going to get married now?"

"Hold on a sec. I'm gonna go make some calls." And with that she got up from the couch, went into the kitchen and pulled out the giant phonebook, flipping furiously to get to the "C" section.

Twenty minutes later Melanie returned with a very large smile on her face. "Sam, you remember back at Ridgeway, right before you graduated they were building that church that Miss Briggs forced the School Board to put in?"

"Yeah, yeah. I remember it."

"Well, it's finished now, and they said you and Freddie could get married in it FOR FREE!"

"For FREE? OMG Awesome! Free is my favorite four letter word!" (A/N: Because we all know her all-time favorite word is ham.)

"And since you still need to find a place to hold the reception, they have a HUGE multi-purpose room that you can use, also free of charge. You just need to bring all the tables and chairs and stuff in yourself."

"You could have some of the neighbors do that." Carly added.

"Sounds like a plan." Freddie said as he sat down next to Sam on the couch, happy that they at least saved some money on something.

"Oh my gosh, Melanie. You put that together so well. Maybe you should be their wedding planner instead of me." Claire said.

"That sounds nice, and I do want to be a Wedding Planner or something like that, but not for this wedding. I'm a bridesmaid, not a slave." (A/N: By the way, just because the character based on me is the wedding planner does not mean I want to be one, nor am I trashing wedding planners when Melanie said "I'm a bridesmaid, not a slave." I'm just saying that I think if Melanie was the wedding planner, Sam would work her until she passed out.)

"Well, okay then. I think Melanie saved the day here, so I have to get going. My little sister has her very first ballet recital in…" she checked her watch. "Three hours. See ya…tomorrow then, right?"

"Yep," Sam answered. "See ya."

"Bye." She started to shut the door, and then suddenly opened it again. "Oh, you might want to call all the people you invited to the wedding, so they don't show up at a church that's been…shut down."

"I'm on it." Melanie said, and walked away, cell phone in hand.

"Okay, now I REALLY gotta go…So …Bye." She slammed the door shut behind her.

Sam breathed a sigh of relief as she lay her head down on Freddie's shoulder. Everything was okay again. She was still getting married. Now all she had to do was wait…

(A/N: Twin sister saves the day! That's not the way I originally planned it…but that's the way it turned out, and I love it that way. Let's just hope Bridezilla Sam doesn't come back. Review and tell me your favorite part please! Believe me, I really want to hear it! )