You guys have no idea how sorry I am to keep you waiting so long for an update. The lady who was supposed to be writing the story no longer has the time or resources to continue writing it and so I, Mateisha, started writing it again.
Unfortunately I moved away from home and the place I moved to had no Word program for me to use to write the story with. I know exactly what is going to happen and will start writing the next chapter in a couple of days. You'll be pleased to know that I also have started writing my other story "NAOMI" again and hope to have some chapters up for that very soon too,
I thank everyone who has subscribed to chapter updates and everyone who has reviewed my story; I hope this one is up to scratch with my previous works.
"How dare you not tell me about Angela!" Clara sobbed "you were engaged to her and never felt the need to tell me!"
"Can we please not do this here?" Jake asked politely, keeping his voice low.
"No way; I want to know now why you didn't tell me." she stared him straight in the eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks "She must have been pretty damned important to you for you not tell me."
"Yes; she was, but she isn't now. I have you now and you're all I ever want."
"Then why not tell me," Clara lowed her voice to a hiss and after not receiving an answer from Jake "If my hand wouldn't break from slapping you I would." she turned and ran from him; leaving all of Jake's closest friends and his family staring at him.
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That night Bella, inadvertently being the one to have caused the argument between Jake and Clara, took it upon herself to smooth things over between the pair; starting with Clara.
"I'm sure Jake meant nothing by not telling you; you mean the world to him and I'm sure he thought not telling you was for the best." Bella explained to Clara while sitting in the lounge room of the home she and Jake were to share after the marriage.
"I know," she replied heavy-heartedly "but it just hurts that he didn't tell me and that I had to find out this way you know? I would have probably waited a much longer time before accepting his marriage proposal if I knew that he'd been previously engaged. Jake told me he was only a few months from the wedding; Angela had already bought her dress. It must have been absolutely horrible for her to have gone through the break-up with Jake."
"I think it was pretty awful for her but he hasn't heard from her since; in fact nobody had even seen her until I did the other day; or at least nobody said they had. " Bella replied, before taking a deep breath "Jake loves you Clara and he wants to marry you; I just wanted to make sure that you still wanted to marry him."
Clara merely smiled and let out a slight laugh "Of course I do; nothing could change that fact not even the fight he and I had this afternoon; as stupid as he can be I love him and want to spend my life with him." the two women smiled at each other before Bella stood up.
"That's the best thing I've heard all day. Now I can go and re-assure Jake that the wedding is still on; now remember no phone calls when you wake up, no sneaking into his bedroom to take a peek, no contact with the Groom what-so-ever ; it's bad luck." Bella grinned at her, moved in front of her and hugged Clara. "congratulations," she whispered in her ear. "I'll see you tomorrow,"
"Bella...I know this seems a bit silly and on such short notice but you're one of Jake's best friends and I hope that you can be mine one day. And," Clara took a breath as though the next thing she was about to say would be hard "I'd like you to be my maid of honour; despite all the trouble I caused between you and Jake, I still consider you a friend and I don't have many around here; I don't want to beg but I will." Clara seemed scared that Bella would reject and stood there fiddling with her hands, waiting for and answer as Bella mulled it over.
"It's all in the past now right?" Bella grinned at Clara and she let out a sigh of relief and relaxed her face "I'll be around at 9 to do your hair and make-up; we can have orange and champagne for breakfast with our chocolate chip and ice cream pancakes. It really will be the best day of your life; promise."
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Bella walked through her front door and smiled at Aaron "Ring Jake; he gets married at 2 tomorrow afternoon."
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The alarm went off at 7AM and Clara's hand shot out to turn it off; she was already awake and had been for a half hour. She jumped from the bed and could hardly contain the nervous excitement within her. There was still 2 hours before Bella would arrive for hair, make-up and ore-wedding champagne. Clara decided she would run herself a hot bath. She added Jake's favourite smelling oils to the water and added the bubble bath. She grabbed a book from the nightstand and slipped into the hot water instantly feeling all her nerves wash away.
Clara lay in the tub until the majority of bubbles disappeared and she felt entirely relaxed and prepared for her wedding. she got out of the tub, dried herself and walked into her bedroom. She went to the closet and retrieved the bag in which her wedding dress was stored; she took the bag off the dress and lay it on the bed. She smiled and let a squeal of excitement escape her lips.
"I'm getting married today," she whispered to herself in excitement.
"Not if I can help it," came a sinister, familiar voice from behind. Clara was instantly filled with fear and was unable to move a muscle. she took several deep breaths and fought back the tears in her eyes as she felt something cold and hard touch her back.
"What are you doing?" Clara's voice quavered and a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Getting ready for my wedding and I need my maid of honour to help me," the tone of the voice was now entirely different; it was now friendly and it seemed as though she was poking fun at Clara "I can't believe you forgot about my wedding to Jake today; sometimes you can be so silly. Now put the dress on and we will drive to my place to finish getting ready." Today is going to be fantastic!"