TITLE: What Went On?
AUTHOR: Hayley
RATING: PG-13
DISCLAIMER: I own no one
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CHAPTER 51

Tears streamed down her face as she unknowingly seemed to have said yes. Once he slipped the ring on her finger and lifted her off her feet was when she realized she was now engaged.

"I love you so much. I'll make you the happiest girl alive." He gushed happily as he kissed his now bride-to-be before tightly encasing her in his arms. She was happy, just not in the way she should be knowing she had just gotten proposed to. For the first time in over two months, like old times, Matt flashed through her mind. She saw his heart break and his saddened eyes, the same way he looked the last time she saw him. Only now she knew it'd be even harder telling him that she was now someone else's fiance. Joey continued to tell her how happy he was but it all became a blur as Amy felt like she was in a dream and soon she'd wake up. She didn't know how to react or how to feel to knowing that in a few months time she was going to be married and then run off and have kids.

They finished dinner and afterwards headed back inside to consummate the engagement. It was...mediocre to be polite but Amy's heart just wasn't into it and she felt horrible afterwards. She couldn't believe what had happened because it had all happened so quickly. In 2 months time she had went from re-uniting with her ex-boyfriend for two nights of passion in a foreign land to getting engaged to her current boyfriend who she had hardly seen for the amount of time they had 'dated'.

ThE nExT dAy

Joey was too wound up in the joys of engagement that he hadn't realized that Amy had been unusually quiet.

"Come on, let's go to the golf course. I hadn't known that Greg and Chantal were staying here so they invited us for a couple rounds. It'll be good for you to meet some of my work partners since we'll probably be seeing more of them..." He went on as Amy dully nodded her head not being able to concentrate on what he said. The shock still fled through her body and she didn't know what to do.

On ThE gOlF cOuRsE

"So after we landed in Paris, like these people kept taking our pictures because you know how Greg is on the cover of this month's TIME magazine and like..." Amy sat on the patio with Chantal, Greg's wife, sipping on ice tea as the boys played golf. The woman was as dull and boring as they came and Amy had trouble staying awake. "So after we decided to just pay them to stop talking to us..." Amy couldn't believe how snobby and stuck-up this woman was. This wasn't how she was going to spend her afternoons once married to Joey. Pretending to enjoy the other wives as they yapped away about how rich they were and what a pain it was to have to watch and see wives do work instead of having their husbands provide solely for them annoyed the hell out of Amy. She couldn't believe how shallow Joey's friends and their wives were, all caught up in the life of the rich and famous that she was glad she never let the fame and fortune like that get to her head. Sitting back occasionally nodding her head, she could imagine how hard she'd be laughing right now if Matt and Jeff were there with her.

Matt and Jeff... She thought sadly. She never was one to enjoy the fancy ritz lifestyle where she let other people make the money and she would spend and live off them. She always believed on making and earning her own money that these other women were a joke to her. With Matt and Jeff, they were all in the same boat of putting in the time to make a name for themselves. That's what made her so compatible with the brothers. Had they have been with her right now, they'd be falling off their chairs trying not to laugh as this lady, Chantal, talked about how hard it was to find good maids and chaueffers these days.

Yeah well how hard do you think it was dumpster diving for weeks because you couldn't even afford a good meal and having to sleep in cars and gym floors in shitty neighbourhoods sound? Amy said to herself. You think you've had it hard...you ain't know the meaning of 'hard' until you've lived my life where I had to strip for money and do #$ jobs to pay rent. Amy thought irritated with the whining this woman kept doing. Amy couldn't care less if this woman's dog missed her 2:00 appointment at the 'salon.'

Fidling with her visor, Chantal realized that Amy wasn't paying attention to her.

"If you're going to hang with us, the corporates and execs, you better learn your manners." Chantal said callously before getting up and plastering her $2000 botox smile on and walked over to her husband and Joey. She sweet talked and giggled like the plastic barbie that she was as Amy tossed her hair mocking her before slipping out of her seat and heading back inside the country club.

"Who's she?"

Amy heard some of the other wives mumble unimpressed as she walked past and Amy acted all fake and batted her eyelashes as she passed them. Once out of view, she rolled her eyes as she sat down and pulled out her cellphone.

"Please pick up for the love of god pick up..." Amy muttered into her phone.

"Hello?" A happy voice asked.

"Oh thank god Beth-" Her phone was taken out of her hands as Amy looked up and saw Chantal standing over her.

"Sorry, no cellphones inside the dining room." She replied smartly before hitting the end button on her phone and setting it down on the table.

Amy bit her tongue and forced herself to not the beat the crap out of this plastic surgeon's guinea pig. She smiled as fakely as she could until Chantal was out of view before redialing.

"Hello?" The same voice asked but this time confused.

"Sorry bout that Beth, it's Amy."

"Well hey sweetie, nice of ya to finally talk to us again." Amy couldn't help but note the hint of resentement.

"About that..." Amy started but was quickly silenced.

"No no it's okay. Not like I saw this coming or anything." Again with the resentment.

"Beth..."

"So last I heard you and what's his face were pretty close."

"Beth..."

"So I guess you're done with Matt...just like that right? Forget everything-"

"BETH!" Amy yelled and slumped back down in her chair when some of the other members of the country club looked at her. "Beth..." She said in a lower voice, "I need to talk to you. God these people are horrible and boring and-" She felt her cell phone rip out of her hands as she looked up and saw a scowlding Chantal.

"What did I say about cellphones? Do you want to get us kicked out?"

"I-I was just...sorry." She mumbled as she grabbed her phone back and quickly left without allowing Chantal to get in another word.

Walking to another patio outside, Amy sat down and re-dialed Beth's number.

"Hello?" The voice was less than pleased. "What's going on?"

"I'm in hell." Amy sighed.

"What?"

"Shoot me. I hate it here."

"Where are you?"

"LA."

"Why?"

"Joey."

"Oh my goodness did you get married?!!" Beth shrieked panicked.

Amy bit her lip, "Not exactly no."

"What do you mean not exactly?"

"I-" Amy quickly hid her phone as Chantal had found her again. "Why hello dear, pleasant day today yes?" Amy feigned. Chantal looked less than pleased with her behaviour.

"Listen, I know you're Joey's girlfriend and whatnot, but if you're hear to screw around and act like you don't belong here, you'll just stick out like a sore thumb. Don't make yourself a target for ridicule and embarassment alright?"

You mean like yourself? Amy laughed in her head. "Alright." She watched as Chantal marched off before lifting up her phone again.

"What is going on?!" Beth asked getting impatient with all the interruptions.

"Sorry I've seriously met Cruella DeVil."

Beth rolled her eyes. "Amy I'm mad at you. Why are you calling?"

"Why are you mad at me?" Amy shrieked.

"Because. You haven't been around, you've completely ignore me, Jeff and Matt and...you backed down on your word."

"What word?"

"You said you'd be around and help with the baby. You haven't done so." Beth said sadly. "It's apparent in the last couple months Joey's become more important than all of us."

"Those must be hormones speaking." Amy joked but Beth didn't find it too amusing. "Listen I'm sorry." Amy started. "As soon as I leave this hell hole, we'll have a girl's day out and we'll do some major catching up alright?"

"When do you come home?"

"My plane leaves tomorrow."

"Fine." They talked a bit more before Amy saw Joey, Greg and Chantal come into view and she said her goodbye.

"Hey, uh you wanna go for some lunch? Greg and Chantal know this really amazing restaurant..." Once again Amy dully nodded her head. To say that this trip went downhill would be an understatement.

Arriving at the restaurant, Amy couldn't help but feel like the little kid at the grown up table. She felt like she needed to be seated at the kiddie table to stay out of trouble and not break anything. She felt so out of place and Chantal kept giving her dirty looks throughout the meal.

The meal finally ended as Amy decided to head back to the hotel and pack. She remained in the hotel area for the remainder of the day going for a swim and doing some shopping away from Joey and his friends.

Matt woke up mid-afternoon as he rolled out of his bed and headed downstairs.

"What the-?" He asked as he walked into his kitchen and saw Jeff and Beth sitting there talking quietly.

"Can you believe it? She's over him." Beth whispered to Jeff sadly.

"You sure?"

"Pretty sure."

"How do you know?" Jeff asked hardly believing her.

"Well I don't know for sure for sure, but she's spent the last couple of months with Joey and from what people are saying she's really happy with him."

"I wouldn't read too much into what other people say."

"But do you think she is?"

There was a pause as Matt continued to listen. "I honestly thought they were done months ago."

"Who Amy and Joey?"

"Amy and Matt."

Matt left without listening to the rest of the conversation. He was angry with Jeff for saying that as he climbed back up to his room. He thought that Jeff still had faith in them but apparently that wasn't the case.

"What do you mean?" Beth asked.

"I just think that it's not going to work. He needs a miracle to happen if he wants her back but that's unlikely."

"Why are you being so pessimistic?" Beth asked slightly angry.

"I'm being realistic."

"No your not; your being a #$." Beth said upset.

"Beth, he cheated on her and he doesn't deserve another chance."

"You cheated on me, does that mean you didn't deserve a second chance?" Beth asked threading into dangerous waters.

"Beth..."

"No I'm serious Jeff. Why doesn't Matt deserve a second chance? What's so different about what you did and what he did?"

Jeff didn't know what to say. He looked at his girlfriend and she simply wasn't going to back down from this. "Because it's Amy." He said sadly. "I love that girl more than life itself and...to see her get hurt by my own flesh and blood...the last thing she needs is another bad boyfriend. I don't want to see her cry anymore because that's not Amy. Amy's strong and confident and independant and she doesn't need a jerk off like Matt who's just going to cheat on her again-"

"How do you know he's going to cheat on her again? Does that mean once a guy's cheated on someone he's prone to do it again? Does that mean I never should've given you another chance because you'll just end up cheating on me again?" Beth was getting more and more angry by the minute.

"Beth, don't drag that into this." Jeff raised his voice.

"I just don't see why Matt has to be given the axe for the exact same thing you did yet you got a second chance. I just want to see them happy."

"And they'll be happy if they aren't together."

"You don't know that!" Beth shrieked. "Please explain to me this whole cheating business and how it was okay for you to do but not for Matt."

"BECAUSE!" Jeff was frustrated. "We had only been going out a year. It may seem like a long time but at the time it wasn't. I was still figuring out whether or not I was willing to commit to you. But with Matt, he and Amy had been dating for 5 years. 5 years Beth. He should've known by then that he was commited to her. He should've been smarter than he was the night he cheated on her."

"People make mistakes. #$ happens."

"Beth I'm not having this conversation anymore. Drop it." He said through gritted teeth.

"No."

"Fine Beth but I'm not going to stay here and argue with you." He said getting up to leave.

Matt decided to go back downstairs. As he did, he saw Jeff heading for the door. Jeff looked up as he heard Matt and based on the look on Matt's face he had heard what he and Beth were talking about, at least parts of it.

"Matt..."

"Get out."

"Listen-"

"Get out."

"I'm sorry."

"I don't need your fucken apologies what I need is for you to get out."

Jeff looked back at Beth but she had her head down. He left angrily as Beth lifted her head to talk to Matt.

"M-"

"That includes you."

"But-"

"Get the f-"

"I got it." Beth sighed getting up to leave.

Matt slammed the door as soon as her foot hit the other side. She jumped before sighing and walking down the steps to Jeff who was waiting in the car.

Matt walked into the living room as he threw himself on the couch. Listening to them talk, especially how Jeff talked about how he didn't deserve a second chance, angered him.

Stupid Jeff... He muttered to himself. I'll get Amy back, I'll show him...

So sorry it's taken me so long to update. Read and Review, thanks.