CRASHED THE WEDDING

Ch 1 – Quiet Katie

Tonight is a Friday night. Katie and I were on our usual Friday date in New York City – movie, dinner, and clubbing. We had just seen Saw, a scary movie that would've normally gotten me extra cuddling, but if anything, she kept her distance. All night, I haven't even gotten one kiss. Why does she torture me like this? Doesn't she know I can't handle non-physical contact? I mean, the girl hasn't even given me a hug…or hold my hand…NOTHING! ZIP! Why must she deprive me of my manly needs?

Well anyway, right now we are at In N' Out ordering ourselves some delicious cheeseburgers. One of the things I love about Katie – she wasn't self-conscious about her weight or what she ate unlike other girls. If you told her to watch what she ate, she would look at her food for about 30 seconds to a minute, then say, "Yep. I watched it. Can I eat now?"

I smiled at the thought and continued eating my burger. I watched Katie as she sipped her soda and stared out the window. She wasn't smiling like she would usually do, and she definitely wasn't yapping like she usually does. Something was wrong.

"Hey Katie," I said as I took my burger in my mouth and chewed. "Is there something wrong?"

She turned from the window that overlooked the city. "Huh? Oh no. Nothing at all," she said. But I knew she was lying.

"You're not a very good liar," I said, "Tell me what's up."

"Honestly, nothing wrong," she smiled as if that was to assure me. But I knew her better then that. I ought too – she's been my girlfriend for the last four years. Ever since we were 17, she and I have been an inseparable couple. Now, we're both 21 years old and we're attending New York University.

I let it go. "Okay, fine. Whatever you say." I shrugged. It was easier to let her come to you instead of trying to talk it out of her.

When we were done with our burgers, we went inside my beautiful, shiny, black Sileighty yes, I do take pride in my car. I started the engine and drove off to RAVE, the best club in New York.

On the drive there, Katie, once again, was awfully quiet. Her chin resting on her fist, her arm leaning on the door, she just stared out the window with empty and hollow eyes. At one point, I thought I saw a little tear.

I decided to pop in her favorite song, Crashed The Wedding by Busted. No, they really weren't hard rock and no, they weren't classic either. But as for the moment, this was her favorite song even though I didn't really like it that much and I was willing to do anything to get her to say one word.

But she didn't even sing along or do her little crazy dance that she always does when she hears this song. She didn't even smile or laugh. I didn't get one little emotion from her. She just sat still in the same position, gazing out the window.

I turned off the radio. She didn't move; she didn't protest. Something was definitely wrong.

"Katie, tell me what's up," I said. I knew I should just wait for her to come to me, but it's better this way.

She looked at me and sighed as if in defeat. "Honestly? Okay, I'm just a bit worried about my term paper."

I sighed in relief. It was only a term paper. But was a term paper worth crying for?"I expected Summer to be worried about this type of thing," I said taking a sip of my soda. "Are you sure you're not doing the worrying for her? You two are in the same class."

"Really though. That term paper was worth half of our semester grade. I can't afford to get anything lower then a B and I think I probably will!" She exclaimed.

"First time I've ever seen you worried about a grade. Don't worry Katie. And you know what? If you don't graduate, I'll support you," I smiled in attempt to make her laugh.

But she just stayed quiet all the way until we reached the club.

"Let's go in," she said. She got out of the car and walked ahead of me into the club.

"What up Frankie?" I high-fived School of Rock's former security, bouncer guy.

"Hey you two. Didn't expect to see you so soon. Go on in."

Once we got inside, loud music was blasting from the speakers. It turned out the band, Unnecessary Noise, School of Rock's competition, was playing. Oh how I hated them. They always tried to beat out School of Rock ever since that Battle of the Band's concert five years ago. We beat them bad with one of our songs and they haven't been letting go. Even now, after all those years, they are still challenging us by showing up at the club, where School of Rock also plays sometimes.

I took Katie by the hand and led her through the dancing crowds. We sat by on the bar where I ordered a nice tequila while Katie just had a non-alcoholic Shirley temple. She really wasn't much of a drinker ever since her 21st birthday, where she got a hangover that scared her to death.

She was still quiet and now, she couldn't even look me in the eye. If I would try to talk to her, she would respond, but her beautiful eyes that I love so much wouldn't be looking at me. They'd be looking at the ceiling or somewhere else.

In time though, she started relaxing a bit. I don't know why she was so tensed in the first place, but we started talking and she finally started looking at me again.

"Yeah, that was funny," she laughed and sighed. "Whew…the good old days."

"Katie, what do you mean the good old days?" I asked and spread my arms out as if to show her the club. "These times are supposed to be our good old days. We're in our prime! The height of our life!"

I took another sip of my drink, careful not to drink it all in one gulp like I did before. That's not a good thing to do.

"Yeah, I guess, but those days were still rockin," she smiled but her smile started to fade away like she just remembered something bad. Then she looked at me, "You wanna play 25 questions?"

I smiled at her. 25 questions was our game. It was how we got together. "Ok, you first."

"Hmm…okay," Katie rested her chin against her hand and laughed. Even though she had acted like she thought about this question, Iknew she was waiting to ask it this whole time."I got one. It's a damn good one too."

"Well let's hear it," I said wondering in the sudden change of tone in her voice. It was more happy and cheery then it had been all day.

"Who the fuck is Carrie?"

No matter how much tequila I was sipping, my mouth felt dry. My cheeks turned red. I thought my heart had stopped beating. I couldn't hear the loud music or the band playing or the crowds. All I could hear was a voice in my head saying, 'DAMMIT!!'

A/N: Yes, yes a new fic. Don't worry; I'll still finish 'The Bet' and 'Don't Ever Let Me Go' for those who like those fics. Anyway, PLEASE review! How many reviews I get depends on whether or not I update again. So please review!