Bridget and Eric arrived in Bethesda the day before their wedding. Ella and Jon had driven separately, and had arrived a few hours after Eric and Bridget. They had met at Lena and Paul's house, where the wedding would take place. Ella got out of Jon's car and ran up to Holly's room. When she opened the door, she regretted not knocking. "Oh! I'm sorry!" She went to shut the door, but Holly stopped kissing Sean to let her in.
"Ella!" The two girls hugged. Ella waved to Sean. "Hey Sean." Ella threw her arms around Holly, once again. Holly squealed. "I can't believe you are actually here!" "I can't believe my mom and Eric are actually getting married!" stated Ella. "This has been one strange summer! Hasn't it?" Holly asked, not realizing that they were still holding on to each other. "I'm sorry!" She backed away, but still had a hold of Ella's arm.
Jon walked up the stairs and into Holly's room. "Hey guys." He placed his and Ella's bags on the floor. Ella grabbed his arm and pulled him over. "Holly, Jon. Jon, Holly! Oh and this is Sean." Sean stood up and shook hands with Jon. "Hi, it's nice to meet you."
Carmen, Lena, Tibby, and a very pregnant Bridget, all were upstairs in Alexia's old room, getting themselves ready for the wedding. "Bee!" Carmen screamed. "You look beautiful!" Bridget had walked out of the bathroom, wearing her dress. It was a cream colored, strapless, floor length gown, with a lace overlay. Bridget went to stand in front of the mirror. "I still can't believe this." "Bridget, none of us can believe this. But you two were meant for each other…" Lena placed the veil on top of Bridget's flowing hair. "It's almost time, I'm going to go check on the girls." Lena walked out of the room and down the hall to talk to the girls.
"Hey mom." Holly was pinning back her hair, when Lena walked in. "Ella is getting dressed. Anna and Esi are already downstairs." "Ok, honey. Well you and Ella need to be downstairs in ten minutes."
"I have always loved you Bee. I will always love you. That summer over twenty years ago was amazing. And even though we didn't work out then, I know we will work out now. I am so happy that you and I met each other again this summer. I love you." Eric said his vows, the whole time, holding Bridget's hand. It was now her turn. She let go of his hand and brought it up to his face. "I've run away from you too many times! And now You are finally a good thing for me!" Bridget said this jokingly. Tibby, Lena, and Carmen all laughed. Bridget continued. "I know that we are all going to be happy. I promise to love you. And I promise to take care of you, just like you've taken care of me and Ella."
Max had come to Bethesda for the wedding, at the insistence of Esi, of course. The two were now dancing crazily on the dance floor. "Woo Esi!" Holly, Ella, and Anna shouted from their table. Bridget, Lena, Tibby, and Carmen all sat at the head table, talking about old times. "Who would have thought this day would have ever happened?" Bridget asked her three best friends. Eric, who had been talking with his cousin, leaned over into their conversation. "I knew it would end like this!" He kissed Bridget on the cheek and pulled her up onto the dance floor.
After the reception, and before Ella and Jon left to go back to the city, Bridget took her daughter outside onto the front porch and the two sat down. Bridget gently stroked Ella's hair. "I love you Honey." "I love you Bee!" Ella said to her glowing mother. "I'm proud of you mom." Ella looked up into the night sky and continued to speak to Bridget. "Don't ever run from Eric again. This is a good thing that we've got going on, right now. I couldn't stand to loose it." "Honey," Bridget said, bringing her daughter into a hug. "I will never make you go through that again…and besides," Bridget winked at Ella. "Fourth times a charm right?" "Actually it's the third Mom! But I won't go there!" Ella kissed her mother on the cheek. "I'll call you when I get home." Ella ran and got into Jon's car, and the two drove off.
Holly picked up the letter she had gotten from RISD. Sean was sitting in the chair beside her, playing on her computer, still in his tux. "You've got to tell her sometime." Holly shook her head. "No I don't. I can pretend like it never came." Sean took it from her hands. "Holls! You were accepted! We all know that you secretly wanted to go there. And even though you didn't tell me…I know that that is the only college you applied to." Holly bent her head down, in shame. "So maybe it was the only one I applied to."
Max and Esperanza walked down the sidewalk, heading back towards Lena's house. "Tonight was fun." said Max, taking Esperanza's hand into his. "I'm glad you came!" Esperanza smiled. She stopped walking and sat down in someone's yard. She pulled him down with her. "What's wrong?" Max asked her, not knowing why she had suddenly stopped, only a few hundred yards from the house. "Nothing's wrong. I just wanted to talk." Esperanza raised her eyebrows. "Why would anything be wrong? I'm extremely content…not to mention in love." She winked at Max. "You love me?" Max asked. Esperanza was taken back by his question. "Of course I do…" Esperanza stopped talking for a moment. "Don't you love me?"
Max stood up and brushed his pants off. "Esi…if you have to ask that question, then you mustn't trust this relationship." "You didn't answer me." Esperanza accused Max. Max squatted down, to be back at eye level with Esperanza. He placed his hand behind her neck and pulled her in for a long, and very passionate, kiss. "I love you. Does that answer your question!" He said jokingly. Esperanza stood up and jumped onto his back. "Yes it does!" She said, kissing his cheek. "Now carry me back to the party!"
Eric noticed that Anna was sitting alone, by herself on the stairs. He walked over to her and sat down. "Where's that Chris guy?" He asked. Anna rolled her eyes. "He is at his grandparent's house for the weekend. His grandfather had a stroke." "Oh." Eric answered. The two sat in silence for a while. But the silence was too much for Eric. "Zach has been acting really strange, lately, Anna. What happened between you two? He says you haven't talked in a while, and that you broke up with him." Anna let out a laugh. "That's what he says, huh? Is that all he said, because if it was, then you haven't heard the whole story." Anna got up to leave. She turned around. "He cheated on me Eric." She threw her hands up in the air. "That's what happened. I'll see you later Eric." Anna walked backwards for a few seconds, and turned around. Eric was left on the stairs to think. 'Boy is he going to get it…' Eric said to himself, speaking of Zach.
Tis the end of this so-called story….I think! I may put up another chapter! But where am I to go from here? Maybe I'll write something about another book or book series! (But whatever I do…always be watchful, for my name will be in lights one day!) I think I'm going to work on getting my original story onto FictionPress….it's REALLY long! Lol! Actually…I don't know how many chapters it would be on here!