Whoops. I totally forgot to say this at the end of the last chapter, but... Surprise! Maria isn't that bad after all. I guess she did change. Sort of. Bet you didn't see that coming. Don't lie, I read your reviews.

It had been a week since John's failed wedding to Maria. He had the week off from work like he originally planned to for the honeymoon. He spent that past week thinking about the whole situation and what he would say to Lita, he knew he had to talk to her. He was still confused about everything. Did he really know about Lita's feelings before hand and just ignored them because it was easier that way? Did he feel anything for her other than her being one of his closest friends? Was he in love with her? He didn't know the answers to any of those questions, it just confused him. Lita, on the other hand, still didn't know anything about what happened at the wedding. She just assumed he was finally married to Maria because no one told her anything and she didn't ask anyone anything either. She really didn't care. Or at least that's what she told herself.

Lita, Trish, and Victoria were at the spa the following Saturday. Trish and Victoria planned it out for the red-head who they thought needed a few hours to just relax. They claimed that she hadn't hung out with them in a while and she was always busy. She should try to have fun and relax for a few hours which she finally agreed to after much reluctance. She left the twins with her brother. Or so she thought. The twins were actually with John, who wanted to see them. But since Lita was still in the dark about what happened at the wedding, she assumed he wasn't in town, she left the kids with Dave at his house who then took them so they could be with their father. Dave stayed with John for a bit, but then left and told him he would come later for the twins because Lita was going to pick them up from his house when she dropped off Victoria. But before he left, he decided to have a conversation with John about his sister.

"I don't care if you don't want to talk about this, but I do." Dave started to say after he helped John feed and change the twins who were now playing in their bouncer seats.

"Okay. What is it?" He asked even though he had a feeling he knew what Dave wanted to talk about. He was hoping to avoid having a conversation about Lita with anyone, especially her brother, but that didn't happen. He had a separate conversation with his mother, Randy, and Trish. All three told him he needed to get his mind right before he talked to the red-head about anything. He had to straighten out his thoughts and feelings before he talked to her, they didn't want him to make a mistake and make the situation worse. Trish actually told him he needed to 'get your shit together or I will beat the crap out of you if you hurt her more than you already have'. He thought that's how the conversation was going to go with Dave as well.

"Why did you say my sister's name instead of Maria's?" Dave asked bluntly.

John took a couple of minutes before he spoke up. "Honestly, I don't know. It's all confusing."

"Okay. Well maybe it won't be too confusing to answer this question. Why wasn't she at your wedding?"

"We kind of got into a fight."

Dave shook his head. "Why am I not surprised?" He muttered under his breath saying the next part out loud, "What happened?"

"Ask your sister."

Dave raised a brow. "You said something stupid to her, didn't you? What did you say?"

"I'm not the one who said something stupid. She is. She... she told me she's in love with me."

Dave was not surprised at all. "I knew it."

John looked up at him in surprise. "So it is true. Everyone knew except me?"

"You knew too, you were just ignoring it."

"No I-"

"Yes you were," Dave interrupted him. "She's good with hiding stuff like that, but not when it concerns you. You must be real stupid if you really didn't know." Dave paused before he continued again. "I probably shouldn't tell you this, but she had a huge crush on you sometime in high school. I don't know when it stopped and when it restarted again. But slowly, it turned into love. Oh God," Dave frowned, "I sound like a woman."

"I didn't know about high school."

"So that means you did know about it now?"

John was starting to get real annoyed with this conversation. "I don't know okay. This is too much and just confusing."

"So what did you say after she told you that?"

"I just asked her why she didn't tell me before. She said it wouldn't have mattered."

"Would it?"

"I don't know."

"Then what happened?"

"I said somethin' I didn't mean," John admitted after debating with himself if he should tell Dave.

"Which was?"

"I rather not say. I actually regret it. Let's not go down that road again."

Dave sighed. Maybe he didn't want to know what John said to his sister because he might just pummel him and he knew he shouldn't do that. "Get your crap together. Just know this, if you ever hurt her in any way, I will hurt you every single day and make you wish you were never born and then I'll finally kill you when I'm done with you which might take years," Dave threatened. "Got it?"

"So I see being violent runs in the family?" Dave looked like he was about to say something. "I got it. Don't worry. I don't want to hurt her anymore than I already did."

"Good. Make sure you don't do anything stupid or else," Dave said as he got up from the couch, "I'll be back in a couple of hours. Vicki is supposed to call me when they're on their way. Bye." With that said, he left. John just nodded. He knew he had to talk to Lita and soon. He didn't know what he would say, maybe he would know when he saw her.

"Well, that was fun." Lita said after the trio started to leave a restaurant they decided to go to after the spa. "Thanks you two. I really needed that."

"Yes you did. Which is why we did this." Victoria smiled at her friend as they headed towards the parking lot and to Trish's car. After Lita picked up Victoria and dropped the twins off, they duo headed to Trish's place and went in her car so they could go together. The whole day they just conversed about different things catching up with one another. The blonde and the raven-haired woman conveniently left out any and all conversation about John. They knew to avoid all conversation about John because he respectfully asked neither of them to say anything to Lita. They didn't want to slip and tell her anything either. Trish filled Victoria in on the fight between John and Lita. She wasn't surprised about Lita's revelation but was definitely surprised by John's reaction. She didn't tell Dave anything because she didn't want him to go to jail, she really thought he would have murdered John. Trish and Victoria were both happy they were able to avoid the topic of John altogether. They would have talked to Lita about it if she brought it up, but neither of them were going to bring him up themselves.

Crap, Trish thought as she saw two familiar figures not too far away from them. It looked like they were about to enter the place the trio just left. Only if they left a couple of minutes earlier or if the duo arrived a couple of minutes later. She knew there was no avoiding the duo if one of them saw the trio. She tried to think of something quick so neither of the women would see the other, but it was too late as she heard a familiarly annoying voice.

"Oh look what we have here Maria," Candice started to say when she spotted Lita and her friends, "the whore that ruined your wedding."

"What are you talking about?" Lita asked confused and irritated. She always got irritated just by hearing the name Candice. "How did I ruin a wedding I didn't even go to?" She then registered what she said. "Wait, the wedding was ruined? What happened?" She asked no one in particular but probably more so to Trish and Victoria. "Wait, you know what, I don't even care." She then looked at Maria, who was avoiding any eye contact with her, confused as to why she was there. "Why are you? Shouldn't you and John be on your honeymoon or something?"

"Oh I see," Candice said before Maria could say anything. "John didn't tell you anything did he?"

"What is she talking about?" Lita asked her two quiet friends. They didn't know what to do or say, she wasn't supposed to find out like this.

"If they didn't already tell you, I will."

Candice was interrupted by Maria before she could continue any further. "Candice, stop it."

"Why? It's not like you even like her."

"You're right, I don't like her but that doesn't mean you can just blab and tell her. This isn't something we need to tell her." She then looked at the trio in font of them, trying to avoid looking a certain someone. "We're just going to go now." She tried tried to drag Candice with her but she wouldn't budge.

"But then that's no fun," Candice pouted.

"Candice, please," Maria tried pleading with her friend.

"This bitch ruined your wedding. Are you telling me you're not mad?"

"This isn't the time or place. Let's just go."

Candice ignored her friend and returned her attention to Lita. "I was right. You did have kids with John just to trap him. Looks like it's working."

That just made Lita more angry than she already was. "Excuse me tramp. You don't know me. You don't know anything about me so if I were you, I would shut the hell up before you get your ass beat." Lita just wanted to slap that woman again like she did a few months back. Maybe this time, she could do more since she wasn't pregnant and didn't have to be careful. Even though she probably shouldn't do something stupid.

"Oh sweety. You won't do that. Unfortunately for you, you're not pregnant anymore. I still owe you for that slap," she said getting in Lita's face who wasn't going to back down.

"No bitch! Unfortunately for you, I'm not pregnant so I can and will kick your ass." If looks could kill, Candice would be dead.

"Li, let's just go. You two are creating a scene," Trish said grabbing Lita's arm trying to back her friend away from Candice while Maria was doing the same thing with the other woman.

"No!" Lita exclaimed yanking her arm away from Trish's hold. "We're not leaving until this slutty bitch tells me what she's talking about, which you two decided to keep for yourself."

"Candice, please let's just go," Maria said trying to get her friend to leave.

Candice sighed. "Fine Maria. I won't tell the cow how she ruined the wedding. It's more fun if she asks her so-called friends." She smirked at the red-head and left with Maria following behind.

"Why did you do that?" Maria asked when they were out of hearing range.

"For you. She deserves to know what a horrible person she is."

"Look Candice. You have been my best-friend since forever. I love you. But you need to stop acting like that with people. Actually, she's the only one that I have seen you act like that with. You are really horrible to her. I don't like her either and I never will, yet I'm the one who's trying to be civil when you're creating problems."

"Maria, I have seen the way you have been crying and miserable for the past week because of her. I have seen the way you have been every time you and John used to break up. And each time you two broke up was because of her. I'm not going to apologize for trying to stick up for you."

"But you don't have to do that when I ask you not too." Maria paused before she continued. "John isn't a part of my life anymore so that eliminates her as well. Let's just forget about it. They don't matter." Candice reluctantly nodded in agreement. She knew Maria was still in love with John but she was going to try and help her forget all about him.

"What the hell was she talking about?" Lita asked turning around to her two friends after the duo disappeared from their vision.

Trish and Victoria glanced at one another, neither knowing what to do or say. "This isn't something we should tell you. This is something John needs to tell you," Trish said after a moment.

"I don't care!" Lita cried out. "Just tell me!"

"Let's get in the car first. People are staring," Victoria urged.

"I don't care, but fine." They trio sat in the car with Lita speaking up again once the final door was closed. "Okay, now tell me."

"Li, he asked us not to tell you. This is something he needs to tell you himself," Trish repeated while she drove away. She hoped John had already told Lita the truth so she wouldn't be put in this position. She wanted to tell Lita but she didn't think it was her place to tell her anything.

"I don't care what he asked you. I'm telling you to tell me so just do it!" She was getting really annoyed. The other two women were quiet and didn't say anything. "Are you kidding me?! You two are closer to me than you are with him but you'll keep his secret and won't tell me?!"

"They didn't get married," Victoria finally said after a couple of minutes.

"No shit! I'm not stupid! I comprehended that much! Why didn't they get married?! How the hell did I ruin the wedding?!"

Victoria and Trish glanced at one another deciding they should tell her because she wasn't going to leave it. She would just get more pissed off than she already was. "He said your name at the altar and not Maria's."

Lita was speechless. She got her answer but that wasn't what she was expecting. "No he didn't," she finally said after a couple of minutes of silence.

"Vicki's right. He said your name."

"Why?" She was confused. Why would he say her name and not the woman he was supposed to marry?

"He's the only one who knows that answer," Victoria truthfully answered.

Lita nodded. "I need to talk to him. I need to talk to him now. Trish, can you drop Vicki off at her place after I get my car from your place? And Vicki can you and Dave just look after the twins for another hour?"

"We can do that but are you sure you want to talk to him now."

Lita nodded. She knew she needed to talk to him, but now she really wanted to talk to him and find out why he said her name. "Positive."

John and Randy were both home watching some random horror flick after Dave picked the twins up when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.

"You got scared," Randy laughed looking at John who rolled his eyes.

"No I didn't. I ain't a pansy like you."

"You flinched when you heard the knock on the door."

"Out of surprise, not out of fright."

Randy rolled his eyes. "Whatever."

"Answer the door."

"Why can't you?"

"You're closer."

"Not by long."

"Just answer the damn door." As if on cue, another knock was heard.

Randy just rolled his eyes as he got up and went to open the door. He was surprised when he saw who was there. "Hey." He then called out to John, "It's a visitor for you. I'm going to head out for a bit." Randy left as Lita entered the room and closed the door behind her.

John looked up after he heard the door shut. He was also surprised to see Lita there, more surprised than Randy was. Her face was showing a range of emotions which confused him as to why she was here. It was quiet for a while before he broke the silence. "Hi."

"Why did you say my name?"

Thanks for reading. Thanks for the reviews.

What's going to happen? You think they're going to have a civil conversation or another fight?

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