Authors Note: Ok here's the next chapter. Now, I know some people have been asking for longer chapters, and I'm trying. It's gonna take a while so be patient. I want to thank The Time Traveller for looking over this chapter and giving me some tips. Oh one more thing before I leave you alone and let you read the chapter, there are two small hints at who Sam really is in this chapter, but I'm going to stop telling you what the hints are, because if I do they will be very obvious. Good luck and I hope you like the chapter.
Disclaimer: Once again I own nothing, people seem to believe me seeing as there haven't been any angry mobs with pitchforks at my door yelling at me for stealing Doctor Who. Let's keep it that way shall we.
Chapter 4:
Sam Smith sat slumped in his chair, his elbows resting on his knees and his hands hanging between them. He tried to ignore the terrible headache caused by the loud music playing at the wedding reception.
'Ha', he thought sarcastically, 'As if you could have a wedding reception without the bride.'
Jackie had insisted of holding the reception, despite Rose's not being there by saying that at least, if Rose came back, she would know where to look. That and it had already been paid for. Sam would have put up a better argument, had he not been so depressed.
A few girls had come by his table, asking if he wanted to dance, but he knew better. They just wanted to hurt Rose. Jackie really should have known better than to invite EVERYONE Rose had ever mentioned, which happened to include people she didn't like and some of his ex girlfriends (some of which he couldn't believe he had ever been interested in), despite him having told them how happy he was with Rose.
He thought that he and Rose had made it quite clear when talking about the wedding, that they wanted it to be small. Well, they should have remembered that Jackie had a tendency to not listen and miss a few details when she was excited about something.
As if on cue, another girl came over.
"Hey Sam, you don't look so good. Come and dance with me, it might make you feel a little better." She started.
"No thanks, I'm not really in the mood, if you want a dance, though, try one of the groomsmen." He politely declined
The girl smiled and walked away.
Sam sighed. He supposed all the efforts these girls were making would have been sweet had their intention not been made obvious by the flirtation smiles they would send him from across the room.
Sam ran a hand through his short, light brown hair and glanced at the few shot glasses by his end of the table. He had held out the first few hours of waiting, before finally doing what everyone had expected him to do immediately, and getting a drink.
He hadn't known what to ask for and had simply asked for something strong. He trusted the bartender, who was a good friend of his, not to give him something that might kill him. He had only had a few shots and would have had more had it not been for the fact that he didn't want to do anything he might be ashamed of, though he was grateful for his high tolerance of alcohol.
As it was, there was still a faint buzzing in his ears while he absentmindedly drummed his fingers on the table, replaying the scene that he was so depressed over once again in his mind.
Flashback
He had been standing by the altar, tugging at his bow tie nervously. His best man, John, put his hand on his shoulder, just for a moment, in a silent show of support. God knew he needed it. And then the music started playing.
'Oh God, I'm not ready for this!' he had thought, panicking as he looked around for any sort of exit. 'She's not coming, she's figured out I'm not good enough!'
Then the he looked back at the aisle and saw her coming up. She looked beautiful, even more so than usual. He could see her nervous smile even through the veil she wore. Her father walked beside her and Sam saw Mr. Tyler give Rose's hand an affectionate squeeze then smile encouragingly at him. Sam felt his fear disappear. 'She's actually marrying me.'
The guests all smiled, happy at the soon to be married couple's happiness.
Rose and her father were almost three quarters across the aisle when Sam knew something was wrong. Rose had stopped. Mr. Tyler paused as well, turning to look at his daughter, no doubt to ask what was wrong.
Suddenly, Rose's eyes seemed to glow yellow and a faint vapor of the same color seemed to envelop her. People stood from their seats, confused, while Sam looked on in horror. Though he didn't know what was happening, he knew it was nothing good. Rose just stood there, in the aisle, before the vapor seemed to become more prominent while less could be seen of her. Then, as quickly as it the whole incident had begun, it was over. And Rose was gone.
While the rest of the guests had started screaming and demanding answers, Sam had simply sunk to his knees. He had only vaguely noticed when Jackie had come up to him and spoken some soft words to him before giving him a small hug and running off. He couldn't even remember what she had said to him.
End Flashback
Now that he thought about it, though, it had been quite strange that Jackie and Mr. Tyler had not rushed about trying to find Rose. Although he hadn't thought anything of it at the time, when he had been in a state of complete shock, now he remembered what Jackie had done after seeing to him. She had run off to where Mr. Tyler was, then dragged him away while talking very quickly from what he could tell. The two of them had seemed occupied with something other than worrying about Rose and that confused him. They're her parents, he's just her fiancé and he was an emotional wreck.
Sam turned back to look at the shot glasses, then looked around the room to see a few couples dancing softly.
'Damn it' he thought before getting up to get another drink. 'Where are you Rose?'
AN: Ok, there was chapter 4, hope everyone liked it. I just want to say one more thing about guessing at who Sam is, if you tell me your guess I will tell you if it is right or wrong. Keep that in mind, so if you don't want any spoilers, don't tell me your guesses. So that's it for now, the next chapter will be longer, I hope.
