Chapter Six: Wedding Bells

Lil looked over herself one more time in the mirror while Alicia was getting her hair done by Angelica. It was the day of the wedding and they were at the church. They could tell Alicia was nervous but Lil wasn't really paying attention to her. She was more concerned over the fact that it looked like she had gained some weight and she wasn't happy about it.

She turned to Kimi who was sitting in the chair next to her "Kim, does it look like I've gained weight?"

Kimi looked over at Lil and raised an eyebrow "Are you crazy? You're tiny."

Lil shrugged and sat down next to her "I just thought it looked like I did."

Angelica backed away from Alicia and smiled "Perfect! This is the best I've ever done."

Lil looked over at Alicia. She hated to admit it because she didn't like her, but she did look beautiful. Alicia turned to them, tears in her eyes "This is supposed to be the happiest day of my life, right?"

Lil and Kimi nodded as Angelica walked out of the room "Are you not happy?" Kimi asked, raising her eyebrows.

Alicia shrugged and turned towards the mirror. "I don't know if I can go through with this"

Lil and Kimi exchanged looks before getting up and going to sit by her "Why not? I thought you were happy with Tommy."

"I am, I'm so happy with him. I just don't know if I want to marry him.." she said as tears started to fall.

Lil put a hand on her shoulder "Why though?"

Alicia hesitated before looking down at her hands, not bothering to wipe away the tears. "I always had this feeling that Tommy wasn't as happy as I was, that he was cheating on me. It was half the reason I came to Modesto after the funeral" Lil took a deep breath, thinking Alicia knew that her and Tommy slept together "After meeting you two, I figured that he wouldn't cheat with one of you. Phil would obviously kill him if he touched either one of you"

Lil let out a sigh of relief "Then why are you doubting this? Tommy's a great guy, he's loyal." Kimi said.

"I know that." Alicia said turning to look at Kimi "He's the perfect guy. There's just... There's things he doesn't know, and I feel terrible."

"Like what?" Lil asked more concerned.

Alicia took a deep breath and started messing with her hands "A while ago, months ago, actually, I found out I was pregnant." Kimi raised an eyebrow, Alicia was pretty skinny and she didn't look pregnant "I never told him and decided to have an abortion."

Lil put a hand over her mouth. She wasn't expecting that "Why would you...?"

"It wasn't... It wasn't his. We hadn't done it for a while. He never wanted to. I cheated on him, yet I'm so scared he's going to cheat on me. He's a great person, and I took advantage of that."

"What are you planning on doing?" Kimi asked. She was never one to hold back. She didn't like Alicia to start with and now she didn't like her more. Alicia could probably realize it now as Kimi was glaring at her, but trying to be a good 'friend' at the same time.

Alicia looked down at her hand which had the ring on it. She took it off and messed with it before handing it to Lil "I can't marry him."

Lil took it, tears in her own eyes. She felt bad for Tommy "Are you planning on telling him?"

Alicia shook her head and stood up "I can't. I won't be able to handle that." she walked towards the door and opened it before leaving, trying not to be seen by anyone.

Lil stared down at the ring she was holding. She was supposed to be the one to tell him? She looked over at Kimi "I guess I need to go tell Tommy.."

Kimi shook her head, anger in her eyes "I knew we couldn't trust her. Tommy's going to be so devastated."

Lil nodded and stood up walking towards the door, Kimi right behind her "At least you aren't the one have to tell Tommy."

"No, but I'm the one having to go tell the crowd of people out there waiting."

Lil watched as Kimi walked to the room where everyone was waiting for the wedding. Lil turned to the room Tommy was in with Phil, Dil and Chuckie. She knocked on the door and Phil opened it a crack to see who it was "Oh, it's just you." he pulled it open all the way and let her in "Lil, are you okay?"

Lil shook her head "I need to talk to Tommy. Alone."

Phil stared at her for a minute longer before nodding and ushered Dil and Chuckie out of the room. Tommy looked over at her from his chair and raised an eyebrow "What's going on, Lil?"

Lil stepped closer to him and held her hand out that hand the ring it "I was thinking you'd want this back"

He took it from her and looked at it before looking back at her "Why do you have this?"

She sat down next to him and looked down at her hands, she wasn't able to make eye contact with him "Alicia... She uhm.. She ran out. She said she wasn't able to marry you."

She saw Tommy twisting the ring in his fingers for a few minutes before talking "Did she say why?" his voice was barley above a whisper and it broke her heart.

Lil slowly nodded "She said that she took advantage of the fact that you're a great person.. That she cheated on you months ago and was..." Lil stopped, she wasn't sure if she should tell him this next part. She thought it over before deciding that he deserves to know "she was pregnant with someone else's baby, and she had an abortion." she still wasn't able to look at him. She could tell that he had tears in his eyes or that he was crying, she knew that if she were to look in his eyes she would see nothing but heartbreak. "She just decided last minute that she didn't want to marry you."

Tommy didn't know what to say. Just months ago he was feeling guilty about cheating on her but he pushed the feeling of guilt away from him because he loved her. He always thought Alicia was faithful to him, he didn't pin her as a cheater. He felt an arm wrap around his shoulder and that's when him and Lil made eye contact for the first time since she came in. "I'm so sorry, Tommy."

Tommy shrugged like it wasn't a big deal but he didn't stop the tears from falling. Lil was so used to seeing him be the strong one out of everyone, but even he had his breaking point and this happened to be it. Lil pulled him to her and let him cry on her shoulder, trying to tell him that everything was going to be fine.

A/N: For those of you waiting for the sequel to Changes, it'll be up soon, I promise! And somewhere in the sequel is where you find out Kimi's secret that she was keeping from Phil in Changes :)