"So… how does it feel?"
"How does what feel?" Junior asked as she straightened his bow tie in the mirror.
"Get married!" Matt exclaimed. "God, it must feel amazing. And I never pictured that you would ever marry anyone else except--"
"Kris?" Junior asked, as he turned and faced his best friend.
"I wasn't going to say that." Matt replied sternly. But he did know it. He also knew how hard to was to realize that girl that you are in love with, is in love with your best friend.
"Right." Junior replied and quickly turned back to the mirror.
"Junior, what's the real reason why Kris isn't here?" Matt asked.
"I don't want to talk about it." He replied harshly.
"Well, I do. It's gotta be a good reason to make her not want to come to your wedding. Did you guys get into a fight?" He asked.
"No." Junior replied flatly.
"Then what? I mean, come on Junior, it couldn't have been that bad. You and Kris have been through so much together, and--"
"We kissed." Junior spit out.
"What?" Matt asked, complete and utterly shocked.
"We kissed, okay? I… I kissed her."
"When?" Matt asked, still shocked, but now a little angry.
"A couple of days ago."
"Days!?" He stressed, and Junior nodded, half shamefully.
"But...Wh…. Why?"
"Because….Because…" He started.
"Junior." Matt eyed him carefully and warned him in a low, steady voice.
"I'm in love with her." He shrugged. "I can't help it. I love her." He felt tears form in his eyes, but no way in hell was he going to start crying in front of Matt.
"Junior, no…" Matt denied. That was the last thing he expected him to admit on his wedding day.
"And now that I've said it, I'm okay with saying it again. I love her." He repeated a little more confidently. Matt's face grew redder and redder.
"What about Laura?" He asked harshly.
"Honestly, at this point, I don't care."
"Junior…"
"What? I'm being fair to her by doing this. I can't make her happy, Matt. I can't. She's no Kris." Matt sighed heavily as he sat down in the nearest chair.
"Are you mad?" Junior asked, although it felt like a stupid question. Matt looked up at him for a second, then relaxed.
"I can't control who Kris loves. I'm sure as hell not too happy that it's not me. But I see you two together, Junior. It's not the same with Laura, as much as a great girl she is." His words were heavy and slow as he spoke. "She chose you… and now you're choosing her back. Somehow I should've known that this would be the outcome of everything, but I guess I didn't want it do be true."
"Matt--"
"No, it's okay. I'll get over Kris. But I would never forgive myself if I were to tell you that she wasn't the one for you. Because she is." He shrugged as he finished his little speak. Junior's eyes lit up as his best friend stood up and told him the words that he had been waiting to here for so long: "Go get her." Junior took a deep breath as he walked out of the room and down the hall to where Laura was. He was expecting tears. He was expecting her to scream. He was expecting to get slapped across the face.
"Oh, Junior, good. Please tell me you know where Kris is." Laura said quickly as she opened the door when Junior had knocked.
"No, I don't." He replied flatly.
"What's wrong?" She asked as she looked deeply into her eyes.
"Laura, I--"
"Oh no. You're having cold feet, aren't you? Oh, Junior, it's okay--"
"No, it's not." He said kind of harshly. Then he softened his voice. "It's not okay."
"Junior…?" She asked, confused.
"I can't do this." He shook his head. "I can't."
"You can't do what? Junior, please talk to me, you're scaring me…"
"I can't…" He avoided eye contact. "I can't marry you."
"You…You… what?"
"I can't marry you." He repeated, this time looking into her already teary eyes. "It's not fair to you if I do." She looked at the ground for a long while, before she looked back up with a tear streaking down her cheek.
"It's her, isn't it?" She asked, weakly. Junior nodded slowly, knowing exactly who she was talking about.
"I'm… I'm so sorry." He told her. "I just--" He was cut off by her cold hand which hit him hard across his face. Like he had thought, he was expecting that. She pulled her hand back with a stern and icy look on her face. After giving him one last look, she slammed the door in his face. His head lowered as he turned and walked out of the door of the church, ignoring all of the people who were staring and gasping at him. This was the right thing to do. He knew it was. But that didn't mean that he didn't feel like a total ass while doing it.
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Kris was sitting in an open field. Flame was behind her grazing and the sky was blue above them both.
"Junior and Laura are probably reciting their vows right now." She told him, her eyes were glassy and weak from some of the crying that she had done. "God, I'm such an idiot." She thought.
"That makes two of us." She heard a family voice come from behind her. It was him. God, was it really him? She immediately stood up and saw a tux-wearing Junior standing before her with a faint smile on his face.
"Wh--What are you doing here?" She asked, shocked and bewildered.
"I didn't do it, Kris. I didn't marry Laura." He told quickly. Kris' eyes widened. She had only dreamed that he would say that to her. And now that he actually did, it didn't feel real at all.
"You what?" She asked….
A/N: I'm stopping it here for a little bit of a cliffhanger! Don't worry, I'll have a new chapter up soon. How will Kris react? Dun dun dunnnnnnnn…. ha. please review! Rylie
