The next year was going to be a living hell for Katie. Not only did she have to plan a wedding, but she also had to plan a wedding with the ex-love of her life, James.

The incident at Starbucks was just the start of the 12-month-long hell. The "wedding planning appointment" was wonderful- but not because of the wedding itself. James- being the charmer that he was- flirted with her like crazy. It was typical James, of course. She could resist his charm, as usual. (At least on the outside. Inside, her heart was beating like mad.)

The appointment at Starbucks was bearable. The appointments that followed, however, were torture. She'd find herself slowly leaning closer toward him, "accidentally" letting their hands touch as they pointed out different options for the wedding together. She also found herself unintentionally staring at his lips on occasion, hoping James had not caught her looking before she had realized what she was doing.

She HAD to focus on the wedding. Tyler. Her future… Not her past.

Katie hastily scribbled down another name of a potential guest for the wedding, chewing down on her pen as she stressed.

Yes…she knew James, Logan and Carlos had volunteered to help with the bridesmaid duties. But to be honest, Katie had expected to see more of Logan and Carlos. So far, most of the planning had been with James. Actually, all of the planning had been with James in the past month.

Katie had definitely expected to see more of the maid of honor. But every time Katie called Jo to discuss the wedding, Jo would come up with an excuse.

"Hey, Jo. When do you have time to discuss the wedding this week?"

Katie could hear the faint, shaky breath Jo took before replying, "I can't this week. Busy, busy, busy! I'll get James to fill in. Gotta go, love ya!"

And then Jo promptly hung up on Katie. Again.

Katie nearly flung her iPhone against the wall. She still had a lot to do, even though it was the first-almost second- month of planning. She did not want a big wedding, but her fiancé had too many friends and family members.

After arguing for what seemed an eternity, Tyler and Katie finally reached an agreement; the bridal party would be a small, intimate group of friends. The guest list itself, however, was going to be endless.

Since it was going to be a big wedding after all, she needed the support and comfort from her bridesmaid. Instead, she was getting it from a man she used to love.

Katie bit down on her pen harder as she thought of James. Even the mere thought of him made the butterflies in her stomach flutter wildly. And yet, her heart melted, painfully…slowly… She couldn't stand it. She couldn't work with James anymore. She didn't want to fall in love with him again. But how could she tell him that? How could she possibly tell him that he had to leave her alone, without hurting his feelings? How could she tell him without explaining that the reason she had to get away from him…was because she couldn't stop thinking about him?

"James, you better be flirting your butt off. I am doing this for you. Do you know how hard it is to turn down an appointment to go to a tasting with a caterer? I can tell you right now, there is no way in hell I'm turning down the cake tasting."

James bit his lip in effort to suppress a chuckle. "Look, I appreciate everything you're doing for me right now. But I'm not sure this is going to work."

"You better be kidding."

"I'm not. Look, Katie seems really happy planning all of her wedding stuff. That…and she has been ignoring every attempt I've made at flirting with her. As much as I love her, I don't want to ruin her wedding. I-"

"Having second thoughts, are we? Tsk, tsk." Jo laughed. "You have to give her time. It's only been a month. You still have at least eleven months to convince her to marry you instead."

"But what about all the effort she's putting into this wedding? And all the money everyone is going to be spending? The wedding, the dresses, the food, the gifts…What's going to happen to all that? What about Tyler? What about-"

"Why are you freaking out so much?" Jo teased. "There is a reason I'm helping you. I have a very, VERY strong feeling that Katie doesn't want to get married. At least not to Tyler. You have to trust me."

James looked at the notepad on his lap. On it was a bunch of scribbles and notes, doodles and ideas. On it was the beginning of a wedding; list of possible themes, flower decorations, bridesmaids, groomsmen, dates…

"I don't know. I don't want to hurt her, Jo."

There was a pause. James had even thought that Jo had left him talking to himself. After a moment, however, Jo slowly whispered, "I don't want to either."

Jo was no longer teasing or lighthearted, but was now solemn. "I don't want her to marry the wrong man. I know she doesn't love him."

"And what makes you think she loves me?" James retorted.

"Don't be stupid. I know she loves you."

Logan winced as Camille nearly cut the circulation to his hand. Her grip suddenly became tight and like iron; Logan merely wished she would loosen her grip enough so his hand wouldn't become numb.

"No way. No way! Nooooo waaaaay!" Camille gushed, holding Logan's hand even tighter.

"Holy-!" Logan's eyes bulged as his hand started to match the color of the movie theater's bright red carpet.

Logan would have rather been inside the movie theater, making out with his girlfriend, instead of out in the hallway. His plans were ruined, however, by a mysterious phone call. (Hence why he was now outside of the theater, in pain.)

"Camille, baby, can you-"

SLAP!

"Mother of-!"

"Shut up, Logan. Can't you see I'm on the phone? You're so rude!" Camille scolded before returning to her conversation on the phone.

"You didn't have to slap me..." Logan whimpered.

"No way. Nuh uh. When? Tomorrow? Already?" Camille gasped, grabbing Logan's hand again.

"What? No, Camille-"

"Hey, can you hold on a second?" Camille murmured to the mysterious speaker,, only to grab the neck of Logan's shirt forcefully and pin him against the wall. "You are going to let me hold your hand while I talk to my friend. This is important. Got it?"

Logan nodded speechlessly, smiling nervously at his girlfriend while he did so.

"Good." Camille attacked his lips promptly after his reply, making sure to leave him weak with her breathtaking kiss. As soon as she was done, she released the neck of his shirt.

Logan, still weak from the kiss, fell to the floor with a thump.

"Sorry about that, Lucy." Camille smiled as she talked to the phone again. "I can't believe you're coming here for the wedding, especially this soon! Why?"

After listening to her friend's response, Camille gasped. "Katie called you to help her? I thought Jo was-"

Camille's eyes widened. Lucy, Kendall, and Jo…

"Lucy, are you sure it's a good idea for you to come up here? You know why you left in the first place. Are you sure you can handle being around him again?"

"I'll be fine." Lucy murmured. "Kendall won't break my heart again."

Camille bit her lip. "If you're sure… But Jo…"

"Jo will have to deal with me. I'm one of the bridesmaids too. I have as much right to be at Katie's wedding as she does."

Camille sighed. "Okay. Well, I should go. Logan kinda fainted right now. I'll see you tomorrow. AAAAAHHHHH! I can't wait! BYE! "

The brunette tucked her phone away in her purse and frowned. As much as she was excited to see Lucy, she knew the wedding was in trouble if Jo, Kendall and Lucy were all in the bridal party.

"Uhm…Logan… Baby…?"Camille slowly kneeled down beside her fainted boyfriend, lightly slapping his cheeks to wake him up.

As Logan lay motionless (yet breathing) on the floor, Camille sighed once more. Kendall and Jo were up for a surprise.

Sorry it's been so long. And I'm sorry if this chapter sucked. I'm trying to get back into writing again, so hopefully this was good enough! I hope I didn't disappoint too much.

-Loreli

P.S Thank you for the kind reviews! I love them all and you all helped me get my butt back to work/writing.