My Best Friend's Wedding

An- Thanx for all of the reviews! I'm glad that most of you like the story. I love writing it. For everyone wondering, Seth will play a BIG part in this story, and it starts in this chapter. Don't immediately start to hate him! OMG! Haunted halls was soo fun! However, I have no voice. lol We made 2,125 dollars last night, and we did 30 tours. Needless to say that my throat is killing me!lol Trivia starts next chapter. Only because I want to know whether you easy or hard questions first. Let me know in your review! Read and Enjoy!

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Chapter Two

It's two hours until we go out to party and I can't find one flippin' thing to wear! I mean I could go with a flowy dress, but that might be too much. I'll go with my black curvy rhinestone dress(pic in profile). I know, I know it even sounds hott! That's what I'm going for. I'm taking Tay's advice and going man hunting...not that I'm saying men are animals...

"Gabi, are you ready yet?" My friend Sharpay yelled. I met her in high school too. She was the queen of sparkles. Now, she's just the queen of pink. She's the go-to-girl for fashion advice...and she's taught me well.

"Yeah, I just have to finish straightening my hair and put on these hoop earrings."

"Don't full straighten it. Leave it wavy." I luaghed at the hand motions she made. "Are you trying to impress a certain someone?" What is she hinting at?

"I'm trying to get myself a man." I laughed.

"Hun, with a body like yours, you don't have to try very hard." I think thats a compliment..."Now, what's the real reason?" Why can't she just believe me?

"Shar, that is the real reason. All of my friends are paired off. When we go out tonight, everyone will have someone to dance with except me. Tay and Chad, you and Zeke, Kelsi and Jason, Ryan and Martha, and Troy and Cassandra...you all have someone. This may be a party for Troy, but I'm not being the one who's all alone sitting at a table by myself."

"Sheesh, someone's bitter." Taylor mumbled as she came into my room.

"I'm not bitter. It's just that everyone's making a life for themselves and I'm not doing anything. The highlight of my day is finishing a case at work...and that's not how it's supposed to be." Yeah...I've been thinking a lot since earlier.

"Hey, what's gotten into you? You were never like this when we went out with everyone before." Taylor said, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Well, before everyone wasn't settling down. You're getting married to Chad in like a year. Kelsi is dating Jason. Shar and Zeke are engaged, and Ryan is living the high life with Martha. That leaves me as the lonely work-aholic." It's true you know...I am kinda lonely.

"I think it's because of Troy." Shar piped in. What could Troy have to do with this? "I think you're upset that you won't be the number one woman in his life anymore...besides his mom." The blonde placed both hands on her hips as Taylor crossed her arms. Both of them gave me a stern stare.

"What?! You think I'm upset about him marrying Cassandra?" I couldn't believe them. "You think I'm jealous of her or something?"

"Not jealous, scared. I think you're scared that you and Troy will grow apart and you'll be some blur left in his life." Who knew Shar could say something smart! Too bad it's completely off.

"Cassandra is a great girl. I'm happy Troy is with her." I protested. We're having our weekly 'there's more going on between you two' argument.

"Yes, but I get where Shar's coming from. You feel like you need to settle down so that you'll have someone to go to when he's with his wife." Making more sense..."We'll all be here Gabi. I'm sure Troy will be there for you too. You've been friends with him for years!"

"Stop! Look, I'm not jealous of Troy and I'm not afraid of being number two on the list of top women in his life...besides his mom. I'm happy for him, so can we please just drop it and get to the party?" I interuppted. If you didn't know, I'm annoyed. Everything they said to me is just a bunch of lies. Yes, I'm realising that things are going to change. I don't know if I'm ready for them too..."Can we just go to the party now?" They both nodded and we headed out the door.

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The night was going smoothly. Everyone went to dinner with Troy and Cassandra's parents. We celebrated their engagement yada, yada, yada. Not that I'm not interested, but I'd rather be having an awesome time flirting with some cutie at a club...which is where we are now. "Okay, everyone order whatever you want! I'm paying!" Cassandra yelled over the loud music. We all cheered and I got up and headed to the bartender.

"One apple martini please." I said politely. The woman nodded and began to mix the drink. I took a sudden interest in the bar nuts on the table.

"What's a sexy woman like yourself doing all alone over here?" A masculine voice asked from my left side. His voice was soothing and it made me smile. Kinda like...

"Seth?!" I asked as I turned to meet his eyes.

"Brie? Wow, small world huh?" Seth Matthews, the ex-boyfriend I told you about. His hazel eyes looked me up and down. Slowly, he leaned in with open arms. I accepted his hug timidly. It'd been a while since we'd been this close. "You look...breath taking."

"Thanks. You don't look so bad yourself." I complimented blushing. Yeah, he still makes me blush.

"So uh, what are you doing here?" I pointed to the table where everyone was seated and he gave me a nodd.

"Troy's getting married."

"Congrats to him. Is it Cassandra?" I nodded. "How does that make you feel?" His question caught me off guard. One thing about Seth was that he was so very close to being just like Troy. He could read me like an open book.

"I'm fine with it I guess."

"You guess?" I turned to face him, and his eyebrows were raised. "Brie, you know you can tell me how all this is making you feel. We may have broken up but we're still tight." Gosh he was soo sweet.

"I like Cassandra. She's good for him. There's just something in me that feels a little wierd." Seth nodded in understanding.

"Don't worry, you'll be walking down the isle soon." He gave me a sly grin. Man! He really confuses me.

I turned and saw Troy giving his fiance a sweet peck on the cheek. I cringed...and I have no clue why. I got my apple martini and chugged it down. Seth ordered me another and instructed for me to drink it slowly. I laughed and dragged him over to the table with me. "Look who found me!" I shouted over them. Everyone turned to look and some smiled brighter. Almost all but Troy.

"Seth. How are you?" My best friend asked with semi-gritted teeth. I know Troy's trying really hard not to be upset with him. When we broke up, I couldn't sleep and most of the times would end up on Troy's couch.

"Good. I was actually about to ask Brie here for a dance." He eyed me and I nodded. Troy's jaw clenched a bit but I brushed it off. He's probably just being protective.

"What are you doing?" I asked once we were far away.

"Making Troy want you more." Is he crazy? The guy is engagaed for peep's sake! I bet Sharpay put him up to this...

"He's getting married Seth. He doesn't want me." He just scoffed. Are you kidding me? "I don't want him either."

"Brie, he wants you and you want him. Stop fighting it and turn around. We need to make it look hot." I obeyed him even though I was still confused about the plan. "He's watching." Seth whispered. I shifted slightly and sure enough, Troy's eyes were on us. A part of me smiled know that he was staring. Did he really want me?

"He's just being protective of me." I fought.

"Protective with jealous eyes." What is with Seth? "There are a million and one things going through his head. and one of them is him being in my place.."

"What?!" That caught my attention.

"He wishes it were him dancing with you. You can see it." Was he on drugs? I glanced at Troy and saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"How?" This is crazy.

"Kiss me." He whispered. I laugh a little, but stop when I realize he's serious.

"Why?"

"It'll clear up some things. If he comes over here, than he's being protective. If he stays there, and looks away...than he wants you. He just doesn't want to make it known." I looked up at Seth and he was still completely serious. Kiss him or not?! Quick Gabi make a descion!

"I hope your right." I took a deep breath and leaned in to meet his lips. Memories flodded my head. We'd both stopped moving. Seth placed his hand on the small of my back and guided me closer to him. As my lips pressed against his his, a tiny shock went through me. Nothing big, but enough to make me pull away about...5 seconds later.

"That was a little too familiar...but look at lover boy." I turned and saw Troy gawking at me with his jaw clenched. He quickly adverted his gaze. "Guess he's interested after all." Or maybe he realized it was just a silly kiss.

"This doesn't make sense." I groaned. Seth laughed. He wrote down something on a napkin and handed it my way.

"It will soon, and if you need me. That's the number. All you have to do now is keep him under your control." That guy drives me nuts!...but I'm glad I met him. "Bye Brie." He kissed me on the cheek and left. I smiled before I strutted back over to the table and sat down. Maybe Troy geeting married is a bad thing...

"We saw that Gabi." Chad said with a smirk as I blushed and looked down. They all began chattering...all except for Troy. I looked up and noticed his eyes on me. I don't know how to react to it. I ordered another apple martini and began to settle into everyone else's conversations...