Chapter 2
Ted sighed as his taxi pulled up at the hotel he was staying at. He hadn't seen his wife in 2 weeks and he had somehow managed to annoy her. Cody was right; marriage was the death of all joy.
'Hey miserable cheer up might never happen' said his business partner and very good friend Layla as he walked into the lobby.
'Hey Layla' said Ted failing to put on a happy voice.
'What's up, Teddy?' She asked, it wasn't her fault, she was just naturally curious. And she had a massive crush on Ted, but who wouldn't, his green eyes, his kind nature and well you know he was rich, what else would a woman want? A man who maybe wasn't married, but it didn't stop her liking him.
'Oh nothing just tired after being called urgently over to work and being in the longest business meeting ever, they had to take the water away from me because I felt like drowning myself!'
'Okay, I only asked how you were not your life story' said Layla chuckling.
'Oh sorry' said Ted blushing slightly.
'It's ok, here how about we go out for dinner and have a laugh and forget about today?'
'Sure, let's go!' said Ted, suddenly feeling much happier, he always enjoyed Layla's company because she was sweet and they always had a laugh, and he felt comfortable around her and he could talk to her, not like Maryse who was always judging him, and finding ways to insult him…Why was he comparing his friend to his wife? Ted shook all these feelings out of his head and walked, with Layla into a cab.
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'Gosh Cody can you not eat like a human being?' asked Maryse irritably.
Cody was currently eating soup, without trying to get it everywhere and failing miserably. John, Cody, Maryse, Kelly, Torrie and Stacy were all at Maryse's house.
'No, Cody's not human so it's hard for him' said Kelly in a matter of factly tone.
'Haha, Blondie very funny, but listen babe doesn't quit the day job.' Retorted Cody.
'I wasn't going to and look even Alanna's eating her soup better than you and she's two!' said Kelly.
'Well that's because…what is it pick on Cody day?' said Cody pouting a little.
'No sweetie that's everyday' said Kelly
'Well why don't the two of you just go and get married?' said John chuckling
'Can you imagine what their kids will look like?' said Maryse
Cody and Kelly both blushed bright scarlet.
'Shut up' said Kelly
'Yeah you're so immature' said Cody
'Awwhhh look their finishing each other's sentences!' said Torrie
'John, John guess what!' said Kelly, suddenly.
'What?' said a very confused looking John, but then he always looked confused so it didn't make a difference.
'Randy's coming back!' said Kelly excitedly
'What?!' said John, Torrie, Cody and Stacy in unison.
'Yeah he wrote to me saying he was coming back from the army' said Kelly.
The group was all very sad when Randy left, because they were all close to him in a way, to Torrie, Maryse and Kelly he was like their older brother, and to John, Cody and Ted he was like their brother always looking out for them, especially John.
'Excuse me, I have to go, it's nearly Alanna's bedtime.' Said Stacy suddenly, she walked quickly out the room.
'Rude, she didn't even finish her food.' Said Maryse disgusted, while cleaning Luke's mouth.
'Oh my gosh, do you think she's going to tell him?' said Kelly, ignoring what Maryse had said and talking to no one in particular.
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Stacy breathed deeply; she was really dreading this day. What was she going to say to him? She wanted to burst out crying. This had been the hardest experience of her life; she doubted he probably wanted anything to do with her. They had never actually been official, just that once, that once that had changed her life forever.
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'Oh my gosh, that waiter was flirting with you' said Ted
'No, anyway if he was I think I showed him I wasn't interested.' Said Layla chuckling.
'What, spilling water on him?' said Ted sarcastically?
Ted had the best time with Layla, he hadn't laughed as much than he could remember. As Ted walked Layla to her hotel room, they stopped at the door and he pulled her into a hug.
'Thanks for cheering me up Lay' said Ted not pulling away.
'No problem,' said Layla not wanting to let go.
As they pulled away, Ted was staring into Layla's brown eyes and coming closer to her with every heartbeat, at this moment he wasn't thinking; he just wanted to kiss her.
Layla wasn't sure what she was doing, she knew it was wrong, but she didn't care, and she wasn't listening to her head only her heart which was telling her to kiss him, and so she did.
It was probably the best kiss she had ever had, and she didn't want it to end.
She opened her hotel room and they walked into the room, both of them not listening to the voices in their heads saying this was wrong.
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Maryse was at Kelly's house waiting so they could meet with Torrie to go shopping for her dresses, with many hours of persuading and bribing Kelly got Maryse to come along.
'Ok, look I am Not going to tell Cody I have feelings for him, I mean he's sexist and he's The biggest jerk on the planet, and I doubt he even had feelings for anyone but himself, so therefore I am not going to tell him how I feel!' said Kelly getting very frustrated
'Why that is the most pathetic excuse ever, you've liked him for as long as I remember, look as your friend im here to tell you, you should tell him you like him' said Maryse very loudly.
'Who likes who?' said a voice, Maryse had never heard before.
'No one likes anyone and sorry did we wake you?' said Kelly.
Maryse turned around and looked at the man, standing in the doorway. Her heart stopped. She stared at the very good looking brunette man. He was wearing shorts and his hair was very messy, as if to highlight he had just woken up. His abs were what caught Maryse's eyes first, I mean any woman would want to look at a man's abs, especially if they looked like the mysterious mans did.
'No I was awake anyway, breakfast?' he asked hopefully, talking to Kelly.
'Ermm make your own, what am I your servant? And im already letting you stay in my house, so you should be making me breakfast!'
'Yeah in your dreams' said the man, still not paying any attention to Maryse.
'Oh by the way this is Maryse' said Kelly indicating to Maryse.
'Hi, Maryse hopefully we can meet more sophisticatedly' he said implying to the way he was dressed.
'Yeah' said Maryse blushing like a school girl with a crush.
And with that he left.
'Okay, name, where did you meet, and are you sleeping with him?' asked Maryse without stopping for breath.
'Ermm, Mike, my brother and NO! You sicko' replied Kelly.
'Oh that's Mike, you didn't tell me he looked like that!' said Maryse a little hurt.
'What? Ugly oh yeah I know, you couldn't possibly tell were related could you?'
'Umm no, he's gorgeous!' said Maryse giggling like a child.
'Okay and this conversation stops here before it gets weird' said Kelly walking out the door, because they were going to be late meeting Torrie, and she did not want to have her head bitten off by bridezilla.
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'Where are they said they'd be here at 9:00, and it's…'
'8:57' said John looking at his watch. He was very annoyed that his fiancée had woken him at 7:00 in the morning, when he had gotten back from the club at 3:00. He and Cody had to stay longer because someone's bachelor party and made quite a mess so he and Cody, well mostly him Cody was too pissed to do anything, had to tidy up!
'Well they should be here early!' said Torrie not really caring that her fiancée hadn't gotten much sleep the night before.
There was a knock on the door and Torrie ran to the door.
'Ahhh Kelly, Maryse you made it finally, come on we better go before the shop closes.' Said Torrie.
'Torrie, the shops aren't even open yet' said Maryse.
'Still…let's go!' said Torrie pushing, them out the door.
'Hi John, Bye John' they both shouted before Torrie shut the door.