Maria's eyes flickered open, she found herself asleep on Jeff and she smiled. She looked up at him, expecting him to be awake, but he was still sleeping. Maria propped her head up and watched him sleep, it was so peaceful. She decided to get up and get something to eat, she hadn't eaten since Jeff took her out to lunch the day before and she was starving. Maria walked down the stairs and into the kitchen and searched through the fridge humming a song softly. She settled on having some Coco Crispies. She grabbed a bowl and filled it, sat down and ate.

She heard a car door stop and close. She looked over at the stove to check the time and it was only nine thirty, her father must have gone fishing. She continued to eat her cereal. She heard the front door open and close, and footsteps getting closer to the kitchen.

"Morning Ria." Her father greeted.

Maria only waved, she was still kind of upset with her father. He walked over to the table and pulled the chair she was putting her feet on out. She sighed and put her feet down while he sat down. "Maria, I know you mad at me, but you've got to understand, I only want whats best for you and I think Randy's more than perfect."

Maria just starred at him. "Dad, I don't even know him. And I don't think its best for me... and I know more about myself than you do. I personally think Jeff is best for me."

"Maria, Jeff is a painter... they don't have money. Randy does... he can make you happier than Jeff ever could."

She laughed out loud. "Jeff could give me more than Randy ever could. Jeff loves me and makes me happy. I don't even know Randy and he laid his hands on me... who do you think is better?" Her father looked down and didn't say anything. "Exactly, so let me be with who I want to be with."

She started to walk away from her father when he spoke up. "I can't do that Maria, the wedding is in two days." Maria just stood in the hallway, speechless.

"I hate you." She turned around and said. She walked upstairs and into her room, finding Jeff sitting up, sketching.

"Hi baby." He yawned and Maria giggled.

"Morning." She plopped herself onto the bed beside Jeff. "What are you drawing?" She tried to look but Jeff put it against his chest.

"It's a secret." He told her.

Maria nodded. "Well, I like secrets..." She tired to pull the notebook down and Jeff held it tighter.

Maria sighed, "Fine.. show me when your done."

"That's what I was planning on." Jeff said with a smile. Everything got quite.

"I talked to my dad this morning about the marriage..." Maria said in and uneasy tone.

Jeff looked up at her. "What happened?"

"We got into a fight... and..." She sighed. She just couldn't finish the sentence.

"And what?" Jeff asked.

"The wedding is in two days." She just let out.

Jeff became expressionless... he felt to many emotions to know what he felt. "Oh."

"Oh?" Maria repeated. "That's all you can say?"

Jeff shrugged. "I don't know what to say... Maria, what could we even do?"

"I don't know Jeff..."

Jeff smiled. "During the wedding, I could simply just eject it."

"No... In my culture you have to be a parent to eject the weddings." Maria bit her lip.

"Why don't you have Momma Kanellis eject it?"

"Because, whatever my father says goes in her world." Maria reminded him.

Jeff let out a long sigh, then everything got extremely silent. Maria looked over at Jeff, and he was grinning. "What are you smiling about?"

"I just remembered something..." He paused and locked eyes with Maria. "We could run away together."

Maria starred at him, then blinked. His expression was serious, so she knew he wasn't kidding. "Jeff, I don't know..." Maria rubbed her neck, Jeff knew she was uneasy about this.

"Okay, you love me... right?"

"Jeff of course." She grabbed his hand. "I always have."

"And I love you... and we both want to marry one another right? Then just run away with me, we can get married and you'll never have to worry about any of this ever again. We can have a family and just live happily ever after."

"That sounds nice but I just can't up and leave my family like that... It's risky."

Jeff sighed. "Please, Ria... take this risk with me."

Maria opened her mouth to reply but Jeff's phone started to ring. He sighed then checked his text. "Maria, I have to go to work since I didn't work last night, but promise me that you'll think about it?"

"I promise." Jeff got up and Maria did as well. She walked him down stairs and to the door. They stopped and Maria grabbed his face and kissed him passionately. "I love you so much."

"I love you too." Jeff kissed her forehead then left her house.

Maria sighed, then turned around.. bumping into Randy's chest. "That was cute." He said.

"Shut up." She hissed. "You don't even know me."

"But I will when we get married." Randy bent down and planted a soft kiss on her lips. Maria pushed him away.

"Why can't just just marry someone else?"

"Because, you're everything I want." He purred.

Maria shook her head. "No, I'm not. Go find someone else."

"No, I've already found you. Now go get ready, were spending the day together."

"Not if I lock myself in my room."

Randy laughed. "I love a girl that plays hard to get."

"I'm not playing hard to get, I'm playing you'll never get me." She said.

Randy raised an eyebrow. "You can say that now... but you'll change your mind very, very soon." He told her. "Now go get ready."

Maria nodded, then started walking up the stairs. "Oh Maria." She turned around to look at Randy. "You best come down, because I will break down the door." Maria just ignored him.