I was leaning against Randy on the couch, my head on his shoulder as he wrapped his other arm around my back, pulling me in tightly. He lightly kissed my shoulder every now and then, while I closed my eyes, enjoying the moment.

"I think we should run away, get married some place and have lots of children" he whispered in my ear.

The word married hit me like a tonne of bricks. This overwhelming feeling of guilt filled my body. I moved away from Randy, sitting forward on the couch. "I'm supposed to be getting married tomorrow."

"Just leave John a note saying sorry, you can't be seriously still thinking about marrying him" said Randy.

I ran my fingers through my hair, stressing at the idea. I felt as though I loved both men. I didn't know what to do, here I was supposed to be somebody's fiancé and I was kissing my best friend. "I don't know..."

"Lea, you love me don't you? I mean, the moment we shared today, the moments we've shared for the past 20 or so years of our lives. We have a special bond, almost soul mate like."

I nodded, but all I could think about was John, sweet John. Who had done nothing but love and protect me. He had never wronged or betrayed me. He was faithful and loving and he wanted to marry me.

Randy looked at me, almost like he was losing me. "I love you, Lea... more than anybody on this entire planet. I need you and you need me."

"I need you?" I said.

He hesitantly laughed, "Well you don't need me, but I truly need you, I'm incomplete without you."

His blue eyes were glossy, I sighed. I was unsure of what to do.

I heard a car pull up and I walked over to the window to see who it was. I grinned happily seeing the female walking across my driveway, she was holding something behind her back. I opened the door happily, my arms spread out wide as she made her way over to me. "Alexandra!"

The beautiful, brunette haired woman paced as her blue eyes glanced up at me. Her pink, glossed lips forming into a smile. "Lea, it's so good to see you after so long."

"It's so good to see you, what are you doing here?"

"I heard from Bethany that you were getting married and I just had to make it, I can't believe you are finally getting married!" she exclaimed.

I laughed and then glanced at Randy who was still sitting on the couch. He was confused by the commotion the two of us were making. "Come inside."

She walked in, still hiding something behind her.

"What is that?" I asked.

"Oh yeah..." she said pulling it out, "Bethany told me she was going to the dry cleaner but I decided this was a reason to see you."

I looked up at my wedding dress as it dazzled in front of me. I immediately thought of John and how he must have been awaiting this day his whole life, he was good man that loved me a lot. "Wow, it's going to look great on me tomorrow" I said.

Randy sighed as he got up off the couch; he made his way toward us. There was this sulking expression on his visage as he faced me. I lowered my gaze.

"Randy?" said Alexandra.

He looked up at the brunette, he had not had a good look at her before but now he realised that he has seen her before. "Alex?" he said.

I looked at the two staring at each other; I was the one who was confused now. "You two know each other?"

Alexandra grinned, "You could say that."

"We vaguely know each other" said Randy.

"Don't say that Randy, I'm sure we know each other pretty well" said Alexandra.

I crossed my arms as I waited for Randy to explain what they were not talking about.

He shook his head, "I see you've made your choice. Congratulations for tomorrow Lea, I'm sorry I won't be able to make it."

The two of us watched as he walked outside and drove off.

"He's not coming to the wedding because of me, is he?" said Alexandra biting her lip.

I smiled, "No... It's just complicated."

"I can tell you how we know each other" she said.

"No, it's really fine. I don't even know why I wanted to know. Just don't worry about it" I said, leading her to the lounge room.

She sat next to me, "So are you feeling nervous?"

"A little, it hasn't really hit me yet" I said. "I'm just so glad you're here."

"Well I wouldn't miss it, it's funny if I hadn't been fired by Bethany then I wouldn't have met you" she said smiling.

Reminiscence back then, Alexandra worked for Bethany as her assistant at the magazine company that Bethany worked at. Bethany told Alexandra to gain some training on being an assistant from me after Bethany had fired her. Of course she was a great assistant; just Bethany was a mean boss. But Alexandra and I became good friends through hatred of our own jobs and of Bethany. Then a few years and loads of hard work later, Alexandra became Fashion Editor at the same magazine company, which made her Bethany's boss. It was the ultimate retribution. "But I bet it was good fun, now that you were her boss for a bit."

"It was but then I moved to Los Angeles, but I missed it out here" she said.

I nodded. "I'm glad you're here."

"Me too" she said, "So you're still at the law firm, still that prick's assistant?"

A laugh slipped from my lips, "He's not the prick that I thought he was, but he can be at times."

"He was actually pretty sexy" she said, giggling.

"You thought he was sexy?"

"Of course, that British allure... apart from his arrogant attitude."

"Yeah... he's great."

"Well enough about your boss tell me about John, I hear he's the complete package."

"He is... he's just perfect" I said smiling.

"Well I can't wait to meet him tomorrow" she said excitement covering her face.

"I actually can't wait to see him tomorrow."

...

A couple of coffees and a whole lot of chatting later, Alexandra decided to head off. "I'm so excited for tomorrow; I'll be here in the morning."

"Alright I'll see you tomorrow" I said waving at her as she drove off.

I walked back inside, even though Randy was angry at me for once I felt a little free, I was going to get married tomorrow to someone who truly loved me and there was nothing to stop me.

It's a short chapter, but I just wanted to write something, I have been lacking inspiration. Can anyone guess who Alexandra is?