Be My Forever [COMPLETE]

Chapter 44

-six months later-

The big day is here. Aria cried when she saw me in my dress. "You look so beautiful!" She cried. I dramatically rolled my eyes.

"You're so dramatic," I say.

"I have to, I am your maid of honor, after all. I'm crying for you. You don't want to ruin your perfect makeup, now, do you?"

"You're crazy and I love you."

"I love you too. But someone who loves you even more is out there, don't keep him waiting!"

"Alright. Here we go! Time to get married!" I exclaim.

Aria is about to open the door to the church, when I suddenly remembered what was missing.

"Wait! Who's going to walk me down the isle?"

"I'm one step ahead of you, Spence." Aria says, opening the door.

Melissa stood in front of me. "You look beautiful." She says, holding out her hand, "Shall we?"

I grabbed my sister's hand and opened the doors to the ceremony space. I took a deep breath before taking the first step. People looked at me admiringly. I smiled, until I realized that they were looking at me a different way. They almost looked like they were sorry for me.

Melissa froze.

"Melissa, what's wrong? Keep going!" I whispered to her.

"We can't." She whispered back, her voice full of horror.

"Why?" I ask. She gestures for me to look forward.

Toby wasn't there.

"He's probably just running late. We're fine." I say. I didn't want to believe what could've been the truth.

I stand up at the alter, ignoring the sorrowful looks from everyone.

I waited up there for twenty minutes.

My phone, which was in Aria's purse, began to ring.

"Give it to me!" I demand, trying my hardest not to sound worried.

Toby was calling me.

"Hey, silly. Where are you?" I ask him.

He's quiet on the other end.

"Tobes?"

"I can't do this, Spence."

My heart dropped to my stomach. I wanted to scream at him. He was there for me through so much, and now on the biggest day of our lives, he bails?

I keep my voice calm. "Babe, please don't do this. Think of all we've been through. Think of how happy we make each other!" I run out of the church to find him, leaving all the people inside. Toby doesn't respond. He hangs up.

I sat there, on the steps of the church, crying my eyes out.

-:-

I woke up abruptly, terrified by my own mind. I felt the space next to me on the bed. Toby was there.

Thank god. It was all just a horrific dream.

Toby, startled by my movement, wakes up and checks on me.

"Baby, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bad dream."

Toby pulls me closer to him. "Don't worry about it, babe." He says, kissing the top of my head.

After he hugs me, I get up from the bed and check my phone. It's March 19th. Two days before the wedding.

Wait, March 19th. Why does that day sound so familiar?

March 19th.

I kept repeating the day over and over in my head, even after I climbed into bed.

March 19th!

I sat up, startling Toby once again.

"Spencer! What's wrong?!" He asks me again.

"Nothing. Happy birthday!!" I say to him, causing him to smile.