Fighter

Chapter 30

I don't want to get married. Nope, never going to happen. No matter how much the guy begs, I will never say yes.

"Bethany calm down!" Her mother yells as she tries to calm the bride down. Bethany was so sweet making me one of her brides maids. Don't know why she chose me, but she did, and I was honoured.

I walk over to her and grab her shoulders to make her face me. "Bethany, calm down. Just breath, follow me, okay?" I say and begin to demonstrate deep, slow breaths. She copies me and eventually calms down.

"Thank you Tori." She says smiling, she goes and sits down again, letting her sister do her makeup.

By the time she's done, she has a natural look. Her dress is amazing, she doesn't like puffy dresses so she got one that falls elegantly down to the floor, I think its silk.

"You look beautiful, I can't believe my Baby's finally getting married." Her mother cries out as she hugs her daughter. After their moment Bethany's father walks into the room. He smiles at his daughter then turns to his wife.

"Did she freak out as bad as you did?" He asks smugly as he pecks her lips. I smile as I see the love they share for each other.

I look over at Bethany and see she's watching them with a longing look. "You'll have that Bethany, don't worry." I say to her, I can tell she's doing the 'what ifs' in her head. She hugs me tightly and sniffles.

"Someday a man's going to be so lucky to have you Tori." She says as she pulls away from me, smiling.

I smile back but say nothing. "Okay everyone, time to get into the limo." Her father announces. A couple of them squeal, I shake my head smiling and walk to the limo with everyone else.

The drive to the church is quite boring, I'm happy when we finally pull up to the church. I see many cars surrounding the church, you can also see Jeremy's groomsmen standing outside.

We climb out of the car, Bethany climbing out last. We walk up to the men and everyone walks to the designated man. I'm luckily paired with Caleb, Dalton's paired up with Bethany best friend and Fosters paired up with another friend of Bethany's. I have to admit they all look very handsome. Foster more than...Tori, stop thinking like that, you're supposed to be mad at him.

"You look beautiful." Caleb says as he takes my arm with his. I smile and thank him. "You don't look so bad yourself." I say to him, making him laugh. Dalton walks up to us and hugs me tightly. "Damn Tori, he's right. You clean up good girl." He winks at me flirtatiously, I roll my eyes but still smile.

Foster walks over and my smile falters. "Tori can I please speak to you?" He asks me while looking down sheepishly. I go to say no but he continues to talk. "Please Tori, please." I sigh and nod. He takes my hand but I pull it back from him. A flash of hurt passes over his face but he just walks with me next to him.

We go around the church so no one can disturb the conversation. "Tori I'm so sorry I did that to you. I was just so mad at Jacob when he decided to do what he did, and when he told me to cancel the date with you I was pissed. Then by your house, I donno, that side just came out and I made a very bad decision by kissing you like that. I know none of this is a good reason , I just want you to please forgive me Tori. I'm so sorry Tori, please I beg of you to forgive me."

He pleads, I look at him not understanding everything. "I forgive you Foster, you know I can't stay mad at anyone for long but why did you kiss me? Was it just to piss Jacob off? Am I a toy that you can use to mess with other people?" I say feeling hurt that maybe it could be that reason.

"Of course not Tori. I would never think of you like that. You're so much more than that to me. You're beautiful, you're intelligent, you're so kind and sweet, and you're so strong. You've been through so much Tori, things that would make a person try and hurt themselves, make them give up but not you, you still wear a smile everyday. You try to make everyone around you happy, whether or not you're happy. Thats why...I love you Tori."

My breath hitches and I stand there shocked. He looks at me pleadingly, waiting for me to say something. I go to speak but can't and bolt away from him.

I run inside and go to the bathroom. I slam the stall door closed and take a deep breath. I was not expecting this to happen at a wedding.

I walk out and look at myself in the mirror. My hair is in a fishtail braid, Bethany's sister is really good. I fix my dress up then step out of the bathroom.

Unfortunately when I did I bumped into Jacob. "Tori." He sighs out, relieved. I try to walk past him but he grabs my hand before I can. "What Jacob? You going to claim me as an object again, huh?"

He looks down ashamed but then looks at me again. "Tori I just wanted to apologize. The way I acted was horrible and I'm truly sorry. Its just that when you asked Foster to go on the date with you, I got jealous. He knew how I felt about you and yet he still pursued you. I was angry at him, and myself."

"Why you?" I ask confused.

"Imagine if I wasn't the guy you knew me as, if I had never played girls, never treated everyone so horribly. Maybe then you'd feel the same for me as I do for you-"

"Hold on right there Jacob. It doesn't matter who you are, if I never wanted anything to do with you, then we would not be friends. You're one of the most amazing guys I have ever met, you've helped me through so much Jacob and I could never repay you for all of it." I say to him, he looks down and I can see he wanted me to say something else.

He wants me to feel something for him other than friendship but my problem is that I don't know how I feel, with the both of them. They're basically asking me to choose, and I can't do that just yet.

"I love you Tori. Don't you see that? What do I need to do for you to see how much I mean it?" Jacob begs me.

I only smile and peck his cheek, he sighs and looks down again. He nods his head and walks off, leaving me alone.

I straighten myself up and walk back to Caleb. He takes my hand and we hear our intro music play. The wooden doors open and we see everyone there. Jefferys in the front, looking very handsome. In the front sits Tammy, Mom, Elijah, Clarkson. I look at the spot that was supposed to be for Jen but she's not there.

The rest of the chairs are filled with family members and friends. We walk up to the front and stand in our spots. The music plays again and in walks Bethany with her father. She's so beautiful in her dress. I can see her father is holding back tears as they continue to walk to us. Jeremy is smiling a mega-watt smile.

I look at everyone else and only see smiling faces. I smile and watch as Jeremy takes Bethany's hand. He speaks with Jeremy for a bit then, he goes to sit down, leaving the couple with the priest.

"Dearly beloved-"

Suddenly the door slams open, a few people scream as we hear gunshots.

"Honey, I'm home!"

Dennis.

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Ah yes, Dennis. How we've missed you so...not. Anyways, I hope you guys liked it. Damn two love confessions, goodluck girl!!