The groom and the maid of honor (a Tom Hiddleston story)

The truth can hurt

December 3th 2014
*Tom*
I don't know why, but the moment I open the door, coming home from a meeting, I kind of know that something is wrong, there is just a feeling in the air.

"Missy darling are you home ?" I ask as I walk into the kitchen, finding her sitting at the table, looking at her laptop.

To be honest, married life haven't been as easy as hoped, we seemed to keep butting heads, having stupid arguments over stupid things.

It is kind of like after we got married we suddenly can't see eye to eye. And I couple of time I have thought about giving up, I should never have gone through with the wedding, but now it is done and I owe her to do my best and fight to make it work.

Missy looks up at me, her eyes cold and her voice even colder. "Would you care to explain what you were doing with my cousin at your bachelor party ?"

"I.. I ..". I am about to lie, but I stop myself, sighing and sitting down, this is the moment to own up. "I am so sorry, I made a mistake, I should have told you, but I was to chicken shit".

I bite my lip, feeling like the worlds biggest wanker right now, what kind of man cheats on his fiancee the night before their wedding ? I can't help but ask, as Ben is the only one who knows. "But how do you know ?"

She turn the laptop, there is a picture taken from one of the bungalows and in the background me and Bree, sneaking into my bungalow hand in hand. "I borrowed Sophie's flash drive with pictures from the wedding, and well she must have forgot that this was on there or maybe she didn't notice".

Oh fuck, I can't be mad at Sophie, I know she must have forgot about the picture, she would never sell me out, even though I probably deserved it. "I don't know what to say, I am so sorry".

"So you fucked my cousin, my maid of honor the night before our wedding, am I right ?" She asks me with a cold stare.

I see no reason to try and lie. "Yeah, I honestly don't know what happened, and it probably won't make it better, but I didn't know who she was and she didn't know who I was".

"Well isn't that precious, so you really just fucked some random girl the night before you married me, oh then it is not a problem at all". She rolls her eyes at me.

I close my eyes, I should have known it would have come back to bite my ass. "I know what I did is inexcusable, but I hope we can talk about it, maybe work through this".

"Oh dump that good guy routine Tom, you kind of blew that image fucking my maid of honor didn't you". She say sounding acidic.

I bite my lip. "So we are not going to talk about this or anything ? Does this mean that we..."

"Yes Tom, my clothes are packed, I am done, no reason to talk, this marriage thing wasn't really working to great anyway". She says getting up from the chair.

I don't know how to feel, I mean I know this is all on me, I fucked up, I did wrong, but I am a bit sad that she won't even talk about it. "Okay if that is what you want, I can't stop you".

She laughs bitterly. "Oh don't beat yourself up to bad Tom, you weren't the only one having a bit of fun on the side, I fucked the cabana boy that evening and well lets just say there have been a few since".

I just look at her, my mouth slightly open, wondering if she is just saying this to hurt me, or she really has cheated on me several times, she apparently can read my mind and says. "Oh believe me, I am telling the truth darling".

Then she walks into the bedroom to pick up her back, slamming her wedding band on the counter on her way out, and then she is gone, my marriage lasted less than 6 months and I feel like an utter failure.

December 24th 2014
*Bree*
I am a bit nervous, my aunt just told me that Missy is coming home for Christmas, I don't know if she is bringing Tom, I am not sure I want to see him.

"Hi everyone". Missy walks through the door, alone and I breath a sigh of relief, he is not coming.

My aunt goes to hug her. "Welcome home sweetie, I thought you would bring Tom with you".

"Nope, I left him 3 weeks ago, just waiting with turning in the divorce papers till I land this role I want". She say, and the glare she sends me, tells me that she knows what happened.

Her mother clamps a hand over her mouth, looking utterly shocked. "But what happened ? You seemed so happy, Tom is such a sweetheart".

"Oh I thought so to, that was until I found out he was fucking someone else the night before he married me". She says making everyone gasp.

Her mother shakes her head, looking even more shocked. "Oh God, I would never have thought him that type, he seemed like such a good man, how could he ?"

"Well ask Bree, she has a lot more insight to what happened that evening, after all she was the one fucking him". I gasp and blush at her words, did she just throw me under the bus here ?

Everyone is staring at me and I find myself stuttering. "I am so sorry Missy, I didn't know who he was and he lied about his name".

This is going to be a very long and very awkward christmas, I am sure of that, and I might hate Tom just a little bit more now for putting me in this situation.