Wedding Day Revenge

11th Chappie

A/N: Good morning all, what a beautiful day it is today - hope you are having a great day. Now, I do apologise for my lack of updates. We can all blame school for being busy and stressful. I hope you enjoy the 11th chapter of WDR. Please let me know what you think. ^_^

Turns out that Father Malcolm was the priest for Alex's friend's wedding. I sat outside on the swinging longue, rocking myself slowly and gazed out on the ocean. It was gorgeous and breathtaking. A pair of footsteps sounded and the back screen door slid open and closed.

"Are you stalking me?" I smirked. The view and conversation with Father Malcolm had put me in a rather good mood.

"You should feel honoured to have me as your honorary stalker." Alex replied. He sat down beside me on the swing and sighed looking out to sea. I glimpsed at him from the corner of my eye and noticed how far away he appeared.

"Thinking about something?"

"I haven't thought about that sermon in a long time."

"I'd love to see it some time." I said. I bit my tongue then. What if he didn't like the fact that Father Malcolm had told me about the sermon? I was wondering if I should apologise when Alex interrupted my thoughts.

"Is it hard to talk about marriage?" The question took me completely off guard but I knew the answer in a heartbeat.

"No, I mean I've had terrible luck with my marriage...I didn't even get to say the vows I had written but I still believe in the beauty of marriage. I think it is something that ties two souls together. They are connected and it's a sense of belonging that is just so perfect. Could you imagine finding someone in your life who you want to see every minute of every day? And when you don't see them you think about them constantly but you know that they are thinking of you too because you share this deep connection." I paused then to catch my breath. "Sorry, I'm rambling now."

"Is that how you feel about Dick?"

"At some moments I would say yes. I saw that ring and I thought I wanted to share the rest of life with him. At other times I guess I just thought that I was getting cold feet. I kept thinking that my life was so bland. I thought that I was just being selfish. Here was a man who said he loved me and wanted to marry me. How many women can say they are proposed to with a Tiffany and Co. ring?" I laughed, mocking myself for my past actions. "I know that it sounds so shallow of me to be amazed by a ring but I'm not really a big jewellery girl. The ring made my heart skip a beat because of the fact that Richard loved me enough to ask."

"Why do this then?" Alex asked. He turned on the swing to face me and I turned to face him as well.

"I have a right to know why he wasn't there. I want him to tell me to my face that he doesn't love me and that the proposal was a mistake. I know it will hurt but I need the closure. I need him to say the words."

"And I'll be right there with you." He whispered and I felt his fingers interlace with mine. I didn't pull away or say anything. I let the touch of his hand be enough. The unsaid words at that moment were the most powerful of all.

We said our goodbyes to Father Malcolm and thanked him again for his hospitality before jumping on the bike again and racing off. The air between us was different from before. Alex was one of the first people to ask me to my face why I was doing this. Mads was there for support and she just wanted what was best for me but she had never asked why I wanted this so badly. I had told her back in her kitchen that I wanted to make sure Richard never did this again to another girl but the truth was I wanted to see him. I wanted to scream at him, call him names, cry that he ruined what was meant to be the happiest day of my life and then smash that stupid ring into the ground in front of him. That would be the end. That would be the end of this chapter of my life. Who knew what the world had in store for me once this was done.
An inner thought whispered in the back of my mind that maybe Alex and I could actually go on a proper date after all of this drama. I shoved the thought away as quickly as it had formed. There was no way that I was even considering the sexy fireman as a potential anything. I didn't know what we had between us and that was scary in itself.

"You're quiet." Alex yelled over the engine.

"I'm just thinking. Where are we meeting Mads?" I asked.

"We should be pretty close now. Just a bit further." The thought that I would actually be separated from Alex gave me a leap of joy and then sadness overwhelmed me. I may have been fighting him every step of the way but I was upset to think that this would be the final time I was with him. This boy was going to be the death of me!

I spotted Mads the second we pulled up to the local hotel of Port Macquarie. She was on the phone and appeared to be having a deep discussion.

"Graham, listen, if you want to make this business deal work you have to talk to Danielle. She is replacing me because she is qualified and you know you do fine on your own. I don't expect you to let me off easy but just think if you get this deal done, you can relax about it until I get back." She rolled her eyes. "I told her she could use my parking space, Graham. That's what a replacement does, they replace people." A pause. "That's very sweet but I think it would be a better idea for you to stop talking to me about your schedule and talk to Danielle." We sat down in front of her and I watched as she smiled from ear to ear. "I have to go, Mr Horton. I shall discuss any crucial matters with you at a more appropriate time." She hung up then and sighed. "Men."

"Oh don't tell me you don't love it. It's obvious he is crazy about you." I smirked. The topic taken off me was a perfect solution to my headache that was beginning to form.

"I have no idea what you are talking about." Mads poked her tongue out. "Mr Horton is just my boss."

"Someone who has just entered this conversation and has no background or context...I can honestly say that if a man has taken the time to call his old assistant just to say that the replacement cannot use the same car park, he is falling for you." Alex joined in. "By the way did he ask how you were?"

"Yeah." Mads shrugged, she was trying to hide the fact that she had a major crush on her boss too.

"He likes you, guys give their attention to the girls they like." Alex replied. I felt myself bite my lower lip. This conversation was turning down a path I didn't want to go. The point was not to have to think about Alex and myself, whatever the hell we were.

"Enough about me, Kay, how was it riding on the back of a motorbike? Fun right?" Mads poked me from across the table.

"It was..." I paused to look at Alex from the corner of my eye. He sat there looking innocent but I could tell he was listening in intently. "incredible. It's the most fun I've had in a really long time." His eyes seemed to sparkle as he gave me a small wink. Guys who wink were too yummy. No matter how complicated things had become, I couldn't deny that I had had fun. Alex knew how to show a girl a good time.