“Wow, Al. Congratulations?” It came out as more of a question as I grabbed her hand and looked closer to examine it. It was truly beautiful, even if I wasn’t so sure about it being on her finger.
“But that’s not all. Nope, we are just getting started with our fun-filled weekend, L. I’m getting married tomorrow! That’s why I needed you here so badly. I couldn’t do it without you.” She squealed and wrapped an arm around my neck. I patted her on the back awkwardly. I didn’t want to ruin the excitement, but seriously? I really needed to have a talk with her.
“Wow, I didn’t realize you and Ty-” My mouth froze when Teddy stepped forward and laced his fingers with Ally’s, leaning down to place a soft kiss on her palm. I looked back and forth between the two of them, both beaming like it was the best day of their lives. Or almost. Judging by the way they were tightly holding each other, tomorrow would be the best day of their lives.
Apparently, I had missed a lot since I had been avoiding Ally for the past month or so. But, she hadn’t breathed a word of this when she called and demanded I be here. That little sneaky slut. What was I going to do with her?
I looked over at my husband and was about to lay into him for not telling me about this pertinent piece of information, but he looked about as shocked as me. Apparently, his best friend had been keeping this big secret from him too.
And Tyler actually looked like he was smiling about this whole development. Clearly, these people were all on drugs or something. I must have been staring with my mouth wide open because Chase nudged me in the side and cleared his throat. “Dude, congrats. I can’t believe you didn’t tell me. I’m glad we’re here to witness Teddy Sampson being taken off the market. What are the fans gonna think?”
Teddy smirked and leaned forward to bump fists with Chase. “Well, I figured it was about time and I’m doing it with the perfect girl for me. Who could ask for anything more? The girls will probably want me even more now that I’ll be a taken man, but they’re not getting any of this.” He pointed to himself and I had to resist the urge to roll my eyes. Of course Teddy would think getting married would make him even more attractive.
“So,” Ally clapped her hands and looped her arm through mine, interrupting the stare down I was giving Teddy. I was trying to use my Jedi mind tricks on him to see if he was actually serious about this whole thing or what. Or maybe just get rid of him for good, that would probably work too.
“Time for us girls to go get ready. We’ll see you guys in a bit.” She kissed Teddy on the mouth. Okay, not true. She attacked Teddy, tongues were everywhere, hands were groping, it was so gross I had to look away.
Chase grinned and whispered in my ear, “You want me to do that to you too?” I shoved him in the chest and gave him a glare. I only liked to attack Chase in private. There was a time and place for everything.
Now was not the time for joking. I needed to have a serious talk with my best friend before she did something she regretted. Did she really want to end up as the next Kim Kardashian and be married for only seventy-two days? It would be something if they even made it that far.
“Okay, Leah. I’m ready, let me have it. You’ve looked like you wanted to explode the minute you saw the ring on my finger.” Ally pushed me down on to the bed once we got to the separate suite and stood in front of me in a defensive stance like I was going to fight her or something. Maybe she did need me to beat the shit out of her; it might knock some sense in to that little pretty head of hers.
“Before you start Leah, just let me say that they do seem good for each other.” Remy twirled a strand of her fire red around her finger, looking nervously between the two of us. It was like she was reading my mind, she knew what I wanted to do to Ally right now. Maybe I could get Remy to help.
“I mean, it is a little fast, but when you see the way Teddy looks at her, you can just tell. He’s a completely different person.”
“Thanks Rem that all sounds good, but what happens when he goes back to his old ways. And what in the hell happened with you and Tyler? He actually seems okay with all of this. I just don’t get it. I don’t want you to make one of the biggest mistakes of your life by jumping into this.”
“Leah, I get it. Really, I do.” Ally crouched down in front of me and patted my knee. “Tyler and I just weren’t really clicking. I think we both knew it. We were at a club one night after one of the guys’ performances. Tyler was kissing me and I really wasn’t in to it, but I wasn’t struggling or anything.
“Next thing I knew, I was being ripped out of his arms and pulled into Teddy’s. He said he couldn’t do it anymore, he couldn’t watch me with some other guy. He could see I wasn’t happy and it was because I wasn’t with him. He was so sweet about it, Leah, I just couldn’t say no.”