Chapters 13 & 14

Chapter 13 Description:

Wedding time! Yes, it is Felix's and Macy's wedding day. Of course, everyone is invited and it turns out to be okay. Piper and Andrew have been dating for three months and Sadie has a new boyfriend (He's kind of hot. Which, you don't see much of him in this chapter, but you will in the future). Everything is going fine until Piper sees an unexpected sight at the wedding reception. And I'll tell you, Macy might not be too happy about it. What does Piper see? Read to find out! Enjoy.

       Three months...Why am I saying the words "three months" you ask? Well, because I have been dating Andrew for that long. It's been going great. We'd see each other almost every day.

       We'd flirt with each other, play footsie under the table whenever we went out to eat, cuddle up some nights in front of the television with this whopping, toddling bowl, full of buttered-down popcorn sitting on our laps, kiss each other in the night out under a street light, hug each other until our arms got tired from holding so tight, go for a walk along the beach holding hands, fool around in the back of Andrew's car...we did a lot of things over the months. Some things we did were cute and flirty, and some other things we did were quite dirty. I hadn't made love to him yet, but I did have to ask him once to stop because he was going too far too quickly.

       Also, something else I need to mention, I had quit my job as a daycare provider. It just didn't pay enough money for me. So now I was on the lookout for a new job, or I was deciding if I could go to college. I was depending on my Aunt Olivia, who was now a recovering alcoholic, to pay the bills for me. She has been going to group therapy and has stopped drinking totally. I'm so proud of her.

       But on this one certain day, there was a knock at the door. I got up from where I was sitting, and answered it.

It was Macy. Right when I opened the door, she hugged me.

I stood there awkwardly with my hands to my sides with Macy’s arms slung over my shoulders. She smelled like cherries, had her hair cut short, and wore a very, VERY short skimpy dress.

“Are you coming to the wedding?” she asked immediately after she was finished hugging me.
       “Um, yeah,” I responded.
       “Eek!” she squealed and did a little happy dance, “I’m so excited!” Did I seem excited? No, not really. She wanted me to be the bride of honor. Me. I wasn't that thrilled about it all.

       But then the day arrived. Her and Felix's wedding day. And it was actually pretty basic. Macy had the huge white dress like she explained to me, and Felix, well, Felix was just in a suit. I asked Macy if I could have Andrew come to the wedding, and she said it was all right.

So I was standing up in front of the crowd, outside in the park, watching Macy and Felix give love-dovey eyes to each other.

I looked at everyone who was witnessing the wedding and I found Sadie with her new boyfriend... yep, she's got a boyfriend. Then I made eye contact with Andrew, who gave me a wink. I did it back and smiled. Then on the right side of the crowd, I saw random people I didn't know. I turned my attention back to Macy and Felix and the next thing I heard was, "You may kiss the bride."

They kissed a passionate kiss, and that really made me want to kiss Andrew. Gosh, Andrew was an awfully good kisser.

       I remember a few weeks ago, when Andrew and I were out on a date. We went to his house after the date and did some really dirty things. Well, it started off like this. When we walked inside his house, he was being all flirty with me and I just flirted back at him.

 He wrapped his arms around my waist, and told me that I had the most gorgeous eyes in the world. I just smiled, blushed, and looked down shyly.

Then, we kissed. He kissed me very gentle, as if I was a thin tulip petal about to fall off the stem. I put my hands on his very rough face, and then moved my hands under his ears, to his neck. I put my fingers through his crisp, clean hair. Then all of a sudden, Andrew began to put his hands on my hips, and then put one of his fingers in my pants, just under my belt. He progressed more, and started to move his hands underneath my shirt, up my back. I began to walk backwards, so we could sit on the couch. Still kissing, Andrew undid my bra strap, and everything up front loosened-

"Woo!" I heard someone scream and clap as I saw Macy and Felix walking down the aisle together.

My mind turned back to reality. I stood there, holding flowers and feeling pain starting to strike in my feet. I had been wearing the heels for way too long and they didn't fit me quite right.

       Later on, the reception was held at some recreational building. There was lots of food and drinks (and drinks with alcohol substances) and lots of just dancing and partying.

I saw Macy out on the dance floor dancing like my aunt Olivia when she's drunk. Gosh, what a sight. I mainly sat a table with Andrew, Sadie and her boyfriend, and we all just talked about random things. Everything seemed perfectly fine, until I had to go to the restroom.

I got up from the chair, fixed my dress, and told Andrew I was going to the restroom while giving him a peck on the lips. I walked away with my heels clicking on the hard floor. I went out into the hallway and walked towards the restroom.

I paced past an open room. And once I almost reached the bathroom door, I heard voices. I stepped back a few steps and glanced into the open room that I had just past.

I quietly and slowly leaned my head in and looked around. It was just a basic room. But it was when I looked to my left that I saw two people sitting on a random couch.

And they weren't just sitting there, they were making out there. I tried to figure out who they were. The girl had really blonde hair and makeup distorted on her face. The guy had brown hair. The guy actually looked familiar. Then it hit me like spit in the face. It was disgusting.

'Oh my gosh,' I thought, 'I think that's Felix.'

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Chapter 14 Description:

In this chapter, you get to find out if Felix was actually cheating on his wife, Macy, or not. Afterwards, we advance one year and show Marley be her clumsy, one year old self. Everything goes fine with Marley until she ends up missing. What the heck happens with Marley? Read to find out! Enjoy.

       I stood there, still looking at the two of them making out on the couch. I was trying to figure out if I could go up and confront Felix, or run and go tell someone else. I chose to run. I went back into the big room that the reception was being held at.

I rushed in my high heels to Sadie, who was still sitting at the table with her boyfriend and Andrew. I took a second to get my breath, resting my hand on the table. Boy, was I not in good shape.

"I thought you went to the restroom," Sadie said, looking up at me.
      "Well I was going to, when I heard something," I tried to explain. I sat down in the seat at the end of the table by Sadie.

"What'd you here?" Parker, Sadie's boyfriend, asked, getting into the conversation. I cleared my throat.
       "Well, when I was heading to the restroom, I heard something come out of an open room. I peeked in there and saw two people sitting on the couch," I told him.

"Who was sitting on the couch?" Andrew asked, now getting into the conversation.

"Well, these two people were making out. And I couldn't exactly see their faces. It was this blonde-haired chick and who I think was Felix," I said.

       "So you don't know if it's Felix?" Sadie questioned.

       "Yeah, not really. All I saw was the back of his head, so I don't know if it was him or not," I replied.

Parker suddenly stood up.

       "What are you doing hun?" Sadie asked him.

       "I'm going to see if that was actually Felix," he responded. Andrew stood up also.

       "I'm coming with you," he told Parker.

Then the both of them walked away.

"Gosh, I hope I'm wrong," I said to Sadie.

       "Yeah me too," she responded.

I looked over and saw Macy who was still out on the dance floor, dancing her ass off. I looked around the room to see if Felix was going to be standing somewhere, but he wasn't.

       Minutes later, the guys came back. And they were smiling. Hopefully it was because they had good news. Parker walked around the table and sat down beside Sadie. Andrew sat down by me.

"What are you guys smiling about? It's not him, right?" I asked, really eager for an answer.

       "No, it's not him. It's Felix's younger brother," Andrew said, looking straight at me.

       "Are you sure?" Sadie asked.

       "Yeah. We walked into the make out session and stopped it all," Parker started to explain, "It definitely wasn't Felix at all. Chance, you know, Felix's younger brother, was making out with some chick who had the biggest-." He stopped there. "Um never mind. But I'm guessing it was his girlfriend," he said, nervously smiling at Sadie.

       "Well thank goodness for that," I said relieved. "But wait, where is Felix then?" I asked everyone. Everyone looked around as if Felix was just going to be standing in one corner of the room. Then I saw Macy stop dancing and started to walk toward our table. "Do you know where Felix is at?" I asked her.

       "Yeah," she stopped and caught her breath, "he went to go get the wedding cake because the wedding cake delivery guys, or whatever their names are, didn't deliver our cake to us. He took a few other friends with him to help him out. Does that answer your question?"

       "Um, yes. Yes it does," I answered.

       Then the next the thing we knew, the two people who were causing all the fuss came walking through the room's door. And now I figured out what Parker was going to say. She had the biggest, boobs. They were fake, obviously. She also dressed as if she was going to a night club. What a slut. And Felix's brother, Chance, just had a small grin plastered on his face. They were probably doing a little more than making out in there. I erased the disturbing image from my mind. Even though I didn't like Macy that much, I was glad that that wasn't Felix kissing the slutty chick. Oh, how that would have caused some problems...

       Time has flown by ever since Macy and Felix's wedding. Marley was a year older and was able to toddle around on her own two feet. Although, she didn't have a thread of hair on her head. I hoped that wasn't going to be a problem in the future.

       Andrew and I's relationship had been going great. He would come over to my apartment often and just sit down with Marley and play with her.

I would be standing in the kitchen area drinking coffee or something watching the two of them socialize. Every time I would see him be with Marley, I would always think of him being Marley's dad.

Marley wasn't afraid of him, and she actually said her first word in front of him. I was very astonished by that. Can you guess what her first word was? You're probably thinking it was "dad" or "daddy," but it wasn't. She said the word "love." I guess she eventually picked up the word because I always told her that I loved her.

       Other than Marley and Andrew, I had plans of my own also. I had sent four letters to four different colleges that I wanted to go to. I got one letter back from each college: two said they didn't want me, and the other two did. I wanted to get a full-time job as a high school teacher. I wanted to move out of the apartment I was living in, and get a small farmhouse out in the country. I wanted Marley to have the best possible life. I wanted a spacious backyard, a swing set and playground area for Marley, a nice patio with a grill, a cute little in-ground pool, flowers galore... I had the perfect little house pictured in my mind.  

       Yes, I believed I had everything planned out for the rest of my life, until something happened one day. It started out like this... One sunny, happy day I was standing on the balcony of my apartment. I watched cars drive and people walk, up and down the streets. Marley was on the floor inside the apartment, playing with her stuffed bear. I turned around, walked inside, and looked at her.

She hugged the teddy bear as if it was telling her that it was cold and needed a hug. I smiled at her. Then I walked over and picked her up. She stared at me, wondering why I just did that.

"Do you want to go to the park?" I asked her.
       "Yeah," she spit out in happiness.

I laughed and tickled her belly. She only squirmed and giggled. Her eyes were shut, but her mouth was open wide with a big smile.

Once I stopped, she leaned back up against my right shoulder and I walked with her out of the apartment.
       I decided we could go to the park in the middle of the town, since it was the closest in walking distance.

When we arrived, many people were already there. I chose to have Marley and I sit at a picnic area.

"Would you like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Marley?" I asked her after I sat down beside her.
       "Yeah!" she replied.

       I turned my attention towards the picnic basket and started to dig through it. I found the peanut butter, but couldn't find the jelly. I kept searching and searching, and then a loose thread on the end of my blue shirt's sleeve got caught on the wicker basket. I fiddled with my fingers and tried the best I could to free the thread without ripping a big hole in my shirt sleeve. Then finally, once I used my fingers to release the thread from the basket's prison, I kept searching for the jelly. Eventually, I found it underneath the bread, which felt quite soggy. I pulled the supplies out of the basket and placed them on the red and white checkered picnic blanket. "Are you ready for a delicious sandwich?" I asked Marley, still looking down at the food. There was silence. "Marl-" I looked up towards where she sat.

But the thing was, she wasn't there. "Oh my gosh, Marley?!" I called out her name. I looked around. She wasn't anywhere. I was really starting to panic. I looked around the park, everyone was all happy and giggly like everything was great. I couldn't find Marley though.

I stood up and looked around, my heart just felt like it was going to burst. I didn't know if I was overreacting or not. My mind was in ten different places all at once. I was thinking of all the "if" and "what could happen" thoughts. It was not good. I felt like I stopped breathing...

Aren't you glad that that wasn't Felix kissing the blonde chick in the beginning? What about Marley, where do you think she went? Is Piper overreacting, or is it normal for a mother to act like that? Click the picture for Chapter 15 (: