The Royal Wedding

Chapter Seven

After giving our messages and messages from their parents who kept on asking for grandchildren, little did I know that Vince will have a special participation at the wedding.

He went at the side where the choir was. "Good evening to all." Vince greeted.

"I just want to save myself a little from disgrace" he chuckled. "I don't do this for a living just to let you know. But if you're planning to get me as your wedding singer I'll be at table ten and just ask for my number" We laughed. He's really crazy!

"I personally wrote this song for my special someone...but unfortunately I wasn't able to let her hear it... It was supposed to be our wedding song" And everyone got silent while I shivered. Please Vince. Please. Not now please.

He paused for a moment and smiled "Just kidding guys. You don't know the word humor do you?" and they all laughed.

"This song will summarize Tess and Philips love story and this song is entitled 'Best Friend'"

"Best Friend"

Do you remember when I said I'd always be there.

Ever since we were ten, baby.

When we were out on the playground playing pretend.

Didn't know it back then.

Now I realize you were the only one

It's never too late to show it.

Grow old together,

Have feelings we had before

Back when we were so innocent

[Chorus:]

I pray for all your love

Girl our love is so unreal

I just wanna reach and touch you, squeeze you, somebody pinch me

This is something like a movie

And I dont know how it ends girl

But I fell in love with my Best Friend

Through all the dudes that came by

And all the nights that you'd cry.

Girl I was there right by your side.

How could I tell you I loved you

When you were so happy

With some other guy?

Now I realize you were the only one

It's never too late to show it.

Grow old together,

Have feelings we had before

When we were so innocent.

[Chorus]

I know it sounds crazy

That you'd be my baby.

Girl you mean that much to me.

And nothing compares when

We're lighter than air and

We don't wanna come back down.

And I don't wanna ruin what we have

Love is so unpredictable.

But it's the risk that I'm taking, hoping, praying

You'd fall in love with your best friend

[Chorus x2]

I remember when I said I'd always be there

Ever since we were ten baby.

It was indeed his composition for me. No point in lying or even trying to convince myself the other way around. Jeanne was sitting beside me but I can see that he is angry.

Right after the song ended Jeanne pulled out of my hand. I try to hold on his hand but he resisted. "Jeanne please" I whispered.

"Is this the reason?" He hissed at me. "Is this the reason why you want to come home alone?" He threw the napkin on the table and walked away. I was about to follow him when Josh stopped me. "Give him some air Kathy. He has to calm down before you talk"

"What will I do?" I asked, voice shaking. We've never fought like this. What if...What if... "Vince sang the song for them Kathy even though he wrote it for you. Make him understand that"

I rolled my eyes and frustratedly answered. "He would not understand that. Have you seen his reaction?"

"He has to Katherine. In reality we all know what Vince is in your life. No matter how long you two will be together there will always be a place in your heart for Vince" Sophia butted in.

"We all know here that you can't just let him go like that and if you follow him now you'll just defend Vince. I'm sure you will defend Vince"

I didn't follow Joshua's advice. I looked for him immediately. I've looked around the place but didn't see him, then I walk farther, there I've seen Jeanne in an isolated part of the island, looking at the see and seemed to focus on the music of the waves. I hugged him from the back.

"Baby..." I said.

"Is he your ex-boyfriend?"

"No"

"Why?" he asked in a flat tone. "It's a long story Jeanne. I will tell you. I promise"

He turned and faced me. "Why did you not marry him?" he was serious and dangerous. He was different from the Jeanne I know.

"Please Jeanne..."

"He calls you Katherine. He knew everything you want, he made a song for you and what? When he came in it is as if I never existed, that I was not with you. He knows everything, everything about you!"

"Kathy" Oh s**t. I turned and saw Vince coming to us. Without saying anything Jeanne suddenly punched his face. "Jeanne!" I got in between them fast. Vince lose balance but didn't fell down.

The guards were on alert, while I saw Vince's security guards coming near us. He wave a hand to stop them. "Do not make a scene here at my best friend's wedding" I looked at them both and pleaded.

Vince nodded as he wiped the blood on his lips. While Jeanne move away from us but left deathly glares to Vince which he equivalently gave back at him.

I looked back at Vince, the side of his mouth still bleeding. "Sorry for that" I said, ashamed.

He chuckled and answered "I deserve that. Actually, it shall be I who shall apologize, I'm sorry, because I was not sorry for what I did Katherine."

"Vince please..."

"No. I want to tell it now. The song? I did it for you Katherine and we both know why."

"I'm married now Vince."

He nodded. "I know. That's why I give it to them. They had the same story but it doesn't mean that I gave up already Katherine. I will let you have a great life with him. I want that for you but one wrong move. One wrong thing that he do? I'll catch you Katherine." He held my face.

"I will always be here for you. I'm your guardian angel remember? He smiled. "Go find him Katherine" I nodded, and guiltily walk away to find Jeanne.

I looked all over the place to find him but I didn't succeed, that was when I asked the guards to look for him, and they said, he got back to the hotel room where we will stay for the night.

I sighed. It was supposed to be a good trip but it didn't appear that way.

I got back to our seat, Vince and Monique was nowhere to be found, while Josh and Sophia was there.

"Is everything okay?" Sophia asked, worried.

I shook my head. "I do not know where to place myself. I know, Jeanne is my husband and I love him but you're right, Vince will be Vince. I love him too and I'm hurting them both"

"It is beyond your control Katherine but you have to go after Jeanne. Why? Simply because Vince will never leave you, ever. I know that sounds unfair to Vince but let's have a reality check here. It was Jeanne who you want to spend your happily ever after with. He is it, and he will always be."

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I immediately left the place after Sophia and I talked. I said my goodbyes to the couple and I know Tess sensed something is happening. She understood, and she told me to fix things.

When I opened the door of our suite I saw Lila. "Where is he?" I asked with concern.

"At the balcony madame, drinking" I nodded and walk towards the balcony.

"Give me another bucket of ice Lil..." He turned back, surprised to see me. He turned his back on me and continued drinking.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" I angrily asked. "He wasn't doing anything Jeanne yet you punched him."

He didn't answer, instead he just took another sip from his glass. Silent treatment. He does that when he's mad. I walk towards the rails of the balcony, a little away from him, both of us, facing the beach.

I surrendered. He's jealous and I'm in fault, well, it wasn't my intention, but still it was my fault. "We studied in the same school from first to tenth grade" he didn't seem to mind, but I know he heard. I didn't know where to start so I did really start it from the very beginning.

"Whenever we are in the same class, I think that was around six times since first grade, we used to be seatmates because of our surnames. He always teases me because I'm not good at dancing. But we are not really great friends, I mean; we are, occasionally and oftentimes classmates, you know. His parents know my parents a reason why in some events we use to see one another."

I looked at him, but he was still looking at the beach. "We haven't met for long; we studied in different universities in college. We've just been in touch again because we are not really friends we've been meeting occasionally in different seminars and conventions, like me, he's into business; but he doesn't want to manage their business. After several seminars I heard nothing from him" It was because nothing special really connects us, it was just mere acquaintance for us. We grow up and stopped the teasing and started being a real man and woman.

I breathe deeply for the next part of my story. No more crying Katherine, you've told this story a million times.

"When Zach and I broke up, I choose to move out of the country. I was vulnerable; I accidentally met him in a bar. I was too drunk, reckless, uncontrolled, inattentive; I never cared how to go home, that night he brought me in his house and the next day he talked to me to ask what happened and I told him everything, the same story I told you."

Finally he looked at me, with those eyes that was really his, full of love and concern on me. "He was always beside me, he was with me whenever I have to see my psychiatrist, he asked me to see one, just to make sure that I'll be fine. He helped me recover. We went in different states of America and I had fun being with him. After six months, thinking I'm strong enough to face the world again, plus granny's condition I decided to go back in the Philippines and he come with me, only to find out that he will propose to me in front of my family and friends...I know it was a shame to give him a no but...I don't see him as someone I want to marry"

"He deserves that" he whispered, I know he didn't really intend that I hear that but I did.

I walk near him and hugged him from the back. "Though Vince is not my ex, it is a part of my life that I think you should know and I can see that you are pissed off when you see how he was with me. He's a great friend. That's all."

"But still, you haven't answered my question"

I rolled my eyes. "Jeanne, I told you the whole story yet I haven't answered your question?"

"I was asking you why you didn't had a relationship."

"It's because we are in a relationship and because I am married with you" He removed my hand and I know he was irritated by my answer but it wasn't the only thing that surprise me, it was his right hand which was half covered by blood

I grabbed it and tried to remove the band aid. "Don't" he said. "I'm okay"

I grabbed his hands with full force. "I want to see" I keenly looked at it. It was fresh and still bleeding. "Gosh Jeanne. It's still bleeding! Where did you get this?"

"I punched the door." He tried to get back his hand but I glared at him, grabbed his hand and forcefully shove him up to the bedroom. "I'm fine Kathy."

"Shut up. You are not fine"

"Sit" I commanded and I looked for my medical kit. He was looking at the balcony. No emotion. No nothing.

I sit beside him and with the kit in between us. He didn't look at me. I'll be honest, with all the relationships I had, this argument with Jeanne was the toughest. I hold on his hand and he didn't get it but still, he didn't look at me.

"I don't want to hurt him. Back then, I was not so sure when will I get ready to fall in love again, I do not know if I will learn to love him. He doesn't deserve to be a rebound"

He turned at me and frowned. "Rebound?"

"Yes, it's when you had a relationship with a person you don't love knowing that you are still in love with your ex"

He looked at me straight to the eyes, serious, deathly and intimidating. "So I am your rebound?"

"That's ridiculous. We both don't love each other when we had this relationship."

He nodded and got my point. "Are we fine now?" I asked. He brushed my cheek with his uninjured hand, held on my chin and kissed my lips. When I open my eyes I see him nod. "I love you and sorry for being an ass. I've never..." He sighed. "I've never been this jealous to any man"

"Really? You just got jealous with Lawrence before." I reminded him.

"That's nothing compared to this man"

"Why?" He looked away. "Because I know he can get you from me" there was pain in his voice. I hugged him tight. "Sorry if I made you feel that way. I'm sorry baby. I love you." I said. "I love you"

The song was entitled "Best Friend by Jason Chen"