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Chapter 3

"Guess who I saw the other day" Graham told.

"Umm, who?" Aben asked, completely clueless.

"Kelly. I saw Kelly at the coffee shop downtown and I think she was with Cory" Graham remembered.

Aben took a drink from his cup, “Um, did you talk? What did she say?”

Graham nodded, “Yeah, she was very distant though, it was so weird. It was awkward. Well for me anyways. She’s never so cold like that. She really knows how to avoid an ex” he said as he sat back on his chair.

"We had a concert that night, we asked her and Cory to get coffee for us on their way to the venue" Aben recalled.

“Are she and Cory, you know…?” He asked.

"Dating? Well yeah… and I have a feeling he’ll get a ‘yes’ pretty soon" Aben told.

"Oh" Graham replied, he stayed quiet.

"Are you jealous or something?" Aben laughed.

"No, why would I be? We’re over and she definitely moved on" he shrugged.

“Yeah, but have you moved on?” Aben questioned.

Graham stayed silent.

"Dude.. you gotta get over Kelly, its been years"

“Shut up, I know. Aben, it’s Kelly though, she, you know how we were. You knew us. You and Ashley were the only people we told for like the first six months of our relationship.” Graham quipped.

Graham thought about it for a second asking himself if he was really over her. He knew he was but he couldn’t shake the feeling of jealousy and animosity towards Cory. Graham and Cory were friends, but will they still be friend now? They were more of acquaintances rather than friends.

Aben’s phone rang, “Hey babe, yeah I’m with Graham still..” He answered.

"You should take him with you, we’re having a night out at the pub" Ashley A said.

"Okay, let me ask him.. You wanna go out tonight?" He asks. Graham nodded, "We’ll be there babe, see ya" then Aben hanged up.

-

Aben and Graham met up with Ashley A, Jill, Kate and Ashley who already had a table for them with another four seats open.

"Who’s the other two seats for?" Graham asked as he sat next to Kate after he had given her a hug.

"For Kelly and Cory" Kate answered and like her and the rest they realized how awkward it would be, well for everyone but Kelly that is.

"At least she won’t feel it, only we will" Ashley noticed.

“How fortunate for her” Jill smiled.

Then moments later, Kelly and Cory had arrived hands intertwined, with great smiles on their faces and the rest knew what that meant. “I’m guessing she said yes, for the second time” Ashley A said.

Kelly excitedly smiled and gave Cory a kiss, as Graham slammed his drink. “Hey Graham, I didn’t know you’d be here” Cory said as they sat across from him and Kate.

And the awkwardness began.

"Yeah, Ashley and Aben invited me" Graham smiled. Graham stood up and asked for another drink from the bartender and he sat on the stool. Kelly walked up to his right.

"Two margaritas, please" She smiled. Graham faced her.

"Hey, how are you?" Graham asked. "Graham, right? I’m great, how are you?" She asked.

"I’m alright. I’m alright" Graham drug out swallowing his tequila shot and going back to the table.

"Aben I have to go. Something came up, I’ll see you soon" Graham apologized to the rest, hugged the ladies, except for Kelly who was still waiting, then left.

-

"So, how did we know him?" Kelly asked as she sat down with two margaritas, one for her and one for Ashley.

“We’ll tell you later sweetie” Ashley smiled as she looked at Cory, “For now, lets eat! It’s a good night to celebrate that you two are now engaged!”

“So.. tell us how you propose.. This time around, of course” Kate pleased.

“Are you going to tell them or am I?” Cory asked Kelly as he wrapped his hand around her waist.

“No, you should. You did great, baby! You got me to say yes!” Kelly laughed as she kissed him on the cheek.

“It’s better with your perspective, mine is just very nerve wrecking and jittery.. so you tell them”

“I was a hot mess, bawling my eyes out! I thought you were just tying your shoe when you knelt down!”

“For the love of God, tell the story already!” Jill told.

Cory took a deep breath, “We went to where we had our first date, that long walk, biking, walking we took. I’ve had the ring on me since she returned it to me, when she woke up”

“You telling that, God I feel horrible now—”

Cory chuckled, “Don’t be, I told you I’d work for it and I did, now here we are.. back to the story—”

“We were just walking along the sidewalk, and he stopped me and says, ‘This is it, this is where I we stopped to have our second first kiss’ then he knelt down”

Kelly looked towards Cory, “Then I asked her, “ Will you marry me?”

The girls awed. “Excuse me for a sec” Kate said as she picked up her phone.

“Yeah, we can talk. Meet you at our spot” she said, then hung up.

“Who was that?” Jill asked, Kat shook her head, “Just a friend of mine” she smiled.

Chapter 25

“Jill Pickering! Get your butt down here!” Kelly yelled then she thought, “Wow, this is weird. Ha, she’s usually the one who yells at me for being a slowpoke. Well, the tables have turned or starting to, haha” she smiled.

Jill started to come down the stairs, “I’m coming! Niagara Falls ain’t gonna be moving anywhere!” she told.

“Did you hear it moved to New York already?” Kelly teased, gaining a laugh from everyone.

“Haha” Jill mocked, “Why are you in such a rush? Isn’t this like vacation for you?” she asked.

Kelly smiled, “Come on, let’s just go” she smiled with a bigger grin on her face.

“Child, now you’re just freakin me out..” Kelly kept smiling, “Seriously, stop smiling you’re weirding me out” Jill said.

Cory glared at Kelly, “Y’all ready?” he asked.

“What is up with everyone wanting to leave? Sheesh, I just want to see the falls that’s all. Hey that rhymed and I didn’t even try. I did it again! I’m on fire today!” Jill quipped with a smile.

“Okay nerd, let’s get going” Kelly smiled as she anchored her arm onto Jill’s and went their way.

~

At Niagara Falls

“Kel, can I steal Jill from you?” Cory asked with a smile.

Kelly nodded, “Don’t let her wander, Canada”

“Don’t worry I won’t, Tex” Cory assured.

Cory and Jill walked towards the other end of the railing with the beautiful view of the falls, “Why did you need to steal me?” she asked.

Cory began to get nervous even more, “Um.. wow—”

“You okay there Cor?” Jill asked as she shook him slightly. Cory nodded, “I’m okay.. Just trying to get through with what I have to say”

Jill waited, “I like you.. No that sounds stupid.. I love you and I’m in love with you. Does that make sense? Okay, my feelings for you began to develop when you were helping me out with Kelly and I knew that we weren’t going to work out because of our differences.. I love you, Jill. I really do, and I hope you like me the way I like you.. I’m sorry if this is all too fast or I’m coming on too strong for you or—”

Jill kissed Cory with passion, when they drifted apart an inch away difference from each other’s faces, “I like you, I love you and I’m starting to fall in love with you, Cory Churko” she smiled as Cory kissed her again.

“Good” he smiled and stole another kiss from her sweet lips. Cory wrapped his arms around Jill as they watched the falls and talked to each other about everything and how they ended up together and where they are now.

That night in an intimate gathering, Cory proposed a question to Jill..

“Jill, will you give me the honor of being your husband? Will you marry me?” Cory asked as he presented a little box with a beautiful diamond crusted engagement ring.

Without any second thoughts, Jill said “YES! Yes, I will marry you!” the ring fitted perfectly on Jill’s ring finger and they kissed and hugged as tears began to shed from Kelly, Mike and Cory’s parents as well.

~

The following day, they all drove back home to tell the exciting news and Kelly and Jill had their talk before Cory proposed marriage to Jill.

Last night..

“Did you know about this? About what was going to happen today?” Jill asked.

Kelly nodded, “I helped him plan the whole thing, that’s why I was smiling like a huge dork earlier”

“Are you okay with all of this? If not, I’ll end it right now. I’m sure Cory will understand, I can’t make you go through this, I know how it was for Cory and I don’t want you to hate me—” Jill said.

Kelly pulled her down on the bed and they sat next to each other, “I can never ever hate you Jill, always know that! And I’m genuinely happy for you and Cory. I really am. We’ve talked and moved on from everything that happened between me and him. Jill, don’t ever worry about our friendship because it will always be there, no matter what. And I can never lose you as my best friend, you are the most blunt, honest and truthful friend I’ve ever had— well next to Ashley, she’ll kill me if she heard me say that” Kelly smiled.

Jill hugged Kelly, “Me and him were trying to make you guys work and I was in on everything he wanted to do. I never thought all these years, we’d end up like this. How did that happen? Love truly works in mysterious ways. But I do promise this to you, I will make sure before I get married, you’ll find someone out there for you and I know there is because of all people you deserve happiness. I love you Kel and I thank you for our friendship and I’m happy that will never go away” she smiled.

“I love you too, big sis” she said sincerely.

The two great friends called up Kate and Ashley over Skype and told them everything that has been happening over the past few days they were in Canada and they were happy for all of them and they finally found out about Mike’s sexuality. They were pretty shocked which made Jill and Kelly laughed at their friend’s expressions. They talked about every single detail of the past few days, it seemed like an endless night.

Their drive home was pretty fast, Cory and Jill held hands the whole way through the drive while Kelly and Mike talked to Mike’s boyfriend, Andrew and also Kate and Ashley. They had asked them to make lunch since they’ll be home at Kelly’s house in a few minutes.

~

“We’re home!” Kelly yelled as she opened the door. Mike and Cory were in the car getting the luggages.

Kate and Ashley greeted Kelly and Jill with open arms and told them that lunch was ready.

“You’re blinding me! What is that Jill Pickering?!” Ashley quipped.

Kate was shocked. Ashley was shocked. Kelly and Jill couldn’t help but laugh, Cory finally came in with Mike.

“WHO PLACED A RING ON MY BEST FRIEND’S FINGER?!” Kate yelled, still flabbergasted.

“Guilty!” Cory raised his hand then wrapped his arm around Jill’s waist. Kate hugged the both of them and began to cry at the thought of her best friend getting married, very soon.

Ashley congratulated them, “Wow, y’all were not even girlfriend/boyfriend for like an hour and now you’re both engaged the next minute!”

“I never asked her to be my girlfriend, I asked her to be my wife the next hour” Cory smiled and gave Jill a peck on her cheeks.

The girls awed. Mike arrived with Andrew and a friend Andrew brought over for them to meet, he works in the music industry.

First and foremost, Andrew and Mike’s friend greeted Kelly, “Hi, pleasure to meet you” he smiled.

Kelly was in awe with the man in front of him, “Hi, I’m Kelly. Nice to meet you. What’s your name?” she asked with a smile.

“I’m Brandon. Brandon Blackstock” he smiled.

THE END.

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Thanks for reading.. I know you wanted a different ending than me, I already knew that when I came up with this ending.