Chapter 3 The second Sienna saw me by the door , she rushed over and grabbed my hand . " Babe , you look like death . Did you get sick last night ? " She stepped back , eyeing my dress . " But holy shit , this dress is killer on you . Landon must've saved orphans in a past life or something . " I glanced down at my red dress , then touched the fabric of hers . " Yeah . You helped me pick this out , remember ? Said we should match for today . " She beamed . " I've got good taste , right ? You can always count on me . " Except now , staring at her soft pink dress , I realized something . It matched Landon's dark jacket way better than mine did . Did she even pick this for me ? Or was she picking it for herself the whole time ? My brain was too fried to figure it out . Landon walked over with two glasses of water and handed one to each of us . You've been standing forever . Drink something . " Sienna grinned at him . " Look at Mr. Thoughtful over here . No wonder you stole my girl . " ' She's my future fiancée now , so yeah . " I noticed right away - Sienna's glass was warm . Mine was ice cold . Of course . Landon being " thoughtful . " I stared at the glass in my hand . This whole damn circus , and somehow I was the one who wanted to run . Landon must've picked up on it . " You okay ? Getting cold feet ? " I shook my head . " Just didn't sleep well . " Sienna pulled me toward my bedroom . " Come on , let me touch up your makeup . It's your big day - you need to look perfect . " She sat me down in front of the mirror and started working on my face with total focus . It hit me then - the summer after high school , when we tried doing our own makeup for the first time . We looked so bad we were too embarrassed to go home . Ended up killing time at the mall all day , splitting a single hot dog because we only had three bucks left . God , we were so young . So stupid . We'd never get that back . I looked up at her . " Sienna . Are you hiding anything from me ? " Chapter 3 Her hand holding the makeup brush froze for a second . " Yeah , actually . " My heart stopped . " I found this sick male strip club downtown . Planning to check it out soon . You're gonna be a married woman , so you'll just have to live through me ! " She burst out laughing . Whatever was left of my heart turned to ice . Even now . Even at the very end , she wasn't going to tell me . Outside , fireworks went off . Time for the ceremony . My parents flanked me and Landon . Sienna stood off to the side . Dad got all misty . " Man , time flies . Feels like yesterday you girls were running around causing trouble . Now Haven's getting engaged and Sienna's killing it at work . " " Remember when Sienna swore she'd drink any guy who married Haven under the table ? " Sienna laughed . " Damn right . Haven's the best person on the planet . You don't deserve her , Landon . Not even close . " " So let's make this official . You want to marry her ? You gotta outdrink me first . " She grabbed a bottle of whiskey , poured it into a glass , and locked eyes with Landon . His whole body tensed . The relatives started egging them on . " That's a real best friend right there ! Drink up , Landon ! " " Sienna can drink anyone under the table . You're stealing her best friend - time to pay ! " I caught Sienna's parents in the corner . They were trying not to cry , watching their daughter put on this performance . Sienna raised the glass . " Bottoms up ! " Right before it touched her lips , I ripped it out of her hand and chugged it myself . The alcohol burned like hell going down . Everyone went dead silent . Landon's hand was halfway to stopping her . He'd been about to grab the glass . Because she was pregnant . She couldn't drink . The relief on his face was instant . He looked down at me , all soft and worried . " Why'd you do that ? " Then to Sienna , " No more drinking today , okay ? You'll feel like crap later . " 24.20 Chapter 3 She squeezed my arm . " Babe , I can handle it . Don't baby me . " I couldn't do this anymore . I mumbled something about needing the bathroom and got the hell out of there . Chapter Chapter 4