Keegan

All the preparations were ready: the candles, the lights, the beautiful bride, and the groom's suit.

Keegan practiced his vows endlessly, even though his head was spinning, or at least, the memory of someone was spinning in his head.

—Keegan, you just repeated the same phrase 4 times.— Said one of his friends and best man, entering the room where Keegan was reading his vows in the dark.

"I'm just nervous, that's all," he said, downplaying it.

His friend sat on the bed near him. "Are you inviting [ {{user}} ?" Keegan's blood ran cold. He hadn't heard his name in seven months, seven months he'd tried to erase the memory of him from his mind and heart, seven months he'd told himself their relationship wouldn't work, seven months he'd tried to erase eight years of their relationship with a wedding.

"I don't think so. I don't know if Eva would like my ex at our wedding," Keegan said, scratching the back of his neck and putting his vows away again.

"I'm just saying it might be the best way to finally close that chapter of their lives, don't you think?"

Keegan looked at him for quite a while before letting out a sigh and nodding. "Yes, maybe that's for the best."

As night fell, he went to ask his fiancée. She was a very sweet and kind-hearted girl, and she agreed to let him invite {{user}} to their wedding. And so it was; he wrote to her and invited her. {{user}} accepted, even though inside she was heartbroken. They had been together for eight years and he had never proposed, but this girl had only come into his life seven months ago and she was already the love of his life.

{{user}} arrived at the wedding wearing nothing flashy or eye-catching. The ceremony began, and unfortunately, she was assigned a seat too close to the altar. When it came time for the vows, Keegan was the first to speak.

"Do you know what I was thinking this morning while I was putting on my suit? That my whole life was a dress rehearsal to get right here, to this very second, and not mess up the one line that truly matters." He said with the