Chapter 1 “ Can you believe this?” Alex said as her friend Shelby stood in front of the threefold mirror looking at her wedding dress. “ You’re going to be Mrs. Justin Timberlake in a matter of weeks.” She said as the wedding planner handed Shelby a tiara with a veil. “ I know.” Shelby relied as she looked into the mirror and thought about the dress. She then wrinkled up her nose. “ This is working.” She said as she got off the pedestal and walked over to the racks looking for that perfect dress. This was the only thing she needed besides flowers. “ What about this one?” Alex asked as she held up a dress. It looked like the dress Jennifer Ainston wore when she married Brad Pitt. It was prefect. “That’s the one.” Shelby exclaimed as she grabbed the dress and made her way back to the dressing room to try it on. ~*~*~*~ “ I wonder what the girls are doing.” Justin said as he sat with all the guys minus JC's. JC was busy with his wife and new daughter. “Probably talking about us.” Joey said as his cell phone rang. It was probably Alex his girlfriend. “Hola.” He said as he answered. “ Hey baby.” He said as he could hear Shelby in the background talking to the wedding planner. “ So how are things going?” he asked as she told him. As Justin sipped on his ice tea he watched Lance go to work on his palm pilot. “ So Lance how are things going with you and Ally?” he asked as Lance continued to work on something. “Oh we broke up.” Lance said with out looking up at Justin. “ Things weren’t working out.” He said. Of course things were working out. The woman he loved dearly was marrying Justin. “ That’s a shame.” Justin said as the waitress brought their food. “ Not really.” Lance said as his tow way alerted him he had a new message. He quickly opened it up and read it. Hey Pooh. Save me. Becca is fretting over my dress among other things and Alex is having like phone sex with Joey. Please save me Pooh. – Bug Lance smiled as he read the message. Shelby had called him Pooh for as long as he can remember. It mostly had to do with the gift he gave her. He had given her a Pooh bear doll when she was in the hospital right after Justin started dating her. He had always called her Bug, for her size. “That from your new girl?” Justin asked as he threw a few French fries in his mouth. “Uh Yeah.” Lance said as he replied back to Shelby ~*~*~*~*~ Shelby waited for Lance to reply to the message as she put on her dress. It was perfect, just like her wedding. Only one thing was wrong she didn’t love Justin she loved Lance. She never told Lance or Justin how she felt in fear of how Justin would react. Justin had a temper, a big one. Shelby had bruises to prove it too. “Shelby you ok in there?” Becca asked. “Yeah fine.” Shelby said as she smoothed some non-existent wrinkles out of the dress. Suddenly her two way went off. She quickly grabbed it from where she set it and read the new message. Bug- Hang in there. Call me so I can get out of this lunch with the guys. Please? I’ll come by and save you if you do it. J/k! Well I’ll see you later. Pooh Shelby smiled as she set the two-way down and slowly opened the door revealing her dress to Alex and Becca. “ What do you think?” she asked as she slowly turned around. “You look great.” Alex said as she put her hand over the phone. “ Perfect.” She said as she went back to talking to Joey. “ So is this the one?” Becca asked as she handed Shelby the veil and tiara again. “Absolutely.” Shelby said with a smile as she looked into the mirror at the dress. “ This is the one.” She said. “Ok then.” Becca said as Shelby started to daydream about Lance little did she know he was daydreaming about her. ~*~*~ About a ½ hour later the Alex, Becca and Shelby left Bridal Shop. As they walked to there cars Shelby spotted a car she knew to well. It wasn’t Justin but it was Lance. “ I guess I’ll see you both tomorrow.” Shelby said as she neared her car. “ You know it.” Becca said as she and Alex did the same. It took a matter of minutes before both of them were gone it was the Shelby walked over to Lance’s car. “What a surprise to see you here.” She said as walked over to the passenger side door and opened it. “I thought I’d come save you.” Lance said as with a smile. “You’re a little late though.” Shelby replied with a giggle as she got into the car. “ Better late then never.” Lance said as she closed the door. He started the car once again and they were on their way. Shelby didn’t know where but she didn’t care. As long as it kept her away from Justin for a little bit longer. Story Index Home