7:40 AM

Marcus turns off his alarm clock and sits up on his and Naomi's bed,he checks his phone then stands up to stretch so he can start his morning workout.Today was his wedding day and he couldn't wait to marry his best friend.

After his workout he takes a shower and starts to prepare breakfast for him and Naomi who didn't sleep at home because she felt like it was bad luck so she slept over Rosalie and Ny'Shawn's place but she should be getting home soon.

Marcus never expected  to be marrying the Woman of his dreams, today had to be perfect nothing was going to ruin this day for him,a knock at the door Interrupt his cooking time,he put the food on a low temperature then goes to answer the door "can I help you?" He questioned the man wearing sunglasses and holding a briefcase.

"Mr.Ragler I was sent here by Mr.Leeman to see if you would finally accept to the agreement" Marcus knew exactly what agreement it was and he couldn't believe Mr.leeman would try to do this on the day he was marrying said man's daughter .

"Tell My soon to be father in-law to go straight to hell"Marcus slams the door in the man's face and goes back to the kitchen to check on his breakfast, once the food was finally done,she set everything nicely on the table,his phone starts ringing;he answers it with a smile "hello my love"

"Babe I'm stuck in traffic I'll just meet you at the building, it's really bad traffic so I'm just going to start doing my makeup in the car" Marcus looks at the food he prepared and sighs,all his  hard work was now wasted.

"Okay baby,I love you" he understood ,even though half the food was going to waste he  didn't need his future wife getting into a accident trying to rush home.

"I love you more"

••••

9:15 AM

"Nervous?" Ny'Shawn asked while he fixed Marcus tie,he was proud of his friend for finding the one and he couldn't wait to hear them say I DO.

"A little but it's a good nervous, I'm marrying Naomi Leeman"

"It's still weird to hear" Donnie joked, no one in there friend group ever thought that they would be attending a Marcus and Naomi wedding considering Naomi was known for being cold-hearted and evil.

"Marcus are you ready?" His cousin asked him,Marcus checked himself one more time before leaving the room,he walks down the aisle with Donnie and Ny'Shawn by his side,he couldn't believe that today was even happening.

Everything in the building was amazing

and Marcus couldn't be happier, a few more guests started to arrive in the building.

Naomi couldn't be believe her wedding day was finally here,she already had her bridesmaid's Rosalie,Jaden,Raya her Cousin Gale and her little sister Jessi,she didn't have a maid of honor since she refused To pick between her best friends;same goes for Marcus whose groomsmen were, Ny'Shawn , Donnie , Isa and Jessi's boyfriend Nick,the ring bearer was Marcus six year old nephew Malics with the flower girls being little Mena and little Isabel who were Marcus sister and Naomi's  cousin.

Marcus stood in the middle of his and Naomi's Families waiting for his Queen,he could hear yelling coming from where Naomi was,the second voice sounded like her father"I didn't know Nao invited her dad" Ny'Shawn whispered into Marcus ear, everyone knew how much Naomi hated her father.

"Neither did I"Marcus whispered back more confused then Ny'Shawn, he was about to go check to see if everything was alright until Naomi ,Rosalie and Raya walked down the aisle with smiles plastered on their faces, he  grabs her hand and mouthed 'are you ok?' She nods making Him smile in relief.

the priest began to speak And Marcus couldn't take his eyes off the woman he gets to marry. "Now it's time to hear what these two lovers have to say" It was time for them to say their vows,Marcus volunteered to go first he takes out a piece of paper with his vows on them.

"Dear, Naomi Chun-hei Grace Leeman, my ice Queen"the guest chuckles "you are my first love and my last, I love you ever since we met five long years ago, asking you out on our first date gave me butterflies and when I asked you to be my girlfriend and you said no at first-" Ny'Shawn and Donnie smiles at remembering how devastated Marcus was.

"I remember that" Donnie mindlessly blurted out loud making everyone laugh"oops my bad "Marcus smile at his absent-minded friend before continuing to read his vows of love.

"-Eventually I won you over and asked you again ten more times until you said yes"Naomi smiles "I've been smiling like a dork ever since, but right now, right here in this room filled with all of our friends and family I get to marry you , the one thing I thought would or could ever happen to me did, me Marcus Joseph Ragler gets to marry you,you are my lover, my friend and my soulmate, until my last spoken words, I will love you endlessly, you have made me the luckiest person to live"he finishes his vows with a kiss to Naomi's cheek.

Marcus gazed into Naomi's eyes as tears rolled down her cheek, but he couldn't help but feel that something was wrong,he knew Naomi well enough to know when she's crying because she was happy and when she was sad,these weren't happy tears,she was crying but he knew it wasn't of joy. Naomi hands were trembling ,Marcus was getting anxious.

Naomi proceeded to read her vows after looking at their loved ones sitting down "d-dear Marcus J Ragler, you've been my lover, my friend, and my heart for the past five years of my life, you've made me laugh, cry and proud to be your girlfriend, but-" She pauses wiping the tears from her eyes,the bridesmaids and the groomsmen could tell something wasn't right "but today at this moment-"

Rosalie slides over and whispers into Naomi's ear "are you sure you want to do this?" She needed to know if her friend was sure that she really wanted to say her next words,Naomi gives her friend a small smile then continues.

"Nao?"Marcus was confused just as everyone else, he felt like he was going to have a panic attack with the way Naomi was acting,she had him concerned .he was having a really bad feeling that the next words Naomi was going to speak were not going to be good ones.

"-but at this moment I can not marry you Marcus Ragler" and just like that Marcus started to have a panic attack and tried to hold it together,the whole room gasped in shock while watching Naomi run out the building in tears.

Marcus had zoned out,everything felt like slow motion to him,he felt his soul leaving his body until Ny'Shawn and Donnie snapped him out of it "Naomi!"he ran out the building trying to catch his runaway bride "Naomi wait !"he screamed as he chased the car the woman had got into, he ran until he couldn't run anymore "Naomi no!"he cried out before sitting in the middle of the street.

"Markie? Markie!you okay?" Donnie runs to his friend and immediately sat down and hugged him while he screamed and cried "it's okay, it's going to be alright"

Ny'Shawn sat on the other side of Him and rubbed his crying friends back "why?!!! Why?!!!"he screamed through his tears; Everyone in the building ran out to stare at the scene far from them,some people were crying along with Marcus,others couldn't believe this happened.

Rosalie and Raya stayed hushed In the back of the crowd knowing that they knew the very reason why Naomi ran off.

ONE WEEK LATER

How did all this even happen he couldn't even wrap his head around it. it's been a entire week since the wedding had to be called off and Marcus had been stuck in his room ever since,all he did was stare at the paint on the walls for hours until he fell asleep,he ate both but snacks he had hid in his dresser from Naomi,he sat there thinking about the woman who completely ripped his heart into nothing.

"why?!why did she call it off? why didn't she just stay with me?"he asked himself that question everyday, was it him?was he the problem? He sighs and ignores the knocks coming from his front door,he didn't want to get up to answer it so he just sat there in the dark hoping whoever it was would Eventually give up and go away.

The knocking seemed to continue,whoever it was wasn't going to give up forcing Marcus to finally give in,he groans and sluggishly drags he is weakened body to the door "h-hey Markie Marc,are you feeling ok buddy?" it was Ny'Shawn and Donnie they had let Marcus be alone for a week like he asked but it was time for them to check on their depressed friend.

"yeah guys I'm fine,"he said wiping away the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes .

"no you're not Markie ,you're still in your tux"Donnie was right,he never took his tuxedo off he did nothing but cry and scream for the past week in a half.

"look Markie we're here to take you to Isa's restaurant , we know you haven't eaten real food in a week"Ny'Shawn could tell in Marcus face that the man needed actual food in his system.

"no guy's I'm fine, I've been eating the snacks I keep in my nightstand " Marcus assured his concerned friends,he try's to walk back into his bedroom, all he wanted to do is lay down and do nothing.

"no dammit! , look Markie the three of us are going out to eat and that's final ! We can't stand to see you like this any longer"Donnie and Ny'Shawn helped Their friend to the bathroom so he could clean himself up then the three of them left to go to Isa's restaurant,it was an Upbeat gothic restaurant, Isa greets his friend's and gives Marcus a hug .

"Wassup guy's ,Markie I'm sorry about Nao, come on I got a special table for you three" Isa sits them in the VIP area and hands them food menus "order whatever you want, it's on the house " He hugs the three of them then walks off.

All Marcus did was stare at the menu and no one at the table were talking"so Nye how are you and Rosy?" Donnie asked trying to break the silence they have around them.

"I don't know D She's confusing, yes I cheated but I said sorry for it," Ny'Shawn reasoned,Donnie shook his head, he couldn't understand how someone could just cheat on the person they were supposed to love and do it so easily.

Donnie noticed Marcus about to cry and pats his back giving him a small smile "it's ok Markie"Could remember the day he and Naomi met with the woman's cousin,that day was the day he knew he wanted to be with her forever.

FLASHBACK

"Oh!babe I can't believe we're going to be married in two months" Naomi was so excited, Marcus was her life and she was his ice queen.

"I know Nao baby and you make me feel like the happiest person in the world" Marcus gives her dorky smile then kisses her on the lips" I love you so much Nao"

"I love you more Marcus Ragler"

The next day Marcus and Naomi had lunch with Naomi's cousin and her girlfriend who came all the way from Korea,he had never actually met them he just heard a million Stories about them and seen pictures.

The two get walks into a coffeehouse and a blonde haired girl instantly jumps from her seat and runs towards them,she screamed like a dolphin just like Naomi do "Omo Chung-hei I've missed you like crazy!" the girl exclaimed while hugging her cousin, the fair-skinned girl let's go of her cousin and hugs Marcus "I've heard so much about you Markie,and this is my girlfriend Abby" gale introduces her girlfriend who stood a few steps away from them.

The four order food and sits at one of the empty tables,as they waited for their food to arrive it was now time for the family interrogation "don't worry babe you got this" Naomi assured him and gives him a cheek kiss.

"Marcus what's your job?" Gale went right into the questions.

"I'm an executive director "

"Very nice,I might need your help one day,oh before I forget Chung-hei have you talked to Uncle Yet?" The area got quiet, Naomi hated her father because he didn't approve of her and Marcus being together considering the man was black and Hispanic,her father wanted her with a Korean or white man so that their blood line stayed pure.

"No and probably not anytime soon,if he can't accept me marrying the man that I love then he can't be a part of my life, I'll choose Marcus anytime" Marcus smiled at that while Naomi kisses his cheek again,Marcus never felt love like this before and he never thought he could love someone as much as he loved Naomi.

••••

PRESENT DAY

"-That's because you know something!" Donnie didn't like yelling at Raya but wanted to know the truth, he asked the woman to finally confess on why Naomi left Marcus standing at the alter ,he had let Raya keep Naomi's secret but it's been a week and he needed answers,Raya pretending to not know anything irritated him.

"Donnie like I keep telling you, I don't know anything!"Raya yelled back at him,she was of course lying but her and Rosalie had promised Naomi they wouldn't speak the truth to anyone.

"Bullsh-" Donnie stops Mid-sentence when he heard the doorbell it was odd considering their neighbors usually knocks on the door, he opens it "Marcus?" It was pouring down raining outside and Marcus stood there shivering,he was soaking wet and he had put back on his wedding outfit.

"I went to our beach house where we were supposed to be having our reception but everything reminds me of her" even though it was raining on Marcus,Donnie could Still tell that his friend was crying.

Donnie brings Marcus inside he could smell the faint scent of alcohol on The man's breath "Raya bring me some towels please" The woman nods and rushes upstairs "Markie you have to get out of these wet clothes"

"I keep replaying the wedding over and over again like a broken record "He couldn't stop his tears from falling"why?!" He started to scream violently, Marcus slaps the marble floor "she, she "he couldn't even get the words out.

Raya walks downstairs with the towels ,she couldn't help but to feel awful but she knew she couldn't say anything,she hands Donnie the towels and watched Marcus hyperventilate,the broken man started to breathe heavily and had the inability to even produce sound or say something resembling words until he passed out.

Marcus wakes up and looks around at his surroundings he wasn't in his house and he certainly wasn't in the tuxedo he had on,he felt weak as he tried to stand on his feet but his legs wasn't Cooperating with him so he sat back on to the couch, his phone began ringing ,notices it on the coffee table that was arm length form him,he checks his phone to see a unknown number.

"Hello?" He answers it but his words came out hoarse,he sounded as if he spent every single day a year smoking a pack of cigarettes.

"Marcus Ragler, this is Ji-hoon Leeman and we need to talk "Marcus felt his body heat up from anger,he couldn't believe this man had the nerve and Audacity to call him,Ji-hoon Leeman was Naomi's Father.

"We have nothing to talk about" he gritted his teeth trying to refrain from yelling"you took Nao away from me".

"I did nothing, my daughter left on her own free will"

"Liar!" Marcus screamed "Naomi loved me! She would never leave me without a reason" Marcus those words but he wasn't sure he believed them anymore,Naomi was her own person the woman cut her dad out of her life for Him,so why wouldn't she do it again?.

"It sounds as though you need more time, I'll be in touch"

Marcus tosses his phone across the room once he  heard the other line hang up "hey what's going on?" Donnie and Raya hurried downstairs when they heard all the yelling and noise.Marcus broke down on the floor back in tears, why was this happening? Everything was just fine,Naomi sounded equally as happy as He was to be getting married.

After that day Marcus spent The next few weeks living with his friends,mostly with Donnie and Raya,sometimes Rosalie and Ny'Shawn,he couldn't stand to sleep in a house that reminded him every day that he lost the love of his life.

••••

Weeks later ...

"-and here is where you can put a pool table" Marcus made a decision one he didn't think he would be stuck making by himself , he sold everything he and Naomi owned and sold their dream home now he was apartment hunting with the help of His best friends.

"This apartment is the best one so far hopefully it's cheaper too,"Ny'Shawn said looking around the area, the walls were blue and the floors had beautiful white designs all over it.

"Yeah and you get two extra bedrooms,also it's close by me and Raya's townhouse" Donnie commented, he wanted his Best friend close as possible, after weeks of crying Marcus had done a one-eighty and walked around like everything was perfectly fine but Donnie and Ny'Shawn knew better, one time Marcus and Naomi broke up,they found the boy in his apartment near death, he had slit his wrist and took a bunch of pain killers.

"I love it"

"Great the rent is Forty-three hundred a month plus I will need a two thousand dollar deposit, "the real-estate woman hands Marcus a pen  with a smile, Ny'Shawn and Donnie didn't even pay that much for their homes.

"I'll take it "Marcus pulls out his wallet that looked as if it had gained weight.

"That's  a lot of dollars Markie " Donnie needed his friend to be reasonable, Marcus didn't have a job anymore,he has missed to many days of  work following the whole wedding situation.

"It's fine, here you go"Marcus hands money to the woman who gladly accepted it "when can I move in?"

"Whenever you would like Mr.Ragler" she gives The man  the keys and bid her goodbyes.

"Markie how are you going to pay forty-three hundred dollars a month without a job?" Ny'Shawn wanted a valid answer,he believed his friend wasn't thinking with common sense.

"No worries guys, now let's go celebrate " Marcus walks out the apartment leaving his perturbed friends behind, Donnie and Ny'Shawn had a uneasy Feeling that whatever was going on with their friend was about to only get worse from here.