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prologue part 1: renee's trip to vegas

renee patted down her dress with a bright smile. after months of planning, she finally going to have the engagement party she had dreamt of.

sasha; the short blonde's best friend, was standing beside her, starring into the mirror. "god renee, you look like a princess." she sniffled trying not to cry.

"banks, you better not cry right now." she said with a small laugh. she hugged her best friend as they linked arms.

"you ready?"

renee took a deep breath and stared at the door they now faced. "yes, yes i am ready."

she walked into the room of her closet friends and family. they cheered once they seen her. she was a little thrown off when her soon-to-be husband hadn't arrived yet.

"where's corey?" renee whispered to nicole who shrugged with a sad smile.

"i'm on it right now, though." she sighed, getting up and exiting the hall. she called him repeatedly, but no answer.

time had passed drastically and people were starting to ask questions, questions that renee never knew the answer to. she sighed and looked over at sasha.

sasha checked renee's phone, that had died, but now had charged. she had two unread messages from corey.

{5:37 pm} corey: hey, yeah, so i'm like not coming to the dinner...

{5:45 pm} corey: us getting married is kind of a stupid idea...um, goodbye i guess?

sasha read with wide eyes. she didn't know how to tell renee that her boyfriend of three years had just broken up with her over text.

she looked around nervously before deciding to grab the microphone. "hey wonderful people!"

"hi!" someone in the crowd yelled back.

"i would just like to say thank you to every one of you who took the time to come to this wonderful celebration." she said as they cheered. "i hope you enjoy your night, freddy is by the door to relieve you of all your parking charges. drive safe, goodbye everyone!" she said making everyone bicker in confusion. the part had started an hour and a half ago.

renee looked at sasha with big eyes. she knew whatever text renee just read had to be pretty bad for her to excuse the entire party. nicole, seth and sasha made their way over to renee.

"what the hell was that?" nicole asked sasha who looked a little guilty.

"well, corey called off the wedding." is what sasha should have said, but she didn't want to be the one to break sasha's heart, so instead she said. "seth, baby, you, uh, read the messages. maybe pass it around to nicole while you're at it."

he took the phone from sasha and read corey's messages with wide eyes, just as sasha had before. he looked at renee nervously before passing the phone over to nicole, without a word.

"oh for god sakes!" renee said with an eyeroll, grabbing her phone from nicole. she read the text and her eyes immediately began to tear up. "oh.."

nicole didn't even need to read it, already knowing exactly what it said. she gripped renee's hand tightly with a sigh.

"three years, guys." she mumbled dropping her phone to the ground. seth bent down to pick it up, but the sound of her cracked voice stopped. "what did i do wrong?"

"god, renee, nothing!" he said immediately. corey had been a very bad boyfriend to renee, so when seth found out she was going to marry him, he did everything in his power to convince her otherwise. "you know that he was no good for you."

the room was filled with silence. no one one knew what to say nor did they know what to do. sasha looked over at nicole with an idea in tow. "vegas."

"what?" renee head snapped over to look at sasha.

"let's go to vegas."

"are you out of your mind?" renee asked sitting up straighter.

"what? do you have a better idea?" sasha asked. "after this party, we were supposed to head there anyways."

"which makes it worse-"

"no, it makes it better because now we'll actually have a blast." nicole pitched in, which sasha was grateful for.

"ugh, fine." renee said giving in. she honestly just wanted to forget about corey, even if it's for one night. "i have to call the guest list-"

"i'll do that. you guys get home, pack, i'll take care of it all." seth said with a sad smile. renee hugged him tightly before taking off to her dressing room. nicole nodded at him while sasha pecked his lips. "you, no drinking, not even wine like the doctor said."

"not even a sip?"

"no." he said sternly. "baby, i mean it. the baby is in it's most fragile state, i don't even want you to fly actually."

"okay, i promise, no drinking." she said putting him at ease a bit. she walked in the direction the girls came from. they all went to their houses, packing up before meeting at the boston national airport.

"are you okay, renee?" nicole asked, squeezing her best friend's hand. "it's okay to be sad."

"a little sad, but definitely not surprised. that man has been wishy-washy for as long as i can remember."

"ugh, forget him." sasha said, handing the lady her boarding pass. "i promise you he isn't thinking of you right now, so let's not even acknowledge his entire being. corey, who?"

"i love you." nicole laughed, handing her boarding pass as well. renee was last and her pass dinged a high pitch.

"miss, you are boarding the wrong exit, it says here that you are a first class passenger. that exit is the next two gates over." she explains and renee nods.

"guess i'll see you guys?" she said confused.

"hell yeah, go enjoy." sasha smiled hugging her friend goodbye, as did nicole. 'hey, wanna hold my bags?"

"but-" nikki started as sasha piled them on her.

"i'm pregnant." she shouted making nikki laugh.

renee boarded her gate and sad down in the window seat. across and one seat above, she saw a man about her age in a tightly fitted white shirt, tucked into tight black slacks that shaped his thighs. she noticed the dark shaded tattoos that creep up his neck and couldn't help, but stare. he was so beautiful, he looked unreal.

soon she turned to look away, back out the window as her flight took off high into the dark sky, ending this mess of a day.

a/n wow, my first book not about sesha, who am i???? but i hope you guys liked this and i hope you guys stick with me through it. i love you all ♡

just wanted to add that this book is not going to contain significant drama, it's just an untraditional love story of two souls who find each other and fall in love. i hope you guys enjoy it because i had a lot of fun writing this.