Shelby's POV

*November*

"You look beautiful." My Aunt Trecia said with teary eyes. I'm in my dressing room putting on my wedding dress. All the girls are with me.
"Thanks." I hug her.

Leah is my Maid of Honor. Then it's Sydni, Skylar, Timber, Lauren, Chandra, and Ashley. Aspyn is my flower girl.

Steve's Best Man is Soda, of course. Then it's Blake, Dally, Two-bit, Darry, Johnny, and Ponyboy.

"Ready?" Greg knocks on my door.
"Yeah." I smile.

We walk to the end of the aisle and wait.
"I can't believe this is happening." Greg sighed.
"I know. It doesn't seem real."
"My baby girls grown up."
"I'm still your baby girl."
"I know. You always will be. And I'm so proud of you."
"Thanks. I see your future Mrs'." I look at Haley on the front row.
"Maybe." Greg smiled.
"Maybe?"
"If she'll let me hang around that long."
"I'm sure she will."

The music starts playing and everyone stands up. It feels like my feet are glued to the floor but I force them to move. I see Steve and smile.

"Who gives this woman away?" The preacher asked.
"I do." Greg said. I tried to move but Greg wasn't moving. He grabbed Steve's shoulder and pulled him to him.
"Remember, whatever you do to her, I do to you. Think about that." He whispered to him. Steve nodded.

Greg hugged me and walked to the front row by Haley.

Steve grabbed my hand and smiled. The preacher started talking and we said our vows.

"I do." Steve said. It was my turn. My stomach knotted up. I look out of the corner of my eye and I see Caden. Am I ready for this? What if I made a mistake? No. I love Steve.
"I do." He smiled at me and I smiled back.

"You may now kiss the bride." Steve raised my veil and kissed me passionately. He tipped us over. Everyone cheered and whistled.

Memories flooded my mind. Us meeting for the first time. It truly was love at first sight. Our first kiss. Our first date. All the times I almost died. I've cause him so much pain but yet he's stayed with me.

"I proudly present to you Mr. And Mrs. Steve Randle."

We walked down the aisle. Someone caught my eye. A girl. She had dark hair and brown eyes. Evie.
"Steve?" I whispered.
"Yeah babe?"
"She's here."
"Who?"
"Evie."
"Ignore her."
"It's hard when she wants to kill me." I sighed.

At the reception the gang gave a speech.

"Steve I hope you're happy. You deserve it. Thanks for being my pal. And thanks for the free drinks by the way. And Shelby, I don't know how you put up with him. I hope you're both always happy." Two-bit said.

"Steve, what can I say. We've been best friends since first grade and I hope we're always best friends. Shelby, we've only known you a few months but it looks like you're staying. And that's a good thing. We don't want you to go. Thanks for everything you guys have done. I love you both." Soda said.

"Listen up Steve. If sis comes crying to me say if that you mistreated her, you're dead. But I don't think that'll happen. But if it does, you better till me sis." Dally said. I chuckled.

"I wish you both the best of luck. If you guys need anything you know we're here. Things will be hard but I know you guys can get through it." Darry said.

"Shelby you're my sister and I love ya. Good luck with him. Steve, everyone knows we hate each other but in the long run, we're brothers. I'll be here if you need me. Love ya puppy." Pony said. (A/N refer back to chapter see ya later)

"That was nice kitty." Steve joked. I elbowed him.
"I mean love you too." He corrected himself and rubbed his arm. Everyone laughed.
"We know who wears the pants in this relationship." Two-bit joked.
"Obviously." I smirked.

"I wanna thank you both for all you've done and wish you guys the best." Johnny said shyly.

"Shelby you're my best friend and I love you. I'm so glad you're happy. I you need me call me. I'm always here. Thanks for all the midnight calls and comforting me. And thanks for calling the one on the left and letting me have the one on the right. You better be good to her Steve." Leah warned. (A/N refer to chapter Meeting Him)

"Shelby you're my best friend and always have been. Me, you, and Leah called ourselves the three musketeers when we were little. We've had a lot of fun through the years and I'm excited to see what the future holds for us. Oh the stories we could tell. If Steve does anything wrong you call me." Skylar said.

"I hope you guys are happy, by the looks on your faces I can tell you are. You both have bright futures ahead of you and I'm glad you have each other. I know you guys will have a great life together. Love you both." Timber smiled.

"Shelby Shelby Shelby. No one understands my humor like you do. When I make jokes and everyone things I'm dumb you know that's just me. Thanks. You've always been there for us and been our shoulder to cry on. You hold us together. Steve you're a lucky man." Lauren stated.

"Shelby you give the best advise. When I went through my goth stage you drug me out. Black is not my color. I'm more of a pink girl. I hope one day I can be like you. Steve I hope you realize how lucky you are. Good luck." Chandra said.

"You went through a goth stage?" Johnny asked shocked.
"Pretend you never heard that." She said. We laughed.

"Steve I'm gonna start with you. Thanks for taking care of our girl. Treat her right. Shelby you're the strongest person I know. You're smart, beautiful, funny, and talented. Hope you guys have a great life together."

"Shelby you're my cousin, best friend, and twin sister. We've had our ups and downs but we always forgive each other and move on. We've been through a lot together. We've helped each other through many things. We wouldn't be here if we didn't have each other. I love you. And as for you Steve, I have a spoon. My spoon can do three things. 1. It can feed you. 2. It can scoop your eyeballs out. Or 3. It can cut your balls off. Your choice." Sydni looked him in the eye.

"We know which ones the violent twin." Steve said.
"I see you've choose the second option." She said.
"Uh..uh...I meant thank you Sydni."
"That's what I thought."

"Shelby you're my baby and I love you so so much. I'm so proud of you. I know Steve will be good to you and if he's not he'll....disappear. You've grown into such a wonderful young lady. Mammaw would be proud of you. Never forget what she taught you. We all love you sweetie and we wish you guys the best. If you guys ever need anything we're here. And remember Stilwell will always be your home." Trecia said between sobs. I teared up ant the thought of my Mammaw. I've always dreamed of this day. But in every dream she's been in it. And now that it's a reality she's not here.

"Shelby you're my sister and I love ya. You know all my secrets and I know yours. I remember when we were little we'd go in Greg's room when he was out with friends. Every time we'd break something. And everytime we'd shove it under his bed. He's never cleaned under his bed. Needless to say he never found out. Till he got a girlfriend who he conned into cleaning his room. When she cleaned under his bed he freaked out when he saw his old state champ football bedazzled and most of his trophies snapped in half. We did everything together growing up and we both looked up to Greg. We both still do. I know you're gonna go on and change the world. And I know Steve is gonna be right there with beside you the whole way." Blake said.

"You guys still owe me money to replace all my stuff. I haven't forgotten." Greg joked.
"Sorry I'm broke. I used all my money to pay for this wedding." I told him.

"Minnie I can't thank you enough for introducing me to Sydni. If it wasn't for you I don't know where did be. Steve you're one of my main men right now. Good luck." Thomas said.

"Well Benwilpott look how much we've changed. We met in third grade. I moved to Stilwell with my mom. We've been friends since. I remember back in our Freshman year me and you were in Drivers Ed together and you broke the car. I'll tell you that story later Steve. Best of luck you guys." Hunter said.

"Shelby I'm sorry. I've hurt you too many times. But I hope you've forgiven me and we can be friends again. We used to be inseparable. We were roping partners. Man we were good. I love you. I know you and Steve are happy. I hope one day I find a girl who will make me that happy. I used to have one but if was an idiot and lost her. I know you and Steve will have a good life." Caden said.

Then it happened.

"Hello everybody. If you don't know me I'm Evie. I'm Steve's ex. Me and Shelby have a...rough history. She thinks she's won but the wars just began." She smirked at me.

"Ok you're done." Greg escorted her out.

"As you of guys can tell this girl has many, many nicknames. So far we've heard sis, minnie, and Benwilpott. But I know one that hasn't been told yet. And she just might kill me after this but oh well. Putter. Here's the story behind that, when she was little she had a cozy coup. If you don't know what that is you had a sad childhood. It's a little too car you sit in and you use your feet to move it. It's like a Flintstones car. Well when she would drive it she'd go "put put put put. Put put put put." So Aunt Deb started calling her Putter. It's stuck tell she became a tween and was embarrassed. So there's some blackmail Steve. Putting all jokes all side this girl is the most important girl in my life. She's my sister. I love her to death. I'd go through hell and back for her. I'd also kill for her. I know Steve will be good to her. I know this because I'm all side good tracker. I'm also good at shooting guns and bows. And I always have an alibi. If Steve remembers that and all the other things I've told him, we'll get all sides long just fine." Greg said.

"It's now time for the first dance." They annouced. Steve grabbed my hand. Our song came on, it's now or never.

We danced and it felt like we were the only two people in the world.
"I love you."
"I love you too...Putter." He chuckled.
"Shut up."

We went to leave and everyone threw rice at us. We decided to go to the Curtis house and tell them goodbye. The whole gang was there.

As I was giving them all a hug someone knocked on the door. Darry opened it and a soldier stepped in.

"I went to some houses before this amd I was told I'd find you guys here. When I call your name come get your letter." He annouced in a strong voice. My heart sank.

"Darrel Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Keith Matthews, Blakely Benham, Hunter Kirkland, Thomas McCoy, Gregery Benham, Johnny Cade, and Steve Randle. Welcome to the Army boys. We'll pick you up here Saturday at 7 a.m. sharp."
"But I just got married!" Steve protested.
"Better fight hard son." The soldier saluted and left.

My head started spinning. Steve looked at me.
"No. No. No." I shook my head.
"Baby. It's ok." He grabbed me.
"This can't be happening. You're leaving me."
"I'll be back."
"How do you know?" Have I ever lied to you before?" He assured me. I hugged him and cried.
"Shh. It's ok." He rubbed my back. All the other girls were the same way. Skylar and Ashley are so lucky.

"Greg. What am I gonna do without you here with me." I hug him.
"I'm still gonna be here. It takes more than a bullet to stop me."
"Guys I heard you take a survey and they pick your spot based off that. So maybe we can all be mechanics or soemthing." Hunter said.
"Hopefully." I said.

Evie was right. The war has just began.
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I'll let that sink in....