I Do Or I Don't?

Chapter 1- The Morning After The Night Before

It was the day of Sam Nixon's wedding to Stuart Turner. They had managed to patch things up after the miscarriage and Stuart walked out on her. During this time, she turned to Phil for comfort. They were brought closer together by their trip to Romania when they ended up sleeping together. Sam and Phil had tried to make a go of their relationship after Romania but she didn't want to be left high and dry if Phil did run off with another woman. After her 3 week break she patched things up with Stuart and they were now engaged.

It was about 7 o'clock in the morning and the sun was already out, casting its light through the hotel window. Lying in the bed were Sam and Phil Hunter. She had gone out for her hen night with her daughter Abi and two of her closest friends, Jo and Gina. They started off in a pub and then moved on to a nightclub. Phil just 'happened' to turn up in the same bar as the girls. As the girls began to get more and more drunk, Sam started flirting with Phil and eventually invited him back to her hotel room. One thing led to another and they ended up sleeping together. Deep down, she knew that it was Phil that she wanted to be with. She wasn't sure that she could give it another chance. At about 7:15, Sam began to stir, she turned around and saw Phil looking at her. 'Morning gorgeous,' Phil said and kissed Sam's forehead.

Sam immediately jumped out of bed and put on a dressing gown. She went across the room to open the curtains. 'So are you going to go through with this farce of a wedding?' Phil asked.

'Stop it, Phil. Whatever me and you did have is finished, it's over Phil. You can't stop me from marrying Stuart, last night was a mistake,' Sam replied.

'You could've fooled me last night in the club. It was you coming onto me, you can't deny that,' Phil said.

'Just go will you Phil,' Sam replied, a bit more forcefully.

'Fine, just remeber that I'll always be here, Sam. As long as I'm around, you'll always be wondering what might've been. You'll always be thinking about what would've happened if me and you had stayed together. The only reason you patched things up with Stuart is because you wanted to forget all the feelings you had for me,' Phil said as he finished getting dressed.

'There was still a part of me that had feelings for Stuart, I know he walked away from me after the miscarriage but I've forgiven him for that. We're back together and nothing you do or say now is going to stop me marrying Stuart,' Sam replied.

Sam was stood by the window looking out on the view. 'Please Sam, just look at me and tell me that you don't feel the same about me,' Phil said.

Sam turned around to face Phil. 'I don't love you Phil, not anymore,' She said, turning her back on Phil, she didn't want him to see the tears that were beginning to show in her eyes. 'Just go, Phil.'

'Fine,' Phil replied and slammed the hotel door shut.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of Sun Hill, Stuart had just woken up. He couldn't believe that the day had finally arrivd. Sam was finally going to be his wife, soon he'd have no reason to be jealous of Sam's friendship with Phil. He knew that once they were married, any feelings Sam did have for Phil would vanish, or so he thought.

Stuart went downstairs to put the kettle on. He made himself a cup of tea. His brother, Callum entered the living room. 'Morning bruv,' He said.

'Morning,' Stuart replied.

'Any nerves?' Callum asked.

'None at all, I know Sam won't let me down,' Stuart said.

'I hope so, you've bagged a good'un there, don't let her down,' Callum said.

'I won't, I promise,' Stuart replied.