Date: Fri, 11 Jun 93 18:58:30 EDT
From: Jason_Dzembo@MTS.RPI.EDU
To: alt-ql-creative@cisco.com
Message-Id: <3648145@MTS.RPI.EDU>
Subject: Love, Honor & Obey (Part 2 of 4)

       "What's going on?"
       Sam gave the young man standing on the sidewalk a second
look as he walked down the steps of the church.  "Excuse me?" he
asked.
       "Why's everyone leaving?  Where's the rice?  Where's the
happily married couple?" the man asked, "Don't tell me my fool
sister finally came to her senses."
       "You, uh, you mean Lisa.  Right?"  Sam asked.
       "She's the only one who's getting married today, isn't she?"
the man asked with a smile.  He looked curiously at Sam and asked,
"Are you alright, Wes?"
       "Uh, yeah." Sam said, thinking fast.  He gestured towards
the church and said, "They, uh, they've postponed the wedding. 
Lisa is having second thoughts."
       "I knew it!"  the man said, "I knew she wasn't over you." 
He grinned and said, "Does this mean you two are finally getting
back together?"
       Sam shook his head and replied, "Well, I, uh, I don't know. 
I doubt it.  Once Lisa overcomes her anxiety, I'm sure she'll be
all set to marry Jonathan again." 
       "Well, for your sake, Wes, I hope she comes to her senses. 
She didn't appreciate what she had when you two were together.  Now
that she's stuck with him, she's realizing that she was better off
with you."  The man patted Sam on the back, and said, "Well, I
guess I'll see you at dinner."
       "Dinner?" Sam asked.
       "Sure." the man replied, "You're still coming over, right? 
The whole family's looking forward to seeing you."  He grinned and
said, "Wait until Dad finds out that Lisa changed her mind.  We'll
never hear the ends of the 'I told you so's.'"  He waved and left,
leaving Sam staring after him curiously.
       "His name is Ralph Fraser.  He's Lisa's younger brother." 
Al said walking into Sam's line of sight.
       "Where were you two minutes ago when I could have used that
information?" Sam grumbled.
       "Hey, I can't always have perfect timing, Sam." Al said,
defensively.
       Sam shrugged and asked, "Did Beakes talk to Wesley?"
       "She sure did." Al replied, "According to her, Wesley now
claims he's ready to go on with his life.  But she also said that
he's having trouble doing that, because he's concerned about Lisa. 
He doesn't think she's happy."
       "Well he's right about that." Sam agreed, "She's definitely
very confused right now."
       "Beakes thinks that if you could convince Lisa and Jon to
invite Wes to the wedding, then Wes can realize that Lisa is going
to be alright and will go on with his life.  I ran that by Ziggy
and he gives it a 96.6% chance."
       Sam glanced over his shoulder at the church and said, "I
guess I'd better talk to her then."
       Al shook his head.  "Not now, Sam.  The situation is still
too volatile, especially with Jon around.  You can talk to her
tonight after dinner."  In response to Sam's questioning look, Al
explained, "In the original history, Lisa visited her family
tonight, to tell them that the wedding was being postponed until
June eighth, and to convince them to attend this time.  Your best
bet is to talk to her then, when Jon isn't around to add to her
confusion."
       "You're probably right.  I'd better go and get ready for
dinner."
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