[ WP ] at wedding of the woman you love , and you 're the best man .

It was fitting that he and I had so much in common, enough that she could have chosen to love us both, enough so that he and I became friends when they were first divorced. I did n't want to make an already difficult circumstance worse, and I saw how much pain he was in from losing her. He and I were able to go to games, have a beer together and talk about everything but her. It was the unspoken rule. 
 
 I truly loved her. I really did, to the point where songs I had heard a million times over, I actually heard the words to them. I had that pickup in my walk, in my attitude. I looked forward to things. 
 
 And this is why my world went dark when she told me that she was going back to him, her ex-husband, my now close friend. She told me that my relationship with him had fixed him, or that's what I chose to hear when she told me that their differences were resolved. 
 
 I felt like I had transferred the best parts of me to him, and now she had us both. 
 
 He broke that unspoken rule when he asked me to be the best man. He did n't do it out of spite, I mean, I agree it felt like the right thing to do. 
 
 But do n't fault me for standing here, watching her come down the aisle, and pretending just for a moment that she is coming for me.
