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“That means both of us,” she said, her grin devious and her eyes like wildfire. One hand slipped between us and unzipped my pants, sliding inside to wrangle my throbbing cock and pull it out through the entrance.
“I agree with that,” I said. “Office?”
She pressed a kiss to my lips and then looked back at the private office, then around at the room we were in.
“Right here,” she said. “Right now.”
“Yes, Professor,” I said, and pulled her into another tight kiss, this one with many more intentions.
EPILOGUE
CAMDEN
Icouldn’t believe it. All that hard work, the hours and hours of study, the back and forth between Slater and home, all of it. It was worth it. I was holding my associate degree in my hand and sitting next to my gorgeous wife. My friends were there as well, all of them having come out to share in this moment with me. I might have gotten a later start on college, but damn if it didn’t work out in the end.
Originally, I had no interest in being part of the graduation ceremony. It was pomp and circumstance, and that had never really been my style. I was satisfied to get the diploma in the mail and start working on transferring to a larger university to get my bachelor’s, so long as they would let me take the majority of my classes online.
But Kristen knew better. She knew that this moment would mean so much to me, and she was right. When my name was announced and I walked across that stage, it was cathartic for that part of me that had always wondered what if? I knew I could do it. Now I had just proved it. Now it was just a matter of pursuing what I wanted even more, accomplishing what I wanted to do rather than what I felt compelled to do.
I will never forget that moment, standing on stage, looking out at the small collection of friends and family gathered at the community college. All my friends were there, waiting in white, wooden seats to cheer for me, surrounding my bride and truly acting like one unit, one family. Sometimes it wasn’t about the family you shared blood with, but the ones you shared life with that was more important. Carmela was both, and as she sat next to Kristen, holding her hand and both of them cheered for me, I knew I had the best of all worlds.
When Kristen ran her fingers over her slightly rounded belly, I knew it was only going to get better. Our baby was growing there. We didn’t know what it was yet, only that it was healthy and strong. Both of us chose to wait until they were born to find out whether it was going to be little baby Jonathan or little baby Dolly. Either way was fine with me.
After walking the stage, I went to sit with my blood and chosen family and celebrate there for a bit before heading back to Ryan and Allison’s for a party. The place was empty for the weekend, and we were going to have a little celebration there for me today. As usual, my friends had come together to show their love and support in a way that was overwhelming and kind.
Mark clapped my shoulder from the seat behind me as we listened to the final words of the dean, and then when he was done, I stood to collect hugs from everyone.
“All right, Mark, you go get the drinks. Vic, you have the food ready, right?” Ryan asked.
“On it,” Mark said.
“Food’s all prepared, waiting in the kitchen of the store,” Victor said. “I can go grab it and meet you guys at the house in about an hour.”
“Sounds good,” Ryan said. “Graham? Where’s Graham?”
“He had to take Leo to the bathroom,” Mallory said. “Too much apple juice.”
“Ahh,” Ryan said. “But you guys have all the utensils and other assorted stuff?”
“Already in the trunk,” she said. “We came prepared.”
“Fantastic,” Ryan said, settling his eyes on mine. “Now you. You two. Go do something for an hour, then meet us at the house.”
“Anything?” I asked, receiving a playful slap on the arm from Kristen.
“I think you already took care of that, bud,” Mark said, laughing.
“We are going to go shopping,” Kristen said. “Your baby still needs a few things to set up the nursery in the office as well as the one in the house.”
“Fair enough,” I said. “Might be a bit more than an hour then.”
Ryan laughed.
“Fair enough. You get there when you get there. We will have everything ready. Proud of you, brother,” he said.
Hugs from the round of friends, including a returning and then exiting Graham, were followed by Kristen taking my hand and leading me to our truck. I helped her inside and then got in myself, looking behind me at the space behind the front seat.
“Hmm,” I said. “I think I might need a bigger truck.”
