Page 56 of Bun in a Million

"Oh my God!" Jan cried. "You're pregnant again?"

"What? No! Jeez, just because you've had four babies in three years?—"

"I didn't know I was going to have two sets of twins!" Poor Jan sounded absolutely desperate, while Derek, the only one who suspected what was going on, soothed her and tried not to grin too widely.

"No! No more babies! Not right now. No, this is about me and Luke. I kind of lied to you."

This time Mindy was the one who said, "Oh myGod," and actually stood up at the table. She, like all the bridesmaids, was in a gorgeous pale green that suited her pale, redheaded skin incredibly well. "Youdidlie about having a boyfriend!"

Sabrina paused and looked down at Luke, who spread his hands. She shrugged and looked back at Mindy. "Well, that took the wind right out of my sails."

"How did you pull it off?" Mindy demanded incredulously. "I was sure—but then—what?!"

Sabrina blushed, which went beautifully with her gown and veil. "Emmy introduced me to Luke literally the day before I left for the wedding, and he was willing to be my fake boyfriend for the weekend. But honestly, I think I fell in love with him before we even landed in Vegas. So…well, yeah. I lied. I'm sorry. But also…if I hadn't, I might never have actually met the love of my life, so I'd say it was worth it." She took a deep breath, which did amazing things to the bust line of the dress and made Luke feel that finishing the speeches sooner rather than later would be good. "Still, I thought I should tell my Girls the truth."

"You did," Keana said suddenly. Her hair was in a perfect Afro, with glittering bits of pale green jewelry set into the dark curls, and Luke thought she looked a bit like an ocean goddess. "You did tell us. You said you'd met him two days ago and he'd been up for pretending to be your boyfriend. I just didn't believe it."

"Well," Sabrina said faintly, "you kind of weren't supposed to…"

"No, but we can't exactly be mad at you for living a lie when you told us the truth two years ago." Keana threw propriety to the wind and rose to hug Sabrina, who laughed into her shoulder and then momentarily disappeared in a sea of green as the other Girls swarmed in to hug her, too.

Half the wedding attendees clearly didn't understand what was going on, but that didn't matter: the wedding party seemed happy, so they were happy too. Derek, looking incredibly smug, said, "Iknew," and the rest of the Boys split their attention between him and Luke, demanding to know details. It took a few minutes to settle down, and longer to finish the meal and get to the dancing, which was what Luke really wanted to do, so he could hold his beautiful new bride in his arms.

The first thing she said was, "That went pretty well," which made him laugh.

"Yes," he said, trying for solemnity. "I'd say it went off without a hitch, but we'd have a problem if today had gone off without a hitch."

"Luke!" She groaned, but happily. "I meant the telling them! Not the wedding itself!"

"I knew what you meant. I always knew it would go well, though."

"Really?" Sabrina squinted at him suspiciously. "How did you know?"

"Well. I know there are quite a few of them, but let's face it, Sabrina. Your friends are…bun in a million."

Even his rabbit stopped to stare at him, at that, and as for Sabrina, well, Luke had to kiss her again, and again, and again, until she stopped making faces at him, and for the rest of their lives.