“Thank you for coming,” she said, hugging her friend.
“We wouldn’t have missed it,” Nia replied. “You two didn’t waste any time, did you?”
“Nope, we sure didn’t.”
She turned to find her wife talking to Sharon and Debra.
Herwife. Becky still couldn’t believe it. Of course, she’d only been married for a few hours, so she’d probably get usedto calling Helena her wife later. She’d been a beautiful bride. Helena had chosen to wear an ivory suit, while Becky had gone with a short ivory dress to match instead of the more standard, long and white one. Helena had waited for her at the end of the aisle, and Becky had joined her there already with tears in her eyes. She had told herself she wouldn’t cry, but she should’ve known better.
“Engaged three months in? Insert lesbian joke here,” Nia teased.
“Hey, I’m still mad at you for keeping it a secret that Helena was going to be there.”
Becky gave her a playful glare.
“No, you’re not,” Nia replied. “You probably wouldn’t be here otherwise.”
“True,” she agreed. “You going to be okay while we’re on our honeymoon?”
After Nia had finished the first draft of her book, she’d asked Becky if she could use any help at her own matchmaking company. Becky had been introduced to Emmy around that time, and she’d been able to see from moment one how much Nia had already been in love with the woman. Nia had also just told her that Emmy was about to move in with her. Becky was really happy for her friend, and work had been busier than ever for both of them, so she and Nia had even talked about combining their two companies into one. Nia had someone running her business and doing well with Nia’s guidance, but it was possible that in a year or so, Becky and her would be true business partners as opposed to Nia just helping out at Becky’s company.
“We’ll be fine,” Nia said. “I was planning on burning the place down while you’re gone. Is that wrong?”
“She’s joking. She won’t be burning anything down because we have a trip of our own right after yours, and I’m not bailing her out of jail,” Emmy said and took Nia’s hand.
“Hello, wife,” Helena spoke when she moved behind her and wrapped her arms around Becky’s waist.
“Hello, wife,” she replied with a smile.
“Oh, you’re going to bethosepeople, aren’t you?” Nia joked.
“You’ll be the same, and I, personally, can’t wait to see it,” Becky teased. “When is the proposal?”
“Shut up.” Nia laughed and sipped her champagne. “Not all of us get married a year after we get together.”
“We got a little head start,” Helena said. “Sort of, anyway. But I didn’t want to wait just because other people wait. I love her. We were already living together, so we knew we could handle that part, and I wanted to be married to her. No regrets.”
“I’d hope not; we just said, ‘I do.’ No take-backs now, babe,” Becky told her.
“Never,” Helena replied.
“I’m happy for you two,” Nia said.
“Me too,” Emmy added. “Congratulations!”
“Want to dance?” Helena asked, spinning Becky around to face her.
Becky laughed and said, “Yes, I do. Let’s go,Wife.”
Nia laughed at them as Helena pulled Becky onto the dance floor and took her in her arms.
“I love you,” Helena said.
“I love you, too,” Becky replied.
Debra
“When do you leave?” Carrie asked.
