“We can go out any time.I want to make you dinner.”
We went to the kitchen.
I realized something.“We can’t tell anybody yet.”
“How come?”
“I can’t tell my parents until Christmas.Not till after I tell them about my uncle.”
“Just tell them you’re engaged.You don’t have to tell them about me yet.”
I leaned on the kitchen counter.“My therapist thinks I should tell them about my uncle first.”
“You weren’t engaged last time you saw your therapist.”
“I know.It’s just complicated.You know what, though?I can tell Ben and Bexley.They don’t know my parents, so they’ll never tell them.”I got my phone out of my coat pocket and texted Bex first:We got engaged.C.
Then to Ben:I’m marrying Eddie!C.
“Who are you gonna tell?”I said.
He shrugged.“Jack, if I ever see him again.And Tommy, but I should do that in person.”
“Nobody else?Andy?Cub?”
“They’re not really friends.We don’t hang out unless it’s job related.”
“Who are you inviting to the wedding?”
“Tommy, I guess.”
“Nobody else?”
“No,” he said.
“Trish?”
“Fuck no.”
“Why not?”
“You want to invite any of your ex-girlfriends to our wedding?”
Point taken.“Don’t you have any friends besides Tommy?”
“I’m not close to anyone except you and Tommy, but I haven’t talked to him in a while.”
I guess I should have known.Apart from Cub and Andy, I’d never met any of his friends.Now I knew it was because he didn’t have any.
My phone vibrated.
Ben had texted,I can’t believe it!!!Congrats!!You’re going to be a celebrity-in-law!!!
Followed by a bunch of colored hearts.
“Ben just exploded like a firework.”
“We should make him the best man,” he said.
