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“I love Katherine.” This is the first time I’ve said this, and it shocks the whole table. Katherine looks completely blown away. “I’ve been falling ever since I first laid eyes on her.”
“You had a massive embarrassing argument when you first met! You nearly got us kicked out of a restaurant.”
“I know, but that’s because she’s endless stubborn, she’s irritating with her opinions, she’s obnoxious…”
“Hey!” Katherine yells. “I thought this was a nice moment not a chance to slag me off.”
“Oh, it is. Because I love those things about you. I love everything about you. I would much rather be annoyed by you that speak to anyone else ever. You’re ju
st… you’re amazing, you know that?”
“Oh wow…” Tamara gushes. “I never thought I would get to see this side of you. See!” She nudges Logan in the side. “I told you they were meant to be together. I called it, right from the start.”
“My wife…” He points to her and chuckles. “Always right.”
Katherine leans her head on my shoulder and looks blissfully happy at our friends. “Yeah, well you obviously saw something that we didn’t. I never thought we’d end up here now.”
“Ooh, are you guys going to get married?” Tamara’s eyes widen. “Are you going to have kids? The twins could use some friends, they would love it if you two would have a couple of kids…”
“Who are the kids with now?” I ask on impulse.
“The sitter has them. Oh God, I love that girl. I don’t know how we’d do life without her. If you do ever have kids, I recommend her highly because she’s incredible.”
“Do you think she could have them for a few more hours?”
“If we pay her enough, she’ll have them over night, why?”
I scrape my chair back and smirk. “Because we’re going on a road trip.”
“Road trip?” Katherine narrows her eyes in confusion. “What the hell are you talking about?” She grips tightly onto my hands and stares at me with worry. “Have you gone mad?”
“No, not at all. This is the sanest I’ve ever been. We need to have this road trip.”
“Why? Where are you planning on going? Tamara and Logan can’t leave the kids for too long. Plus, we need to be around on work for Monday morning. Maybe we should do this road trip with a bit more preparation. I don’t know if heading out on a wild goose chase is the wisest thing right now.”
I yank her to me and kiss her. “Oh, it is. We have to do this and it needs to be now. It’s time for you to become my wife. We’re going to Las Vegas to get hitched. How does that sound to you?”
“You… you want me to be your wife?”
“I sure do. Like I said to you, I’m in now, and you’re mine. What is there to wait for?”
She looks so happy as she turns to our friends. “Can you come? It wouldn’t be the same without you?”
“Are you serious?” Tamara screeches. “You’re actually going to do this? Just on a whim? Of course we’ll come. I’ll just contact the sitter now… wow, Katherine, you really have changed. I like this version of you.”
“Yeah,” she murmurs into my chest. “I like this side of me too. Even if it’s wild.”
I dip my head down and kiss her hard. On a whim, wild and free, all words I love to associate with Katherine Plummer. I’m also pretty convinced that I’m going to like calling her my wife as well…
The guy in a tacky white suit smiles down at us expectantly from where he stands on his alter, if you can really call it that. “Do you have your own vows prepared?” he asks smugly, almost as if he can see that we don’t.
“Vows? We don’t even have rings yet. We only decided this today. But I can speak from the heart.” I look into my bride’s eyes, admiring the light yellow summer dress that swings around her body. We couldn’t be less prepared for this but it just doesn’t matter. It’s all about love. “Katherine Plummer,” I start. “My Kitty Kat. You truly are the love of my life. I never thought that I would ever want to get married before I met you, but you changed me. You made me grow up and bloom, you transformed me. Because of that, I promise to be the best husband I can be. I don’t know what that entails, but I’m hoping I’ll figure this out along the way. I’m sure our life will be exciting anyway, full of thrills. Maybe it’ll be hard sometimes, but we can get through it. I will do what I can to be the person you deserve anyway, and I hope I make you proud. That’s all I really want.”
“Alistair Chance,” she shoots back just as quickly, clearly needing to get her words out. “I love you like I never thought possible. I love you so much that I followed you to Vegas to get married on a whim for crying out loud.” We all laugh at that. “I know that we’ll be married forever, I can tell that we have what it takes. I promise to do what I can to make you happy too. We’re in this forever now. Forever and always, me and you.”
“You can exchange the rings… oh no, wait.” He shakes his head. “We need to skip that part.”
“We’ll buy rings later.” I wave my hand dismissively. “It’s fine, isn’t it, Katherine?” She nods.
