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“And weknow,” said Duncan, unable to fight back tears of his own. They flowed into his mouth, somewhere around his ear-to-ear grin.
“We’ve always known,” said Julius, finishing the circle. “And maybe that’s what makes this so easy for us.”
Their arms came together, enveloping me tightly. Together they hugged me as they so often did, only this time being careful not to squeeze the children.
“We can figure out the details another time,” said Duncan. “You know, the whole three-men-marrying-one-woman thing, the stigma surrounding it…”
“The legalities or illegalities,” said Liam, rolling his eyes. “The intolerance and judgment…”
“Nobody would ever understand how this all works,” said Julius. “Except for us.Weknow, the four of us. And when it comes down to it—”
“That’s all that really matters,” I finished for him. Sniffing happily, I smiled and cried some more. “That’s all that’s evergoingto matter.”
Jace, still concerned, was using his little two-year old hand to dry away my tears. In the meantime, Courtney mimicked my smile nervously. I ended up kissing them both on the forehead.
Then I kissed the guys — or rather, my new financés — one by one by one. Each kiss made the children’s mood a little bit brighter, until they were giggling happily again.
Married!
Sometime during the whole beautiful thing, someone took my hand. When I looked down again, the ring was shining on my finger.
“You ready to be our wife?” asked Duncan.
“More than anything in the world,” I breathed. “And I’m ready to be a mother, too.”
“You’realreadya mother,” noted Julius. “We told you tha—”
“But I’m ready to be a mothertwice over,” I reiterated, emphasizing those last two words. I added a sly smile. “You know,” I winked. “Whenever you guys are ready, of course…”
Children.We’d talked a little about that, too. Giving Jace and Courtney a brother, or a sister, or both. Probably both. Most likely more.
Because after all, we definitely had the house for it.
“We can walk before we run though,” I conceded with a smile. “Or even fly.”
“Speak for yourself,” Liam scowled. “I’m ready to start tryingtonight.”
I laughed. “Oh are you now?”
“Sure, and why not? The twins aren’t getting any younger. And you want all the kids to be close, right? Growing up?”
Julius unfolded his arms. “Good point.”
“I want to finish school first though,” I said, responsibly. “Now that I’m back on track, I don’t want to derail. And once I do—”
“We can talk about all this later on,” said Duncan. “Right now though… who’s ready to go out?”
The little ones’ hands shot up so fast it made us all laugh. Liam raised his hand too, though. As well as Julius.
“Ummm… sure?” I laughed. There was obviously some mystery I didn’t know about. “And where would we be going?”
“Where else would we take you and a pair of two-year olds, almost a full year after you came into our lives?”
I thought for a moment, but a moment was all it took. My eyes lit up.
“The aquarium!”
Jace clapped. Courtney squealed.
“BINGO.”
I glanced down at my ring, again, for the fourth or fifth time already. I supposed I’d be doing that an awful lot in the foreseeable future.
“Could we actuallyseethe sea lion show this time?” Liam joked, poking me in the ribs. “As opposed to the follow-that-ambulance show?”
As my would-be husband squeezed my hand, I blew him a playful kiss.
“Keep it up,” I chuckled, “and you’renevergetting that jacket back.”
