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Four Months Later…
“What do you mean you got married?” I look over to where Ant is sitting on the floor playing cars with Jackson, his surprised gaze meeting mine. “You can’t be serious? You’ve been planning your wedding for months.”
I cover the phone, speaking directly to Ant, “Tess and Sebastian got married.”
“They did what?” He seems just as shocked as me.
“I know.” I can hear the smile in Tess’ voice as she pulls my focus back to her. “But we decided we didn’t want to wait.”
“And what about the wedding, you know the one you’ve already put all the deposits down for? And the dress? Oh my God, we spent days searching for the perfect dress and you won’t even get to wear it.”
“We can get most of our money back, and the dress is just a dress. At the end of the day, none of that matters. It was so worth it. You should’ve seen it. Sebastian had the dock decorated with red rose petals and ribbon. It was so beautiful with the frozen lake behind us.”
“Sounds like a dream,” I admit, able to picture it so clearly having been out to the lake that backs up to Sebastian’s parents’ house several times.
It’s the spot Sebastian and Tess spent the night they met talking. A very special place for them, and even I have to admit, probably the most appropriate place for them to exchange their vows.
“It was. It is.” She sighs, so insanely happy it’s practically dripping from her voice.
“So glad I didn’t buy my dress yet,” I say, considering Courtney and I were supposed to be co-maid of honors at their wedding in just a couple months.
“I would’ve paid you back if you had.”
“Shut up. You wouldn’t have had to do that. Though I am pretty bummed you got married without me. You were my only shot of being a maid of honor in a wedding.”
“There’s still Courtney,” she chimes in.
“Yeah, doubtful. I’m lucky she’s even talking to me.”
“I thought you guys were doing better?” she questions.
“We are. I just meant I don’t know how apt she’d be to make me a maid of honor after everything. Why are we even talking about this anyway? Courtney is even less likely to get married than I am,” I say, considering we haven’t even met this mystery guy she’s been seeing the last couple of months.
“I don’t know about Courtney, but I think Ant will be putting a ring on your finger sooner rather than later,” she says and just the thought has excited butterflies swimming in my stomach.
I never thought I’d want to marry someone, let alone be actually excited about the idea. I look up to see Ant watching me, a small smirk on his handsome face like he knows what I’m thinking.
I stick my tongue out at him playfully, earning me a wide smile before Jack pulls his attention back down to the track they’re building. Ant got it for Jackson for Christmas a few days ago, and he’s has been obsessed with it ever since. I think he and Ant have built at least twenty different tracks with the pieces since he got it.
“Whatever,” I finally manage to respond. “So have you broken the news to Courtney yet? You know she’s going to be devastated,” I laugh.
“No. I figured I’d start with you.”
“Get the easier one out of the way first.”
“Exactly,” she chuckles.
“I’m really happy for you, Tess,” I finally say what I should’ve said when she told me she got married yesterday.
“Thank you, Bree. I’m just…God, I never pictured this life for myself. Okay, that’s not true, I totally pictured it. I just don’t think I actually thought it would happen.”
“You’re lucky. You got the fairytale.”
“You’re pretty lucky yourself. Some might say you got the fairytale,” she says, and I once again look at Ant playing with Jackson.
“Yeah, you might be right there,” I agree.
“Well, I guess I should let you go. I have another phone call to make, and I have a feeling I might need a stiff drink at the end of it,” Tess laughs.
