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“I'm so excited!” Harley whisper-shouted beside me.
She squeezed my hand where her fingers were laced with mine on the armrest between our seats in the small theater. I grinned. “Same here. I hope it goes well. Cat seemed nervous.”
“I know,” Daphne said, leaning around Harley to glance at me. “She said she's nervous because it’s her first play.”
“She’s going to kill it,” Nora commented from behind us. “I know she's a good actress.”
“How do you know that?” Flynn asked, leaning behind Daphne to look at Nora.
“Because she was such a dramatic kid growing up,” Nora deadpanned.
Harley giggled. “I can actually see that.”
We were all here—Diego and Gemma were to one side of me, Daphne and Flynn were on the other side of Harley, Elias and Cammi were behind us with Nora and Gabriel beside them, and Skylar and Tucker on the other side. Cat had complained that we used up all of her comp tickets, so Flynn had decided to buy tickets for all of us. Cat was later mortified because she discovered we were all sitting in the first two rows. However, she had happily handed out her comp tickets to her friends.
The lights began to dim, and we all fell quiet. When the curtain opened, I was nervous for my little sister. She'd been working so hard on this, but she was incredible and even brought tears to my eyes. There was a standing ovation at the end. Daphne had arranged for flowers to be delivered to her from us.
We circled around Cat after the performance. She was beaming, not even making a sarcastic comment when I gave her a hug and whispered, “You kicked ass,” in her ear.
She stepped back and smiled at Harley and me. “I don't have practice tonight, but I’m going to stay for the after-party. Is that okay?”
Flynn chuckled, clapping me on the shoulder when Cat turned away. “Of course, it's okay. You get the house to yourself again. If you didn’t know it, you’re in love,” he pointed out.
I was, and I didn't even care who teased me about it.
Later that night, Harley said, “We should wait up for Cat.” When I asked her why, she looked over at me. “Because this is her first live play performance. It's a big deal.”
I took that to mean I needed to hurry and teased her until she was blushing. When we heard the sound of the door opening, Harley rolled off my lap so fast I burst out laughing.
Cat came in, her eyes widening when she saw us. She glanced at the TV, which was on even though we weren't watching it. “What did you wait up for?”
Harley stood, crossing the room and giving her a big hug. When she stepped back, she squeezed Cat’s shoulders. “To congratulate you again because you were amazing.”
“Really?”
“Absolutely.”
“I'm glad you're going to be my sister-in-law,” Cat replied.
Harley’s eyes went wide with shock on her face. Maybe I hadn't asked her yet, but I was planning to marry Harley. I needed to make sure she understood she was everything I wanted.
When she looked over at me, I shrugged. “Maybe now's not the best time, but you know you’re forever for me.”
Cat squealed, and Harley's eyes nearly bugged out of her face before tears spilled down her cheeks. I leaped up from the couch. “Hey.” She shook her head as I said, “I didn't mean to upset you.”
“You didn't. I'm just…” Her words ended with a sniffle.
I wrapped her in my arms. “Hey, I was just teasing. I mean, not really, but—”
She peered up at me. “The answer is yes.”
Cat squealed again. “I love that this happened in front of me,” she said a moment later after Harley had swiped the tears away from her eyes and blown her nose.
“Why?” I asked.
“Because we're all roommates, and you were sneaking around for what felt like forever. You might as well propose in front of me. I knew it before you two even got together.” With that, she flounced up the stairs calling, “Good night! I'm exhausted.”
A little while later, I lay in bed, sliding my fingers through Harley's hair. She traced circles on my chest, saying softly, “You know we can wait.”
“I know we can wait, but I see no point in not being honest about how I feel.”
Her luminous green eyes held mine. “Wow,” she whispered.
