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“I’ve been looking all over for you,” Jenna announced. Her eyes fell on me holding hands with Anna and she frowned. “Irene didn’t mention you were dating anyone.”
“Irene doesn’t know yet. I haven’t gotten around to telling her. I like to keep my relationships private, but we are officially telling our families now. I’m sorry, Jenna.”
“I don’t believe it,” she muttered, shaking her head. Then her eyes fell on Derek, and she smiled.
Grace piped up, “He’s single, and he’s a lawyer.”
Jenna said, “What a coincidence, I’ve always had a thing for lawyers.”
Derek and Jenna started talking and wandered off toward the bar.
“Well, I guess I helped one lucky couple make a love match tonight, at least.” Grace muttered under her breath.
My sister, Irene, joined the group, walking up slowly, her eyes locked on my hand holding Anna’s. “So… what’s going on here?” she asked, pointing at our hands.
“Irene, I’d like you to meet my girlfriend, Anna Berkshire.”
“I know Anna. Grace and I are friends, remember?” she said slowly. “I didn’t know– when did you two start dating?”
“Officially, tonight,” I said with a smile. “But we’ve been interested in each other for some time.”
“Is that right?” Irene raised an eyebrow.
“Yep, I’ve had a crush on her since high school, honestly, but since we’re both back from college, we reconnected, and well, now we’ve decided to go for it.”
“You studied veterinary medicine, correct?” Irene asked Anna.
“Yes,” Anna said with a smile. “I graduated in May.”
“How did you finish undergrad and vet school so fast?”
“It helped that I went into undergrad with a bunch of college credits from high school, and then I just took a heavy load.”
“Wasn’t that difficult?”
Anna shrugged. “Not really. School has never been too hard for me, and I enjoyed what I was studying.”
Irene smiled and shook her head. “God, you sound like Levi… you are two peas in a nerd pod. Super smart. Ambitious. You both love animals. I can see why he would be smitten with you, Anna.”
I gave Anna’s hand a little squeeze. It really was perfect. We were a perfect match. People would definitely believe we were a couple.
“It’s a shame Mom isn’t around. She would be so pleased to see you and Anna together,” Irene said. The tone changed a bit; speaking of our mother was always a bit of a sore spot since she passed when we were pretty young. “She was close with your mom, Anna, or so I’ve heard.”
“Yes, they went to school together. My mom always spoke very fondly of her. Speaking of parents…” Anna said, pointing at her mom, who seemed to be looking for someone. “I think it’s about time we let my mom know what’s up.”
With Anna’s arm looped through mine, we made our way through the crowd to her mother.
“Oh, what is this?” Rose Berkshire asked, cocking her head to the side.
“Mom, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you earlier, but the reason I’m not interested in your suitors is because I’m dating Levi Callaghan.”
“Are you serious?” Rose’s eyes widened, and she squealed with excitement as she pulled her daughter into a hug. When she was finished with her, she hugged me. “Welcome to the family, Levi. I always hoped one of my daughters would nab one of you Callaghans. Just wait until I tell your father, Anna!”
Before we could get another word in, Rose was calling for her husband. “Thomas! Come here! Anna has a boyfriend!”
“Well, if the entire party didn’t know before, they know now,” Anna said with a laugh.
Rose came back to us with Anna’s father at her side along with both of her brothers - Thomas Jr., or TJ, and Noah.
