AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“You told Kinleigh?”
“Yeah, I was looking at wedding dresses. Though not white, for obvious reasons. I mean, it worked for Tab, but I’m not a white gown girl—” She yelped as I picked her up in my arms, nearly knocking her head into the ceiling of the bus as I struggled to my feet.
“You have gained weight, I can tell,” I teased, grunting when she yanked on my hair.
“Put me down. Where are you going?”
“To get my dog. We’re getting married.”
“You don’t have pants on!” she screeched before she looked down at her lingerie. “I do look pretty hot in this. Not sure it fits the dress code, even for an Elvis chapel. Maybe I can whip up a quick train for the back though.” She scrunched up her nose. “It’s just butt floss.”
I didn’t even have an answer for that one, so I just kissed her. “Guess the lube really was magic.”
“I do not even know what you’re talking about, and I don’t have time to find out right now. Though I gotta say I’m intrigued.” She gazed down at me, her hold on my hair gentling. “Put me down, Mav.”
Noting her tone change, I did as she asked. And she immediately fell to her knees, making my heart lurch.
“Will you marry me?” she asked in the softest, sweetest voice I could’ve ever imagined.
I cupped her cheek before sliding my fingers down to stroke her defiant chin. I loved that chin. I loved every part of her, even the stubborn ones.
Especially the stubborn ones.
“Yes. I’d marry you one hundred times, and then I’d do it once more.”
This time, the tears that formed in her eyes slipped free. “I love you. More than I’ve ever imagined I could love anyone.” Then she smiled. “Well, you’re tied with our baby and our dog.”
I dropped to my knees in front of her. “So what are we waiting for? Let’s get married, baby.”
EPILOGUE
VANESSA
We didn’t goto Vegas.
We did, however, sneak off at dawn to go to the courthouse. Step one—collecting my sister and Mav’s brother to stand as witnesses, along with a very sleepy Presley, who somehow didn’t wail her head off while she waited for us to get the deed done. Step two—beg the judge and courthouse manager to come in early and let us do this crazy thing.
Mav officially owed quite a few favors. And he would be catching hell from his family, but we were being spontaneous, dammit. And okay, there might be one bonus favor from the Chief, but we’d worry about all that later.
Tabitha provided my something blue and my something borrowed, my nod to tradition, though I got married in a perfectly respectable off-the-shoulder hot pink dress.
I also carried with me the crystals Mav had gifted me after we’d had monkey sex on the bus. There may have been some post sex blubbering, but I was pregnant and emotional and was trying to give myself some grace.
Oh, and underneath my respectable dress, I wore a thong. That was just for Mav’s benefit since they annoyed the crap out of me.
Butt floss would never be my preference. Granny panties were actually quite comfortable, thank you very much.
After our quick ceremony with traditional vows and not a tear between us, thank heavens—actually, we both laughed so much during the ceremony that I think the judge was tempted to ask if we were sober—we took our witnesses home.
We realized that a larger—gasp, a minivan—would need to be in our future with the way the McNeills were expanding. On the way, I told them about my graphic novel deal. Secrets were bad, and I was determined to start this new phase of my life with that in mind.
At least ones like this. As far as the Honey situation, I still wasn’t sure what to do there. We couldn’t get a hold of her to include her in the wedding. She was probably still mad at me for earlier, but that was a problem for another day that wasn’t today.
Holy crow, I was now officially a married lady. Talk about respectable.
Though amotherfuckerhad slipped out at the courthouse. Hey, change didn’t happen overnight.
Once we’d dropped off a shellshocked Tab, a weary Brady, and an unconscious Presley, Mav and I had monkey sex one more time in the bus before dragging ourselves into our actual bed in our actual house.
