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Butterflies flitted low in her belly as she opened her eyes and looked up to see the deepest brown eyes known to man. His five o’clock shadow had grown out and he was now rocking what she would consider a beard.
It had been one week since she’d seen him. She’d snuck out of his apartment in the early morning hours after she’d gone back to his place post bachelor/bachelorette party and seen his paintings.
And she’d been at home trying to get over her cold, but they’d talked every day. He’d even dropped off care packages for her and had a P.I. friend of his investigate her dad. They still hadn’t talked about them, but after the past week she had a much better feeling that the conversation was one she wanted to have, not one she wanted to avoid.
The corners of Seb’s lips curled up. “Hi.”
“We have to stop meeting like this,” she chuckled.
His smiled widened, “I’m not complaining.”
Kennedy chuckled as she stepped back and when she did, both boxes fell from her hands. Seb and his ninja-like reflexes caught them before they hit the ground. They both looked down at the boxes he was holding and it dawned on him what they were.
He looked back up to her and his eyes were wide. It was clear that he’d gotten the wrong idea.
“No! It’s not what you think,” she quickly clarified. “These aren’t mine.”
The only change in his expression was a slight crease in his brow of confusion.
She whispered. “You can’t tell anyone, but Laura sent me to go get them.”
“Laura?” he repeated.
“Yes, but she doesn’t want anyone to know. I don’t even think that Knox knows.”
“Wow, okay. Do you want me to get them?”
“You?” she asked.
“Yeah, it’s a small town. I just thought it might be better if you weren’t seen…”
“Oh, right. I didn’t even think about that.”
“I don’t mind,” he assured her.
“Okay, I’ll wait outside. The only thing that would go through the rumor mill faster than me buying these would be me buying them with you.”
“Good point.”
Kennedy smiled and left the store; she passed Marlene and her granddaughter on the way out and was so glad that she’d taken Seb up on his offer. If Marlene had seen her buying those, chances were she wouldn’t have said anything to Nana, but what if she did.
She didn’t want to get her nana’s hopes up for no reason. She wanted to be a great-grandma so badly. And Kennedy wanted to make that happen, but she didn’t want to do it alone. She wanted a family unit, one that she never had.
Kennedy’s phone rang and it was Laura calling from the bathroom. She had to pee but she didn’t want to until Kennedy came back with the tests. Seb came out while she was still on the phone with her and handed her the bag.
She mouthed, “thank you,” and got into her car.
As she pulled out of the parking lot, she looked in her rearview mirror and he was standing watching her drive away. Just like he had the day they’d come back from Chicago.
And for the first time in a long time, she had a feeling that everything was going to work out okay. She didn’t know how, and she didn’t know when, but she just knew it was all going to be just fine.
* * *
Seb sipped on the bottle of beer he’d been nursing for the past two hours at the reception. The wedding had been beautiful, but he’d barely registered it. All he could think about was his run-in with Kennedy earlier in the morning. Specifically, how he’d felt when she’d told him that the tests weren’t for her.
He’d been disappointed. Not just aw-that’s-a-bummer level of disappointment, either. He’d been devastated-level disappointed. Since the day he’d seen her hold the twins at the hospital, he’d secretly been harboring a fantasy that she’d be the mother of his children.
It wasn’t the healthiest fantasy to have. Especially considering all everyone at this wedding seemed to be talking about was how she was going to be going on national television to find the man of her dreams in just a few weeks.
