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“Then when are you getting off your birth control?”
“Hmm… maybe a year or so after we get married. I want us all to be able to adjust to our new dynamics once we get married and move in together. The kids are excited about the direction things are going in, but they both are only children, so I’m curious to see how they will get along once they start living together permanently.”
“I’ve been thinking about that too. It won’t be anything we can’t handle though. I’m glad you want to wait at least a year.”
“Why’s that?” I asked as our fingers interlocked and he kissed my hand.
“I’m enjoying us doing us as a couple. When we get pregnant and have a baby, we’ll be even busier. There’s still so much that I have in store for you.”
Brushing my nose against his, I smiled and wrapped my arms around his neck. “I can’t wait to see what all you have in store. Sometimes I still can’t believe my best friend has become my best man. Loving you in this way is so easy. And now that we’re putting forth the effort to intentionally work on our romance, there’s nothing about us that I would change.”
“You always say the right things, Milli.”
“That’s the truth. I love you.”
“And I love you.”
Our lips connected just as Carina said, “Oop. There’s one last gift under the tree.” We’d already exchanged gifts, so I’m not sure how we missed that one. Giving her our attention, we watched as she read the small tag on the bag. “This is for… Mecca. From Shalom.”
Shalom clapped happily as Mecca smiled and accepted the bag with a shake of his head.
“I told you, you didn’t have to get me anything else, bae.”
“Yeah, well, you’re not going to be saying that when you see what’s inside.”
Sitting up in Ru’s lap, I waited patiently to see what she’d gotten Mecca. I was so glad they were able to make their way back to each other. For as long as Mecca and I have been friends, I saw the lack of her love in his life. Even if he didn’t want to admit how deep that love went under his hate for their situation, it exploded like a volcano when they made their way back to one another.
“Nothing can top you agreeing to be my wife,” was what Mecca said as he pulled the tissue paper out of the bag. His smile dropped, then spread when he looked at what was inside.
“What is it?” me and Carina asked at the same time.
“Are you serious?” Mecca asked, standing and allowing the bag to drop from his lap.
“Yes,” Shalom said, voice trembling.
“Lom…” The hearty laughter that he released as he picked her up made me even more curious. “She’s having my baby!”
We all cheered and congratulated them as they celebrated. I decided that was a good time for us to leave so they could really bask in Shalom’s announcement, but I was honored they shared it with us.
“What y’all about to get into?” Parker asked, as we all left.
“Probably just head to the crib and chill since the kids’ grandmamas took them from us,” Ru replied.
“Yeah, there isn’t too much open this late anyway,” Carina said.
“Well, why don’t y’all come to the house?” Parker offered. “We can keep the party going.”
“What do you think, sweetheart?” Amaru asked, looking down at me.
“I’m cool with that if you are. I’m not tired yet.”
“Cool, let’s do it.”
We made it to his Challenger and followed them to their home, ready to see what else we could get into for the night.
* * *
By the time Ru and I made it to his home, we both were good and tipsy. It was almost three in the morning, and we had an unusual amount of energy. Maybe it was because we were used to being up with the kids anticipating Christmas morning. Whatever the case, we were singing Christmas carols and laughing our asses off as we made our way inside.
