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The group was silent as they all watched us, and I was glad for a moment that it seemed Laila and Cora hadn’t gotten back with Beth yet. They deserved a more personal and intimate explanation than everyone else, something that I made a mental note to take care of as soon as possible.
“So, um,” Skye said to the room, clearing her voice.
“Sorry to disturb, everyone,” I added, felling my face turn a bit red.
“Owen and I um…”
“We’re, uh…”
She looked at me and I looked at her. How could I begin to describe what we were to her family?
“We’re together,” she said with a glance in my direction.
“I love her,” I said without thinking.
Skye’s face softened as she looked at me, and the room seemed to somehow get quieter than it had been just a moment ago.
“You love me?”
“Of course I do.”
She smiled and her eyes started to well with tears. I reached out and grabbed her hand, and we looked back out at everyone together. I wasn’t planning on letting that slip in front of her entire family, but it was a bit late for that now.
“Kiss him!” Amelia finally shouted.
Skye blushed again and turned towards me. She rose up on her toes and kissed me gently, but I could hardly keep myself from smiling long enough to kiss her back.
“This is the best news I have heard all year!” Annie squealed as she ran across the room to us.
She wrapped both of us into her arms and let the floodgates of her tears open.
“Oh, this is just so wonderful. I can’t believe this,” she kept saying again and again.
Some of the other family members offered their congratulations, and slowly, everyone went back to whatever it was they had been doing before my dramatic arrival.
My fingers laced with Skye’s as she led me to the couch. We sat down for just a moment before Annie came and squeezed herself in between us.
“I’m sorry. I’m sure you two want to be close, but I just need to hear everything. How did this happen? When did this happen? Oh, I just can’t believe it. I always hoped this would happen.”
“Mom, maybe we can talk about it a bit later,” Skye said.
“Oh, it’s alright, we can talk about it now,” I teased.
“Was it the advice I gave you?” Annie asked me.
“Advice? What advice?” questioned Skye.
“I just told him how to win you over, sweetheart.”
She patted Skye’s leg without looking at her, and kept her eyes glued on me, waiting for a response.
“I—um—I actually didn’t use your advice… But it was great advice!” I reassured her.
“Well, then how did you do it?”
“I don’t know, really. I guess it just sort of happened.”
Annie looked over at Skye with her eyes narrowed. She turned back to me and leaned in close.
