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“Is it too early to drink?” he said playfully, chuckling softly. “Because I could use something to help me relax, too.”
“Maybe we should have eloped?”
“It’s not too late.”
“Kyle…”
“What?” he chuckled. “My knees are knocking, and it might sound like one of those weird rattle drums kids used to play with…”
“Awhat?”
“A rattle drum. Don’t tell me you’ve never had one as a kid? You know, it’s a little drum on a stick that has two hard beads on strings, and you spin it really fast, so it makes a ‘rap, rap, rap’sound?”
“Ohhh geez, Kyle,” Reyna laughed nervously. “Your knees will not sound like that if we make a run for it now.”
They both stood there for several moments, and could hear people talking in the distance as another announcement sounded overhead, causing Reyna to remember that the other truck had left.
“You don’t have to get that, do you?”
“I’m not,” he sputtered indignantly. “I’m marrying my soulmate today.”
“I did something terrible,” she confessed softly. “Well, maybe two or three terrible things.”
Kyle gave her hand a slight squeeze from where it was extended in the room, holding hers.
“I doubt you did something that badly…”
“No, I really did,” she admitted. “Austin was back here being annoying and preventing me from changing – so I told him that ‘waxing a countertop’was actually the newest slang for picking up women. That when you ‘waxed a countertop’ you intended to make a girl feel incredibly special, like everything was brand new… and he said he was going to use that line ‘with the chicks’,” Reyna hesitated. “Austin’s going to end up clobbered by some irate woman, or look incredibly stupid.”
Kyle laughed softly.
“That’s not so bad, and Austin can handle himself – besides? It wouldn’t be the first time he said some lame pick-up line towards a woman, nor would it be the first time he ever struck out. I’ve seen him in action, and it’s pretty bad occasionally.”
“Maybe we can tell him later?”
“If it makes you feel better – yes,” Kyle agreed. “Now, what else are you worried about?”
“I invited Mrs. Kendall,” she hissed softly, and heard his laugh again.
“I already knew about that because she made a beeline for Andy – and I quote – ‘her sweet Reese’s pieces’…” Kyle choked out laughing. “She already found Carpenter three times, and I think he’s run out of places to hide. Andy hasn’t left the bathroom since she arrived.”
“Oh no…” she whispered painfully in awareness. “I just thought it might help solidify that she needed to leave you alone and quit harassing you.”
“It did just that, my love,” Kyle replied tenderly. “She hasn’t looked at me twice and is telling everyone that she’s a special guest of ‘Hyena’s’. I think she’s deliberately butchering your name because she’s miffed at us laughing at her.”
“She can call me ‘Hyena’– so long as you call me ‘yours’…” she whispered, smiling, and feeling a little better.
“Any other nefarious things I should know about, my lovely little ‘Hyena’?” he teased tenderly – and then hesitated before she could say anything.
“Are you two ready?” the pastor’s voice said nearby as Kyle released her hand, pulling away.
“Reyna, are you ready?” Kyle asked softly, holding the door propped open about two inches so he could talk to her.
“As ready as I’m going to be,” she mumbled, glancing at her reflection once again nervously. “There’s no going back now.”
“Can you give us a moment?” Kyle began – and Reyna pushed the door closed, locking it, because she knew in that moment he was going to try to come in to see what was wrong.
To her disbelief and horror, she felt the door budge as Kyle pushed it open bodily and entered the bathroom, covering his face.
