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“Rafferty ‘looks good in jeans, but better without’ Brooks.” Natalie giggled.
“You mean, Rafferty ‘sweetest guy ever’ Brooks,” Tess insisted.
“No, Rafferty ‘owns my heart and soul’ Brooks, ladies,” Mia corrected and clinked Mandy’s glass, causing everyone else to do the same.
They all drank down their drink of choice. Mia looked at all her friends who she loved and wondered what it was going to be like when all their kids were in Landstad High School. Would any of them fall in love on prom night like she did? Hopefully, if they do, they don’t wait fourteen years to actually marry that person.
The group disassembled, and all but Ruth went and sat with their spouses. Ruth walked with Mia up the steps of the basement. How many times had she walked up these steps doing just this as everything but the bride?
Ruth leaned toward her and whispered, “So, pregnant on your wedding day? It happens.”
“We weren’t planning it but weren’t really preventing it, either. We just felt ready. So much time had already been wasted in our relationship to put off starting a family.”
It had only been a week that she had known, and Rafferty was having a hard time not telling everyone. It was like he had achieved something nobody else had by getting a woman pregnant. But she was happy he was so excited.
This morning, she had even told her mom. Not that she was already married, never that, but that she was pregnant. Because she needed the pressure to stop that her mom had started to apply the moment Mia and Rafferty had told her they were getting married. All the woman thought about was grandkids.
Mia saw her dad, Roger, waiting for her, and he smiled at her. She smiled back at him. Taking his arm, she stopped, and Ruth straightened her dress for her. Then the doors swung open to show all of Landstad had shown up for her big day, but all she could see was Rafferty in his tux, waiting for her at the end of the aisle.
As her dad walked her to him, she knew this was what she had wanted for years. Rafferty Brooks at her wedding. She still couldn’t believe that Rafferty Brooks was marrying her, or was already married to her. Her. Mia Lawson from the diner with the plain brown hair and mom hips.
The End
