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He looked at me like it was obvious. “Hell yes, now.”

I sputtered. “It’s the middle of the night.”

“Exactly. It’s quiet. The fam is here, and your twinkle lights are lit. Seems perfect to me.”

My heart stumbled.He’s right.

It was perfect. And I wouldn’t have to plan a thing. Or stress about it. I could just marry him. Start forever right now.

“Okay.”

He rushed back, grabbed my ankle, and towed me to the end of the bed. His hands hit the mattress on either side of my head. “You make me so happy, Matthew. I love you so much.” He kissed me quick. “I’ll be right back. And when I am, we’re getting married.”

He rushed from the room, and I yelled his name.

He cursed and rushed back in, grabbing a pair of sweats off the floor and nearly falling over trying to put them on.

Once his dick was covered, he ran out again, banging on doors as he went down the hall.

“Everybody up! I’m getting married!”

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Arsen

“Everyone up!”I hollered, flipping on the hall light as I strode to my dad’s bedroom door.

Bang! Bang! Bang!A muffled curse from the other side of the door made me knock more.Bang! Bang!

“Dad,” I called, impatient.

The door swung open, my father looking confused and half asleep. “Son? What’s the matter? Did something happen?”

“Arsen?” Mom said from the shadows in the room, appearing a second later by nearly falling out of bed and stumbling over to where my father stood.

They both squinted against the light in the hall when I pushed the door a little wider. “I need you to marry us.”

“I already agreed to marry your friends. That’s why we’re here.”

“Not them,” I said, my excitement making my voice impatient and quick. “Me and Matthew.”

“What?” Mom exclaimed.

“I asked Matthew to marry me. He said yes,” I explained. “So come on. Grab the papers you brought and meet us in our room.”

“Now?”

Why did everyone keep looking at me like that?

“Yes, now,” I said. Why the hell would I wait?

“It’s the middle of the night,” Dad refuted.

“What the hell is going on out here?” Coach grumbled, stepping into the hall from one of the bedrooms. He saw me standing there and squinted. “You just bang on my door, Arsen?”

“Yeah,” I confirmed. “Wake everyone up.”

Coach’s eyes widened. “What’s wrong? What happened?”

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