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Piper
The next fewdays are a blur of finals andcongratulations.
Kit picks me up from my last exam and whisks me to NewportBeach.
He even has ourswimsuits.
He even jumps into the waveswithme.
The water is fucking freezing, but with his arms around me, and his smile lighting up myinsides…
I can manage the frigid water temperatures when every other part of me feelsthiswarm.
We're leaving in themorning.
Then we're gettingmarried.
Everythingisset.
Tickets arebought.
Friends are ontheirway.
Bella and Joel managed to convince their nanny to stay overnight for an extrafewdays.
Lacey is arriving a few hours before the wedding. She has a gig she can'tcancel.
Everyone is going to bethere.
Celebratingus.
Ourlove.
Ourhappiness.
Ourmarriage.
It still feels like adream.
* * *
We shower andchange at the beach then climb back intothecar.
Only we don't turn towardthe405.
We don't get on thefreeway.
We go straight to Ethan and Violet's place, park in the underground lot, take the elevator to theirfloor.
Kit slides his arm around me as we knock onthedoor.
He'snervous.
Too nervous for this to be dinner with Ethan andViolet.
The doorpullsopen.
