Page 71 of Promise Yule Be Mine
I shrugged. "I mean I get it, but at the same time I love living at home. I can't imagine how often I'd catch up with my brothers or my mom if I lived on my own. And how alone I would be."
"And that's why I never moved out." He smirked.
Agh. We were even compatible with that. Could we be any more cheesy?
As soon as we were at Auntie's and knocked on the door, a bark erupted from the other side that got louder and more excited the longer we waited until Jenna opened the door and a ball of fluff jumped at Kody's feet.
"Hello Mistletoe! How is my favorite niece?" Kody dropped down to pet the dog and I hopped inside to escape the cold.
"What are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you be jumping each other’s bones or talking about your feelings or whatever?" Jenna asked me.
"Yeah, well, we were," I told her with a raised eyebrow.
She looked surprised by that. Which told me she must have known about Kody.
Kody brought the dog inside and we were ushered into the living room where Mistletoe jumped onto the couch between Kody and me and begged for our attention.
"You look just like Cookie, don't you? Don't you?" I cooed at the pom, remembering how Kody said Auntie had adopted the third puppy from the litter.
"So…what can I do for you, guys? Need some couples therapy already?" Jenna sat down and clapped her hands together.
I rolled my eyes. "Is that how you're gonna be now?"
She grinned. "What? I want my two favorite queers to be happy."
Kody groaned. "Gosh, Jenna. Don't be weird."
"It's called being supportive," she said, dragging her hands above her head as if there was a banner with the word there.
"That's great, but…" I started.
"But?" she asked.
"What are we doing with the wedding? Are you guys still going ahead?—"
"No!" Kody and Jenna shouted, which was a relief.
"So…we're canceling everything? I need to know so I can start calling people and see if I can get you any of your money back."
"I doubt you can. We're way past the cut-off point for refunds," Jenna said.
"Yeah, I know, but I can try. I mean you guys are not exactly made of money. I don't want you to suffer if you don't have to."
Kody slipped his hand into mine and threaded our fingers together. Jenna's gaze dropped to our hands and her smile deepened.
"I've got an idea," she said.
Kody groaned. "God. No. Not another of your brilliant ideas," he said.
"I swear, it's not bad or ludicrous."
Even I gave her the stink eye at that.
"Well, why don't you hear me out first,dicks?"
"Fine. What's your brilliant idea?" Kody asked.
Jenna shuffled in her seat and pulled her legs up to her chest. "Why don't you take these next couple of weeks to get to know each other properly without any of this wedding bullshit in the way, figure out how compatible you are..."
