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“Ugh,” I hear and turn to see Elizabeth has put on a pair of pants and a big shirt, definitely not what she’s been wearing these last couple of days. “I’ve about fucking had it with this wedding shit,” she complains, walking to the stool and pulling it out sitting on it, she looks at me. “Good morning.”
I look at her as if I didn’t wake up with her, and I can’t help the smile that fills my face when I say, “It is a good morning.”
CHAPTER 19
Elizabeth
PLEASE SANTA PLEASE.
December 20th
I sit in the kitchen on a stool, trying not to show that my heart is about to beat out of my chest. “It is a good morning.” He smiles at me, and I quickly look to Joshua to see if he’s noticed the difference in his tone. But he’s so consumed with Whiskey that he doesn’t really notice it. He also doesn’t notice the twinkle in Nate’s eyes, something that comes out when he’s really fucking happy. We didn’t see it a lot when we were growing up, but when we did, it was a gift that none of us knew he was giving.
“But is it?” I counter and he folds his arms over his chest.
“Oh, trust me, it is.” He smirks. “Best morning I’ve had in quite a while.”
“Then you should get out more,” I practically hiss at him.
“Well, I see you two are making peace.” Joshua chuckles as he comes over and sits on the stool beside me.
“Yup,” Nate confirms at the same time I say, “Hardly.”
“I don’t know about that, pretty sure we buried the hatchet yesterday.”
His eyes stare into mine as Joshua throws his head back and laughs. “Yeah, nothing says let’s bury the hatchet like her smashing your gingerbread house to smithereens.”
“That’s true,” he agrees with him, “but when we got home, we had a chat. Used our mouths.” My mouth opens in a gasp. “Said a couple of things, and boom, hatchet buried deep.”
“Aren’t you making coffee?” I ask him. “You can do that instead of using that mouth and making sure the hatchet doesn’t get unburied.” I raise my eyebrows at him.
“Okay, you two,” Joshua intervenes, “I need your help.” We both look over at Joshua. “Besides the fact I’m going to need you two to stop fucking with each other.” He points to me and then to Nate. “Any other time I would find it amusing, but I want my wedding to go off without the two of you going at each other.”
“What do you need?” we both say at the same time.
“See,” Nate says, “we’re in sync.”
“Okay, Macy’s brother is coming in to surprise her for the wedding,” he explains, his voice filled with animation. “It’s a big deal for her.”
“I would hope so,” I say, “I came all the way from Australia. So that is a big deal also.”
“Well, he’s in the military and on leave,” he fills me in. “The two of them are thick as thieves and talk and text all the time. He didn’t think he would be able to get leave, but he finally got permission and he’s flying in for the wedding and flying out the day after.”
“Okay, fine, he has a better excuse than I did.” I roll my eyes as Nate snorts at my comment.
“I’m going to need you guys to pick him up at the airport and keep him here, and then bring him to the party tonight.”
“Why do we both have to do that?” I ask. “I think Nate can do this on his own.”
“He can but,” Joshua says, “I’m asking you both to do it.”
“Anything for you,” Nate agrees looking over at me, and I just roll my eyes.
The smile on Joshua’s face is from ear to ear. “She’s going to freak out that Gavin is in town. Besides us getting married on Christmas, this is the next best thing to happen.”
“I’m just saying this for the record right now”—I point at him—“if you ever get divorced and then remarried, I’m not coming.” Joshua laughs and continues smiling. “I’m not kidding with you, Joshua, this is crazy.”
“I know,” he agrees, “but Macy’s dream was to have a winter wedding.”
