Page 45 of Conflicted (Change 3)

“Yes, that would be amazing. Everything is hard with my hand in this damn cast.” They all come in, and Kenz smiles.

“Believe me, I know. Listen, we aren’t going to make you relive anything, but if you ever need to talk about anything, we are here for you. I know Keith is too, but sometimes you just need a friend to listen.” How the fuck is it possible that I feel so accepted already?

The next half hour they all fill me in on Keith gossip, and every time they call him Dick, I laugh. I thought it would be weird with Becca, but it’s not. She’s so sweet. Maddie is so fucking funny, she reminds me a lot of Connie. Kenz, she is a mix of both. I can already tell I’m going to love these girls someday.

They helped me dress and did my hair and makeup. “Alright, you sexy piece of ass, have a look in the mirror.” I stand up and look at myself.

“Holy shit.” They all laugh, and I turn around to look at them. “I haven’t felt this good, this normal, since everything happened. Thank you, guys.”

“That’s what we do. We take care of each other. You are a part of this big crazy family now, so get used to it.” I give Kenz a hug and wipe my eyes.

“Oh no, bitch. I worked too hard on those eyes, blink those fucking tears back.” I laugh and do just that. They head out, and when I go to follow, Becca touches my arm. I turn, and she has a smile on her face.

“I just wanted to thank you.” I give her a puzzled look.

“Dick and I were never meant to be together, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t want him happy. You make him happy. I’ve actually never seen him so happy. So thank you.” I hug her.

“That means a lot.” I blink back my tears because I don’t want an emotional pregnant woman yelling at me and look at Becca. “Jeff seems amazing.” She blushes, and I giggle. “I guess he is amazing.” She shakes her head and grabs my good hand.

“Let’s go eat.” We all sit around in the living room and eat pizza. They all laugh and tease each other, and I can’t help but laugh right along with them. This is what my life is now, surrounded by these amazing new people, and I fucking love it.

After we finish up, we all head to the bar. I’m so blown away that we can walk there. That is just so cool to me. Keith has his arm around me and kisses my head. “You look beautiful, Mel.” I smile up at him.

“You look hot as shit, Keith.” He bursts out laughing, and I join him. We get to the bar, and I giggle when I notice every one of the guys grabs a hold of his girl before walking in. We make it inside, and I look around, taking it all in. What an amazing bar. The bar itself is huge; there are pool tables and darts. Looks like a fun place to hang out. We make our way over toward the pool tables. The guys push two tables together, and we all sit down. Keith asks what everyone wants before he heads up to the bar with Campbell. “This place is great. This is where you guys always hang out?” I remember the stories Keith told me about the bar, but I’m not sure it’s this bar. Not until Kenz says it is. I smile, thinking I can now picture it all perfectly in my head. “I think it is amazing that you all met here.”

“Yea, I had to pretty much beat them off my cock. It was embarrassing.” I laugh, and Maddie rolls her eyes.

“You fucking wish. Anyway, is that the kind of stories you want this baby to grow up hearing?” He gives her a smirk.

“I can’t fucking help it that his dad is, and will always be, a fucking God. It’s just something he’ll need to get used to.” I try not to laugh because honestly, I don’t know them well enough to know if Maddie is going to kick the shit out of him.

“Young, you are so fucking lucky that baby’s mom and aunts are around to tell the truth.” Kenz winks at him, but he just shrugs his shoulders.

“So, Mel, Keith told us you are a sketch artist for the police department. That is really cool.” I force a smile because I’m not even sure that is something I’m going to do again.

“Yea, I was.” I think they sense I’m uncomfortable with it so they move on.

“I finally picked out a color for the dresses. When do you guys want to start looking?” Becca says anytime, but Maddie rolls her eyes.

“You better hope I’m not showing yet. I still want to wear something sexy. It’s not every day your best friend gets married.” I look over at the bar for Keith and finally see him coming back.

“What about you, Mel?” I turn my attention back to Kenz.

“I’m sorry what?” She laughs and gets up so Campbell can sit down. She sits on his lap, and he wraps his arms around her. How fucking sweet.

“I said, ‘when are you available to look at dresses?’” I look at her completely confused before looking at Keith who is now sitting next to me.

“Right, I may have forgotten to mention to you that Kenz wanted you to be a part of the wedding.” I look at her with wide eyes.

“But you just met me.” Campbell kisses her cheek, and she smiles at him.

“We may have just met you, but Dick loves you, that makes you part of us, we love you already. I can’t have my wedding unless everyone I love is there.” I keep looking from her to Keith. What the hell? Is it really possible to be a part of this group

so quickly? “Not that I want to make you feel pressured or anything, but is that a yes?” I snap out of my stupid and look around the table.

“Oh my God, yes, of course. I’m honored you would even consider me.” Keith wraps his arm around my shoulders and kisses below my ear.

“I told you they were amazing.”

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