Page 648 of Hell Hath No Fury
“Yeah, she’s a changed person.”
“Love will do that to you.”
Callie grins. “Love with Mr. Marshall.”
I sigh happily. “I know. He’s dreamy.”
“He is.” She sighs too. “I can’t believe you get to meet him this weekend. I wish I was going to be there.”
I wish that too. But she can’t travel because she’s massively pregnant.
But everyone’s coming for the wedding this Saturday, Poe and Mr. Marshall—that’s what we all call him even now just because it sounds super sexy—Reed and Wyn and Callie’s brothers.
She has four brothers and we’ve all gotten close over the past couple of years. Mostly because Arrow is a soccer player, Reed is a soccer player and all four of Callie’s brothers are soccer players too.
So too much soccer and testosterone for the win!
“I also get to meet your brothers. Who are also dreamy and oh my God, Conrad is –”
“Stop it. Stop,” Callie squeals.
She always gets touchy when us girls perv over her very drool-worthy brothers.
I grin evilly. “What? I’m allowed to call your brothers dreamy.”
“No, you’re not. Not in front of me.”
“That’s so not fair. Wyn is allowed to date one of them but I’m not allowed to even express how much I appreciate them? That’s a double-standard and besides, you do know what people do when they date, don’t you?”
She puts her hands over her ears. “Ew. It’s gross. Stop. I don’t wanna hear it. And you got me. I love Wyn more than I love you.”
I scoff. “No, you don’t.”
“Fine. I don’t. But can we please talk about something else?”
I chuckle. “All right. But whatever we talk about is not gonna be as interesting.”
She rolls her eyes and we both fall silent then.
She looks at me and I look at her and the mood has shifted back to the one we started out with, tense.
“Wear the dress,” she says, tipping her chin at it where it’s lying on top of the rubble of clothes.
“Yeah?”
“Yes. It makes you look, you know, mature and serious.”
I swallow. “Okay.” Then, “I wish you were here.”
I really do. I wish Poe and Wyn were here as well. They’re both arriving tomorrow but I haven’t told them anything. Their reaction is going to be exactly like Callie’s and I don’t wanna worry more people or have them tell me that it’s a bad idea.
The only reason I told Callie was because I needed help picking out an outfit and she wouldn’t help me until I told her why. Besides, she’s all the way on the east coast. She can’t do much through a computer screen.
But for all my bravado, I really wish she and the girls were here with me.
“I wish I was there too.” She narrows her eyes and points at her stomach. “It’s all his fault. I can’t believe he did this to me. Again.”
“I’ll punch him for you when I see him,” I offer, then draw in a sharp breath. “It’s gonna be okay.”
