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“Thank you,” Chase calls after her then looks at me. “Is it a really big deal?”
Apparently... “These places are a little uptight when it comes to reservations.”
Chase smirks. “I’m happy to see you two working so well together.”
“Me too.” Pepper grins, picking up her wine. “Is she driving you crazy with all this planning?”
“Not if you tune her out and just say okay,” I mutter with a wink.
Dad chuckles. “You might as well be married.”
Levi scoffs involuntarily then clears his throat. “Jackson, eat your meat.” He looks up and mouths a warning that looks like 'don’t get married'.
“Crisis averted,” Charlie says cheerily, stepping back into the dining room and taking her seat next to mine.
I can’t help my disappointment. I don’t want Landon anywhere near Charlie. Not next week, not at the wedding, and certainly not anything he has planned for her after the wedding.
“So they were able to fit in four more?”
“Nope. We’ll have two separate tables. Bride’s party will have the VIP table in the back and the Groom’s on the other side of the restaurant.
Pepper pouts. “Oh.”
“No big deal. We still have the party at the Inn after.” Aiden offers cheerily.
“Y'all need to stop being tied at the hip, you work together, live together and now you’re getting married. You can handle one meal solo,” Levi grumbles.
“Agree. You’re grossing us out.” I add.
“Sorry,” Charlie chimes in with her never-ending apologies. If I had the power to cut that word out of her vocabulary, I would have years ago.
Chase waves a hand. “It’s for the best. You girls don’t want to be around the guys when they’re drinking. They get a little out of control.”
Exactly how out of control does Landon get?
I turn to Charlie. “You alright with that?”
She nods. “Yep, it’s probably how it should be anyway.”
“Are you guys getting married?”
The question is directed at me and Charlie and it comes from the little person across the table.
“No, Jackson, we’re just friends.”
“But Grandpa just said you might as well be married because you tune her out and just say okay to everything.”
Charlie snorts and perks her brow at me.
“It was a joke. I listen to almost everything Charlie says.” I wink at her. Levi and Chase snicker in the background.
"Okay." She nods like a trooper, accepting being the joke at the table. “Okay, fine. So when I hand you a top hat and microphone and put you in the middle of the stage, you’ll know exactly what to do because you agreed to it.”
Everyone but my nephew laughs, not getting the humor.
“Wait, you’re joking, right?”
She ignores me and winks at the kid. “Thanks, Jackson.”
