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“Why don’t you hold RC,” Matty suggests, “so you can calm down.”
“I am calm, Matty.” She glares at him, and her face immediately changes when she looks at RC. “How’s my perfect boy?” Her demeanor and even her voice change. “Are you being so good for me?”
“Okay, so how are we doing this?” Gabriel asks her, then looks at Matty. “Does he know?”
“No,” Sofia denies at the same time that Matty says, “Obviously, she doesn’t keep anything from me.” I look at him, my eyebrows going up. “Well, not counting you two hooking up and then you being pregnant.” He puts his hands on his hips. “You’re a bad influence on her, and I don’t want you around her anymore.” I can’t help but snort.
“Okay, so I decided to do cowboy hats,” she says. “I’ll put the hats one on top of the other so you can show the first one and then be like—surprise, it’s two.”
“Okay, can we do this?” I say excitedly.
“Hold RC,” Sofia says to Matty, handing him over before grabbing a microphone. Where she got it, I have no idea.
“If everyone can come over here so we can do the gender reveal,” Sofia announces.
“Colson.” I look around. “We need Colson,” I say, putting my hand on my stomach when I see him running from the barn.
“There he is.” Gabriel points in the distance.
“Okay, can we have everyone come closer, please,” Sofia instructs, “and can we start the Zoom?” I turn to see there is a projector screen hanging down from the side and I see all the little squares of everyone who can’t be here.
“Where is Zoey?” I look around and then I spot her coming close to me.
“I’m right here,” she assures me. “We just got in, so we had to hightail it.” She side-hugs me and then puts her hand on my belly. “It’s your favorite auntie.”
“Not her aunt,” Sofia corrects, “it’s more a cousin.”
“Did you know that we share the same blood because our mothers are twins, so we are like sisters,” Zoey retorts like she’s throwing down. “So it’s my nephew.”
“Niece,” Gabriel corrects her.
“Whatever. Can we do this?” I ask. “It’s been killing me.”
“Before we do this,” Gabriel starts, “there is something I want to say.”
“Oh my God,” Zoey says from beside me, and I nervously look at Gabriel.
“They are getting married,” Matthew states.
I gasp. “What?” I ask, looking at him, wanting to kill him for even bringing it up. I don’t even look at Gabriel.
“This is a wedding, isn’t it?” he asks, looking around. “A ruse to get us all here, saying it’s a gender reveal, but then it’s, surprise, we’re getting married.”
“Of course not,” I snap. “That’s a crazy, crazy idea.”
“I told you that you were wrong,” Max gloats. “If she was getting married, you don’t think she would have told her parents?”
“It’s a surprise,” Matthew says, winking at me. “You can tell us; we won’t say anything.”
“We are not getting married,” I finally say, looking over at Gabriel, who just smiles at me and looks down to the ground. Great, I think to myself, now I can’t even bring up us moving in with each other.
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GABRIEL
“We are not getting married,” Zara hisses. I know it’s a stupid thing and, to be honest, the thought never crossed my mind except for right now. I mean, I know I want her to move in with me. I know I miss her more than I care to admit when she is away from me. Fuck, I’m in love with her, and all I want is for her to be here with me and Colson.
“Okay.” I hold up my hand. “We are not getting married,” I say, looking at Zara, who makes no eye contact with me, “but we do have a little surprise for you guys.” Zara now moves over to me, standing next to me, slipping her hand in mine. “We want to say thank you so much for coming and supporting us.”
