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“What about when I left?”
“For school?”
“Yeah.”
“What about it?”
“The girl.”
“What girl?” He frowned, and something in my belly tightened.Have there been so many girls he doesn’t know which was which?
“The one you went to the county fair with. Madeline sent me a picture of you with her and—"
“I went with a group of friends. She thought it was more than what it was and kissed me. I backed away and politely told her I couldn’t do anything with her because I was in love with the most beautiful woman in the world,” he confessed. My eyes fluttered shut as my hand drifted down to my belly.
I wanted to regret not asking him about it, but if I did, it would mean I regretted the little cupcake baking inside of me. And I didn’t regret him or her at all. Not even a little bit.
“I didn’t know, August.” I was suddenly breathless. My chest rose and fell, and everything felt all out of control. More than it did when I woke up and came out to see the rise of a new day.
How had my world weirdly turned upside down in a whole other way in a matter of minutes? Where I had been worried about starting motherhood all alone, now I was sitting on my best friend’s lap, the one man I had been in love with my entire life, and he was telling me he felt same for me.
“I had no idea. I thought…” My eyes dropped. “I didn’t think you could ever see me as anything more than a friend. Or like a little sister.” I couldn’t get myself to look him in the eye. Why hadn’t I told him before?
Now it’s too late.
“Babe.” His fingers lightly pressed against the bottom of my chin. He tipped it up so I would meet his gaze head on. “It’s never too late. Not when it comes to us,” he answered, making me realize I’d said the words out loud. “Sandy, it’s always been you for me. Always. No one else would ever do.”
“But now I’m having—"
“A baby,” he cut me off. “He or she is going to be just as amazing as their mama.”
“Auggie—"
“I love you, Sandy. You might not feel that way about me yet, but I promise you, I will be good for you. I’ll love you and take care of you and this little bundle growing inside of you.”
“You think I don’t… I don’t feel the same way?”How the hell is that possible?My heart came alive anytime he was near. Butterflies flew and dreams always felt achievable when he was around.
“Sandy—" Emotions overwhelmed me, and I found myself reaching for him. Cupping his face with both my hands, I stared into the deep pools of his light blue almost gray eyes.
“I do. Auggie.” My voice was just above a whisper while my heart thundered in my chest. I couldn’t believe this was actually happening.
I was telling him how I felt after all these years.
Finally.
“God, August West, I’ve loved you forever. I saw you come down the stairs with your baseball glove in your hand on my mom’s first day working here. I didn’t think there could ever be a cuter boy than you.” His lips twitched, and even though I turned probably five shades of red, I kept talking.
“But you never said anything, and I was terrified of telling you and ruining our friendship. So, I figured being your best friend was better than not having you in my life. Maddy sent me that picture of you kissing that girl and…” I shrugged, incredibly embarrassed I had let Maddy fool me. “You never mentioned her, and I thought… I don’t know, but my heart hurt and—“
“Shh, you don’t need to explain,” he hushed, stroking my hair. “I should have gone to school with you. I should have claimed you long before that.”
“Auggie—"
“I’m done waiting around to do so.” There was a darkness in his voice. An edge I’d never heard. One that made me shift on his lap, bumping against a very big bulge. “Angel, you’re killing me here.”
“You’re done waiting to claim me?” I asked with awe.
I was scared to move too abruptly. What if I woke up from this beautiful dream?
