“I don’t know what you’re thinking about Savannah, but you’re looking a little flushed,” he teased. I laughed as I felt my cheeks flush even more, and I quickly picked up my drink, taking agulp.
We chatted easily for the next half an hour or so then suddenly, the baby began to move. “Quick, give me your hand Aaron,” I said excitedly as I reached for his hand and placed it on my stomach where I’d last felt the baby kick. I placed my hand over his and waited. A few seconds later, I felt a kick, and I looked up atAaron.
“Wow Savannah, that’s incredible!” he said, his face beaming, his eyes focused on his hand, waiting for anothermovement.
“Well this looks cozy!” I heard a voice boom from the other side of the booth, and my head flew up as I recognized thevoice.
“Josh, what are you doing here?” I asked, my tone full ofsurprise.
“Well, I came to spend the night with my girl, but it looks like someone else is already doing that,” he spat, moving closer to where Aaron sat. Aaron’s hand moved quickly from my stomach and he stood up, extending his hand out for Josh toshake.
“Hi Josh, I’m Aaron, Harper’sbrother.”
I saw Josh glance down at Aaron’s hand before looking back up to his face. “I don’t give a fuck who you are. Why are you touching my girl?” he shouted, his face clouded withanger.
“Josh!” I exclaimed, getting to my feet and going to stand in front of him. “What are youdoing?”
“What am I doing? What areyoudoing?” he yelled, his voice getting louder every time hespoke.
I’d never heard him speak to me like that and I took a step back, my heart pounding in my chest. “He was just feeling the baby kick,” I said, noticing for the first time that Mason, Brody, and Jack were standing behindhim.
“He had his hands all over youSavannah!”
I marched up to him and prodded my finger into his shoulder. “He had his hand on my stomach because he was feeling the baby kick. He wasn’t feeling me up under the table! God, you can be a real jerk sometimes,” Icried.
“Look, this is getting out of hand. Let me start again.” Aaron reached his hand out again for Josh to shake. “I’m Aaron, Harper’s brother—Harper’sgaybrother.” I watched as relief and embarrassment flooded Josh’s face upon hearing Aaron’s words, and if I hadn’t been boiling mad at him, it would have been prettyfunny.
Josh shook his head before reaching for Aaron’s hand and shaking it. “I’m sorry man, I thought…” He trailed off,embarrassed.
“It’s fine, I know what you thought. The girls wanted to dance, Savannah didn’t, so I offered to stay with her. I’m going to find the girls, I’ll leave you to it.” He threw me a wave as he disappeared onto the dancefloor.
I sat back down in the booth and Josh slid in beside me. Taking my hand, he turned me so I was looking at him. “Baby, I’m so sorry. I jumped to the wrongconclusion.”
I sighed. “Do you know how much I love you?” I asked himquietly.
“Enough to forgive me for being an overprotective, jealous ass?” he asked with awince.
“I’m hurt Josh, hurt that you would think I would be interested in another man. Even when we weren’t together, I wasn’t interested in anyoneelse.”
He hung his head and took a deep shaky breath. “I’m sorry. I saw you pressed up against him, his hands on you, and I saw red. I can’t bear the thought of going back to living a life you’re not a part of. I’ve waited so long to be with you. You’re mine, both of you, and if I lost you…” His voice cracked and my heart stuttered at hiswords.
“Hey, you aren’t going to lose us,” I told him, my fingers lifting his chin. “I love you Josh Miller. I will always love you, even when you’re being an overbearing jerk!” I smiled at him, wanting to see him smile back at me. He pulled me into his arms and I wentwillingly.
“I love you,” he whispered in my ear, and as I pulled out of his embrace, he grinned atme.
“Right, now that that’s taken care of, who wants a drink?” Brody asked from across thetable.
I rolled my eyes at him and stuck out my tongue. “What are you even doing here anyway?” I asked, snuggling into Josh’s side, noticing that Mason had disappeared and Jack was sitting across from us in thebooth.
“Ask the groom!” Brody exclaimed, gesturing with his arm in the direction Mason must have gone. I looked across at Jack and then up at Joshexpectantly.
“Mason wanted to come back to Marble Falls and spend the rest of the night with Lib,” Josh explained, bending down to kiss me on the top of myhead.
“I tried to talk him out of it, but I had no backup from Romeo here,” Brody said, gesturing to Josh. “He wanted to get back here as much as Mason did, and Jack didn’t care eitherway!”
“You’ll be the same one day Brode,” Josh told him with alaugh.
“I won’t!” he exclaimed. “You’re both pussy-whipped!” he grumbled. “I need a beer, come help me Jack,” he said, and I laughed as I watched them disappear into the crowds in search of adrink.