“You couldn’t just let me have it, could you?” Griffin jokes.
“Pipe down both of you,” Preston says. “It doesn’t make a difference if I didn’t give the okay.”
Viv snorts from the other side of Skyler. “Yeah okay, dear.”
Preston shoots her a fake glare, and I wonder how in the world I ended up in this crazy family with what seems to be all the love in the world. Griffin and I have had several extremely long talks about my relationship with Serena, including how he would feel if she moved in, and he seems to be completely on board. It’s as if my relationship with my son made a complete one-eighty and I couldn’t be happier to rebuild some of what we lost.
“I can’t believe my big sister is getting married!” Skyler cheers.
I can’t believe it either. I never imagined that three months after my divorce was finalized I’d be rushing to get back down the aisle again. But I’m ready. I’m ready to make her Serena West and then quite possibly a thousand little Wests.
Hopefully, Griffin is on board with that idea as well.
Brown hair and blue polyester come charging for me and then she’s in my arms with her legs wrapped around my waist, pressing dozens of kisses to my face. Yep, I can smell the champagne, alright.
“Bambi, how much did you have to drink?”
“I don’t know. Zoey just kept pouring them.”
I rub my nose against hers as she climbs out of my arms. “Come walk with me for a second.”
She doesn’t follow, and when I turn to look at her I see her hands on her cocked hips. “Are you asking me to marry you?”
I freeze, wondering how in the hell she knows, and then I let out a laugh because she knows me. That’s how she knows. I hadn’t planned on it right this second. I had plans to do it after dinner, right before I took her home and ravaged her until the sun rose, but the words tumble out of my mouth before I can think. “Yeah, I am. Is that okay with you?”
She nods as the tears spring to her eyes and she fiddles with her glasses. “Absolutely.”
I’m vaguely aware that we are on a football field surrounded by thousands of people, but I grab her hand and bring it to my lips. “You have been the best surprise of my life. The twist in the second act that I didn’t see coming. I want to spend the rest of my life discovering that magic I feel when I look in your eyes. You are the love of my life, Serena Mitchell, and I want to be married to you for the rest of it. Will you marry me?”
The End.