“Say it.”
“I’m sorry.” I started to let her go and she turned back around. “Not!”
I grabbed her again and shook the powder off of my hair into her face. “Say it and mean it.”
The more she fought the more I held onto her. The room filled with the family, but I never let her go. “Okay, okay. I’m sorry Ty.”
“Now tell me that I am awesome and you love me.”
Everyone started laughing, including me. “Never!”
I rubbed my face over hers, causing her to scream again. “Say it!”
“I love your awesomeness.”
“That isn’t what I said.” I shook my head even more. “Say it right.”
“Fine, I love you and you’re awesome.” She cried out.
I released her and watched as she walked away assessing the mess that SHE made all over the house. Miranda was shaking her head at me and I attempted to hug her, but was shut down by her death look. I knew she didn’t feel like changing her clothes, so I pouted my way to the guest bathroom, to try and get the flour off of me.
I ended up having to take a shower, while Miranda rode back to the house on the golf cart to get me some clean clothes. When I finally got out they were getting ready to leave. Van couldn’t walk by me without laughing at what she had done. The floor was all vacuumed up and there was no trace of her stellar prank. I pointed to her. “I will get you back, Cuz.”
She giggled. “I’m not afraid. Bring it on.”
Her friendship meant so much to me and Miranda. I was so glad that we had that. Van and Colt were so in love and they were perfect for each other. I just wished that we all lived closer, especially for the kids.
We said goodbye to the girls and looked back at the three kids in the room with us. I patted Colt on the back. “We got this. They will be angels for us.”
Colt shook his head. “Yeah, when you come back to reality, let me know. In the meantime, I have a crappy diaper to change.”
Chapter 5
Miranda
After Van and I got the house cleaned up from all of the flour, we headed out for a girls day. I hung out with my girlfriends every once in a while at home, but nothing was as fun as spending the day with Van. I wanted to also see my mother and my aunt, and Lucy was tagging along too.
I had to admit that Ty had done an awfully good job taking my mind off of Tucker’s mother last night. As much as I would have liked to not wake up and think about her, it was easier said than done. Seeing my own mother, coming to greet us when we entered the church, made me feel a little more at ease.
“Hi, my baby girl. Look at you. Oh, my word, you are just glowing.” She kept hugging me and then looking down at my baby bump.
“So, we found out what we’re havin’.” I didn’t want to just bust out the word twins. Ty had called and told everyone, but my mother was the last person to find out. I made everyone promise not to tell her.
She motioned for me to hurry up and tell her. “The suspense is killing me, Randa. Just tell me already.
“Two boys.”
“Come again?” It was funny how she thought she misheard me.
“Two boys, Mom. Ty and I are havin’ twins.”
Her mouth dropped open before she put her hand up to cover it. She started shaking her head and laughing. “I bet your hubby is radiating excitement.”
I agreed by nodding my head. “Why do you think we drove all the way out here, spur of the moment? He can’t contain himself. Do you want to hear the names he picked out?”
“You let him pick both names?” She sounded sort of shocked that I had given Ty free reign on naming our boys.
My aunt approached us and came in to hug me before I could answer my mother. “It’s so good to see you.”
“I was just telling Mom that Ty and I are expectin’ twin boys and we are naming them Jacob and Jackson, Jake and Jax for short.”
My mother’s eyes lit up when she heard me say the word Jacob. She knew I had loved that name. I watched her smile and shake her head the same time. “I should have known that Tyler would give you what you wanted, he always seems to do a good job at that.” Ty being my husband may have rubbed my mother the wrong way at first, for more reasons than just one. We had married and carried on a relationship in secret. When I went to stay at his family’s place for my own safety, I ended up living with Ty right away. My whole family had done so much to try to prevent a relationship between us, but it happened anyway. As much as they wanted to hate the idea, he had proven time and time again that he would do anything for me and Bella, even go as far as making sure everyone knew he was her only father. How could they not come to approve of us? In my mother’s eyes, Ty had become the perfect man.