“No, I didn’t. I was lucky in that department, but I’d rather have morning sickness than have a high risk pregnancy.” Jenna became still. I didn’t mean to make that comment. “Jenna, I didn’t mean anything by that. I’m so sorry.”
“Becky. No. You’re right.”
She looked so guilty and it was my fault. My stupid mouth. I tried to lighten the mood. “Are you ready for your wedding next week?”
Jenna inhaled deeply. “Ellen has been wonderful. I don’t think I could have planned everything so fast.” The smile came back on Jenna’s face. “My parents are flying in tomorrow. My mom will be here just in time for the bridal shower. Thanks for arranging it around her schedule.”
“Of course. We can’t leave your mom out. I just feel really bad that we didn’t get to have a bachelorette party for you.”
“First of all, I don’t want to do the Las Vegas thing. I don’t think Max would approve. Second, the wedding came up suddenly. We didn’t have time to plan. I’m just glad you agreed to be my maid of honor and your relationship with Matthew is back on track.”
“Of course, anything for you. How are you feeling?”
“I’m pretty calm right now, but I don’t know how I will be the day of the wedding.”
“Jenna, I’m so happy for you.”
Jenna took another sip and changed the subject. “How about you?”
I swallowed my drink. I was pretty sure I gave her one huge, dorky smile. “Matthew proposed to me.”
“He did?” Jenna’s eyes shifted to my hand, which held no ring, but she still looked excited. “When? How? Oh my God!” Jenna embraced me tightly. When she let go, her eyes were glistening with tears. “I’m so happy for you.”
“I told him that I wanted to wait. I’m already almost at the end of the first trimester, just like you. I have no time to arrange a wedding. And there is no guarantee on my health situation, so I told him that I wanted to wait until after the baby was born.”
“Okay.” Jenna nodded. I knew she would agree. It was best to wait. “When are you due?”
“Actually...we’re due around the same time.”
Jenna squealed. “You’re going to tell Nicole and Kate, right?”
“I’ll tell them at your wedding.”
“We can have a baby shower together.” Jenna was too excited. Her smile was big and her eyes twinkled under the light of the lamp. “I never imagined that we would have a child at the same time and marry into the same family. What are the chances?”
“I know, right?”
“Did you tell your parents?”
“They don’t know yet. We will be visiting my parents the day after your wedding. I’ll tell them then.”
“How about Matthew’s parents?”
“We’ll tell them after your wedding, but before we leave for San Francisco.”
“Okay.” Jenna smiled. “Our lives have changed so much in such a short amount of time.”
“Yup,” I agreed. “Did you start packing for San Diego?”
“You know me so well. I did. I think I’m packing too much,” Jenna laughed. “Did you?”
“I sure did. One can never pack enough.”
Chapter 25
Jenna
After I helped my parents settle into their hotel, my mom came with me to the bridal shower dinner and my dad waited to be picked up by Max. Max and the men had dinner plans. Though Max and I had agreed that we would stay away from each other this week and finally be face to face on the wedding day, it was extremely difficult to do so. We even purposely avoided each other during work hours as well. I missed him so much, especially when he would send me texts.
I’m thinking of you.
I’m thinking of you, too.
I hope they are naughty thoughts.
I laughed out loud.
“What’s so funny?” Becky nudged me during dinner.
Everyone was in their own conversation when I took the moment to read Max’s text. “It’s Max. He’s making me laugh.”
“I think he also made you blush.”
“Shhh.” I laughed again. Although Ellen and my mom were having their own conversation and couldn’t hear us, there was that discomfort of knowing I was flirting with Max in front of his mom.
Nicole and Kate were in charge of the games. We played a game where one person wrapped their teammate with toilet paper and created the most creative wedding dress. It was hilarious. The second game we played was unscrambling a list of words. That was difficult since most of us had no clue. Ellen won that game. For the last game, they had to hold a paper plate on top of their head and blindly draw me in a wedding dress. It had simple instructions, but was difficult to do. We all laughed like crazy. Unexpectedly, my mom won a prize for that game.