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“No. My secret is that you should fall a little faster. Because my kid’s going to want a best friend. And he’s going to be younger than all James and Rob’s kids, so I need you to step up.”
“Bee’s pregnant?”
He laughed. “Not yet. But we’re going to start trying.”
“That’s awesome.” A few weeks ago, this would have been the worst news ever. But it didn’t feel like bad news tonight. Because I wasn’t stuck anymore. I knew what I wanted. I smiled as I heard Kennedy’s laughter filter into the great room. I wanted her. “Wait, but you said ‘he’?”
“Yeah, I’m planning on having all boys.”
“I don’t think that’s something that you can just decide.”
“Just watch and learn. I’m much too masculine to have a girl.” He raised his beer bottle.
“That’s definitely not how it works.”
“We’ll see.”
Despite Mason’s flawed logic, I was going to be an uncle. A real one. Not that Scarlett, Liam, Sophie, and RJ didn’t count. But this was a big deal. “That’s going to be you soon then,” I said and gestured over to James and Rob who were most likely talking to their wives.
“What do you think is wrong?” he asked.
“I’m guessing someone has a tummy ache.”
“Hmm…maybe. But I’m thinking Liam pulled Sophie’s hair again.”
I laughed. “The audacity of that little baby to pull pigtails.”
Mason shook his head. “Want to bet on it? Loser drinks all those shots,” he said.
I looked over to see Kennedy and Tanner walking back into the room. They were each carrying a few shots in their hands.
I had a feeling tonight was about to get significantly more interesting. “Deal,” I said to Mason.
Matchmaker - Chapter 40
Friday
Kennedy’s eyes locked with mine as she put the shots down on the coffee table. I was wondering what she and Tanner had been talking about in the kitchen. But it couldn’t be bad, because she looked really happy. I found my gaze wandering to her lips.
She sat down next to me, closer than before. “What?” she whispered.
“Nothing.”
She shook her head with a smile. “Anyone want another drink?” Kennedy asked. “Tanner tried to convince me to play spin the bottle, but I had to explain the rules to him. Because he didn’t seem to realize that when there’s only one girl it’ll end up being some boy-on-boy action.”
Tanner laughed. “I’ve never played before.”
“It’s okay,” Kennedy said. “I never played before either. I was super lame in high school too.”
“Right,” agreed Tanner. “That’s exactly why I don’t know what it was like. I was just super lame.” He laughed like the idea of him being lame at any point in his life was the funniest thing he’d ever heard.
I had no idea what he was up to, but hopefully whatever he said to her in private would help. And I knew he’d only mentioned spin the bottle so I could make out with Kennedy. Or maybe hereally was just misinformed. He didn’t go to school in the states. Who knew what they did in…Greece? I vaguely remember him saying he’d been in Greece for high school. Or was it Germany?
“But I can’t imagine you being lame,” Tanner said. “Matt pretends he was cool in high school and he told me the two of you were friends.”
“Matt was cool,” Kennedy said. “And he only hung out with me out of obligation.”
“That’s not true.” I lightly touched her back and she didn’t push me away. “I always thought you were cool, Kennedy.”
