The traffic is remarkably light for a Saturday morning, and Amelia and I make it early to the church where Briella and Theo are being christened. As I pull the car into the small parking lot, I can see that my mum and Michael's cars are all here so we aren't the first ones to arrive. Climbing out of
"You know, this is the church where Bianca and Michael got married" Mum threads her arm through Amelia's and walks her up the pews with her. "I'm guessing that's why they chose to do the ceremony here then?" Amelia makes idle conversation in response to mums comment. I just know that this is someho
"You bought her a ring?" He clarifies. I nod. "Yeah" I turn my head after his response doesn't come out immediately to see him smiling warmly back at me. Clearly a fan of that idea. See Amelia, everyone who knows you loves you. "So you're planning to propose?" He queries. I tilt my head slightly a
"Have you considered having a conversation about it? Telling her that this is what you want?" Peter asks lightheartedly. "No, and that's not something I'm willing to risk. I just got her back, I'm not going to chase her away with some kind of ultimatum" I reply sullenly. I vaguely recall Mitch bitc
"Yeah, I guess a lot would have been different" I admit and start to turn one of the rings on my finger around. "I always just figured that it would happen one day, that there would be some sort of sign that said 'today's the day you tell Eloise how you feel'. But I kept waiting and it never really
Amelia’s POV "So how is your schooling going Amelia?" Rhode 's uncle Will asks me as we stand in a half circle away from the rest of the party. Rhode 's gone to get us a few drinks from the garden bar Eloise has set up in her backyard. She's gone to so much effort. There's a bounce house over at th
My cat is half painted when Rhode looks over to the tent and spots us, pausing for a second before letting out a roaring hysterical laugh, louder than I think I've ever seen before. His Uncle Will has a soft chuckle as he drinks his beer, shaking his head and talking to Rhode as he calms himself d
"She was very welcoming." I point out with a small grin. Bianca immediately embraced me, without a hesitation or worry in the world. I had expected a slightly icy introduction considering I was younger and obviously broker than he was, but Bianca and Eloise truly couldn't have been nicer. Being with