Chapter Fourteen
Tera
Xanand I dance down the stairs, singingFergalicious. We head to the dinner table where everyone's already seated. They roll their eyes at us and I laugh. We just keep on singing and dancing until the song is over. Then Xan dips me and gives me a big kiss.
"Thank fuck that's over," Jesse groans.
"Language," Mrs. M scolds.
I burn Jesse a look as we take a seat. "We were awesome."
"Damn right, we were," Xan agrees.
We're in the middle of some amazing chicken enchiladas when Ethan stares at my hand, then cocks his head to the right, his brow furrowed.
"Is that…" he breaks off.
I look at Xan, who's smirking. I snicker.
"Holy shit, it is!" Ethan shouts.
"Language," Mrs. M chides.
"Screw the language, look at that rock on Tera's finger! Herwedding ringfinger," Ethan directs.
I hold up my hand. "Oh, this?"
They all look over, mouths open.
"Yeah, Xan gave this to me just before we came down," I tell them.
"Just before you came down," Dr. Mac repeats. He blinks, then looks at Xan. "She said yes?"
Xan nods. "She said yes."
There are congratulations and smiles and laughter.
"When's the big day?" Kennedy asks.
I start to tell him we didn't talk about that yet when Xander cuts me off. "Christmas."
"Christmas?" I squeak.
Xan nods, smiling wide.
"Like, in a week, Christmas?" I shriek.
He laughs. "Hell yeah. We got this, right, Dad?"
Dr. Mac laughs and nods. "We do. It won't be a problem getting it all arranged."
"Wow," Ben exclaims. "You two are getting married in a week.Married." He pauses. "In a week."
"Knock it off," Jesse scolds. "You're freaking Tera out."
I nod. He is. The way he said it made it real when it's still surreal… me. Marrying Xander.
"You okay?" Linc asks.
