“Don’t worry, Dre. After everything you’ve done for me, I owe you at least this. So I guess this means your ban is over. What have we learned?”
I glared at her but looked at Blair, who was still blushing. “We’ve learned a lot of things.”
Mackenzie didn’t shame me like I thought she would. Instead, she smiled, perhaps knowing what it was I learned. “Well, I’ll let you two get back to it. I have a bride to get back to, but don’t keep her waiting too long, Drea. Have fun!” she yelled over her shoulder as she left.
My shoulders sagged and I knew there was nothing to get back to anymore. “I’m sorry about her. She can be a real ass sometimes.”
“No… uhh… it’s okay. That was the first time I’ve gotten caught in public. You’ve corrupted me.” She grinned.
“Welcome to the dark side, love.” I winked.
“Yeah, well, we should get back out there.” She walked back over to me, and I wrapped my arms around her. “But first, we need to fix this. I can’t have everyone looking at your boobs.” I looked down to see my dress almost around my waist, and my tits were, in fact, almost out in the open.
“No, we can’t have that, now can we?” After she fixed my shirt, I kissed her softly, and took her hand in mine. “Shall we? I better go find Fallon.” She smiled as I led her back to the party.
“They seem really happy… The Bennetts, I mean.”
I smiled at the mention of my best friend. “They do, don’t they? I’m glad they figured things out.”
She stopped and turned to me. “What do you mean?”
“For a long time they kept trying to tell us they were ‘just friends,’ but we all knew from the beginning. The way they both looked at each other. I’ve never looked at any of my friends that way.”
None of them except for Blair. She was the exception to every rule I had ever put in place for myself.
“Fallon has been through a lot over the years, and I am thankful she found Mackenzie. They have been through their fair share of bullshit together, and Mackenzie has come a long way to earn back her trust, but I honestly don’t know what would have happened to Fallon if she never found her. After she went through a really bad breakup and moved here, I didn’t think I would ever get my best friend back. In my eyes, Mackenzie saved Fallon’s soul just by loving her without fail. No matter where they were in their lives, together or apart, she never stopped loving Fallon. She never stopped showing it either.” My eyes watered at the memory, but Blair squeezed my hand in comfort.
She didn’t speak as we started walking in a comfortable silence. Walking with her, our hands interlaced together, was a feeling I could have gotten used to. Having Blair in my life was something I could have gotten used to.
When I locked eyes with Fallon, I knew there was going to be no way out of this conversation. “Good luck, baby.” Blair squeezed our joined hands before letting go and kissed my cheek.
Hearing those words made something in my chest tighten. I squared my shoulders and headed to Fallon as Blair headed back to our table.
“There you are. I’ve been looking for you, babe!” When I reached her, there was nothing short of amusement in her eyes. Mackenzie was standing next to her, mirroring the same expression as her wife. They really were perfect together, despite the current mischief brewing in their expressions.
“Here I am.” I smiled. “Kenz said you wanted some pictures?”
She gasped. “Oh yes, right! Rylee is waiting for us over in the garden.”
“Sounds good, love. Lead the way.” Good was the last thing it sounded like. I knew there was no way for me to avoid talking about what I was doing with Blair, and I couldn’t deny what Mackenzie saw. I wanted to relive the moments before she walked in, but I couldn’t deny it.
“I’ll be right back, Mrs. Bennett.” Fallon kissed her wife sweetly, and I wanted to gag.
“I’ll be waiting for you, Mrs. Bennett.”
“You two make me sick. Let’s go, Fal.”
Despite my sarcastic comment, I was beyond happy for them. Fallon was my family, and I wanted nothing but the best for her. She was truly happy for the first time in a long time, and I would never tell her, but I was forever indebted to Mackenzie for that.
“All right, boss lady, let’s go. I thought getting laid was supposed to make you more relaxed?” she said as we walked away from Mackenzie.
I groaned. “Word travels fast, doesn’t it? It does when your wife doesn’t interrupt before I have an orgasm!”
She laughed. “Well, I guess we’re even now. At the book signing, I was literally seconds away from com?—”
“We are even!” I interrupted. I didn’t need torelive that horrible day. It still haunted me whenever I saw that godawful chair… I really needed to get rid of it.
“Anyway,” she continued, waving me off, “when you said you were bringing her, you told me you guys were barely even friends. Why did you lie to me?”
