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“Would you look at them?” Ali grumbles. “Bunch of cavemen.”

“He is right, though. You should sit down,” Carly tells her and she nods.

“God, I know. My feet are fucking killing me.”

Carly laughs and grabs her hand to guide her over to the couches and Tate and I follow behind them. Brooklyn starts to fuss as soon as I sit down and I pull the baggie of cereal out of my purse before handing it to her.

“Okay,” Ali breathes after she gets settled and her feet propped up. “Give it to me straight. How bad is labor?”

I laugh. “Um, bad… but the thing is, you forget how bad it was as soon as it’s over and you’re holding your baby in your arms. And when she takes her first step or says her first word, you’ll be desperate to have another one.”

“Well, that’s comforting, I guess.”

“Look at it this way… I would rather have another baby than get hit by a truck again.”

She laughs. “I suppose that makes sense.”

“That’s how you met Smith, right?” Carly asks and I nod.

“Yeah, I had just gotten off work and I was driving home when this truck came out of nowhere. And then Lucas was there, keeping me calm until the ambulance arrived.”

“That’s Smith, for ya,” Tate says and the other girls nod.

“So, you can totally tell me it’s none of my business if you want but is her dad in the picture?” Ali asks, pointing to Brooklyn and I shake my head.

“No, he’s not.”

“That must be so hard for you. I know as much shit as I give him, I’d be lost in the pregnancy without Logan.”

I shrug, smiling as I think about Grams. “I wasn’t all by myself. My Grams was a huge support for me until she died and I’ve got my little sister Alice.”

“It takes a village,” Ali muses before flashing me a smile. “And now you’ve got all of us. It’s easy to see that Lucas is head over heels for you, which means that you’ve just been added to this crazy family and we’d all do anything for each other.”

“That’s going to take some getting used to.”

Carly lets out a laugh as she nods. “Yes, it will but one day, you’ll look up and realize that it’s the biggest blessing.”

“That’s true,” Tate adds. “No family is perfect but what Blaze and the guys have built here comes pretty damn close.”

“I kind of got that feeling from Lucas.”

As soon as the words leave my mouth, Lucas strolls back into the room with Storm. Storm flashes a victorious grin at Ali when he finds her sitting down with her feet propped up and she rolls her eyes.

“God, he’s going to be impossible now.”

“Hey, Darlin’,” Lucas says, sinking into the seat next to me and I smile at him.

“Hey.”

Tate rolls her eyes and flashes Lucas a disgusted look. “God, the two of you are sickeningly cute.”

“You’re just jealous that you got stuck with that asshole outside,” Lucas teases her and she flips him off.

“Don’t think that just because it’s a baby shower, I didn’t bring my taser.”

I peek over at Lucas with wide eyes and he shakes his head.

“Behave. We have company.”