by Izzy Cullen
The reception was filled with music and dancing. Everyone was having a great time. I hadn’t realized how late it had gotten until Alex grabbed me with my bag in his hand. “You’ll have to change on the plane, we have to get going.” I still didn’t know where we were going, but I started to love the surprises he was throwing my way.
When I gave Lexi and Derek my hug bye they handed me my list with the red marker. “You need to cross off number one.” We all had a big smile on our faces.
“You know, Abs. you still have one on there and I can help you with that.” Derek pointed to the one night stand.
“Sorry for your luck, but Abby took care of that too.” Derek looked at Lexi with a questioning look on his face. “It’s called role play. Alex was worried she would want it crossed of years down the road.” Lexi smiled.
“I don’t think I wanted to know the details.” Derek leaned in and hugged me and kissed my cheek. “I’m happy for you, you deserve this.” When Derek went to pull away, I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him tighter.
“I couldn’t have made it here without you. I love you.” It was true, and as many times as I’ve said it in the past I needed to say it again.
When Lexi leaned in for a hug I couldn’t help but whisper something about Logan in her ear. She didn’t respond, but I saw the look on her face and knew she was trying to hide something.
I walked over to my parents and gave them each a hug. When I pulled away I asked them if they saw Sam or Johnny and my mother told me she thought she saw them walk into the guest house. I knew it was empty since Johnny had moved into my house once we moved into Alex’s. There must be some talking or something happening taking place.
Before I could think any more of it, Alex had my hand and pulled me over to the Jeep. “Sorry, but we really have to go.” He leaned over and gave me a kiss.
As I climbed in, I questioned where we were going, and all he said was, “It’s a surprise.”
