Eventually Yours

15 ✽

~Brie~

The sound of laughter and loud footsteps woke me up. I opened my eyes and turned to Roman who was still asleep.

He slept in my room every day now. Roman had clutched my shirt and was squeezing into my chest.

I slowly released his grip and rolled away from him. I slipped out of the room and went down the stairs.

“Oh honeybee, did we wake you?”

I shook my head.

“No Mom, don't worry about it,” I told her. “Why are there so many people here now?”

“Who's ready for the wedding tomorrow?!” a girl chirped walking past us into the kitchen with three other girls.

“Right,” I murmured.

“I've got to go honey. Your sister is going to freak out if everything isn't perfect.”

She hurried off.

“Humour me.”

I turned to see who said that.

“Why are you awake?”

“The babies kept me up all night and as I was finally falling asleep, the stupid bridal team and event trucks made it impossible to get any rest.”

She settled down in a chair in the kitchen. I followed closely behind her. A part of me was frightened she'd trip and fall with how big her bump was. I took a seat on the kitchen aisle.

“When is this hell party going to be over?” she groaned.

“It feels like it's been years... can't they just get married already?” Maude added walking in through the back door.

She was sweating and breathing fast. She headed toward the fridge and Nia nudged me to speak up.

“Ermm... Maude?” I called out to her.

“Mm?”

“Why are you in gym clothes?”

She moved away from the fridge with a bowl of cold spaghetti.

“Well, your sister thought it was a good idea to get me a gym membership. Apparently, I'm too fat to fit in her bridesmaid dress.”

I raised my brows and Nia scoffed.

“Why won't you people let me beat some sense into that girl?”

“I thought you said Ghanaians aren't aggressive” I smiled.

“We're not. But for Aubree, I'm more than willing to let my other self out.”

“I support you sister,” Maude said, setting the bowl on the kitchen aisle.

“Okay, okay ladies, calm down,” I told them.

“She has me on a diet!” Maude whined. “And I can't do this.”

“Just ignore her,” Nia said. “This happened at a bad time... if I wasn't pregnant, I would have taught her a very good lesson.”