His Chance

Chance - Chapter 3

I'm really pleased with how this day is turning out. The actual ceremony part of our wedding was perfect. My girl, well she looked absolutely beautiful, per usual, and now, well she's my wife. She's standing across the room talking to her best friend, Hannah, her college roommate, and she's smiling and laughing, and I couldn't be any happier at this moment.

Felix walks up to me and looks over in the girls direction and says, "Her friend is cute, yeah?". 

"Sure, I guess. I hadn't really thought about it", I say with a laugh.

"Well bro, not all of us have found the love of our lives yet. Some of us, and I'm talking about me here, are still sampling their options". 

I laugh.

"Well, I don't know much about her except that she was Hailey's roommate in college all four years. She's from Texas and well, as soon as Hailey told her we were getting married, she dropped everything in order to be here". 

"Sounds like a good friend to me", Felix says with a laugh. "See, we already have that in common. You need to introduce us bro". 

I look over at Hailey again and she sees me watching her and I wave her over. She grabs her friend's hand and they start walking over to us.

"Hey baby", I say as she walks up to us and gives me a kiss, I take hold of her hand.

"Hey husband. Hey Felix", she says. "This is my friend Hannah.....Hannah, this is Chance and this is his best friend Felix".

"Hey y'all", Hannah says in her undeniable Texas accent. "It's good to see you again Chance......We met for a brief minute before the ceremony started", she explains to Hailey. "I'm looking forward to getting to know you since you're the one who stole my bestie's heart here. I'm warning you, though, I ask a lot of questions; I'm gonna get all up in your business", she says and the four of us laugh.

"That's quite alright", I say. "I'd like to get to know you too", I reply, "and this handsome lad here to my right is my very good friend Felix".

Felix reaches out and grabs her hand and lifts it to his mouth for a kiss. Hannah laughs.

"Lovely to meet you, Texas. I'd be happy for you to get all up in my business, as you say. Would you like something from the bar?", he asks her.

"Oh I can tell this one is trouble already", she says with a smile. "What do you think, Hailey, should I go get a drink with him?". 

My girl smiles and looks at both me and Felix. 

"Yes. He's a lot of fun. I know you can handle yourself. Just don't believe everything he says", Hailey tells her.

"What?.......Carolina, you pierce my soul", Felix says with a laugh, "I can't believe you just said that". 

We're all laughing now.

"She's right. You should only believe half of what he says, but, besides that, he's pretty harmless", I add on to the conversation.

"You're killing me here", Felix replies.

"Oh hell, I'm game if you are", Hannah says to Felix, "and anyways, you probably shouldn't believe everything I say either".

She walks over to him and grabs his arm and the two of them walk off together towards the bar that has been set up on the other side of the living room.

"Oh, I don't know what to think about that combination", Hailey says to me and shakes her head.

"What do you mean?", I ask her. "You don't think that they should hang out together?". 

"Honestly, I know that Felix is your friend and all but he's such a ladies man and well, I'm a little worried about him with Hannah because she really doesn't have a filter. She's really a sweet person, the best actually, but she will call him right out on his behavior. I don't know what he will think of her. He may just have met his match", she says.

"Oh, I hope she does, you know, call him out", I say and I start cracking up. "I'd  pay good money to see that. I actually think it would be good for him". 

We both look over at the two of them and they are standing at the bar, drinking, talking and laughing. It looks like things are going well so far. That's so cool. I think to myself that it would be something if our two very best friends hit it off. Yeah, what are the odds?  Wouldn't it be something if another British boy fell for another one of these amazing American girls?