We meet again

𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑝

"Hi" a little voice interrupted us. "Hey little buddy!" I hugged my nephew Matt. "Did you miss me?" he wiggled his eyebrows causing us to laugh. "Of course we miss you, buddy!" stated Flo tousling the boy's hair.

"Aunt Flo, can you play with me?" he pouted with puppy dog eyes. "Sure! Let's go" Flo took him by the hand and they were going to the playroom. "Hmm, Flo?" I said turning my head and looking at her out of the corner of my eye. "Yes love?" she leaned closer. "Aren't you forgetting something?" I lifted my gaze to look her in the eye. "Um, I don't think so" she replied confused. "Okay" I said disappointed "go play" I concluded returning to my position. "Bye Aunt Harper!" shouted Matt running towards the playroom.

1 minute later I hear someone come running towards the kitchen. "I did forget one thing" recognized Flo sitting down next to me. "What thing?" I turned my attention to her making us face each other. "This" she grabbed my cheeks and kissed me.

We broke apart and made eye contact, a smile formed on our faces. "That's exactly what you forgot" I put my hand on her knee "thank you" I gave her a peck on the lips "a little man is waiting for you" I shook my head to point to Matt who was peeking out of the door frame. "I'll go with him, I love you" Flo smiled and went to play with Matt.

"Hi cousin!" Emma greeted me. "Hey future bride! how's it going?" i asked putting my hand on her pregnant belly. "Crazy, never get married while pregnant!" we laughed. "I'll take it under advisement", we walked to the kitchen counter, "speaking of future brides" I whispered approaching Emma "I'm thinking of proposing to Florence" I confessed, "you're the first in the family to know so keep your voice down" I asked putting my index finger on my lips.

"Oh my god what?" she cried whispering "when?" she kept whispering excitedly. "I don't know when yet but hopefully soon" I poked my head out to check Flo wasn't coming towards the kitchen. "And have you got the ring yet?". "Yes, I bought it this week, do you want to see it?" I pulled my phone out of my pocket to show her a picture of the ring.

"Oh my goodness, it looks beautiful!" she shouted in amazement. "Emma, keep your voice down!" I grabbed her shoulder to go to the backyard. "Sorry, it looks beautiful" she whispered shrugging her shoulders. "I want you to be one of my bridesmaids, I still don't know when I'm going to propose to Flo let alone know when I'm getting married but I want you to be one of my bridesmaids" I confessed with a half smile and a sincere tone of voice.

I turned to look at my cousin and she was crying, with one hand covering her mouth in reaction to what I said. "Why are you crying?" I saw her confused. "I'm pregnant, my hormones are like crazy" she said in between crying giving me a hug. "Is that a yes I accept to be your maid of honor?" I asked confused and putting my hands behind her back. "OBVIOUSLY!" she hugged me tighter.

"Hi girls, everything all right?" Flo asked coming closer to us. I let go of Emma's hug and made a face at her so she wouldn't talk because really, Emma is the least lying person you will ever meet in your life, and even if she wants to lie, she always ends up telling the truth. "Yeah, all good" I smiled weird. "You sure?" she tilted her head and looked at me with her eyes narrowed. "I'll go to the bathroom, this baby is crushing my bladder more and more often" she laughed weirdly and ran off. "Emma, funny as ever!" I started heading for the back door to enter the house. "Yeah, funny as always" Flo saw me with a bully look.

She definitely knows something is up.