Pay It Forward

Young Lovers

"Kevin!" Clemmie squealed as her other adopted brother finally arrived for dinner. Gianni was glad to see his older brother as well. He talked with everyone often, but Kevin was a bit harder to catch up with. He really looked forward to catching up with him.

Michal saw how enthusiastically Clemmie greeted Kevin, and normally it would not have bothered him. But since he'd decided to propose, he hated the sight of her hugging any other man.

Everyone was at the home of the MacGregor's for dinner. Shaun and Delia were happy to have their entire brood home. They were proud of each and every one of them. Shaun looked around the room and could not help but notice the look of annoyance on Michal's face as Clemmie talked with Kevin. For the last several years, his son kept his amorous feeling for her under wraps; Shaun had a feeling that this visit would change things.

Delia noticed Michal's reaction as well and decided to run interference. She asked all of the young ladies to follow her; they had things to discuss before dinner. Shaun asked Michal to meet him in his office for a moment. The other guys stood talking as Michal and Shaun quietly stepped out.

"Michal, I'm glad you're home. I know Darren's wedding is coming up, but I want to get together just the two of us to talk before you leave, all right." Shaun explained.

Micah assented. He wanted to talk with his Dad as well. He would tell him that he planned to ask Clemmie to marry him and move to LA.

They rejoined everyone else, and the guys were ragging Darren. Michal quickly joined in. Darren laughed and then retorted, '"Michal. You're next."

Everyone stopped laughing and looked at him expectantly. "Damn Darren, you never learned to keep a secret. "

"You and Clemmie are engaged?" Gianni asked cheering.

"No, not yet. I haven't asked her. I plan to ask her this week, just not sure how." Michal answered.

All of the guys had suggestions. "Don't do what Darren did? Man that was lame." JJ, Sharon's brother teased.

Darren laughed and said, "You're one to talk JJ. I seem to remember you pretending to like Lady Gaga to impress a girl. I mean really, Lady Gaga."

JJ took the joke in stride. He liked Darren, he was good to his sister and he knew she was happy with him. At one time, he tried to date Clemmie, but she let him down pretty quickly. He knew why. The guy she wanted was standing here and they were all ragging on him.

"Hey, I pulled it off until she decided to put a collar on me and call me Poopsie. That was it. I was done. Until I meet a woman like you two guys have, I'm staying single." JJ stated emphatically laughing uncontrollably.

Jeffrey, Sr. laughed along with Shaun at the antics of the younger men. He was happy for Darren but apprehensive about giving his baby girl away in a few days. But he knew Darren was a good man, and he truly loved his baby. So although he hated the thought of giving her away, he was happy to give her to such an upstanding man.

Now it seemed, that the MacGregors may have a second set of nuptials to prepare for. It was obvious to everyone there that young Macgregor was gone over the dark-skinned beauty in the next room. He was happy for the young man. He'd knew Clementine. She was one of the top nurses at his hospital. The fact that she and Sharon had become best friends led to him getting to know her really well. He wished the two of them the best.

"Alright guys, enough." Shaun spoke ending the revelry. "Michal, you know we all are happy for you."

Soon the women came back in and wanted to know what was so funny. Michal quickly returned to Clemmie's side, much to the amusement of all the other guys in the room. He was excited about spending the day with her. He planned to convince her to spend a couple of weeks with him in LA. He'd just bought a home and he was excited about showing it to her. He also planned to propose once he got her home with him.