The Bucket List (Write Affair Finalist)

Chapter 33: "In our hearts"

~ Chapter 33: "In our hearts". ~

        Our alarm clock woke us up at eight after only five hours of sleep. Or actually, even less than that since Damon had woken up with a lot of pain in the middle of the night and I had held his hand and passed a wet towel on his forehead until it would pass, still half-asleep.

We drove to the airport and waited for Seth and Jenny to come. I was really excited to see them, it felt like a while since we hadn’t talked and I had so much to say! I knew that the focus would be on our wedding right now, which was great, but I also needed to talk to Jenny about Damon getting sicker each day.

We saw them arrive with two luggage each and we waved our arms so that they would spot us in the middle of the crowd of people. Jenny saw us and they ran toward us before pulling us into hugs.

“I missed you!! You’re so tan!” Jenny exclaimed while hugging me. “How are you?”

“I’m great. I’m so glad you and Seth are here!”

I hugged my brother too then we both took one suitcase and went out of the airport.

“This is my first time here but it looked awesome on the Internet.” Seth said when we stepped outside.

“It’s amazing, you’ll see.”

We told them about every activity we’d been doing and every place we had visited while driving to the hotel. They were super excited and happy to be here and their joy was contagious, it made me forget all about Damon being in pain almost once every day.

We parked the car in the parking lot of the hotel then got out. Seth walked ahead with Damon, I think they were talking about football or something, and Jenny pulled me by the arm, sign that she needed to talk to me alone for a minute.

“I can’t believe you decided to get married! What got into your head?” Jenny asked, all smiley.

“I don’t know, I was thinking that I didn’t want to have any regrets, you know, of things I should have done with Damon while we still could and then I realized that I wanted us to get married because I know he’s the One, as cheesy as it may sound, and I just… wanted us to have that. Even if it won’t be legally recognized or anything.”

“I’m happy that you’re happy.”

I smiled.

“So… I gotta tell you something too.” Jenny started, biting her upper lip.

“Okay… Should I be scared?”

“No, don’t be silly. But I gotta warn you. Please don’t scream or hit someone.”

“Ok, now I’m officially scared.”

“Well I’m just going to say it then. Seth and I have started dating. We’re officially bf and gf.”

“Seth my brother and you?”

“Of course Seth your brother! Why would I use such a dramatic tone otherwise?”

“I don’t know! Ok. This is… a little weird but it’s fine. If you guys are happy then I’m happy too.”

“Yay!!” She jumped in my arms and hugged me. “I was afraid you were going to be mad or something.”

“I’m not, it’s just… weird. Please don’t do… unchristian things when I’m around.”

She laughed. “Promise. That would be weird for all of us so we’ll keep our sexual activities to ourselves when you’re around.”