I jumped up and pulled Ari to me. “I love you, Ari. ” I kissed her with as much passion as I could. When I moved away, I picked her up and carried her out to the dance floor. After I slowly let her down, I kissed her again. “This song is for you, baby. ”
I saw the tears building in her eyes. She grabbed the back of my neck and brought me in for another kiss. Her low moan moved through my body like water.
She pulled away from my lips and looked up at me. “I love you so much. You have no idea how much I love you. ”
I smiled at the love of my life as I wiped away the tear rolling down her face. “I think I have a pretty good idea. I love you, too, baby…so damn much. You will never know how much I need you. My life would be nothing without you and Luke. ” I placed my hand on her stomach as I looked into her beautiful green eyes. “And our baby girl. ”
She buried her head in my chest as she started crying. Then, she began laughing as she looked up at me.
“What if it’s a boy?” she asked with a wink.
I shook my head. “Nope. I feel it in my soul. Our baby girl is sending us her sister. ”
She looked into my eyes and smiled. “I feel it, too. ”
We finished off the dance and then danced to the next song.
Afterward, we walked back toward everyone. Gunner was sitting there with that damn smile on his face. I smiled right back. Take that for romance, you ass.
Brad started laughing.
“What? I totally had that,” I said as I gave Brad a dirty look.
Brad shook his head and whispered something into Amanda’s ear. Amanda got up and moved to another chair as Brad started walking up to the DJ.
I glanced over toward Gunner.
He started laughing. “Dude, what the fuck did you start?”
I grinned and shrugged my shoulders.
Brad turned and came back with a big-ass smile on his face. He walked up to Amanda and held out his hand. She looked up at him as she put her hand in his.
He pulled her closer to him. “Will you dance with me to the next song?”
Amanda smiled and reached up to kiss him. “Of course I will. ”
Just then SafetySuit’s “Never Stop” started playing as Brad led Amanda to the dance floor.
I looked at Gunner.
He just started shaking his head. “Fucker…that’s a good song. ”
Gunner looked at Josh, who was taking a drink of his beer as he shook his head.
Damn it.
“Look at those two cutting it up out there!” Ellie walked up and sat on Gunner
’s lap.
Sitting down next to me, Ari watched Brad and Amanda dance. “I’m so glad they worked things out. I pray that Brad stays strong. ”
I couldn’t pull my eyes away from Ari. She was so beautiful.
She looked back at me as she tilted her head. “They’re gonna be okay, right?”
“Yeah, baby. They’re gonna be okay. ”