Over The Weekend

  Chapter 10 – Sunday Morning

  “Oh my god I look like the size of a house!” I whine as I sashay around in the long, floor length skirt and tunic top I managed to pluck out of my suitcase.

  “No dear you look beautiful.” Bill says from the door way of my room. He holds out his arm for me and I smile at him gratefully, accepting with a little curtsy.

  “But I am meeting his friends, I don’t want to stick out like a sore thumb.” I hook my arm into his as we walk into the hallway.

  “Impossible my dear. You are a vision.” Bill says gently patting my hand. “Betsy are you almost ready?!” He calls up the hall way. A muffled squawk followed by something dropping has Bill and I rolling our eyes at each other.

  After my accepting to marry Hugo yesterday things moved very quickly. He wanted to meet Bill and Betsy properly before taking me ring shopping. I, of course had told him it wasn’t necessary but he insisted. Using the excuse that if my parents or any lawyers for them show up in the coming days it would be more believable – that it would help show we mean business, I settled on a simple but elegant design that made us both happy.

  After that we spent the afternoon getting to know each other all over again. Spending hours just talking and eating and talking. He even spent time with me while I battled Byron at checkers. We came to a stalemate again before Hugo took him on and lost in a landslide victory to Byron. Byron loved it and said that Hugo could play him anytime.

  Hugo mumbled something about Byron stashing pieces up his sleeves which of course had the boy in hysterics and won over instantly. Dinner was quiet, we got take away and ate at Betsy and Bill’s before I felt too worn out and wanted to go to bed.

  Hugo, before he left, invited Bill, Betsy and Byron to come to the party because they were now family too. Betsy was in tears immediately and Bill’s eyes shone. For people I have known only two days they mean more to me then my actual family does right now.

  “Betsy?!” Bill calls again, shaking me out of my thoughts. “Hurry up will you!”

  “Keep your knickers on Bill!” She hisses coming out of her room. “Beauty takes time!”

  “Pfft.” Bill huffs tapping his toes on the floor. He knows when to stop. “There’s no one to be beautiful for you crazy lady unless you want to be a cradle snatcher.” He mumbles it under his breath but I hear him anyways. I quietly laugh at both of them.

  “You guys are so awesome.” I say affectionately. “I have never had a family like this.”

  “My dear you do now.” Bill says and Betsy nods coming up behind us playing with a dangly earring. We all smile at each other just as Byron walks out into the hall.

  “Did I miss something?” He demands.

  “I was just saying that you guys are all wonderful.” I answer, my voice muffled by Betsy’s hair.

  “Yep we are.” He nods and comes and flings himself onto our pile up.

  A knock at the door has us pulling apart, “I bet that’s Hugo.” I say sniffing and wiping away tears.

  “I will get it.” Bill says and takes off before anyone can stop him.