"What the heck is going on?" I half-laughed at her behavior.
Phoebe picked up her purse, opened it, and pulled out a white pen. I furrowed my brow at her.
"What is…Oh My God! That’s not a pen!" I shouted. While a smile formed on my face, I grabbed for the white stick.
"Shhh!" Phoebe hushed me.
"Seriously…really? Does Oscar know?"
"Will you keep it down? No, he doesn’t know!” Phoebe was twisting her fingers in knots.
"Phoebe, what’s wrong? You think that he won’t…be happy."
She shrugged and I saw tears forming.
"Oh, Phoebe, I’ m sure that he will be thrilled!" I exclaimed.
"Lilli, we haven’t even talked about living together yet. Let alone marriage, long term plans, or kids. How…I mean…what if—?"
"You won’t know until you talk to him."
She bit her lip nervously.
"Everything will be perfectly fine. I bet that when you tell Oscar that he will be over the moon."
"You think?" She took a deep breath and seemed to be calming down.
"Damn straight. Who wouldn’t want you to have their babies?" I winked and she giggled.
"I love you, Lilli. Thank you!" She hugged me as a knock sounded on the door.
"Um…I don’t mean to intrude, but, uh, we have a lot of people out here." I heard Aidan’s velvety but muffled by the door voice.
I swung the door open, forgetting what I had in my hand. Smiling at him, I spoke.
"I’m sorry." Then I wrapped my arms around him and kissed his cheek.
"What’s this?" He furrowed his brow and took the stick from my hands.
"Wait…it’s…" I tried to explain, but his expression went from confusion, to shock, before finally settling on a huge smile.
"Are you?" He sounded a little more eager than I expected he would.
"Uh…no, it’s not mine."
"Oh." Now he looked disappointed. He looked back up quickly at Phoebe. I looked over my shoulder and Phoebe gave a small wave. "Holy shit! Does Oscar..?"
"No." Phoebe almost shouted and grabbed the stick, shoving it back into her purse.
Aidan furrowed his brow at her.
"You know that he’ll be thrilled, right?" He smiled at her and I watched Phoebe’s face light up with a larger than life smile.
"Really?" She was almost bouncing now. Aidan nodded confidently. "Oh, thank you, Aidan!" She hugged him and pushed past us to get out of the bathroom. I was almost positive she was heading toward Oz.
I smiled at Aidan. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For making her happy. She was really worried about Oscar."
Aidan snorted.
"Oscar is head over heels in love with that little energizer bunny." He laughed.
"Well, they haven’t really talked long term or babies, so she was nervous. You made her feel better." I shrugged and hugged him.
He snorted again. "I guess she hasn’t realized that Oz has been hinting at marriage and living together? "
"What?" I said, shocked. He nodded. "Well, tell him to step up his game!" I laughed and Aidan chuckled.
We headed back to the party.
"You know…I’m kind of disappointed that it wasn’t your test." Aidan confessed.
"Bite your tongue!" I playfully scolded him.
"I’d rather bite—" I kissed him before he could finish speaking.
The weekend following the party Phoebe confessed to Oscar that she was pregnant. She had still been nervous but when Oscar called Aidan to tell him the news, I assumed that he was good with it. And, when Phoebe told me that he had practically called everyone he knew to tell them, I knew that he was absolutely thrilled.
Oscar confessed that he had been trying to hint for her to move in with him. Now that she was pregnant, he demanded that she move into his place immediately. That following weekend a moving van arrived to move Phoebe into his house. The last I had heard from Phoebe, Oscar was picking out colors and themes for the baby's room.
A month later, I was on a three way phone call with Phoebe and Celia discussing Celia’s wedding plans when I walked into the house.
"Phoebe, I love you, but Celia gets to decide."
"See! My wedding, Phoebe!" Celia practically cheered.
"Fine! But I still say that roses would be perfect." Phoebe pouted.
I laughed and walked down the hall. As I passed Aidan’s study, I realized that the door was open. I leaned in and saw Aidan sitting at his desk.
"You both need to calm down." I laughed. Aidan’s head shot up, his face a mixture of sadness and anger.
I furrowed my brow at him. "Guys, I will call you back." I hung up. "What’s wrong?"
"Care to explain these?!" He tossed glossy photos across his desk at me, causing them to slip onto the floor.
I walked over, picked them up, and looked at it. It was a picture of Demitri and me on a sidewalk, his arms around my waist and him leaning in to me. It looked inappropriate, but I knew when this was from. I recognized the restaurant in the background.
"Aidan this…" he cut me off.
"Look at the others." He growled.
I narrowed my eyes at him and grabbed the other photos. I looked at them, my arms wrapped around his neck, and the last with me looking back winking at him.