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before seen a couple who were so far apart so dedicated to each other, and so determined to make it last. I was certain that sometime in the next few years I’d be attending their wedding because as young as they were, they both knew what they wanted and that hadn’t faltered the whole time they’d been together.
    “Izzy will be back over here soon, right?” I asked.
    “Not soon enough,” Kayla grumbled. “She’ll be here for two weeks in July. Although…” she trailed off, and smiled.
    “What?”
    “I talked to Bree last night and she said maybe we – me, you, Bree, Izzy and Freya – could get together and have a girly day. She said we could try and book a session at the studio she used to work at. Kind of a bridesmaids’ fun photoshoot. I know your sister-in-law won’t be able to come, or your niece, but you could bring Jessica.”
    Knowing how Bree was, it would be a little too crazy for a small child, but the idea made me grin. It would be fun to get as many of us together as possible and have a bit of pampering. I knew for sure my stress levels would be higher by July with the wedding getting closer, and Bree and Freya would never turn down the chance to get made up. How we’d make it happen with Freya and Bree working, I wasn’t sure. And maybe even I’d be working again by then. The thought caused my body to jolt a little. Me. Work.
    Don’t panic about that just yet.
    Smiling up at Kayla, I said, “You know, that sounds good. I’ll talk to Bree about setting it up.”
    After spending a little more time discussing all things wedding, Kayla and I headed downstairs to the man cave in the basement to check on the guys. Radleigh’s “man cave” wasn’t really solely for him and his friends to hang out, it was just the name given to the place he could store most of his gadgets and crap we didn’t want cluttering up the living room. Aside from Jessica’s nursery, it was my favourite room in the house. It homed a leather sofa bigger than the one in our lounge, plus three enormous bean bag chairs, and there was also an enormous shaggy rug in the centre of the room for people to sit on when all the seats were taken. The television on the wall could have rivalled any cinema screen, and games consoles and games sat on shelving underneath. At one end of the room was a fully functional bar. Small, but ideal for get togethers. At the other end we had two classic arcade games: Pacman and Space Invaders, and there was also a pool table Radleigh and I most definitely never had sex on…
    When Kayla and I entered the basement, Radleigh, Bryce and Jesse were gathered around the Pacman machine, clearly involved in some kind of high score battle as trash talk was flying all over the place, and out of respect for Bryce who was currently taking his turn, Kayla and I sat quietly on the sofa, waiting for them to notice us. In a few minutes, Bryce growled out his annoyance and Jesse slapped him on the back, laughing. “There’s no way you old dudes can beat me on this!”
    It was true; he had held the high score for around three months, much to everyone’s frustration.
    “We were playing before you were born,” Bryce said.
    “But you no longer have the reaction speed to kick my ass!”
    Bryce and Radleigh exchanged a look, both of them grinning. “ Shoud we kick his ass?” Radleigh asked.
    Bryce nodded. “Yeah. For the ‘old dudes’ comment, he sure deserves it.”
    Jesse backed away as the three of them laughed and they finally noticed Kayla and I, both of us chuckling at their banter. They were like overgrown children when they got together sometimes, but I wouldn’t have had them any other way. Cody had transferred to Denver at the beginning of the new season and that had left them a man down but they seemed to be gelling just fine without him. I’d always liked Cody, but when he’d started dating the cousin of Radleigh’s ex, the infamous Jen, it had made me edgy. Ashley was actually incredibly