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the graduation.”
    Gillian snorted a laugh as she disengaged herself from Logan and leaned completely into Allie’s side. “Kidnapped, huh?” Logan didn’t find it quite so funny.
    “What the hell are you talking about?” he growled as his big brother status dictated he do.
    “Stop goading your brother, Allie,” Gillian said with a smile before telling Logan, “Calm down, she’s just messing with you. She got a ride with Mike.”
    Logan just scowled at Allie and said, “I’m not sure I like that guy.” It was Allie’s turn to snort at her brother. Mike was a completely likeable guy; Logan only had an issue because Mike was Gillian’s first date after the two of them split. Never mind the fact that Logan had a mistress at one point, but he could hate another guy because he took Gillian on a date. Can someone define irony here? “Anyway, you can ride with me if you want. Gillian stuck me with the duty of picking up the balloons, and that would be easier if I had a co-pilot. Not sure why an eighteen year old boy needs balloons, but I’ll do what I’m told.”
    Allie was about to say something sarcastic when Gillian beat her to it, “It’s about time you did, geesh!” Both Logan and Allie huffed a laugh, and the three of them fell silent as the graduation began. As the names began to be called, the rest of the family moved closer to them, Logan shifted away from Gillian, and Jake came up alongside of her instead. Jason came up alongside of Allie while Sean, Morgan, and his family congregated nearby. This was her family, and she loved that they were all together.
    M IKE and his family planned on an early dinner together, so there he sat chatting with his sister and brother-in-law, when all he could think about was getting it over with so he could see Allie. His sister must have sensed his distraction and asked, “What’s going on with you? You’re here, but not really here.”
    Before he could answer, his niece asked, “What’s that mean, Mommy? Uncle Mike is right there. I can see him.”
    “It’s nothing for you to worry about Hannah. Can you do Mommy a favor and draw me another flower? I need a purple one for my desk now.”
    “Okay!” the little one declared with enthusiasm, and set about her task of creating what her mother asked for.
    Mike was smiling at her when his sister spoke up again, “She has been redirected, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to answer me.”
    Paige was nothing if not persistent and was certainly not a pushover, so he answered her, “Just thinking about somewhere I want to be.”
    “And where might that be, dear brother? Since you just admitted to not wanting to be with us, I will try my hardest not to feel rejected, so make sure wherever it is, it’s totally worth it.”
    Laughing at his sister’s attempt at being insulted, he said, “Of course it’s totally worth it, dear sister. You know I would never just pick any girl over you.”
    His sister sat up straight, dropped the fake expression and gave him an excited yet questioning look. He once again let out another laugh at her as he waited for her to say something else. “Did you just say … girl?” It came out in a whisper as his sister remained sitting straight and tall in her seat, looking like she was going to pounce on him at any moment.
    Wanting to string her along a little, he said, “Did I say girl? My mistake, that’s not what I meant.”
    His sister visibly deflated at his statement, and he immediately felt bad for deceiving her. “What I meant to say was woman.”
    And just like that, his sister pounced on him and just about squeezed the life out of him as she whispered a threat at him, “I expect full details.”
    “Mommy, why are you squeezing Uncle Mike so hard?”
    The two of them let go and he smiled when Paige said, “’Cause he is my big brother, and I love him so hard, so I have to squeeze him so hard.” He watched as the five year old processed the load of crap her mother