“Yeah, like after the Supahbowls.”
“Right. Go on. If you get a move on, I’ll make trucks.”
“Yes!”
When I heard feet stomping down the hall, I flipped the covers back. “Should I sneak out?”
“What? No. We’re going to go down and talk to him like adults. Besides, you’ll be moving in here soon, right?”
“Who says? I have my own place.”
“We’re getting married.”
“Yes. Not like tomorrow or anything.”
“Maybe we should.”
My heart stuttered to a halt. “What?”
“Should do it as soon as possible. Like right after we get a license.”
I blinked at him. Mostly because that was all I could seem to do.
He rolled onto his side and loomed over me. “I mean, you were worried about school stuff, right? And getting you settled here would make things easier for everyone.”
“Easier. Right.” Easier was the most logical step.
I cupped his face, my thumbs stroking down his tightly groomed beard. He’d even done that for me last night. The last time I’d seen him, he was definitely more on the woolly side.
“The longer we have with Wes, the more he can get comfortable with the changes before…” His hand drifted down my breast to my middle. “Until there’s questions about here.” He lowered his mouth to mine then coasted down to my middle. “So I can make sure both of you are taken care of. The whole family.” He glanced up at me as his mouth brushed over my belly button. “My whole family.”
He was being smart and sweet. And that was what I needed to be doing. Not just hiding my head about this whole thing. It didn’t matter that I’d always wanted a winter wonderland of a wedding. Right now, I had to think about the little girl or guy growing inside me. It wasn’t about me anymore.
“We’ll start moving you in today if you want.”
Even though I hadn’t been thrilled with my new apartment, a pang of sadness moved through me at the thought of leaving so soon. So much for my fresh start.
Well, I was getting one, all right, just not like I’d anticipated.
I cleared my throat. “I have to talk to my landlord.”
“I’m sure Forrester will understand under the circumstances.”
Because everyone knew I was the knocked up teacher of Main Street. “You’re moving things really fast.”
“I know, but the sooner we’re married, the sooner we can get everyone settled.”
Settled. Settling? Again, I couldn’t stop focusing on the duty part of this whole thing. I should be happy he was stepping up, being the best man in every possible way.
He rolled off me and quickly pulled on sweatpants and a T-shirt. “You can take a shower before you come down if you want. I can’t guarantee bacon will still be available.”
I flipped the covers back. Nope, I could do this. “Do you have something I could borrow?”
He opened his drawer again. “They’ll be big on you, but here you go.” His eyes went dark as I stood up.
I took the shirt from him. “What?”
“Damn, I wish I had time to appreciate all of that more.” His eyes trailed over me. I wanted to cover up, especially since I seemed to be losing my waist with the whole pregnancy thing already. And yet his eyes were as hot as they were that first night. As any time we’d been together. “Last night wasn’t enough.”