Forever Mine (Joe & Ella 2)

“What’s new buddy?” Max asked and I couldn’t stop the grin spreading over my face.

“Well nothing much really, France in a month, Germany in three months and then baby number four in another few months after that.”

“You have got to be kidding me!” His face was a picture. “Well bang goes our idea of having Ella as a bridesmaid in six months time, she’ll probably be ready to drop.”

“Yep.” I smiled smugly, “You can still have Millie though, she’ll never speak to you again if you don’t. She’s already pissed that you aren’t waiting until she’s older and marrying her. She still hasn’t forgiven you for choosing Katie you know.”

He laughed. “Better get working on that best man speech Joe, everyone expects a laugh.”

“From me? I’m the grumpiest person I know. I’ll get Ella to google some best man jokes to shove in how about that?”

“Whatever dude, as long as you stand with me and stop me looking a complete ass I don’t care really.”

I turned to face him, “Max, you’ve been the best friend a guy could ever wish for, you’re a great guy. You would never make an ass of yourself ever. Me and Ella we’re stoked that you found Katie. She’s a good girl and makes you happy so stop worrying, everything will be fine just sit back and enjoy it all. Let Katie and Ella do all the organising, trust me it’s better that way, just nod and agree it’ll make life a whole lot sweeter.”

“Is that your marriage advice Joe?”

“I suppose. My best advice would be never go to sleep on an argument, always make time every day for each other and never forget to tell her how much she means to you. Even if you feel like tearing your hair out cuz she drives you up the wall.”

He laughed and nodded.

“Oh and don’t forget the sex. Kick ass sex whenever, wherever, however you can get it. It never gets boring if you keep it spontaneous.”

“I’ll bear that in mind mate, and if I have a marriage half as happy as yours I’ll be a lucky son of a bitch just like you.”

He said it as a joke but I was one hell of a lucky son of a bitch. I had one smoking hot wife, three beautiful kids and another on the way. How the hell did that happen? Well like I said I thanked God every day for everything I had. My greatest achievement in my life wasn’t my clubs, my money or my business. It was that I’d got the most beautiful girl I’d ever met to fall in love with me. Even better, despite not being good enough for her, I’d convinced her to marry me, and we still loved each other as much now as we did that day, probably more. You see the real success for any man isn’t in the size of his wallet, bank balance, home or car. It’s in the size of the smile of the woman next to him. My Ella was always smiling, and it was my job to keep it there every single day.

The end…… for now.