Layton smiled bigger, if that were even possible, and said, “Whit is pregnant.”
Kevin slapped his leg, jumped, and yelled out, “Damn, I knew it! When I just saw her, she looked different! She looked so happy. Ah hell, Layton.”
He walked over toward Layton as he stood up. They shook hands and then hugged quickly before Kevin pushed Layton back. Layton threw his head back and laughed.
“Congratulations, dude. You must be over the moon,” Kevin said.
“Oh, man, you have no idea. I’ve never been this happy before in my life. I honestly don’t think I could be any happier,” Layton said with a goofy-ass grin on his face.
“This is the best news. Y’all, we need to celebrate this shit!” Kevin said.
“Celebrate what?”
All three of us turned to see Whitley and Courtney standing there. The moment I saw Courtney, my stomach did that same damn funny thing it had been doing for the last year.
This girl drives me crazy.
“Uh…” Layton said as he looked at me and then at Kevin, willing one of us to help him out.
I glanced over toward Whitley, who now had her hands on her hips with her head tilted, giving Layton a look. Courtney was trying to hold in her laughter as she looked everywhere but at us.
“Layton, did you tell them? You promised,” Whitley said with a little bit of a whiny voice.
“You told Courtney,” Layton said.
I closed my eyes and waited.
“Reed Nickolas Moore, you weren’t supposed to say anything!” Courtney said.
I peeked over at Courtney, only to see Whitley staring at her now.
“You told Reed?” Whitley asked Courtney.
“Um…wait, this is not about me. This is about Layton telling all of his friends and planning a party to celebrate,” Court said as she pointed to Layton.
“Hey!” Layton said as he pointed to Kevin. “The party was his idea.”
Kevin began laughing as he walked over to Whitley. He grabbed her and spun her around. “Girl, congratulations. Now, let’s get down to business. We have a damn party to plan.”
Whitley smiled and then looked at me and winked. “We have more than one reason to celebrate.”
Kevin stepped back and looked around at everyone, stopping at Courtney. “Is someone else pregs?”
Courtney and I both said, “No!”
Whitley grabbed Courtney’s hand and held it up, showing the engagement ring. Court and I had decided not to tell anyone at the barbeque yesterday.
“Holy shit.” Kevin turned and looked at me with a stunned expression on his face. His mouth dropped open. “Reed, you’re getting married to my girl?”
Courtney started laughing as she made her way over to me.
I grabbed her and pulled her next to me. “I’m afraid I am, dude. You moved too slow.”
Kevin looked down at Courtney and then back at me. He shook his head and stuck out his hand. “Damn, y’all. It’s about fucking time.”
I reached for his hand, and he pulled me in for a hug.
He leaned in toward my ear and whispered, “I’m so happy for you, Reed.” He slapped me on the back and stepped back, and then he looked down at Courtney. Kevin pulled her into a hug and said, “Damn, girl, I thought we had something. I guess I’ll let you go, but only because I love this guy like a brother. I’m happy the two of you finally got your shit together.”