Broken Dreams (Broken 2)

Courtney shrugged her shoulders and smirked. “I almost want Whit to take one, so I can freak my mom the hell out.”

“Wait, is your mom serious? She wants you to send her a picture of a pregnancy test?” I asked.

Courtney nodded her head and simply said, “Yep.”

I didn’t know whether I should be really worried or really scared for my life. “What about your dad? How does he feel about this?” I asked, silently saying a prayer that her dad had been cool with it. Then, I thought about how I hadn’t even told my own mother yet.

“Let’s get to the car, so we can check in at the hotel and then go to the bridal store. I’ll fill you in on what my parents said, I promise.”

By the time we got all the luggage into the car and entered the hotel address into the GPS, I was sweating bullets. Whisking Court off to Lake Tahoe and marrying her was not a good way to make an impression on her parents.

Driving to the hotel, I was the only one not talking. All I kept thinking of was how we had disappointed her parents. What is my own mother going to think? Shit! I need to call her.

When Courtney placed her hand on my leg, I instantly felt a warmth there before it spread throughout my whole body. I looked over into her sparkling eyes, and I immediately felt better. I didn’t care what her parents thought. I wanted to marry her, and she wanted to marry me, and this was how we were going to do it.

I’ll deal with the parents later. Right now, it is all about my beautiful bride-to-be and our wedding.

She moved her hand up to the side of my face and began brushing the back of her hand on my cheek. “So, what do you want to hear first—my father’s threat to you or my mother’s?”

I tried so desperately to hold in my laughter when Reed’s head snapped over and looked at me. His mouth had dropped open, and he couldn’t even talk. Layton and Whitley were laughing in the backseat, and I wanted to just hug myself for freaking Reed out.

I might love him more than life itself…but I love fucking with him, too!

“I think I should go with my mother’s first¸” I said in a nonchalant manner.

Reed slowly looked back to the road, and the light turned green. We were not very far from the hotel, and my nerves had been getting the better of me.

I can’t believe I’m getting married tomorrow.

To calm myself down, I’d thought I would jack around with Reed’s nerves.

Reed cleared his throat and said, “Wait, your parents threatened me? How? Why?”

I took in a deep breath and quickly let it out. “It’s pretty simple. They feel like you’re depriving them of seeing their daughter get married. So, they’re flying out tonight, and they will be here for the wedding tomorrow.”

Reed pulled into a parking lot and slammed on the brakes. “What?” he yelled out as he looked at me with nothing but panic in his eyes. “Your parents are coming here? For the wedding?”

I slowly nodded, and the next thing I knew, Reed sprang out of the car and began pacing. Layton jumped out, and Whitley hit me on the back of the head.

“Stop it, Courtney. He is a bundle of nerves as it is. Why are you doing this to him?”

I let out a laugh. “’Cause it calms my nerves!” I looked out the car window and saw Reed leaning over with his hands on his knees.

“Is he…” I started to ask as Whitley said, “Oh my God, you made him sick.”

Oh shit. I got out of the car and ran over to Reed. “Are you okay?”

He looked up at me. “No. I’m not okay. Maybe we shouldn’t be doing this.”

I took a step back, and now, I was the one feeling sick. “What?” I barely got out as I took another step away from him.

“Reed…” Layton said in a warning tone.

Oh my God. What if he’s changed his mind? What if he isn’t sure he wants to marry me? I looked around and saw The Ritz-Carlton across the street.

“Reed, just take a few deep breaths. Everything is going to be okay,” Whitley said as she walked over to Reed.

I turned and walked to the car. I grabbed my purse and made my way across the street to the hotel.