“I did not.”
Grace lifted her eyes and gave me a really look.
“As much as I love hanging out here, I think I’m going to go visit Lauren. She won’t mention Jase.”
Grace made a huff sound as my sister laughed.
Twenty minutes later I was knocking on my best friend Lauren’s door.
“Oh my glitter! Tay, what are you doing here?”
I couldn’t help but smile as I took in Lauren. Something was different about her. Her face seemed to be glowing.
“Just wanted to come visit everyone. I was missing home.”
Pulling me in, Lauren engulfed me in a hug and started crying.
“It’s . . . so . . . good . . . to . . . see . . . you!”
I patted her back as I replied, “It’s good seeing you too, sweetie.” Pulling back, I looked at her cautiously. “Lauren, is everything okay?”
With a wave of her hand, she nodded. “Yep. I’m just so happy to see you.”
I had known Lauren my whole life and I knew something was not right. She was never this emotional. “Did you and Colt have a fight?”
Her head pulled back in surprise. “What? God no! Everything with Colt is amazing. It’s beyond amazing.”
Breaking down into tears again, I wrapped my arms around her and led her over to the couch. “Please tell me what’s wrong, Lauren.”
She wiped her tears away and smiled. “Oh, Tay, nothing is wrong. Everything is perfect. It’s amazing. It’s beyond amazing.”
Her eyes were a beacon of happiness. “Yes. You’ve already said that. Dang, you must have had some good sex this morning to be in this good of a mood.”
With a slight push, she shook her head. “I’m about to burst!”
“With?”
Placing her hand over her mouth, her eyes teared up again.
“Okay, you’re freaking me out. Are you about to burst because something happy has happened?”
She nodded.
“With you?”
She nodded again.
I laughed and said in a kidding tone, “You’re pregnant.”
Lauren stared at me with the biggest smile on her face I’d ever seen.
“Oh. My. Lauren! You’re pregnant?”
We both jumped up at once and wrapped each other up in a hug while jumping like fools.
“I’m pregnant!”
“You’re pregnant!”