Epilogue
Tyler
Five years later
“Tyler, I swear, if this is positive, I’ll shoot you again,” Audrey says, her voice muffled against my chest.
She’s currently seated on the vanity in our bathroom with her face buried against me as stand between the thighs I’m obsessed with, and I hug her tight. “It’s your fault if it is, mama.”
She whips her head up and almost gives me a bloody nose. “How the hell is this my fault? I told you to get a vasectomy after Liam was born. I’m too old for this, Tyler.”
I laugh and bury my fingers in her hair. Pulling her toward me, I press a kiss on her forehead. “It’s your fault because you're too fucking sexy.”
“Oh my god, that line was so lame,” she groans as she goes back to burying her head in my chest.
I don’t tell her that I already have my appointment for my vasectomy scheduled for two weeks from now. I really should’ve done it earlier, but she kept bringing up having a third kid before changing her mind multiple times. I was worried that she’d regret it if we did make that decision too early.
But it looks like maybe the universe has made that decision for us.
The alarm on my phone goes off, and our gazes meet, each filled with a multitude of emotions.
“You ready?” I ask softly.
Her minty exhale hits my face before she gives a quick nod. Without breaking eye contact, I reach over and flip the test.
Audrey starts crying, and I start laughing.
Pregnant.
I kiss her hard. I love this woman more than anything. But just for good measure, I murmur against her lips, “I’m going to go change the code for the gun safe real quick.”
Her watery laughter is everything I need as we start the next chapter of our lives, prepping for our third and final child.
The doorbell ringing through the house has her grip on me tightening. “Oh my god, everyone’s here.”
The Nash Family Dinner is at our house today.
Probably not the best time to find out we’re pregnant.
I know for a fact Audrey won’t be able to keep this a secret.
Maybe it’s a byproduct of how we started, but she finds it very difficult to keep anything from anyone in our family.
I’m pretty sure my mom and Ella knew we were having our first baby before I did.
I take her hand and help her off the counter. Placing one last kiss on her forehead, I murmur, “Come on, baby.”
A little while later, I lean against the kitchen counter and take in the scene before me. All the most important people in our lives are standing in our kitchen as everyone’s waiting to get food. We’ve added a few new people over the last few years, but it’s the best group of people.
I look over at my wife and my smile grows.
Audrey and Olive are making plates for our two kids and Nate and Olive’s two kids since we’re the only two couples of the group that have kids.
It may be my imagination, or maybe it’s just because I think she’s always stunning, but I swear I see Audrey glowing.
Everyone else is milling around, slowly serving up food and taking a seat at the large dining room table, where my mom and Audrey’s mom are already at the table, deep in conversation. We both love how close they’ve become over the years.
I can’t help but think how perfect this all is. How perfect our lives have become. My throat constricts with emotion as I reflect on how happy I am. How happy we all are.
I walk over to the table and wrap my arm around Audrey’s shoulder. She beams up at me, love glistening in her beautiful gaze. I clear my throat, partially to rid myself of the emotion clogged there, but mostly to get everyone’s attention.
Once the room has quieted and all the attention is on us, I say, “Thank you for being here with us. All of you mean so much to us.” I glance down at Audrey and wait for her to give me a small nod. “We have a little announcement.”
“Oh my god, you’re having another baby,” my mom yelps as she jumps from her chair, gripping Kelly’s arm.
“Yes!” Audrey cries out. “We took the test about a minute before y’all showed up.”
Cheers of congratulations bounce through the air as we accept hugs from each person. Laughing and smiling the entire time, I know this is exactly where we’re all supposed to be.
Our love for each other and the life we’ve created is stronger than ever.