the air with a towel in his hands.
“Babe, what the hell?”
“Fucking bacon!” he yells.
I walk to the stove, see the burnt bacon and I throw my head back and laugh.
“I swear that shit is the leading cause of house fires! Walk away for two seconds and the whole place is full of fucking smoke!”
My eyes are full of tears and I watch him take the pan of grease and chuck it in the garbage.
“Get dressed we are going out for breakfast!” he states and walks past me to the front door slamming it behind him.
I can’t help but giggle as I make my way back upstairs and throw on some clothes. When I walk past the mirror I pause and look. My hand with the ring on it makes its way to the top of my head and pulls my hair up in to a messy bun. The sight of it on my finger makes me smile wider than I have in years.
Trevor completes me. My life is now whole. As it was always meant to be.
When I make it to the car, Trevor is already in the driver seat waiting.
“Fucking bacon.” He just shakes his head.
The one place that I love to go to for breakfast is a small little hole in the wall café that is only open for a few hours a day. It holds a lot of memories of mornings I would come in to get food and be so hung over I could barely hold my head up. But the owner, Miss Perry, has always been like a grandmother to me.
She would always bring me her own special hangover brew and sit and talk with me about how I needed to straighten up and start living a new life. She was the only person who could talk to me about my drinking and me not flip out on them. Well besides Joslynn.
As soon as I walk in Miss Perry greets me with a hug and a kiss on the cheek doing the same to Trevor. She leads us to my normal seat and brings us both a coffee. I grab the menu and find what I hope is still on the menu. Miss Perry is not much for change but once in a while she will take off some of the old to make room for some new things.
“I know what you want, sweetie,” she says smiling at me.
“I’ll have a breakfast platter with extra bacon,” Trevor orders and I can’t help but bust out laughing.
“Dare I ask?” she says curiously.
I shake my head and raise my hands to my mouth. Trevor turns his head and looks out the window mumbling, “Fucking bacon.”
Miss Perry giggles and turns to make our breakfast. Once my laughing dies down and I catch my breath we sit in silence for a while enjoying our coffee. Trevor’s cell phone dings and he takes it out of his pocket and turns back to the window not saying a word. The bell above the door dings and I look up to see Joslynn, Marshall and little man walk through the door. Marshall and Joslynn both with knowing smiles on their faces.
“Well hello, my newly engaged best friend,” Joslynn declares sitting down beside me. Marshall hands me lil man and sits down beside his brother patting him on the back.
“Congratulations, fucker,” he adds smiling.
I have called Elijah lil man since the day he came home. He is the most beautiful little boy I have ever had the pleasure of being around. He looks just like his daddy with small little blond curls at the back of his head. He raises his wet hand and starts to chew on his finger.
I lean in and kiss his head inhaling the smell of baby.
“He is getting so big.”
Joslynn turns to me and runs her hands through his hair smiling.
“He has almost three teefers now,” she informs.
“Teefers eh? You got teefers, lil man?” I ask Elijah.
He looks to me and smiles around his little hand.
“Congratulations, Tay.” Joslynn leans her head against mine.
I now feel like my family is whole with all of us sitting here smiling and talking about life and wedding plans. Miss Perry soon brings us our food and takes their order as well. She even spends time playing with lil man. Each time I look up I find Trevor looking at me smiling with love and what I can only place as admiration in his eyes.
“So Kipper started today?” I ask Jos after