Jay and Nya are engaged!
I'm glad it finally happened. Well, sort of glad. I'm going to lose Nya, my little sister to Nya, Jay's wife, but Jay's one of my best friends, and I know he'll treat Nya well, and he's probably die before letting anything happen to her. If anyone was going to marry my little sister, I'm glad it's Jay.
It happened the other night, when we were eating dinner. It was Jay's turn to cook, and as usual he'd made a mess of it all- I mean, he managed to turn the mashed potatoes purple! That takes real talent. When I asked him why the potatoes were purple, he just shrugged and said he'd done some experimenting.
So he served us all potatoes and rice, giving Cole about five helpings as usual, and then Nya started to shriek about something. Nya's not the shrieking type, so I knew something was going on. I had almost pulled out my belt dagger when I saw that no one was attacking her, but there was an engagement ring-shaped pile of mashed potato on her plate. Jay was grinning in a nutcase, and then he put down his ladle, got down on one knee in front of my little sister, and pulled out a little velvet box.
I knew it was going to happen eventually, but I still got a real shock when Jay actually did it. Nya tackled him onto the floor before he could open the box. Typical of her. Zane began to clap, Lloyd cheered, and I just sat there, grinning broadly as my friend and my sister rolled around on the floor. Jay finally managed to get the ring onto Nya's finger, and Lloyd grabbed her in a hug. I gave Jay a ferociously violent noogie, howling "You should have asked me first!" Jay just grinned at me. Zane kept right on clapping.
Finally, everyone sat down again to discuss the wedding, Nya perched on Jay's lap. It's going to be a family-and-friends shindig. Jay asked Lloyd to be the ring bearer, and Lloyd got so excited he probably wet his pants. Nya asked me to give her away, upon which I informed her that I would never give her away and that Jay would have to rip her from my arms. She ignored that little comment, and asked Master Wu to do the vows. He agreed. Zane said he'd be MC, and then Jay asked Cole to be best man.
I wasn't sure how Cole would respond to that. I mean, he liked Nya also, probably just as much as Jay did, but after a pause, he just said "Yeah, I'll be your best man."
I was proud of Cole for that.
Everyone cheered again, and Jay grabbed Nya and kissed her on the lips. I had to keep myself from ripping him apart for a second there. Lloyd pretended to gag, predictably. Then Cole noticed the smell of cake in the air, and refused to be best man if it burnt. I'm still not entirely sure if he was kidding or not. Jay gave out the cake, and of course, Cole demolished most of it. I'm glad not everything has changed.
