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Chapter 10

Later that evening, Logan, Veronica, and Wallace came by for an early birthday dinner of steaks before the big party was to begin. They arrived at five when Mac was cutting vegetables for the salad. Dick led them into the kitchen, where he and Logan began to unwrap the steaks and prepare them for the grill.

Veronica came to stand next to Mac. "Hey Q. Is there anything I can…" Her voice trailed off.

Mac looked up at Veronica. "You okay?"

She pointed at Mac's left hand. "What's that?"

"It's a ring." She exchanged a smile with Dick.

Logan quickly chimed in. "Dick. You finally asked. Congrats man!" He patted Dick on the back as he made his way to Mac. Logan pulled her into a hug. "Congratulations Mac."

Mac grinned at Dick from over Logan's shoulder. "Well I guess we don't need to announce it at dinner anymore."

Wallace came around the kitchen island and gave Dick a handshake with a pat on the back. "This is great Dick! Way to go!" He then went around and grabbed Mac into a hug. "I'm so happy for you Mac."

They all turned to Veronica who was still standing in a state of shock with her mouth wide open.

Mac picked up one of the grape tomatoes and tossed it at Veronica. It bounced off her mouth and fell on the floor. The three men turned their heads and looked at Mac with confused expressions.

"What? Don't tell me you didn't want to see if you could ring her mouth." Mac giggled.

Veronica shook her head. "Mac!"

"Veronica!" Mac shouted back at her.

"You're engaged?" She still had a shocked expression on her face.

Mac smiled. "I'm engaged."

Veronica shook her head. "To who?" He face remained serious.

Dick rolled his eyes as he moved to stand behind Mac. "You're so funny Ronnie. I just love your sense of humor."

"Oh my god! Are you pregnant?" Veronica came to stand in front of Mac and grabbed her arms.

"Seriously?" Mac mouth dropped open. She bent her elbows and held onto Veronica's arms. "No. I'm not pregnant." She noticed a gleam in Veronica's eyes. "You're just messing with us aren't you?"

Veronica broke out into a laugh as she nodded her head. "Logan told me Dick was going to propose a while ago."

Dick turned to Logan. "Dude! I asked you not to tell Ronnie."

Logan gave him a sheepish look. "She saw you and Mr. Mackenzie having lunch. What was I supposed to say?"

"I can't believe I told you and you couldn't even keep it to yourself on a ship in the middle of the ocean."

"Sorry man, but I lived for time on Skype with Veronica and she was holding out."

"So you sold me out for a peep show." Dick pointed at Logan. "That's low. It's something I would have done, so I can't be mad."

Logan patted his friend on the back. "How did you finally pop the question because you didn't mention this earlier when we were surfing?"

"Well after you left earlier, we were playing with the frosting and…"

Mac swatted Dick in the chest. "Stop talking."

"Sorry Mackie." He kissed her on top of the head. "Anyway after we were laying in bed…"

She smacked him again in the chest. "Stop talking!"

Logan, Wallace, and Veronica were laughing so hard tears were coming.

"You guys were naked, weren't you?" Logan asked.

Mac blushed. "Oh god. I didn't think about people asking about how you proposed." She placed her hands over her face.

"What?" Dick shrugged. "Sex with the frosting was hot and then getting engaged after was just the icing on the cake."

The three friends started another round of laughter as Mac turned a violent shade of red.

Mac narrowed her eyes at Dick. "How long ago did you come up with that?"

Dick grinned. "About five seconds after I proposed. Admit it, it's pretty genius."

"Please don't ever say that to anyone again." She placed her hand over his mouth and shook her head. "And outside of the people in this room, no one will know that we were naked when you proposed." Dick licked her hand and Mac quickly pulled it away with a yelp.

After dinner people began arriving at the house for Dick's birthday bash. The house was filled with music and laughter. Mac and Veronica were sitting at the kitchen island talking when an intoxicated Dick approached.

"Hey sexy." He wrapped his arms around Mac from behind and nuzzled into her neck.

Mac let out a giggle. "Someone is being very affectionate. How much have you had to drink?"

"A lot. But good news, I'm not driving tonight because I'm already home." He started kissing on her neck.

"Dick there are people around."

Veronica rolled her eyes. "Are you sure that you want to be stuck with that the rest of your life?"

Mac reached her hand back to place against Dick's cheek where his head was resting on her shoulder. "Yup."

"OH!" Dick stood up. "We haven't told everyone. We should announce it!"

"Wait, what?" Mac turned to face Dick.

"Attention Everyone!" Dick called out to the crowd. "Hey Chip, turn down the tunes!" Dick's frat brother Chip turned the music off. "I have a few things I want to say. First off, thank you all for coming out and celebrating how awesome I am."

The crowd cheered.

Veronica leaned over to Mac. "He's so modest." Causing them both to giggle.

"Second, I want to let everyone know that earlier today I received the best birthday gift I could have ever asked for."

"If he mentions the frosting, then he's a dead man." Mac said to Veronica.

"I'll help you hide the body." Veronica winked at her.

"This woman next to me." He placed an arm around Mac. "Cindy Mackenzie, the love of my life, agreed to marry me." Dick held up he left hand showing the ring on her finger.

The crowd was cheering again, but Mac noticed a few confused expressions among a few of the guests. She exchanged a look with Veronica who noticed as well.

"Now turn the music back up and lets celebrate!" Dick let out a whoop.

A few minutes later, Mac and Veronica had made their way out onto the patio with bottles of water. They were standing next to Avery who was holding a bottle of tequila. They watched as Dick, Logan, J.J., and a few other guys had taken off their shirts and pants then proceeded to run into the freezing ocean in just underwear. They had been doing tequila shots when someone got the brilliant idea that they should cool off in the water. Mac was surprised that a sober Logan was joining them.

Mac nudged Veronica with her shoulder. "Just remember yours is as crazy as mine."

Three women came to stand next to Mac. "Congratulations." They all said at once.

"Um… thanks." She smiled and nodded before turning back to towards the men in the water.

One of the women, who was a tall brunette around the same age as Mac moved to block her view. "So how far along are you?"

"Excuse me?" Mac was confused.

Another one of women who was about Mac's height with blonde hair spoke up. "We figured since you are engaged that you must be pregnant because Dick isn't exactly the kind of guy who gets married unless there's a reason."

Veronica stepped in. "So, you think he only wants to marry Mac because he got her knocked up?"

All three women nod. The first woman spoke up again. "Plus she's only drinking water."

Mac quickly grabbed the bottle of tequila that all the men took shots from before they ran out into the surf from Avery. She took a shot directly from it and then motioned to her stomach with the bottle. "Not pregnant." Mac took another drink from the bottle.

She kept thinking about how many confused faces were in the room earlier and how they were all probably thinking that Dick and she were only getting married because she was pregnant. Mac took another drink from the bottle as she watched all the men rush out of the water a back towards the house with their clothes in hand.

The third woman who was a redhead with curves in all the right places finally spoke up. "Look, we've all slept with Dick and I just think we're a little surprised that you're more than a passing fancy."

Mac took another shot from the bottle. She always tried to not let Dick's promiscuous past bother her, but meeting more women that her future husband has fucked was hard to deal with.

After telling her mother that she and Dick were getting married in March, Natalie insisted on starting her dressing shopping that week. Which was why Mac and Veronica were meeting her at a bridal shop on Tuesday afternoon to start looking for her wedding dress.

When they arrived, Natalie had already filled a dressing room with dresses that she had pulled for Mac. Mac glanced inside the room.

"Mom, I want something simple. I don't think any of these are me." She rolled her eyes at the beading and sparkles she saw on some of the dresses.

"Just entertain me a little. There are only three in there, so just try those on for me." Natalie looked so hopeful.

Mac leaned her head back and looked at the ceiling. "Fine, Mom."

Veronica accompanied Mac into the dressing room to help her get into the dresses. She looked at the gowns. "There are five in here just so you know Mac."

"MOM! There are five dresses in here. I'm only trying on three of them."

"I think we should start with this tacky, atrocity." Veronica held up a ball gown with a beaded bust.

"It's only missing the big sleeves and then it'd be perfect." Sarcasm was dripping from each word.

Once Mac was in the dress, she and Veronica started laughing uncontrollably at the perfect cupcake that she made. The dress had the hands of God holding up Mac breasts because they were definitely defying gravity.

"This dress came with boobs, because these aren't mine." Mac pointed at her chest.

Veronica took out her phone and took a picture of from the waist up. "I think Dick needs to see this!" She sent it to him in a text message.

They went out to show Natalie the gown. "Okay, Mom. Here is your pick, which I will not be wearing mind you."

Natalie started to tear up from where she was sitting on a couch. "My baby is getting married." She grabbed a tissue from the table and blotted her eyes.

"Mom, please stop. I thought you were only supposed to cry when you find THE dress and this is not it." She heard someone enter the room on her right and turned to see a familiar face.

"Hello Ms. Mackenzie. I'm your consultant, Amy." She stopped when she saw Mac's face and her mouth dropped open. Amy quickly recovered and closed her mouth while she put on her salesman face.

Natalie stood up. "I'm going to go use the restroom while you change into the next one." She was still wiping at her eyes.

"Hello Amy." Mac wasn't sure what she should do about her consultant being the same woman who threw herself at Dick only three months earlier.

Amy looked down at her clipboard. "So who is the lucky groom."

Mac rolled her eyes. "Dick Casablancas."

"Oh. So will you need a maternity wedding dress because some of these don't hid growing baby bumps?"

Veronica stepped in front of the young woman. "She doesn't need to worry about that since she's not pregnant. I think we will need a different sales person."

Amy huffed and turned around leaving Mac and Veronica alone in the viewing area.

Mac walked into the dressing room and collapsed into a white cloud on the floor. She felt tears forming in her eyes and her chin start to quiver.

Veronica came into the room. "Are you okay?"

She shook her head. "Veronica, be honest with me. Should I marry Dick?"

"What?"

"We've been engaged four days and I've run into four different women that he's slept with. Plus, everyone thinks he's only marrying me because he knocked me up." Mac started shaking. "I'm freaking out!" She started to claw at the dress. "Get me out of this dress." She was gasping for breath. "Veronica! Get me the fuck out of this dress!"

Veronica quickly released Mac from the dress. "Are you okay?"

Mac shook her head and grabbed her shirt from the chair in front of her. She dressed without speaking and then left the dressing room. Natalie was just getting back from the bathroom.

"Cindy, sweetie. Where's the next dress?"

She walked by her mom and out into the shop. Mac heard Veronica ramble off a fake work emergency as she chased after her and out into the street.

"Mac!" Veronica caught up to her and ran in front of her to stop her. "What can I do to help?"

"I need to just freak out." Mac was still gasping for breath.

"Okay. I know where we can go." Veronica led her to the car.