Tonight was the night of the dinner and Rick and Kate were admittedly nervous. Rick thought it might be a good idea to give Kate a bit of a heads up about what his mother is like.
"So, she's super dramatic and will most likely make comments that you won't know how to react to." Rick said.
"So what should I do?" Kate asked.
"No clue, I'm her son and I still don't know what to do. Also, I think she finds it very funny that we got married, so she's probably going to make a few jokes about that." Rick said.
"Is this supposed to make me feel better?" Kate asked. She was starting to dread this even more.
"I just want you to be prepared." Rick said.
"I think we're going to need backup." Kate said.
"What do you mean?" Rick asked.
"I mean, we need Javi and Laine to join us." Kate said.
"Are you sure?" Rick asked.
"Yeah, Javi and you have known each other for ages. He and Laine can take some of the heat off us." Kate said.
"That's kind of perfect but how will we get them to agree to come." Rick said.
"We'll find a way." Kate said, with a small smile. She texted Laine asking her and Javi to join them for lunch.
"So, are you guys ready for tonight?" Javi asked, once they were at lunch.
"That's what we wanted to talk to you guys about." Rick said.
Laine and Javi looked at each other with confused looks on their faces. Neither of them had any idea what Rick was talking about.
"We need you to join us for dinner." Kate blurted out.
"Why?" Laine asked.
"Because Javi and I have been friends for years and my mom loves him. It'll take some of the heat off us." Rick said.
"Why do I have to come?" Laine asked.
"Wow babe, way to throw me under the bus." Javi said.
"This is what you get for befriending Rick." Laine said, teasingly.
"You need to come so that Javi has some support." Kate said.
"Why would we agree to this? You're the ones who got married." Javi said.
"And you let us. We were drunk out of our minds and you still let us get married and now you owe us." Rick said.
"No we don't, we were drunk too." Laine said.
"Yeah but you weren't get married drunk so we win. You have to help us clean this mess." Kate said.
"Fine. We'll come." Javi said.
"Love you guys." Kate said, getting excited.
"Yeah yeah." Laine said, she hated how she couldn't say no to Kate.
That night, just as Martha had finished laying the table, Kate, Javi and Laine arrived.
"Welcome! Thank you for coming." Martha said, opening the door.
"You have a lovely home, Martha." Kate said, as she walked in. This was the first time she had been to Rick's loft and she had to say, she was quite impressed.
"Well it's technically your home too, darling." Martha said, teasingly. She was loving this whole situation.
Kate smiled awkwardly, she was starting to get a sense of how the night was going to go.
"Hey Kate, thank you for coming. It means a lot to me." Alexis said.
"I'm glad I could make it." Kate said, with a smile. She loved how grounded Alexis was; she seemed wise beyond her years and was basically the opposite of Rick. It always amazed Kate how he had managed to raise Alexis so well.
"Javi! How have you been and who is your friend?" Martha asked, handing each of them a glass of wine.
"I'm good. This is Laine." Javi said.
"How did you guys meet?" Martha asked, taking a seat at the table.
"We meet in Vegas." Javi said, sheepishly.
"Was this when Katherine and Richard met?" Martha asked.
"Yes." Javi said.
"Did you guys also get married? Like a double wedding kind of thing." Martha asked.
Rick almost chocked on his wine. "Mother!"
"What? I'm just curious. How do I know if this is what the kids are doing these days." Martha said.
"Um.. no we didn't, but we are dating." Javi said.
"But you were there for Kate and Richard's wedding?" Martha asked.
"Yes." Javi said. He didn't like where this conversation was going, nothing good could come from it.
"Tell us everything!" Martha said.
"Is that really necessary?" Rick asked.
"Well since I wasn't invited, I would like to know what happened." Martha said.
"Well…" Javi began but he didn't know what say, especially since Alexis was there too.
"Come on, tell us!" Alexis said, excitedly.
"Um, so we had all been drinking and we happened to pass a Chapel. And Rick mentioned how he had been married before and Kate said she always wanted to get married and that they should to get married tonight. That led to where we are now." Javi said. He had never felt this awkward in this entire life.
"Wait, it was your idea?" Rick asked Kate.
"It couldn't have been." Kate said.
"Um, it was." Laine said.
Kate and Rick just stared eat each other, not really knowing how to react. Neither of them remembered the details of the night, let alone whose idea it was. They both knew that Javi and Laine would know exactly what hapened but they just never had that conversation with them.
The rest of the night was equally awkward with Martha at her record best; it almost seemed like she had prepared a list of the worst questions she could ask, beforehand, just so she wouldn't forget any.
At the end of the night, Martha pulled Kate to the side to say buy.
"Thank you for coming tonight." Martha said.
"Thank you for having me. It was.. interesting." Kate said.
"I know it wasn't something you wanted to do but I do appreciate that you came. I know you did it for Richard and I know that he appreciates it." Martha said.
"He wanted to do this for you and Alexis and I could tell he didn't want to let you down. It sounds stupid sometimes but he is technically my husband, so I figured I had a responsibility in all of this." Kate said, looking at Rick as she spoke.
"Well, he won't be your husband for long. Which is why, you have to come for dinner again, when it's just the four of us. I know you guys invited Javi and Laine to make this less awkward and as much I love them, you aren't getting away with so easily." Martha said, with a smile.
Even though Kate knew Rick and she had applied for a divorce, she never really thought about it; which was why somehow hearing Martha say it made it real. Kate couldn't help but feel a little sad, she was finally getting used to Rick and his antics and maybe she wasn't ready to give that up just yet.