A/N Hmm, Readers complained when I abruptly ended it, cheered when I said I'd continue, and when I did continue…nothing. Huh? What? Anyway, on with the show:
Annie knocked on the door of Danielle's house, wishing impatiently that her sister would answer. She knew she should have called first, but she couldn't wait to give her the good news.
Finally the door opened. "Danielle!"
The elder sister had a few seconds to steel herself before being launched into a full body hug by Annie. "Oof. Okay, what's the matter?"
"Why should anything be the matter?" Annie asked, bounding into the house.
"Because," Danielle said slowly, "The only other time you've shown up like this without calling or giving any other kind of heads up, you'd just broken up with Ben, remember?"
Annie froze just a second in her joy, but soon recovered. "Yes, of course I remember, and you are kind of correct, in a small way. It has to do with a guy."
Danielle sighed heavily before shutting the door. "Okay. You sit down, I'll get the ice cream."
Annie laughed, grabbing her sister's arm before she could head into the kitchen. "It's not an ice cream moment, Danielle. I promise."
"Are you sure? You're acting really weird," she said, sitting down on the couch next to Annie.
Annie waited until Danielle was settled before launching into her news. She hoped her sister wouldn't freak out too much, but she had to know. "It's Auggie. And me. We're –" Annie looked down at her left hand where the ring still sparkled up at her. "Well, we're engaged."
"What?" Danielle screeched.
Annie jumped a few inches off the couch at the loud, high-pitched noise. Then she was being pulled forward by her hand as Danielle grabbed it to inspect the ring.
"When did this happen?"
"Yesterday."
"But – you just got back from Iceland."
"I know," Annie said. "Auggie met me, and we – oh, I don't know how to tell you this, Dani. I know we've only been together for about a month, and you probably think we're moving too fast, but –"
The rest of her sentence was cut short as Danielle launched herself across the couch and wrapped her arms around Annie. "Oh, no, you're not moving too fast," Danielle said. "I saw you two when you left after my dinner party. And yes, before you say anything, I was watching out the window, and I could tell you two were meant for each other."
Annie's eyes closed at the memory. "That's the first time he told me he loved me."
"See?" Danielle said, settling back. "It's inevitable. Who cares if you dated for years or days? So when's the wedding?"
"Whoa, hold on there," Annie said, raising a hand. "We haven't even talked about that part yet. For now, I'm just going to move in, and we'll take it from there."
"Okay."
"Which is part of the reason why I'm here. Auggie's apartment can fit some of my stuff, but if you wouldn't mind taking some of my furniture?"
"Sure, no problem. So when's the big move?" Danielle asked.
"Probably this weekend. I've got a couple of months left on my lease, so we don't have to move everything out right away, thank goodness."
Danielle nodded, then got up and went into the kitchen. Annie wondered what she was doing, but when she came back with a glass of champagne and two glass flutes, she giggled. "Don't tell me, you want to start celebrating now?"
"No time like the present," Danielle said, popping the cork and pouring the bubbly liquid into the two glasses. "Since there's no wedding to plan for, how about letting me do an engagement dinner for you two?"
"That sounds okay," Annie said with a shrug.
"I still have to make up for last time, you know."
"I know, and we've both forgiven you for that."
"Okay, then," Danielle said, setting her glass down and picking up a pad and pencil. "First off, when should we have the dinner?"
A/N I'm in the middle of a few projects, so updates on this story will be shorter than normal. Enjoy.
