Author's Note: This chapter is brought to you early because of reviews from Brook-Lucas-Fan-23 and Kurry, as well as the fact that I aced my first midterm! And so I felt like spreading the joy
"We're having the standard family get-to-together for Ally's birthday this weekend. You can tell everyone the good news then."
And that is why I found myself at James and Ally's place the next day.
I arrived early enough to talk to James for a bit before Ally woke up. I explained what had happened to him and how I was going to have to tell Ally.
When I got to that part, he cut me off. "I actually already told her for you." He grinned sheepishly.
I smacked his arm. "I thought you said I was going to have to tell everyone!"
"I did!" He pouts as he rubs his arm. "But she's my wife, we don't keep secrets."
"Fine. One less person for me to tell. How'd she react?"
A voice spoke up from behind me. "She wanted to know why her best friend never told her anything. Especially after she told said best friend about liking said best friend's older brother."
I turned around to find Ally standing there with a frown on her face and her arms crossed in front of her.
"Morning, Ally! How are you?"
My attempts at avoidance did nothing to help.
"I'm waiting for an answer."
"Please don't hate me. You know how rare privacy is in this family, I just really enjoyed having something that no one else knew about."
She looked stern for a moment more before shaking her head and relaxing her stance. "You should have just told me. He's liked you for ages. I would have set you up years ago if I'd known you were interested."
I relaxed as well, chuckling a bit. "I don't think my parents would have accepted the age difference as well if I was any younger than I am now."
Ally laughed. "True." She held out her arms for a hug. "Now our kids are going to be double cousins!"
"We're not engaged, Ally!"
"Yet. You're not engaged, yet."