"I think I know what that news is," mom said excitedly.
"Probably but let me say it anyway," Caroline laughed, "Tyler and I are engaged."
"Oh my GOD congratulations," I said hugging my older sister.
"That's wonderful," mom said excitedly.
"You're not pregnant are you," my dad's friend Mike asked.
"MIKE," dad exclaimed.
Caroline laughed.
"No I'm not pregnant," she said, "I had my uterus removed remember?"
Caroline had uterine cancer at age 13. To me that didn't make sense. But she had a good attitude about it. She was going to adopt so she didn't find it upsetting not to have a uterus.
"Oh," Mike said blushing, "Sorry Car... I forgot."
"It's not anything to be sorry about," Caroline said, "I beat the illness so I consider it anything but sad"
"I wish Luke would take a lesson from you," my mom's cousin said.
His son, my second cousin Luke was still furious at his parents for something that happened four years ago.
"I think he probably just feels like you don't take the time to listen to him," dad said.
"He's just a kid. He doesn't understand things like I do. I know what's best for my kid."
"But you don't talk to him. You don't take his feelings into consideration."
"HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST I DON'T LOVE MY SON," he snapped.
"Did your dad say anything about him not loving his son," Tyler whispered to Caroline.
"I understand what Mr. Asher is saying," Carrie said, "He's just saying that kids like to be treated like they have the capability to understand things-"
"LUKE HAS AN ANGER ISSUE," his father said.
Mom rolled her eyes
"Gee. I wonder where he got that from," she said.
He stormed out of the room pissed off.
"Sorry about that," I said embarrassed about what happened.
"Why," Caroline said, "You didn't do anything to be sorry about."
"So when is the wedding," dad asked changing the subject to something happier.
"We've been thinking about having it in April," Tyler said, "It's perfect for an outdoor wedding."
"You're gonna have the wedding outside," mom asked, "That is such a great idea."
"Well with all the people that are going to be there," Caroline said, "We probably wouldn't have room indoors."