Part 2

Summery: Don and Robin announce their engagement to Don's family.

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Robin watched Don as he fidgeted beside her. They were having dinner at Robin's house with Alan, Charlie and Amita. Tonight was the night they were going to announce their engagement to Don's family. She smiled at Don and pulled his arm, which he was lifting up to check his watch again, into her lap so they were holding hands. She knew Don was nervous about telling his family all though she wasn't sure why. She knew Alan would be delighted to learn that his eldest was going to settle down finally and get married. Charlie and Amita would be happy as well, Amita accepted Charlie's proposal but they hadn't so much as talked about setting a date since they got engaged 6 months ago and Robin didn't see them doing so anytime in the near future.

Although they had only been engaged for about a week, they had already talked about the wedding and decided to get married before the baby was born. They both agreed on a small civil ceremony with just their families, and a few close friends present, the guest list would only include only about 20 people. Tomorrow they would go house hunting, they wanted a place that was closer to their offices and had a nice yard, preferably something that was somewhat close to Charlie's house. Don's apartment wasn't big enough for a family and her house in the valley was so far from both their offices that it wasn't very practical.

They were just finishing the dessert Alan brought, when Don cleared his throat and gave Robin a sideways look, it was time.

"We have something we want to tell you." Robin stated as she squeezed Don.

Don squeezed back, "Robin and I are getting married."

"Donnie! That's wonderful! Congratulations!" Alan was overjoyed with the news, he stood up and pulled Robin into a hug and then Don.

"That's great bro!" Charlie patted Don on the back.

"Congratulations!" Amita gave both Don and Robin hugs.

They moved to the living room where it was more comfortable to sit.

"So when did this happen?" Alan asked as he took a seat in one of the arm chairs, Charlie and Amita were settled on the couch, and Don and Robin were sitting together on the loveseat.

"Last Thursday after we returned from your place."

"I was wondering why you were more cheerful than usual this past week." Alan smiled.

"Have you thought about a date yet?" Amita asked curiously.

"We were thinking next spring, maybe in March." Robin stated.

"So soon?" Charlie looked a little shocked.

"Well I'm not getting any younger, bro. And Robin's sister is coming to visit in March; it's really tough for her to get time off work so we figured we should do it when she's here that way she will for sure make it to the wedding." Robin's sister Anna was a psychiatrist with her own private practice in New York.

Alan gave Don a speculative look, Don was pretty sure Alan suspected something else was up but he and Robin both agreed to wait until the end of her first trimester to announce the pregnancy. Her OB/GYN appointment had gone well, Robin was currently almost 9 weeks along, the doctor estimated her due date at July 8th. Alan would just have to wait until Christmas time to have his speculations confirmed.

The rest of the evening went by rather quickly, the group played Scrabble much to Charlie's dismay. Don and Robin tied for first, Alan came in second, Amita was third but only by 7 points, and Charlie lost miserably.