One More Chance (Chance, Part 2) (16 page)

Chapter
Ten (3 Months Later)

“You ready for class?” Quinn asks as Brody takes my sleeping daughter.

“Yep,” I say feeling exhausted.

“You’re doing great, you can do this,” she says
coaching me like she does every week.

“I know, I just hate leaving her,” I say as I grab my bag for the day.

“She’s fine, she’s with Brody.”

“
Hails, I got her,” “Uncle Bro has you doesn’t he sweetheart,” he coos to Lily causing me to laugh and shake my head.

“Fine, let’s go.  If you need me
, call me.”

“I know
, I know, now go.”

On the way
to school, my phone starts going off, “Hey baby, good morning,” I say to Liam.

“Good morning.  I wanted to see what time you guys were leaving on Friday.”

“Right after Brody’s last class, I think our flight leaves around five.”

“So
, you’ll get here late evening.”

“Yep.
  I can’t wait to see you though.”

“I can’t wait to you see you either babe.  How’s school?”
he asks sweetly.

“Good, though you ask me that every day,” I say laughing.

“I know, God I can’t wait to see you.”

“You will
, only two days to go.”

“Yes and then I’ll be coming home with you for two days.”

“You will?” I ask stunned.

“Yeah
, we have a bye week next week so we get a few days off.”

“I can’t wait,” I say eagerly.

“I’ll let you get to class, have a good day babe, I love you.”

“I love you too Liam,” I say before disconnecting the call.

It sucked when Liam had to leave two days after we came home, but that’s life; he’s a professional football player and when the season starts you have to go.  I’ve been sending him pictures and videos of Lily, even if she’s only sleeping.  Even though we aren’t able to see each other day in and out, we talk a lot and have gotten a lot closer.

For the past
few months that we’ve been back in school, Brody, Quinn, Rebecca, and Cara have been amazing, helping me out with Lily.  We have our schedules worked out to where I don’t have to miss any of my classes; neither does anyone else.

Going back to school was rough because rumors started and spread quickly about how I got Liam back by tricking him
to get pregnant, when I didn’t.  I tried to argue with some of the people who were spreading the rumors, but realized it’s pointless; people are going to believe what they want to believe.  Liam tried to calm me down and reassure me that he never stopped loving me, that it had nothing to do with being pregnant and I believe him.

Friday comes and we are waiting for Brody to get here
, so we can get to the airport.  He walks in the door five minutes after four, “You girls better be packed because we need to leave now,” he says rushing us.

“We’re ready,” I assure him as I grab Lily and her car seat and diaper bag and head out the door.  Rebecca is dropping us off at the airport and her car is already loaded.

The flight doesn’t take long and before I can see him, I know he’s already waiting for us. I continue to look for him, but can’t see him, and then I feel him behind me, “God, I’ve missed you guys,” he says as he pull us into a hug.

“We missed you too,” I say as I lean up to give him a chaste kiss.

“You look beautiful,” he says, as he then leans down to kiss his daughter.  We wait for the baggage claim to retrieve our bags before heading to Liam’s place that he has in Minnesota.  He doesn’t want to buy a house here because he has no intentions of living here permanently, which is fine by me.

Once we get back to the house we unload as Lily decides she wants attention, “I got her,” Liam says as he swoops in to get his daughter.  Nothing is sexier than watching Liam with Lily.  The way he adores her is like nothing I’ve ever seen before.  I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

An hour later there’s a knock at the door and I’m stunned to see my parents, Liam’s parents and Isaac, along with Kenzie, Spence, Rebecca, and Max.

“What’s going on?” I ask as they all look at me.

“You didn’t tell her?” Denise asks hastily to Liam.

“We
, pretty girl are getting married,” Liam says before leaning down and giving me a kiss.

“What makes you think that?  You haven’t asked.”

“I did before,” he says looking intently at me.

“But
, that was before and this is now,” I quip.

“Oh
, you’re marrying me woman, I’m done wasting time,” he says as he leans down and kisses me chastely. “Don’t you want to marry me?”

“Of course I do,” I say
, as I smile happily at him.

“See
, told you,” he says laughing, causing everyone around us to chuckle.

“When are we getting married?”

“Tomorrow.”

“But, I don’t have a dress or anything.”

“Don’t worry sweetie, we took care of everything,” Mom says as my dad pulls in a large piece of luggage.

Everyone
settles into Liam’s house and everything seems like its back to normal or at least how it once was.

“I need to borrow you for a moment,” Liam says
, as he pulls me down the hall to his bedroom.

“Why’s that?” I ask all giggly.

“Because, since we’re getting married tomorrow I’m not going to be able to sleep with you tonight in my arms.  So, I’m taking you now,” he says proudly as we enter the bedroom, he kicks the door closed with his foot.

“You are so bad,” I say laughing as I follow him to the bed.

“I love you babe and I can’t wait for tomorrow.”

“I love you too,” I say as I throw my arms around his neck, pulling him down towards me for a kiss.
“Make love to me.”

“Absolutely,” he says before pulling my shirt over my head.  I move my hands and start working his jeans before trying to push them down his sexy, muscular legs.

It takes seconds for us to be naked and under the covers.  “Would you lie down and let me play?” I argue.

“Baby, it’s my turn,” he says laughing, “I haven’t seen you in a few weeks.”

“You either let me play or you put him in me, those are your options,” I say with a straight face.

“In
side you then,” he says as he runs his fingers through my slicked folds before thrusting into my aching core.

“Oh God,” I shout at the sensation of his initial thrust, “Holy shit
, you feel so fucking good,” I say as he starts moving faster.  “Baby harder,” I say, as I tug on his hair.

Liam starts grunting, but thrusts harde
r as I meet him thrust for mind-blowing thrusts.  It doesn’t take long for me to cry out in ecstasy with him following right behind.

“God I love you,” he says as he pulls me closer after discarding the condom.

“I love you too,” I say as I snuggle into his side.

“You better marry me tomorrow woman.”

“I am, there is nowhere I would rather be.”

“Good.”

We end up staying in the bedroom for another forty minutes before a few people bang on the door telling us to get out, so we do.  We get dressed and head back into the living room, where it looks like no one even missed us.

“There’s my baby girl,” I say as I go to get her from Kenzie. “Mommy loves you,” I say before taking a seat on the other couch beside Liam.

“I don’t think so,” Liam says as he moves so fast; the next thing I know me and Lily are on his lap, “Much better,” he says before kissing me.

“You are crazy,” I say laughing.

“Crazy for you babe,” he says, as he looks down at a sleeping Lily.

The rest of the evening we all hang out before heading to different parts of the house.  The boys are told to keep Liam away from me, when all I want to go do is sleep in his arms.

Luckily, morning comes and he’s rushed out of the house, while the girls and I get ready for my upcoming nuptials.

“I can’t believe you guys did all of this,” I say as they take out dresses and start working on hair and make-up.

“I can,” Kenzie says excitedly, “We’ve been waiting for this moment for a while now.”

“
Decorations are all done,” Quinn says happily.

“What time is this wedding to start?” I ask feeling lost
, because I didn’t plan any of it.

“At one
.”

“It’s already noon,” I say nervously.

“Why the hell are you nervous?” Kenzie asks, “You’ve wanted this man forever, what on Earth is there to be nervous about?”

“I’m not really nervous, just excited.  I didn’t expect this and it’s a little overwhelming.”

“Liam does have a way with things, doesn’t he?” Denise says laughing.

Just then there’s a knock at the door, “I’ll get it,” Quinn says before disappearing down the hall.
  It doesn’t take her long to walk back with an envelope and a small package. “It’s for you,” she says as she hands me the items with the biggest smile.

“Thanks,
” I say as I stare at the envelope.

I open the envelope and
pull out the letter, opening the letter to see that Liam wrote it.

Hails
,

I can’t even begin to describe how much I love you.  You have given me the best gift a man could ever ask for, but not only have you given me you, you’ve given me a beautiful baby
girl that I’d do anything for. Today symbolizes the love that we have for each other. I know times have not always been the easiest or the best, but I can promise you that I will be the best damn husband you’ve ever seen.

When I almost lost you
, it took everything out of me. I tried to remain strong because we had Lily, but I don’t know what I would have done if you weren’t okay. Baby, you make me see things and wants things out of life that I never even dreamed about. I look forward to our future babe. I love you Hails; enjoy your gift.

Love-Your Soon to be Husband,

Liam

I open the black velvet box to reveal a beauti
ful necklace that has a locket on it.  I open it up and see Liam on one side and Lily on the other.  I can’t help when my eyes start to water.

“That’s beautiful,” M
om says sweetly.

“No crying,” Kenzie shouts
, causing me to laugh.

“You guys look
beautiful,” I say to Kenzie, Quinn, and Rebecca who are wearing matching bridesmaid’s dresses in the blue color I picked forever ago.

“So do you,” Quinn praises as she looks at me.  I’m wearing a white strapless gown that flare
s out at the waist down to the floor.  I have a ribbon that goes around my waist that matches the girls’ dresses and Lily is in a soft white dress that has blue and silver in it, matching the theme our wedding.

A few minutes before 1:00 p.m., I’m being escorted downstairs to the back of the house where
my wedding will be taking place.  It’s pretty quiet around here, so there won’t be any interruptions, which I’m thankful for.

I watch as the girls walk down one by one before it’s my turn.  Dad takes my hand in his and leads me toward the man I’ve loved all my life
.

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“I can’t believe you’re married,” Quinn coos.

“I know, thank you so much for helping with everything.  It looks amazing.”

“Absolutely.  Gosh, we are pretty lucky aren’t we?”

I look at her and see her watching Brody and Liam talk
, as Liam feeds a hungry Lily. “Yes we are,” I say as I watch my sexy husband hold our baby girl.

As the night progresses, we dance, we drink, we
laugh and I couldn’t be happier.  I’m surrounded by the people I love most. I couldn’t ask for anything more.

“Have you seen Kenzie?” I ask as
I glance around.

“No, but I don’t see Spence either,” Lia
m says with a look as he approaches.

“Am I missing something?” I ask feeling lost.

“Does Kenz like Spence?” Liam asks.

“No, not that I know of, why?”

“I’m pretty damn sure he likes her,” he says, as he looks around.

“I’m going to go look for her,” I say as I stand up.

“I’ll take her,” Denise says as she takes Lily from Liam. “You know we would love if you two would move back to Delaware when you’re done with school Hails.”

“Mom, let’s just take it a day at a time,” Liam says interrupting her.

“It was just a thought dear,” she says as she walks away.

“I’ll be back babe,” I say
, as I stand and kiss my husband.

“I’ll come with you,” he says as
he links his hand with mine, “Who knows what we’re about to see.”