He even suggested I moved my office to his, or the other way round.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fine, I\u2019d tell him every time. \u201cStop worrying.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCan\u2019t help it, he\u2019d say. \u201cYou\u2019re carrying my babies.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The dynamic between Kiara and Derek hadn\u2019t improved much, they still bickered constantly in the group chat and apparently in person too according to\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah who\u2019d witnessed one of their planning meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re like an old married couple,\u201d Sarah said one day when we were discussing. \u201cConstantly arguing but someho still getting things done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShould I be worried?\u2018 I\u2019d asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018No, Sarah had said. \u201cThey\u2019ll figure it out eventually, or they\u2019ll keep arguing, either way the wedding planning is moving forward.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And it was, somehow despite Derek and Kiara\u2019s constant bickering, everything was coming together, the venue was booked, the flowers were ordered, the catering was arranged, every week we checked something else off the list.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re actually going to pull this off,\u201d I said to Tristan one night as we lay in bed going over the latest updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course we are,\u201d he said. \u201cDid you doubt it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe a little,\u201d I admitted. \u201cTwo weddings in four months while pregnant with twins seemed impossible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing\u2019s impossible,\u201d he said. \u201cNot when you have help.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was right, without Sarah and Kiara and even Leah helping with the planning, without Orion and Derek handling the logistics, without Tristan making sure I didn\u2019t overdo it, this would have been overwhelming.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But with everyone working together, it was actually manageable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The only thing that hadn\u2019t happened yet was the race, Derek\u2019s last race that Tristan had promised we\u2019d was excited and nervous at the same time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
go watch,\u00a0<\/p>\n
was scheduled for this Saturday and I\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re sure you still want to go?\u201d Tristan asked on Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPositive,\u201d I said. \u201cCan\u2019t miss it for anything.\u201d He didn\u2019t say anything, just pulled me closer to himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Saturday evening came and we all piled into Orion\u2019s truck again, Sarah and Orion in front with me, Tristan in the back, they\u2019d gotten Leah to watch the kids for the night so we could all go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We got there just in time before the race started.\u00a0<\/p>\n
People kept coming up to Tristan, old racing friends who wanted to say hi, people who\u2019d heard he\u2019d gotten engaged and wanted to congratulate him, it was clear he\u2019d been well liked in this world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should race,\u201d one guy said to Tristan. \u201cOne last time, for old times\u2018 sake.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
1:24 pm P\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 321\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m retired, Tristan said firmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on man,\u201d the guy pressed. \u201cEveryone wants to see you race again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNot happening,\u201d Tristan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I could see him looking at the bikes, could see the way his eyes lit up when, could see that part of him missed this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should do it,\u201d I said quietly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He turned to look at me. \u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should race,\u201d I said. \u201cOne last time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAthena,\u201d he started.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know you miss it,\u201d I said. \u201cI can see it in your face, race one more time and then you can say goodbye to it properly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said, but I could see him wavering. \u201cI didn\u2019t bring my bike\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDerek could give you his. Please?\u201d I said. \u201cI want to see you race. The babies wants to see you race.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I know using our babies as an excuse was bad, but I couldn\u2019t help it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That did it, he looked at me for a long moment and then sighed. \u201cFine,\u201d he said. \u201cOne race.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The crowd went crazy when word spread that Tristan was going to race, Derek found him a bike to use and Tristan spent the next twenty minutes getting\u00a0<\/p>\n
familiar with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t have to convince him to race,\u201d Orion said to me while Tristan was preparing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I know,\u201d I said. \u201cBut he wanted to, he just needed permission to want it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m glad you guys are happy,\u201d Orion said, putting his arm around me. \u201cYou know that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I know you are. I\u2019m glad too.\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I adjusted on my sit, preparing to watch Tristan do what he\u2019d always loved doing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because I didn\u2019t want him to lose anything, I wanted him to have it all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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