Chapter 100. Everything Will Be Okay

“I thought you and Nicholas were thinking about moving?” Sarah asked.

I nodded. “We are. But even if we do, we’re keeping this place. Nicholas wants to have a house in the city. Also, we wouldn’t be moving until after the baby is born anyway.”

After they had their fill of ‘oohing’ and ‘ahhing’ over the baby things, we all made it back downstairs, the twelve of us squeezing in around the dining room table. It was so different from all the holidays of my past. was loud, and happy, the room so full of conversation and food and activity, I wanted to remember it forever. Or at least repeat it as much as possible.

Even Nicholas was all smiles. I tried to keep up with everyone talking to me, but it was hard to not keep peeking over at him, wondering what was going on in his head. I knew he enjoyed his space, but it also seemed like he was truly enjoying himself being surrounded by everyone close to us.

All of them stayed through the afternoon, collapsing on couches