I nod my head in understanding, “so when did he propose”, “two months ago” she says, smiling happily from ear to ear. From the way she smiles when she talks about him, I can tell that she really loves him.“Do mom and dad know”, “of course they do, I told them about us dating three months before he proposed; we are supposed to get married two months from now”I’m so happy for her, “what about his parents, did they take the news well”, “they did” we both say in unison, we laugh at us answering in unison. Jamie’s parents have always been like a second family to us, so I know they would have been ecstatic at the fact that Jamie and Tela would be getting married.“You’re all grown up” I look at her In amazement; two months from now, she’d be married; she won’t be my Tela anymore but Jamie’s Tela. “I’ll miss you” I say hugging her tightly, “don’t be silly, I’m not going anywhere, I’m only getting married” she playfully taps my shoulder.“I know" I hug her once more and finally let her go;

Jamie is grinning from ear to ear, as he watches the interaction between Tela and his parents; Hema throws a small plush pillow at Jamie, “go sit down, you’re blocking the view”. Hema and I both burst into laughter as Jamie scowling face is revealed. Jamie sits down and Tela joins him at his side, they intertwine their hands. I guess I was staring at the gesture cause Nek whispers to me, “do you need me to hold your hands”, I shake my head and focus my attention on my parents, they are in deep discussion with Jamie’s parents; wedding matters.Nek intertwines our hands, as he fiddles with my ring, I smile at this interaction and let myself enjoy this moment, I place a kiss on his cheek; he looks suprised by this but he smiles happily. I check the time, 5:30pm, it’s getting late; Thank God tomorrow is Saturday, and not a week day, it would have been very tiring.I rest on Nek’s shoulder as I watch everyone interact with one another; Nek is in deep conversation with my dad and Jamie’s da

I’m about to ask him why he thinks Nicole and him would not get married; when my mum calls me, “Taina”, I sit up to face her, “yes mum”; she hands me a wedding catalog. There's a wedding dress on the page she opened for me. “We have to go dress shopping”, she smiles at me, “where’s Tela, she needs to be here too”.“I’ll go look for her”, I get up to make an attempt to look for her, but mum pulls me down to my seat, “don’t worry, I’m sure she’d soon appear, let’s leave her be; when she comes we’d look at catalogs with her”I really don’t want to look at wedding dresses, it just makes me more aware of the fact that I’m married to Nek, makes me remember that Nek doesn’t want to be truly married to me, at least that’s what I got from yesterday’s conversation. But I can’t refuse my mom, she’d only question why, schooling my emotions, I smile at mom, and search through catalogs with her.After several catalogs, a dress catches my eyes; the dress has an intricate beading and embroidery on th

“So you both would let this man kidnap your sister”, I softly slap Texan’s head and I stare daggers at Tela; which is reciprocated by her hands thrown in the air in an innocent manner.“Now Taina, why would I kidnap you, after all you’re my wife”, Nek moves to come sit beside me; feeling childish, I block the seat, “sorry that seat is already taken”. “By who?” Nek asks, “everyone is already seated, or are you expecting a guest?”I shake my head, “not a guest; it’s taken by Tela, we always seat together at lunch” I say smiling at him, “Tela” Nek states looking between Tela and I . “I’m sorry Taina, what God has joined together let no man put separate” she says giving me an innocent look, “Nek you can have that seat”I shoot eye daggers at her, “so much for betraying me, am I still your sister” I whisper, “of course you are, I can’t separate you from your husband; that’d be a crime, I can’t bear to do that” she dramatically says as she flaunts her hands, revealing the diamond ring on he

“Let’s play the games” Tela says, she brings out the board games from the shelf, Tela’s favorite board game is monopoly; I’m very sure that’s she’s going to sugggest monopoly.“Let’s play monopoly” she says, as she picks the monopoly and places it on the table; my parents don’t bother arguing, they have already been through this argument several times. Nek doesn’t look like he minds playing monopoly; “monopoly it is” Tela says smiling.I get up from the sofa, carrying my blanket, “Taina aren’t you going to play games with us” Tela asks, I shake my head, “no, I’m tired; I want to get some sleep, before Nek and I start heading home”, Tela nods her head in understanding, “why don’t you sleep here” Nek says, “it’s warm and comfortable”Without waiting for my response, he gently pulls me towards him, pulling me to his side , “you can lay down and rest your head on my lap to sleep”; everyone is looking at me as they all wait for my response. “Okay” I say, left to me, I would not have agreed