leaned down and placed a soft kiss to her shoulder. “And you have nothing to be embarrassed about. If anything, I should be the one embarrassed for taking advantage of the situation.'
She turned over then, looking up at him. “You didn't take advantage of me, Sean.'
'No?” he said, raising one eyebrow. “Sure feels like it.'
'Well, I was here too, you know. I remember how it all went down.'
'Too much wine and cares thrown out the window?'
She grinned and nodded. “Yeah. Something like that.'
He stared at her for long seconds before smiling. “You're not pissed at me then?'
She shook her head, looking away from his face before she blushed a pretty shade of pink and diverted her gaze. “No.'
He grinned. “No? Then why are you blushing?'
She jerked the sheet up over her head before mumbling, “Let's get up and go to breakfast before mom comes back.'
'Not until you tell me why you're blushing.'
She laughed and held the sheet tighter. “You're naked, Sean.'
He looked down at himself, noticing not an inch of the sheet covered him. He was bare ass naked, sprawled across the bed in all his glory. Had Rose seen him like that as well? He laughed before leaning toward her and tugging on the sheet. “Think your mom will be blushing when I look at her as well?'
Macy laughed, her shoulders heaving. “Oh god! I can't believe this is happening. My pretend boyfriend just flashed his goods to my fifty-eight year old mother.'
'Well, chances are, she'll forgive you for being late for breakfast now.'
The sheet fell away from Macy's eyes enough for her to look at him. He could tell by the wrinkles around them that she was smiling. “Don't think she isn't going to be mad at you just because you look good naked.'
Sean raised an eyebrow at her. “You think I look good naked?'
'Oh god!” she yelled, jerking the sheet back over her head. “Put some clothes on and go downstairs so I can get dressed.'
'What? You're not going to let me see
'You're not seeing me naked,” she said. “Now get dressed.'
Sean laughed and crawled from the bed and grabbed a change of clothes. He tossed them on the end of the bed before looking at Macy and grinning. She was still lying there with the sheet over her head.
He shook his jeans out and stepped into them before pulling them up. When he grabbed the waistband to snap them, he looked into the mirror mounted on Macy's wall. She was watching him, the sheet pulled down just enough to show him those big blue eyes of hers. He bit back a smile and continued dressing, ignoring her best he could. When he sat down on the bed to pull on his socks, he said, “Okay, you can look now. I'm dressed.'
She lowered the sheet, her cheeks once again stained pink. “This is really awkward.'
'Only if you think so,” he said, grabbing his shoes. He slipped them on before bracing his hands on his knees and looking over at her. “We can either pretend it didn't happen and move on or know it did and ignore it. Which ever you prefer.'
She shrugged her shoulder and looked at him.
'All right then.” He grinned and stood. “I'm going to go on down. Hurry and dress. I don't want to be left alone with your mom too long. Hard to tell what she'll say now that I know she's had a good look at my package.” He winked at her, watching her roll her eyes before walking to the door and leaving.
Macy willed herself not to blush as she entered the dining room. Everyone was there, already eating. She crossed the room, taking her seat beside of Sean and smiled at him when he poured her juice and winked at her. She filled her plate, spearing a fried potato with her fork when Derek said her name.
'Macy, did no one ever tell you how thin these walls are in the house?'
She scrunched her brows, not sure what he was talking about. Her mother said, “Derek!” before the others laughed.
'There's certain things in life a man never wants to know,” Derek said. “And knowing my baby sister is having sex in the room beside me is one of them. You should have waited until your wedding night.'
'She's lived with the man for two years,” Pam said. “It's a little late for that.'
Macy stared at them, watching the grins as the others snickered and made crude comments. She glanced at Sean and noticed, for once, his face was red. Letting her gaze land on every person at the table, they were all smiling, except her daddy. His face was just as red as Sean's was.
'Oh my God,” she whined before dropping her fork and staring at her plate. Her family heard them last night? Having sex? How loud were they?
'Don't worry, Sis,” Matt said. “No one knows but us.'
She looked back up at him and shook her head. A dozen people knew and that was twelve too many! Being embarrassed in front of Sean seemed ridiculous now. That had been a piece of cake compared to this.
'Stop teasing your sister,” Rose said. “Or you boys will be on dishes duty for the rest of the week.'
The guys snickered and continued eating, ignoring her. Macy's breakfast didn't look nearly as appetizing now. She looked at her mother, watching the woman wink at her before glancing at Sean. “This can't be happening,” she whispered.
Sean moved his hand, resting it on her thigh under the table. He squeezed lightly until she looked up at him. That one look told her everything would be fine. Her family was just teasing her and she knew he was right. It's what the boys did. She smiled back at Sean and nodded her head before turning back to her food. They were nearly finished eating when her mother gasped and stood up quickly. Her eyes were wide and she was smiling at Grandma Avery. When she turned that happy gaze on her, dread settled in the pit of Macy's stomach. Whatever her mother just thought of, wasn't good. She could feel it.
'Macy!” her mother said. “I have the best idea!'
'Oh no,” Bruce said. “This can't be good. She's got that look in her eye.'
Greg nodded and laid his fork down. “The one that says, ‘I'm about to make your life miserable but you better play along regardless?’”
'Yeah. That one.'
'Oh be quiet, both of you,” Rose said before turning her attention back to Macy. She grinned and that feeling of dread Macy felt multiplied. “I just had the most wonderful idea.'
Macy glanced at the others, watching them shake their heads before looking back at her mother. “What kind of idea,” she said, hesitantly.
'Well,” Rose said, beaming. “Since Grandma Avery is with us this year and her health isn't all that great, and Sean
The silence was deafening. Not a noise was heard other than the wind whistling past the windows. The kids had even stopped eating to look at the adults and listen to what was going on. Macy stared at her mother's smiling face before chancing a glance at the others. Shock was evident on their faces but gradually, she saw them all smile and turn to look at her. “Ma… married?” Macy said, weakly.
'Yes,” Rose beamed. “It's not like you haven't been living together for years anyway. You're practically married now. A ceremony is just a way to make it all legal at this point. Why not do it now, surrounded by your family?'
She had her there. Macy gulped and stared at her mother's face. Was she serious? She wanted them to get married? Now?
The gleam in her mother's eye told her she was.
Her pulse started racing seconds later. She snuck a glance at Sean and noticed his eyes were wide, his gaze locked on her mother. What had they done! “Um, that's a nice idea, Mom,” Macy said, hoping her voice didn't tremble as much as she thought it did. “But we just got engaged. It's a little premature to talk about wedding plans at this point.'
