"Hamburger?" I ask the five-year-old sitting across from me. She shakes her head. "Spaghetti?" Again, no. "Chicken nuggets?" She thinks for a second before nodding. "Okay, chicken nuggets for Zoey, what about you Zander? Do you know what you want?" He nods, "A hamburger." Then continues coloring.

A few minutes later Mia comes to the table, she's dressed in a pair of jeans and her work t-shirt. The name tag on her shirt says 'Amelia' with a smiley face. "You kids figure out what you wanted?"

"Zoey wants chicken nuggets and Zander said a hamburger." I tell her.

"Okay," She looks at her watch. "I should be done with my shift by the time their food comes out so I'll bring it with me then I'm done. Also, there's food for Ryder in his diaper bag if he starts to get grumpy." She starts to walk away but turns back around. "Oh, Autumn texted a few minutes ago and said she and Johnathan were almost here, so they should be here any minute."

I watch as she walks toward the front of the diner and talks to customers she seated a few minutes ago.

Tonight Johnathan and Autumn's entire wedding party is coming here to Mick's to meet each other. Autumns bridal party consists of Rose, Mia, me, her cousin, her college roommate, and Zoey as the flower girl. Johnathan's groomsmen consist of Josh, Kyle, Trevor, his partner Kai, and Zander as the ring bearer. I guess he's still trying to figure out who to ask to be his fifth groomsman.

Zander looks up from his coloring page and his face lights up. "Johnathan's here!"

Autumn suddenly sits next to me in the booth and Johnathan sits across from her next to Zander. "Hey Champ, what are you coloring?" Zander lifts up his paper so Johnathan can see it. "It's me when I'm older and a police officer like you."

"Wow Zander, that's great." Johnathan praises him then takes his badge out of his pocket and pins it to the front of Zander's shirt.

"Cool!" Zander grins an ear-splitting grin.

It's then that I realize Johnathan is in a tux and Autumn's wearing a black lace dress. Were we supposed to dress up? I look down at my jean shorts and a t-shirt with the bat symbol on it. I hope not.

"What's with the fancy get up?" Mia asks walking up to the table with a tray of plates. She sits down next to Autumn and hands Zander and Zoey their food before sliding a plate of spaghetti in front of me.

"Your brother is taking me on a date after this." Autumn smiles. Thank god. It did not make sense for them to get dressed up just to come to Mick's.

"Oh, that'll be fun." Mia says taking the tomatoes off her burger and setting them on my plate.

Since confirming I was pregnant I've decided to embrace all the crazy things that come with pregnancy, including the weird cravings; which is currently tomatoes. That may not seem like a weird craving but when you consider that I've hated tomatoes since before I could talk, it is pretty weird.

"Did Autumn tell you ladies that I picked my final groomsman? The one that you're partnered with Meghan?" Johnathan asks.

"No," Mia shakes her head. "Who?"

"He won't tell me but he said it's someone we all know." Autumn pouts.

"That's good, right?" I ask. "If I already know him it makes walking down the aisle with him less awkward." I'm assuming it's someone who works at the station with him. Maybe Garret, I've met him a few times, he's pretty sweet.

"I hope." Johnathan mumbles. "He was working tonight but was going to come here right when he got off, so he could meet everyone else."

Thirty minutes later the group is taking up three tables and everyone is engaged in idle chatter. "Hey," Autumn leans toward me whispering. "How have you been feeling?"

My hand subconsciously moves to my stomach and I look at my barely noticeable bump. This past week I've become extremely close with the baby, talking to him through out the day about anything and everything. "Much better since I've started drinking that tea." Because my morning sickness was becoming unbearable, I asked Mia to tell Anne about my pregnancy to see if she had any tips since she had morning sickness during most of her pregnancies. She showed up at the apartment the next day with a box of ginger tea.

"Drink this every morning and every night." She hands the box to me. "It tastes like dirt but trust me, it will stop the vomiting. You're eleven weeks right?"

I take the box from her. "Thank you and yes. Does morning sickness end anytime soon?"

She smiles. "For some women yes, for others no. You'll just have to wait and see."

"It's really gross but-"

"Sorry to interrupt you but, Autumn, my other groomsman is here. Do you want to go meet him in the parking lot with me."

Autumn nods and stands up. "I'll be right back."

"Hey," Mia walks over to where I'm sitting bouncing Ryder on her hip. "Are you okay with leaving in a few minutes? He's getting tired." We all rode in her car so she's my ride home.

"Yeah, your brother and Autumn just went to meet the final groomsman. Wanna say hi to him then leave?" I would love to get to bed early, I'm exhausted.

"Perfect. I'll go-"

"I'm so sorry! I didn't know!" Autumn interrupts Mia, slightly rushing to the table wide-eyed.

"You didn't know what?" Mia asks looking toward the front of the diner. "Oh, that's not good." She mumbles.

"What?" I turn around confused. When I see what they're looking at, I freeze. Johnathan and Isaiah are walking toward us. Johnathan is talking animatedly about something and Isaiah is nodding his head. He's in a pair of dark blue scrubs that fit him perfectly.

Panicking, I turn back to Autumn. "Why the hell would Johnathan ask him to be a groomsman?"

"I don't know, they were friends before you guys broke up, and we kinda never told Johnathan what happened. I'm pretty sure he still thinks it was a mutual decision."

"You never told him Isaiah cheated?"

"You told me not to." She whispers harshly.

"I know, I just always assumed you did anyway."

"Hoes before bros." She says before looking past me and putting on a fake smile.

"Everyone," Johnathan says getting the entire wedding party's attention. "I just want to introduce the final groomsman, Isaiah, we were friends in high school."

A chorus of hellos are heard and introductions are made. I feel Isaiah's stare burning the side of my head and I lean forward to grab Autumn's beer. Mia smacks my hand at the last second and subtly glances at my stomach. Right. Since alcohol is out of the question, I settle for the tomato on my plate to distract me.

I see Isaiah pull out the chair next to me and sit down.

"You hated tomatoes in high school." He says chuckling lightly. Probably remembering the time he found out I absolutely detested tomatoes.

It was a month after we had started dated and we were in his parents' kitchen cooking. I had just taken a bite of the dip we were making and it ended up being too spicy for me so I grabbed his cup, took a drink, and ended up spewing it all over him.

"Not a fan of tomato juice?" He asked wiping it from his face.

"Tomatoes are one of the grossest foods on the planet." I tell him, my cheeks flaming from embarrassment.

"Not a fan of tomatoes." He nods. "Noted."

I look at him and he gives me a small smile. "Yeah, well, a lot has changed since high school." His smile falls from his face and his eyes fill with some emotion as the table goes quiet.

"Okay," Mia breaks the silence and stands up. "Well, Ryder is getting tired so I think we should go... Meg, you ready?"

I look away from Isaiah and start to stand. "Yeah."

"Hey Mia, you leaving?" Josh walks up to the table.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Some of us are going to Electrik, I was hoping you could drop Kyle and Trevor off at Mom and Dad's." He gives her the puppy dog eyes.

"I can't," She sighs. "I have the kids and Meghan rode with me."

"I can drive Meghan home." Isaiah butts in.

I look at Mia. She better say no. "I think Meghan was wanting to get home right now, she worked late last night." Thank you, Mia!

"Yeah, I'm ready to turn in for the night."

"Okay," Isaiah stands up and pulls keys out of his pocket grinning. "We can go now."

"Awesome." Josh turns around. "Kyle, Trevor you guys are riding with Mia."

What?

"Sorry, at least you can talk to him now..." Mia whispers grabbing Zoey's hand and walking away.

Wait, what just happened? She's seriously letting him drive me home.

"You ready? I parked behind the diner." He says and starts walking toward the back door that's near our tables.

Great.

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Sorry for not updating last Friday, it was a pretty bad day.

What do we think of this chapter? There's quite a bit of Isaiah in the next few chapters which I'm super excited for!

I don't really understand the reads on this book because chapter 7 only has two reads and chapter 10 has five... idk at least someone is reading!

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