Flare (North Star) by Roberts Posy

Author:Roberts, Posy [Roberts, Posy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2014-01-11T23:00:00+00:00

OF COURSE they spent the morning calling people, even logging into Facebook in turns to change their status from in a relationship to engaged and naming each other. They even took a horrible photo to commemorate the moment, both of them in crisp white shirts and sitting outside on the veranda overlooking LA. They both made it their profile photos, fully recognizing that they were being cheesy stereotypes. Hugo even tweeted it.

Summer nearly robbed Hugo of his hearing as she squealed on the phone and then summarily ripped him up one side and down the other for not telling her about his plans. Kevin watched as Hugo silently laughed, loving how upset he’d gotten Summer by leaving her out of the loop. “How many real surprises does life give you that are genuinely good?” Hugo asked her. She calmed soon after that.

By the time breakfast arrived at the appointed time, the kids were awake, dressed, and raring to go. They all sat at the round dining table, and Kevin gave them time to take a few bites. He didn’t want to hold this back from his kids—no more secrets—so he just blurted it out. “Hugo and I are going to get married.”

“That’s so cool!” Brooke said as she stood and hugged both Kevin and Hugo.

“So I get to have two dads?” Finn asked with obvious excitement. “Hugo will really be my papa, not just for pretend?”

“Well,” Kevin hedged, knowing technically that wouldn’t be true unless Hugo adopted them. “There are some things we’d need to do to get all that set up, but for now, you can call him Papa, if you want to. He’ll be my husband.”

“When?” Brooke asked.

Kevin and Hugo looked at each other, having no clue as to the timing of the wedding. “We haven’t really talked about that yet. He just asked me,” Kevin said, showing the kids his ring. They studied it for a few seconds, and when he told them the significance of the various lines, they both pulled on Kevin’s fingers, trying to get his hand closer but practically breaking his fingers in the meantime. “Careful. I like my hand in one piece.”

Unsurprisingly, the kids argued over which line represented them. It was funny to watch, and a slow smile spread over his face about how readily his kids accepted this. Hugo’s hand on top of his was just the icing on the cake.

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