The Wright One

MEGAN

The parade was awesome. William hated it, said that he should be doing something more important, but was roped in because he was one of the youngest and they wanted to bring in the young people. I thought he looked great out there.

Isabelle looked amazing with her class. She waved and the kids all waved their flags. It was adorable.

Now it is time for the party and everyone seems to be having a good time. I officially met Isabelle and William, they accepted me just the same as everyone else did. I can’t believe this is actually happening. I expected to be critiqued and ridiculed. None of that happened. Maybe it is my mom that has the problem. The more time I spend with the Wrights the more I see that I am not as bad as my mom made me feel.

William and I are talking when I get a tap on my shoulder. When I turn around instantly my gut clenches and I feel like I am going to throw up. Nerves that is all it is. Cynthia stands there with a wicked grin on her face.

“So the homewrecker is making her rounds.” She sneers at me like I am the gum on her gardener’s shoes, because Lord knows she would never get gum on her own shoe.

I have nothing to say to that. I mean one, I’m not a homewrecker. Second, I am not making any rounds. “I haven’t the foggiest idea what you are talking about.” Her statement didn’t even make sense.

She sneers. “Really, you took David from me and now you are throwing yourself at William. Isn’t one Wright brother enough?”

Williams pulls me to his side. “She wasn’t hitting on me. We were talking like civilized people. You should look it up. Because you are seriously lacking in that social standing.” Clearly William is not a fan either.

Cynthia glares again. “Oh, so now you are defending her.”All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

I glare right back. “I don’t need anyone to defend me. I didn’t do anything wrong.”

We all hear a grumble. “Really, you don’t listen very well do you Cynthia.”

Suddenly she turns all sweet and turns to David. “David, honey, I just saw her flirting with William. She is a cheater.” My jaw hangs open because I can not believe the bold faced lie that she is telling.

I don’t even look at David because I don’t want to see him buying this crap. William is the one to answer. “She wasn’t flirting with me. We were talking about the family.”

David’s voice rings out in anger. “I don’t need to hear it from you William. I know that Megan wouldn’t do that to me. What pisses me off is this woman thinks she can spout lies at every turn and no one will call her on her bullshit.”

This time I looked up at David, he didn’t buy it. He smiled down at me. “And she is ruining something very special. But this should make her see.”

I gasp as David drops to one knee. He takes my hand. I can’t even believe I am seeing this right now. He even pulls out a little black box and seems to effortlessly open it with one hand. “Megan, I would love nothing more than for you to be my wife. Please, will you marry me?”

I don’t even realize that I am frozen, until William nudges me from behind. “Oh, God yes.” I cry out. There is applause from all around us. David pulls out the ring from the box and quickly discards it on the ground, placing the simple diamond ring on my finger. He thought about this. He knew I wouldn’t have wanted one of those big ones that he clearly would have favored, but a simple one that I could wear all the time and I would treasure it just as much.

He gets off his knee and wraps his arms around me as I do the same to him. He kisses my lips as he whispers to me. “I know it hasn’t been that long, but I am so happy that you feel the way that I do. I love you.”

“I love you too.” I held him tight, grateful that he didn’t believe Cynthia. Amazed that he wanted to marry a plain girl like me. And just overwhelmed with the love that I have for this man and the love that he showers on me.

William taps David on the shoulder and reluctantly we break apart. “You are a lucky man.”

David smiles. “I know.”

We all turn to Cynthia, she is fuming. David sighs and addresses her. “I don’t want you at family functions any more. If you are only going to cause problems then we don’t want you here.”

William nods. “I didn’t really appreciate being accused of trying something with my brother’s girl.”

Cynthia grinds her teeth. “You will regret this.”

David shakes his head. “I regret the one date that we went on. I should have you brought up on stalker charges and get you help. You have issues.”

It seems like a good chunk of town is here. Everyone can see this exchange and a small part of me feels sorry for Cynthia. She does need help. She has a problem. She went on one date with David and she thought they were getting married. I pat David on his chest. “Maybe we should just talk to her parents about getting her help. You’re right, that is what is best for her.” I make sure to whisper so that she can’t exactly hear me.

David just nods so that I get that he understands. “Cynthia, can you just leave us alone?”

We walk away from her, holding each other with William behind us. The rest of the family descends on us and starts talking all at once about us being engaged. Lauren is the loudest. “Oh, my God, my first baby is getting married.” She hugs us both and practically squeezes the air from us.

“Mom, we might need to breathe.” David laughs.

I have never felt so light in my life. To feel this accepted makes me feel the happiest I have ever felt.