Between Them -Peter Rumancek & Roman Godfrey

Chapter 8

"I cannot believe, you and Roman are getting married." Letha said as the seamstress tied up my back.

"Me either, but Olivia wants us to marry." I huffed.

"What about Peter?" I looked at her.

"Peter is the love of my life, I've known that since I was 10, and nothing not even marrying Roman will change that." I said.

Letha sighed, resting her hands on her stomach.

"I wish, I had that." I turned to her grabbing her hand.

"You will, and I'm going to help you with this baby, I'm not leaving your side." I said as the seamstress tightened the strings.

"Thank you, Ivy. What would I do without you?" She asked.

"Probably die." She laughed.

"Want to sleep over? my mom and dad want to meet you." I smiled.

"Sure, but I need to meet up with my brother first, he's coming to town." I said.

"Sounds good." She smiled.

"All done, Miss. Rose."

"Thank you, Jenny." I said before turning to Letha.

"Think he'll like it?" I asked.



"They'll both love it, let's go show Olivia."

I nodded.

Lifting up the bottom of my dress, we made our way out to see Olivia flipping through a magazine.

"Auntie Olivia?" Letha asked.

"Yes, darling?"

"Ivy's dress?" Olivia looked up.

She looked taking back, but something in her eyes showed happy mother.

"That is beautiful darling." She stood up.

"You think so?" I asked.

Olivia turned me to face the mirror as her and Letha stood on either side.

"You look like a princess darling, Roman will love it." I smiled.

"Thank you, Olivia. For all of this." I said.

"Of course, dear. Now change, I have a business meeting." Olivia kissed my cheek as Letha and I made our way into the back.

"I have never seen her like that." Letha commented as I stripped from the dress.



Olivia dropped us off at the coffee shop, to meet my brother, Simon.

We walked in and saw him at a table, on his phone amd mocha in front of him.

"Si!" I called.

He looked up and smiled getting up, as I ran into his arms.

"Hey, ladybug." We swayed.

"Hey." I held him tightly.

"I've missed you so much." We pulled away.

"I've missed you so much aswell." He said as I smiled.

"Simon." I pulled him to Letha.

"This is my best friend, Letha. This is my older brother Simon." I said.

Simon tripped over his feet to shake her hand as I felt the romantic feeling.

They were meant for each other.

"Nice to meet you, Letha." Simon said.

"You too." She smiled.

"Sit, sit, so we can talk."

Simon ran to the table pulling out a chair for her as I sat down silently laughing.

"You two want anything?" He asked.

"Hot chocolate."

"Earl Gray." He nodded.

"Coming right up." He winked going to the counter.

"He's so cute!" Letha said as I smiled.

"I can tell, he likes you, he has this sparkle in his eye." I said.

"Oh, he won't like me." She looked down.

"I mean, I'm pregnant and by an angel. He won't want too." I laughed grabbing her hand.

"Simon, is the sweetest and most kind hearted guy, I know. He won't care." I said.

"What about you, I mean dating your brother." I chuckled.

"I'm marrying your cousin, we're even." I said.

"Okay, I'll ask him." I smiled as he came back.

"A hot chocolate for my little sister, and an earl gray for the pretty lady." I thanked him.

"Thank you." She took a sip.

"So Ivy, your getting married?" I nodded.

"To my cousin." Letha replied.

"Yes, I'm getting married. An arranged marriage so to speak." I took a sip of my drink.

"Well, I would like to meet this, mystery man." I rolled my eyes.

"His names Roman. And you will." I said looking at Letha.

"Yeah, Ivy's sleeping over, so we're meeting up tomorrow if you'd like to come and meet him." Letha replied.

"That would be great." I got up.

"I'm going to the bathroom, be back." I gave the two a wink before heading to the bathroom.

I leaned against the sink and dialed Peter's number, he picked up after the second ring.

"Hey babe!"

"Hey handsome."

"How was the dress fitting?" He asked as I heard a female voice.

"It was great, is that Destiny?" I asked.

"Yeah." He replied.

"Tell her I said hi."

"Will do."

"I'm sleeping over at Letha's tonight, so Simon will be crashing at the trailer." I said.

"That's great, maybe I can finally get those baby pictures out of him." I rolled my eyes.

"No, your not... anyways, I'll be home in 20 to pick up somethings with Letha and Simon." I said.

"Alright, I'll see you before you leave. I love you." He said.

"I love you too." I replied.

"I LOVE YOU IVY!" Destiny yelled.

"LOVE YOU TOO! I'll visit tomorrow." I said.

"She said okay, see you soon love."

"See ya." I hung up.

I sighed looking into the mirror, fixing my hair before walking out.

"Mom! Dad! we're here!" Letha yelled as we stepped inside.

"Holy your loud!" I groaned.

"That's what I've been saying for years." A women with blonde hair said.

"I'm Marie." She held out her hand.

"Nice to meet you ma'am." I shook her hand.

"English, what part of England are you from?"

"Mom." Letha gritted through her teeth.

"It's fine, Letha. I'm from West Sussex, I moved to America when I was four." I replied.

"Well, Norman is still at work so it's just us." We nodded.

"I'm going to show Ivy my room." Letha replied.

Her mom nodded as we made our way up the stairs.

"That was strange." I said as we both burst out laughing.