Reagan couldn’t keep the smile off her face as she stared out the huge picture window that overlooked the pool and the ocean from her and Evan’s room. Her cheeks were even beginning to hurt, she had smiled so much. But she didn’t care. She was getting married in two days – in Sulani – to the most wonderful man in the world.

Evan finished unpacking and walked up behind her, sliding his arm around her waist and kissing her temple. She was swore she was in heaven.

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” she stated her question and leaned into his embrace. They stood that way for a few minutes just looking out over the ocean.

“Not as beautiful as you,” whispered Evan, breaking the silence. Then he kissed her neck, to punctuate his sentence, sending needy chills up and down her spine.

He turned her in his arms. “I love you ReaBear,” he said, and attacked her mouth before she could reply, kissing her breathless.

After that kiss, all Reagan wanted to do was try out the bed. “Mmmm. I love you too,” she said and laughed when he let up, “But you better quit kissing me like that if you want to be on time for the appointment with the wedding planner.”

He tried to pull her back to him. “Screw the wedding planner,” he said, “Dannie can do it,” he said.

Reagan unwillingly wiggled out of his embrace. “No can do handsome. And you are going too.”

His shoulders slumped. “Fine,” he agreed reluctantly, “Maybe I can talk her into shoes.”

Reagan laughed. Being barefoot was freaking him out. They were going to get married on the beach. She never dreamed that she would have a destination wedding, but always dreamed she would marry the man trying to distract her with his kisses. It was amazingly romantic and perfect, just like him. “No shoes Evan, you have to be barefoot. We’ll be walking in the sand and it’ll ruin your shoes. But, you won’t have to wear a tux either, because you’d be too hot. So deal babe. Besides, your feet are sexy.”

He sighed in defeat and released her. “If that’s what you want ReaBear,” he said as he pushed her hair away from her face, “I’ll be happy to keep you barefoot and pregnant, as long as I get to keep you.” Then he chuckled, “but if anyone says anything, I’m pointing to your barefoot, pregnant ass.”

Reagan grabbed his hand. “Come on you crazy man. Let’s go.”

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Evan and Reagan met Dannie in the wedding planner’s office. They sat down to confirm the final details.

The wedding was going to be small. Only family was coming for the ceremony. They officiant would be one of the island’s officials. Evan’s parents politely refused to come. They were barely on speaking terms since his and Maribel’s divorce. Plus they had been appalled to learn that their son’s soon to be wife’s brother had fathered his ex-wife’s baby – and she would be at the wedding with him.

Over the past two months, Ryan and Bel had become inseparable. With Evan’s help, she bought a house in Newcrest. Ryan was there constantly, helping her make updates and getting the nursery ready. She asked Evan to lunch one day so they could ‘clear the air’. She promised to pay him back half of the sale price of the penthouse, when she could. He refused. He preferred to close the door on that chapter of his life.

That’s when Ryan felt comfortable enough to ask Reagan and Evan if she could accompany him to the wedding. What shocked everyone was the separate rooms. Bel actually shared with Connie and Ryan shared with Will.

“Okay, that should do it,” said the planner. “We’ll see you tomorrow at 2:00.” She looked pointedly at Evan, “barefoot,” she added and laughed at his grimace. “Congratulations you two.”

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Later that night, after dinner and dancing with the entire family, they all decided to have impromptu bachelor and bachelorette parties.

After their final dance as a single couple, Evan gave Reagan steamy kiss, dipping her dramatically to the cheers of her family. Then the men and women went in opposite directions. Reagan and Evan wouldn’t see each other again until the next day, when they would become husband and wife.

There were plenty of small clubs to go to on the island, but instead of partying, the women wanted to see the bridal suite. Once there, they promptly ordered champagne and sparkling juice for Reagan, Bel and Connie.

After a couple of drinks, the talk shifted to the matriarch of the family, Sofia, and her and Ben’s love affair, which obviously continued strong to this day. Ami looked at her mother and asked her about the origins of Tiramisu as a code word for sex.

Sofia began to tell everyone about her and Ben’s love story with stars in her eyes. It was obvious she was still very much in love with her husband.

They all forgot about 14 year old Connie sitting there until Sofia got to the Tiramisu part.

“Grandma!” gasped Connie, evidently horrified at the thought of her grandparents having sex and that her grandfather’s mother had encouraged it.

All the women turned a looked at her and laughed. Finally Dannie said, “Connie, don’t you dare tell Daddy or you’re grounded for a YEAR! What happens at a bachelorette party stays at a bachelorette party.”

Reagan toasted to Dannie’s proclamation and everyone held up their glasses and cheered. Connie grinned the biggest. “I won’t Mom. Pinky swear!” she teased back and held her juice high.

“Ohhhh …” said Dannie getting emotional. “Your Daddy and I, we pinky promised to always love each other.” Dannie looked warmly at Reagan. “Taylor and I moved in with you guys right after that, and in fact, we planned our wedding day to be the anniversary of our pinky promise.”

Dannie looked at her youngest daughter and stuck her pinky up and they swore secrecy.

That led to Dannie’s story about the origins of her and Cole’s pinky promises. She left out some of the cruder parts, because Connie was still there. And really, maybe Ami didn’t need to know what Noah was doing in the bushes, although she did tell about the original pinky promise between Noah and Cole.

A chorus of awwwws and laughter filled the room.

“Okay, who else has code words?” asked Reagan, totally fascinated by the intimacy that code words brought to a relationship.

Taylor spoke up. “Well, it isn’t as romantic as Grandma’s and Mom’s but, if I say I owe you an Omelette, it means I owe you an apology. You might not have noticed, but Elliott is a man of few words.”

Everyone laughed and Taylor shrugged and commenced to tell how omelettes came to mean apologies. She was wrong, it was another very sweet love story.

Then Taylor looked at Reagan. “So I heard Evan call you ReaBear the other day. Where on Earth did that come from?” Taylor’s eyes were twinkling as if she knew it had something to do with sex.

Reagan was a little uncomfortable talking about it in front of Evan’s ex-wife. Awkward. She wanted to strangle Taylor, but took a deep breath and started to tell. Before she got out two words, Maribel interrupted her. She obviously didn’t want to hear it anymore than Reagan wanted to tell in front of her.

“Excuse me Reagan,” said Maribel, “I’m sorry to interrupt, but Connie and I should get to bed. It’s late and she’ll probably want to sleep until noon if I don’t get her there now. I’m tired too. It’s been a really long day.” Then she added softly, “Congratulations Reagan. Evan is a good man. You two are a great match and I know you’ll be happy.”

Reagan was shocked she said that in front of her family. It took a lot of guts. But somehow, it cleared the air a little. “Thanks Maribel,” she replied, “I know this is all a little weird, but thank you for coming for Ryan. I haven’t seen him this happy in a very long time.”

Maribel smiled. “Thank you for having me,” she said simply as she stood up to leave. Reagan knew she must love her brother, and she was pretty sure he loved her back. But, why the separate rooms? It wasn’t like they hadn’t had sex. She was 7 months pregnant for heaven’s sake. But it was their decision so she didn’t question it.

“I need to go too,” chimed in Ami, quickly followed by Taylor and Sofia.

“Well, looks like the party’s over for tonight,” said Reagan.

Sofia walked over and wrapped her granddaughter in her arms. “I love you sweetie. I’m so happy for you.”

“Thanks Grandma,” she replied, getting emotional. She loved her grandmother so very much. She took her in when she was lost and helped her recover. Without her and the rest of her family, Reagan didn’t think she would be getting married tomorrow.

Everyone finally left except Dannie. “Let me help you clean up this mess,” she said and started picking up empty glasses.

“Dannie, room service will get it, why don’t you go, it really has been a long day,” said Reagan, “I’m sure Dad will start looking …”

Dannie put the glass down. “Actually, I wanted to stay for a minute to talk to you alone … if that’s okay.”

“Oh. What’s wrong Dannie?” asked Reagan, bracing herself for bad news.

“Nothing’s wrong Reagan. I only wanted to tell you how proud I am of you. You’ve turned into a beautiful, confident young woman with a good head on her shoulders. You and Evan will make wonderful parents. And, well, I guess I wanted to give you some advice.

“Reagan, never be afraid of sharing the truth with Evan. Lies don’t age well. When the other person loves you, really loves you, they’ll help you work through whatever unpleasant truth you think you might be dealing with. Trust me on this. I lost ten years with your father because I was afraid of the truth. And it’s obvious how much Evan loves you. He won’t run.”

“Yes, I’m sure he does,” said Reagan barely holding herself together at her stepmother’s heartfelt words, “And I love him too, Dannie. We’ve actually had that conversation … and talked about …” She stopped abruptly. Reagan didn’t want to think about the awful things that happened between her and Evan. “Now, you scoot too, before I start crying. Don’t lose anymore alone time with Daddy because of me. I bet he has tiramisu on the dessert menu.”

“Reagan Murdock!” said Dannie, feigning shock, “You naughty girl!”

“Me? Grandma told Connie.”

Both women laughed. “That poor child is scarred for life now,” said Dannie when she finally stopped laughing. “Congratulations sweetheart. I’ll see you tomorrow. Goodnight.”

Reagan reached out and pulled her stepmother into a hug before she could leave. Tonight had been a night for bonding and renewing familial relationships. “Thanks for everything. I love you … Mom,” she said and let out a sob.

Dannie gasped and began to cry. Reagan could feel her shoulders shaking. They held onto one another until they both regained control over their emotions.

“Reagan,” she said softly as she finally released her, “you have no idea what that meant to me – I know how hard it was for you to say. But you’ve made me very happy.”

“It’s true Dannie. You’re my mother, in every sense of the word. Now that I’m going to be a mom, I had to rethink my feelings about what Mother means. Thanks for never giving up on me.”

Dannie smiled. “It’s a mom thing. You’ll find out soon enough. Now, goodnight, for real this time sweetheart.” She kissed her cheek and left her alone. Tomorrow night Reagan would be sleeping with her husband in this room, instead of by herself. Happy chills ran down her spine.

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♥ The next afternoon ….. Here Comes the Bride ♥

💖💖💖 Congratulations Evan and Reagan! 💖💖💖

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Author’s Note: I hope you’ve enjoyed Reagan and Ryan’s story so far. It’s not over, just a little more ‘settled’ for the time being. There will be an epilogue that will advance the story 4 years before we jump head first into the next generation. I expect to post it in about 2 weeks. I know! I wish I could post it sooner.

I suddenly got extremely busy with work and real life which is keeping me away from home. Therefore I’m unable to get to my game. 😞😞😞 Yes, I’m having major withdrawals, but I will be back. I have several chapters written already and the University pack timing is perfect.

🌺🌺🌺 Reagan’s flowers in her hair – worn on the right side means single and the left means taken, so you may have noticed (or not) that Evan moved them to left side after they said their vows.

Lastly, there’ll be a casting call for both male and female sims very soon, so watch out for that. Thanks for reading. I love you all! 😍😍😍