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her niece a hug and then her brother. “Big day big brother. How excited are you that your kid managed to avoid getting his girlfriend knocked up before graduation?” Allie teased, nudging his shoulder playfully as she said it.
    Logan huffed at her and said, “Al, while I am glad that’s true, I didn’t knock up Gillian ‘til after I graduated.”
    “Oh, good come back! You mean when you were the adult in the relationship?” She laughed and he joined her.
    “Yeah, I heard it when I said it, too. It’s been a long day already.” Allie knew her brother was referring to Gillian. Their divorce was finalized this week, and although he knew it was happening, and he knew the failure of their marriage was all on his shoulders, she knew he loved his ex-wife. It couldn’t be easy seeing her not only with one of their best friends, but totally pregnant with said friend’s baby. From the outside looking in, their crew of friends had to be totally Jerry Springer. She silently wondered if her brother knew that Gillian and Jake were now engaged. It’s not like they had to ask his permission or anything, but Allie was certain that Gillian took his feelings into consideration—she was just that way.
    Still, she made sure to stand next to him in case he needed her. Sean, Gillian’s brother, and his wife, Morgan found them, with all three kids in tow. At the same time, both she and Gillian made a quick move to remove Morgan’s youngest from her grip. The nine month old put her hands out for Gillian, and she quickly claimed her prize. Allie was pouting alongside her friend saying, “Oh come on, Gilly, you’re already carrying a baby. Don’t be a baby hog.”
    Gillian stuck her tongue out at Allie. “Deal with it, Al. I won’t be able to carry her for much longer and then you’ll get all the baby fix you need.”
    She was still pouting when Jake came up beside them and said, “Gilly, maybe you should hold the baby with your other side?”
    Gillian gave her fiancé and exasperated look before saying, “I'm fine, Jake, stop worrying. I know how to listen to my body. My muscles were just sore this morning.” Allie was immediately concerned, as she always was when the subject of Gillian’s shoulder came up.
    “BW bothering you?” she asked. They had shortened the name of her injury to BW instead of saying bullet wound to make it sound less serious than it was. Sure, it was weird to even give the injury a title, but they were a weird crew. It was like it was its own individual. Hey, is BW coming to the party, too?
    Gillian got a kick out of it—the men, not so much. A little laugh escaped the two of them as they made eye contact, and Gillian responded, “BW was a little stiff this morning, but Jake gave him a rub, and he softened up.” Allie didn’t even contain the laugh that bubbled out of her at that comment, with Gillian dissolving to laughter at the same time as they both got a look at Jake’s face. He wasn’t pleased with that.
    “Oh, come on, it’s bad enough that you gave the damn scar a name, but I don’t understand why it has to be a guy.” Jake grumbled.
    “Duh, it has to be a dude because a bullet wound is masculine.” Allie snorted at Jake. He just shook his head as they both continued to giggle at his expense. Allie reached over and took the infant from Gillian’s arms. She couldn’t stop her because she was too busy trying to hold her shaking belly and appease her now grumpy man. Sticking her tongue out at her in victory, Allie proceeded to snuggle the baby smell right off the baby. Her brother was now chatting with Jason, who had arrived at some point during her laughing fit with Gillian. Saying her hellos to the biggest guy of the bunch, he barely acknowledged her while he bent over and cooed at the baby girl in her arms—right before he swept her out of Allie’s grasp.
    “Hey! I just stole her fair and square, give her back,” she protested to Jason, Jake’s brother.
    “Back off,