“Hey” Matt smiled carrying a bag of their favorite sweets, he hugged her back before finding a good spot and laying next to her, “I know, it’s crazy. even after the fact that Ev and i did elope” he replied with a smile on his face, “so look what i brought. What will go better with watching friends than with our favorite sweets”

“I knew it!” The blonde exclaimed, nearly yelling in his ear. “I knew it! I knew you two got married!” Happiness flooded the blonde’s face before she hit his arm playfully. “You made me plan this perfect wedding just to go and elope before it!?” She was just teasing him, she was so happy it was official. “Let me see your new ID! With your new name.” Naomi requested as she dug into the bag of snacks.

Naomi was thrilled to have an old fashioned sleep over with Matt. It reminded her of the ones they had when they were younger, but they both had so much going on lately that they hadn’t been able to have one. She was in school, he was a lawyer and a parent. His wedding was only a week away. Naomi knew Matt and Everett had talked about eloping, but if they had done it she didn’t know. The blonde got Matt’s favorite blankets out of the closet and set them on the edge of her bed. She would leave it up to Matt whether he wanted to sleep in there with her or in SJ’s old room/the guest room. She preferred them being together just because Naomi never liked being alone, and Matt was her best friend before her cousin. Matt had a key, as did Sawyer. So when the door opened, she knew it was him.

She was in bed sitting against the wall when she heard her cousin come in her apartment. “I’m in here,” she called, although he already knew that. As much as she loved Romeo and Evan, it was so nice to have a night with just her and Matt, like old times. “Hi Matty,” she smiled, getting up on her knees on the bed to reach up and give him a hug. Afterwards she pulled Matt down on the bed with her, going back to the episode of Friends she was watching. “Do you realize this is the first night in weeks I haven’t done anything wedding related? Fuck, Matty...you’re getting married next weekend. Where has time gone? We were teenagers yesterday.” ( @mattowens )

  Matt was never worried or scared, he knew that his family will welcome Ev with welcome arms. Plus he knew that Ev will have people that will love and support him and Evan. Matt held his hand tighter, he was glad Everett invited his father because he did not want Everett to have any regrets. “It’s okay” he said softly looking at Everett. 

“As far as a seating chart, people can sit where they want, right? We agree on that? Pick a row, not a side.” Naomi asked, looking from Matt’s eyes to Everett’s. She had been planning this wedding with every ounce of energy she had and she wanted it to be perfect. “And Ev...I’m not trying to be a pain in your ass...but you still haven’t picked a best man, and the last fitting is this week.” 

   Matt held his husband’s hands tighter as he used his thumb to make a circular monition on the others hands. Matt was still silent a bit as he listened to both Naomi and his husband talk. “Ya…I have not really seem them since i found they are my siblings” he replied with a soft sigh, “we know. Evan Romeo love spending the night at your place” he added in a soft voice. “Am so sorry handsome” he said feeling the sadness that is husband was sad, Matt got up a bit giving Ev a kiss on the cheek before laying back down on his husbands laps. “I wish i can make the sadness and hurt go away””

“If you want, Everett...I could call her.” Naomi offered, reaching for the man’s hand. “The De Luca’s are known for having a certain...charm. You should know, Matt’s worked on you.” When she first met Everett, to be frank, he scared the hell out of her. What he did for a living...he wasn’t a bad guy, but it was intense. However, as she got to know him, he was easily becoming family to her. “Maybe...hearing from me, her hearing how badly you want her there...it could be worth a shot.” The blonde shrugged, giving Everett a sympathetic smile. “Back to RSVPS...Nonna and Nonno are coming.” She referred to their grandparents on the De Luca side. “They fly in from Italy a few days before...it’s all taken care of.” She paused nervously, slowly gaining confidence to bring up personal things to Everett. “Mr. Stone said he’s coming...he was very sweet when I spoke to him over the phone.” With a warm smile, she squeezed Everett’s hand again before looking to Matt. All she knew was Everett’s relationship with his dad was rough, and his mother had died when Everett was 14.

“My goodness! Unboxing while pregnant is a chore. Thank God I do yoga.” She said, having grabbed her tea.

“Trying to decorate the house in time for Christmas and I can’t even find my boxes for those!” She laughed, sipping her tea, free hand on her now large belly.

“You’re not supposed to be lifting heavy things while you’re pregnant!” Naomi didn’t mean to yell, but she was so protective over Ro and her unborn niece already. “The doctor said you need to rest, Ro...which means leaving the unpacking to us.” She chuckled, meaning herself, Sawyer and Matt.  “Can you believe this could be her first Christmas? What if we got that lucky?” Rosina’s due date was just after Christmas, but she knew Amber could come early. “You know the VanSanten/De Lucas go hard as far as decorating...why don’t I take a break from wedding planning to help you out?” The blonde walked closer to Rosina, leaning down as she placed her hands on the brunette’s lower abdomen. “Hi baby Amber...it’s your aunt Nomi.” She smiled, using one of the nicknames her cousins (who she called her siblings) had given her. Nomi, Mio, Omi...but she’d let the baby call her what she wanted. Right now, as Romeo got to the speaking age, he called Naomi “Zia Nomi or Tante Nomi because her name was too hard to say at age two, and what they said before depended on the language he was speaking in that moment. Naomi hoped Amber would grow up speaking as many languages as her family did.  She looked at her best friend hesitantly while unpacking a box filled with Christmas ornaments. “I’m so jealous, Ro...that you found the love of your life. Well, you’d already found him. You’ve known him forever. Here I am, twenty one with only one serious relationship that I blew...I can’t get a date because I push people away too easily. I never thought I wanted to be a mom...but I see you doing it, and how in love you and Sawyer are...and I just get jealous.” The blonde admitted hesitantly but harshly. “You have it all...the love of your life and you are about to have a baby. You have this huge lovely house. You’re both going to be kick ass lawyers while raising her...and I’m just...me.”

   “Nothing much, was just drafting some emails to send tomorrow and then watch some netflix before getting the boys to bed” he replied smiling as he used his hand to rub Ev’s hand, “I have not seem Andrew and Alannah in forever but i did talk to them a few days ago” he added smiling happy that they were coming. 

   Matt went silent when Naomi mention Ellie, he looked at his husband with a surprise for a moment, “I..did not know you invited her handsome” he said in a soft voice and a sigh, Matt was not mad or anything but he was just not expecting it. Matt could also hear the sadness in his husband voice as he moved closer to Ev and placed his head on his lap holding his hand. 

“You’re taking off of work, right? The both of you?” Naomi asked, raising an eyebrow as she gave Everett a look. She knew what he really did, that he was an Op. The two of them had grown extremely close, and it was because of Matt. But Everett was also going to be her brother in law in her eyes. “If you guys ever want me to put them to bed, just bring them over and I’ll do it. So you can be alone. You know that.” She offered with a smile, looking back and forth between the two of them. “I haven’t seen them since the funeral.” Naomi murmured just below a whisper, as the wedding got closer, she wished for nothing more than for Amber to be able to see Matty get married. “Oh, but aunt Delia said Alannah can be the flower girl, so there’s another thing off of the list.” You could tell she was exhausted, she was planning this whole wedding by herself and studying for Winter exams. She had no makeup on, but she knew the boys didn’t care. The blonde put her long curly hair up into a pony tail before crossing the flower girl search off of her list.M

   Matthew quickly got dressed before he and Ev and the boys headed to Naomi’s place, Matt walked him after knocking to see his favorite cousin who seemed to be going over last minute details, as the wedding day got closer and closer, Matt was excited and also nervous. He has already married Ev but he could not help it and he had written his vows and everything. Matt placed Romeo and Evan in the spare bedroom with their toys, leaving the door open as he walked into his cousin’s bed before laying on the bed with a smile on his face, “what’s up Naomi?” he said smiling, “i can’t believe that the wedding is in less than a week” 

“Hi boys,” Naomi smiled as Evan and Romeo walked past to go to the guest bedroom. Once Matt and Everett were in here room, she smiled when Matt laid beside her, gesturing for Everett to sit at the end of the bed. “Nothing much...doing last minute things for the wedding. What’ve you two been up two?” She asked, raising an eyebrow as she looked back and forth between Matt and Everett. As she flipped to the list that was in her notebook, she laid it in between the three of them. “These are the RSVPs for the wedding so far...Aunt Delia and her husband are coming, so are Andrew and Alannah.” A small smile appeared on her face, it was bittersweet to see them when they resembled Amber so much. 

Naomi knew exactly what she was signing up for when she offered to plan Matt’s wedding. But now that it was less than two weeks away, things were coming down to the wire. There were still a few people who hadn’t RSVP’d, Everett still didn’t have a best man. That alone was stressing her out, but she knew they could figure something out. Which was why she had invited the two of them over, so she could talk to them about last minute details and get that off of her plate. Since SJ had finally moved out of her place and into a house with Ro, her second bedroom was now where the kids slept when they came over. She’d bought little bunk beds, perfect sizes for Romeo and Evan. The blonde rubbed the back of her neck as she looked at the list of things she had to do, letting out a sigh. As she heard a knock on the door of her apartment, she yelled, “come in.” Matt had a key to her apartment and could come in anytime. She knew Everett would be with him, but she had specifically asked for them both to come over. “I’m in here,” the blonde yelled from her bedroom. ( @mattowens )

   “Hey, i remember you and i can see you have the famous blond hair just like your cousin” he replied with a smile, “you can go ahead and Sawyer is one of my very good friends” he added smiling.

“You do?” She asked, smirking at him. Naomi was a lot of things, but subtle wasn’t one of them. You knew when she was flirting with you - she was such a flirt in general. “Ah, the famous De Luca blonde hair,” she chuckled, nodding her hair. “Yep. I have it, we all do except for my cousin Matt. But he has the blue eyes, those are another one of our trademarks.” Naomi teased, smoothing over her dress after she sat next to Dustin. “SJ is pretty great,” she nodded. “Can I buy you a drink?”