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close to the restaurant. Luckily one of the two tables left was by the windows.
    “Our lucky day,” Chelsea said. She and Marian followed the waitress. Once seated, Chelsea handed her a slip of paper. “Here’s the movies and the times. You get to choose.”
    “These aren’t too current.”
    “When you live out in the far reaches of Montana, it takes a longer time for them to get here.”
    “I always loved Pride and Prejudice . Do you mind seeing it again?”
    “We’ve watched your DVD at least four times, but not lately. I’d love to see it a final fifth time.” Chelsea grinned. “I love Darcy, too.”
    “I’m a sucker for tall, handsome men,” Marian said.
    “Want to tell me what happened between you two?”
    Marian started to respond but stopped. Even though she and Chelsea were best friends, she didn’t want to go over what occurred earlier in the week. The feelings were still too raw. On one level she’d known he didn’t want to get serious, but deeper she had had hope he’d feel differently for her. Silly girl, it never works that way, at least not in my life.
    “Nope, not yet,” she said in answer to Chelsea’s question. “Let’s have a good day. No sad stories.”
    The waitress sat their tea and sandwiches down in front of them. “Oh, my, goodness.” Marian stared at the huge stacked Reuben. “I’ll need a knife and a box. Half of this is going home.”
    “I brought my cooler. It’ll keep the pie and sandwich from spoiling. I put in lots of ice. Dirk said I couldn’t come home unless I bring a whole pie with me.”
    “Great. Let me see if I can open my mouth wide enough to eat this half.”
    “Give me a break. I’ve seen how wide your mouth can go when you holler at someone,” Chelsea said.
    “I never holler.”
    “You do, and then you’re embarrassed and practically give the person you were dressing down a promotion. But I admit it’s very rare.” Chelsea grinned at Marian. “You’re blushing. You know I was teasing. To change the subject, I told you something important on the drive here. You never heard me.”
    “My thoughts were on someone else. You know who.”
    “I do, so you’re forgiven. Did I tell you I had a second sonogram this week?”
    “No, why?”
    “I’ve gained more weight than usual for the length of my pregnancy. In fact, my weight has jumped up this past month.”
    “I thought maybe you were further along than you thought.”
    “Ah, so you did notice.”
    “Well, I’d never ask why you were getting so fat.” Marian grinned. “What were the results?”
    “We’re having twins.”
    “What?” Marian shouted.
    “You sound like me at the doctor’s office. I called my mom. She said there had been twins in the family a long time ago, and apparently Dirk forgot to mention his twin aunts.”
    “That is really a surprise. How do you feel?”
    “Totally shocked, overwhelmed, and excited. Dirk assures me we’ll have plenty of help and manage. His mother is deliriously happy. She’ll be able to teach me all I need to know. And I’m going to need all the assistance I can get in spite of Dirk’s reassurances. The thought of twins both scares me and excites me . ”
    “I can help. Here goes more vacation to come to Montana. I’ll be an adopted aunt.”
    “Yes, you need a job here. I’ll want my best friend close by.”
    “I’m not sure about moving. Let’s not plan that yet. It’s time for our movie,” Marian said, changing the subject. “This is my treat." Marian paid the bill, and they walked to the theater. It wasn’t far, and parking places were at a premium. Arms full of popcorn and drinks, they headed in to see the show.
    Afterwards, they went shopping. Marian found a lovely gold sweater. She ran her hand across the soft knit.
    “You must buy it. We’re having a barn dance next Saturday night at the ranch. It’ll be perfect and keep you warm. The barn’s pretty cold this time of year. This will be our last dance until late, late