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It's still sort of hard to believe.

There are only a few people Kate has gone out of her way to tell about the fact that she and Newt are actually, seriously, for real engaged and it's not because she doesn't want to tell people, but just that she sort of wants to hold onto it on her own for a little while. She wants it just to be hers. She'd never really imagined herself getting married, but then, she'd never really imagined there was someone like Newt out there for her, so she knows plans change.

She knows things about her life, her family, she knows about the things she's done since coming to the island. The same sort of thing has happened to other people, too, and she's always been a little nervous, but it had turned out to be a good thing. She feels better for it. It's proof that her family, while irrevocably fucked up, is also still hers, no matter what happens to them. And even if she's not there with them, they love her, and she's okay. She's not as terrible at being an adult as she thinks.

So she's going to marry him even though her family isn't here to be with her, because she has other family now. People she loves, people she needs, people who are just as important and people she needs to tell about this whole thing.

So she sends a text asking them to meet her that evening at the really awesome diner not far from her apartment building. And she's nervous when she gets there, but she smiles in greeting and waves, and the ring flashes on her hand in a way she's still not used to.

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"Well, that's good then," Marius says with a smile. He isn't familiar really with how engagements and marriages work in this modern age; he's used to grand celebrations for announcements, before even the event itself. From what it appears, such things in Darrow appear more subdued, which perhaps allows for one's relationship to carry on as it always has.

"I think if you are already so familiar with him, you shouldn't have any surprises with marrying him," he says. "But truly, I am so happy for you both."

"Thank you," Kate says, feeling her smile growing at that and she's not prone to blushing at all, but if she were, she thinks this would be the point when she'd be blushing. She hasn't had a ton of other relationships, just the one with Harry, but she's dated enough to know what she doesn't want to deal with ever again.

And Newt's just the right man. He's the right fit. He's good to her and he's smart and he's kind, but he speaks his mind, too. "I'm pretty sure he's like... exactly the person I'm supposed to be with."

She looks truly happy, and that is all Marius knows anyone can ask for when searching for love. He has heard the expression enough to be almost familiar with it, and it seems apt to Kate and her happiness at the moment: she seems to glow with her wonderful news. It brightens Marius' own self in return.

"That is wonderful," he says with a soft smile. "I wish you both only the best, long and happy lives together."

"So you'll be there, right?" she asks, swinging her legs a little. "I mean, obviously you'll get like, a fancy invitation and all that shit, but you'll be there." She has no idea when they'll do it or what the whole thing will look like, but she only wants to know for sure all her friends will be there with them.

"Of course," Marius says, somewhat taken aback by the invitation, though he knows he ought not to be. Kate is a dear friend, and it means a lot that she would want him at her wedding. "I would not miss it for the world."