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Your eyes are like starlight now,
If there was one thing that Tatyana's upbringing had instilled in her, it was a sense that family was the most important thing. There was no other time of year that this ideology was more prominent than the holidays, particularly Christmas Eve.
This Christmas Eve was going to be especially monumental, because it was the first Christmas that she would spend married to her sweet as can be husband, Nolan.
She would be lying if getting adjusted to married life didn't take her by surprise. It wasn't big things that caught her off guard, either. Tatyana had been able to prepare herself for those eventualities. It was the little things that she wasn't planning for, because no one warned her how many times someone would call her Mrs. Arenado and she would look around for Nolan's mother -- not her.
Even though, technically, they had the same name now, and were family.
But Tatyana was working her way through it, and tonight was her night to prove (mostly to herself) that she was part of the family. Yes, everyone in Nolan's family embraced her and welcomed her with open arms (much like her family had welcomed him into the mix), but she couldn't help but get too inside her own head for her own good.
Nolan walked in and was taken aback by the sight before him. Tatyana always looked beautiful, but there was something about the way that she looked tonight, in her dark crimson dress and with her hair styles, that tugged at his heartstrings.
"I can't believe you're my wife."
"You should, because it's true." She smiled at him, catching his eye in the mirror.
He winked and Tatyana couldn't help but smile, rolling her eyes.
"A little worked up, huh?"
"Yep." He walked up behind her and began pressing kisses to her neck and shoulders. "Can't blame me, though. You're gorgeous."
"Nolan!" Tatyana squeaked, wriggling out of his grasp and pushing him away. "We've got to get to your parents' house."
"We can be late." Nolan tried to close the gap between the two of them.
