The Single Losers' Table

The Hale brothers watched their sister feed her new husband bites of cake without much of an appetite. They were happy for her—of course they were—but felt an odd sense of loss.

Logan plopped down at their table with his own slice of cake and sighed, noticing where they were staring. "Family gatherings are going to be fifty times mushier now that Violet loves Noah back. Those two really know how to make a guy feel single."

All of them could agree with that. Oliver was considering biting the bullet and asking out his neighbor as soon as he got back to Massachusetts. He had never been on a date before because he had always preferred machinery to women but Cindy was both pretty and funny so he figured it was worth a shot.

"Ah, don't be like that, Logan! I think they're cute," Elsa said.