"Hey, Laura," Marta replied, and made her way over to the blanket. She called over to the kids as she sat down, waving at them and promising to go over and see what they were doing after she'd had a quick chat, and then turned to her friend.
"I'll not bother dragging this out, since I have important sand-pit duties to attend to," she said with a grin, "but Aaron and I are going to take advantage of the door to Las Vegas and get married. Will you be my bridesmaid?"