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The more I thought about us being together the more I liked the idea of it, we lived right next to each other, I was the boy next door and I knew the more I got to know her the more I was going to fall in love with her and it made me feel as if I was complete.
I don’t know what time I fell asleep that night but when I woke up the sun was shining and the birds were singing in the trees. We were lucky it didn’t rain throughout the night but I smiled when I saw that she was still there with me. That she didn’t wake up and decide to go home because she was cold or because the night was over.
“Are you awake?” I whispered to her, hearing her groan and watching her as she threw the covers over her head I couldn’t help but laugh at her.
“We have to get up, I know that I have to call my father and let him know that I’m not going to make it in today. I promise I will go in tomorrow.” I told her quickly when she threw the covers off her head and glared at me.
“He’s going to be so mad and that’s only from what you’ve told me.” Linda sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
“He’s not going to do anything, he can’t fire me. I’m his son and he knows that I do good for the business when I’m there.” I laughed, shaking my head.
She was more worried about my father being upset with me than I was but I didn’t want to waste one minute without her. I wanted to be with her all the time, making plans and laughing at the silliest things that came to mind.
“I don’t have to work today, but I do tomorrow so whatever you have planned for today we should get out there and do it.” She told me, looking around for her sweatpants and sweatshirt.
“They’re under the blankets at the end of the bed. I learned a long time ago that even if it doesn’t rain the dew is going to get your clothing wet as if it had rained.” I told her, seeing that she looked frantic for a minute.
“Thank you.” She smiled, reaching all the way down to the foot of the bed and finally managed to pull her pants on and throw her hoody over her head and slip her arms through.
“We didn’t stop in at the house to have anything to eat. Glenda probably had the cooks working double time to have something ready for dinner.” I stated, remembering that Glenda had offered us dinner but now it was too late.
“We can go over and have breakfast at least, it will take a while for breakfast to be ready I’m sure but I have to take a shower anyways and get on some clean clothes.” She told me, getting up off the airbed and wincing in pain.
“Are you okay?” I asked, reaching out for her in case she fell.
“Yeah, a little sore but nothing that a shower can’t fix.” She smiled down at me.
I didn’t know why she was just standing there, I slipped my shorts on and that’s when I realized that she wanted me to go over to the house with her.
I wasn’t used to having a female there with me all the time. Someone who wanted to spend time with me and not just leave when I stopped handing out the money. I was going to have to get used to a woman who could get things for herself, think for herself and not worry about messing up. Always I had gone for the sensitive girls who only cared about themselves but right from the start, from the moment that I set eyes on her when I rang her doorbell I knew that she wasn’t going to be like the rest of them.
“I was right.” She whispered, looking up at the tree.
“What were you right about?” I asked, looking at the same tree as she was and it clicked in my head she was looking at the lilac trees and realized where I had gotten the flowers.
“If you can’t take the time or the little things there’s no way you’re going to take the time for the big things. I picked them and found a vase to put them in.” I nodded my head, seeing how happy she was.
We walked out of the back yard and around to the front of the house, I took
her hand in mine as we left my yard and entered hers.
She didn’t have to worry about answering the door, it was as if Glenda was keeping an eye out for her when we got on the porch the door opened and Glenda popped her head out with a smile on her face.
“I thought you two were coming for dinner last night?” Glenda asked, glad to see that Linda was home safe.
“Sorry, I should’ve called. We changed plans and ended up sleeping outside under the stars.” Linda smile.
Linda and Glenda shared a look, one that said Glenda knew what had happened last night but she didn’t say anything. It looked as if Glenda was a woman who knew how to keep her mouth shut and only open it when it was just the two of them.
“It’s alright, I do have breakfast ready for you. I knew that you were going to come home when you were hungry.” Glenda winked at her and moved out of the way so that we could come into the house.
The food smelled good, I guessed what we were having before we even went into the dining room. There were eggs and bacon, there were bowls of fruit, and coffee sitting on the table. It was a much larger table than we had when I came over for dinner. I could see why it looked as they were feeding an army.
“This looks really good,” I stated, pulling out a chair for Linda and then sitting down myself. I could hear my stomach growling as I took in the aroma of the food that was all around us.
“Do you want to join us?” Linda asked, looking up at Glenda.
“No, I already ate. I have some cleaning to do.” Glenda smiled at her and turned slowly to leave the room.
