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Tonight’s going to be fun.
21
RACHEL
Can you self-combust from being too turned on? If so, it might happen to me, right in the middle of the square.
I’ve barely been able to concentrate or sit still since the hayride. Since we got off the trailer, Mitch has been the perfect gentleman, buying me dinner from the BBQ food truck and pumpkin pie ice cream for dessert. We walked through the pie contest where our mouths watered over all the different entries from people in town.
As we roam through the crowd, Zach waves his hand from beside a booth, calling us over.
“Shirking your duties?” Mitch jokes as we approach.
“Relax, I was just dropping off some more beer to the tent,” Zach laughs. “I want you to meet some friends of mine that came down for the festival.”
He holds his hand out to the couple beside him. The guy is not only tall but built. While he’s attractive, he’s got the male equivalent of a ‘resting bitch face.’ The small blonde beside him is the opposite. She’s a beautiful blonde that comes up to the middle of his chest with a bright smile. She’s also wearing a sweater with embroidered pumpkins and leaves.
I immediately like her.
“Mitch, Rachel, I want you to meet Krissy and Brett. They’ve come down from Whiskey Falls to see Greyson perform.”
“Nice to meet you,” Mitch says, sticking his hand out to Brett.
“Same,” the man grumbles.
“Hi!” Krissy says, pulling me into a hug. “Sorry, I’m a hugger.”
“It’s okay,” I laugh as she pulls away.
“Brett’s from Logan Creek but owns a bar up in Whiskey Falls now,” Zach explains.
“Oh, no way.” Mitch, Zach, and Brett start talking about bars, which most of the conversation I don’t follow.
“So funny how they just start talking shop, isn’t it?” Krissy jokes.
“It is. I get it, though. When I meet other florists, I do the same.”
“Oh! That’s so cool that you do that.” Krissy asks me about my shop, and she tells me she runs a year-round Christmas ornament store in Whiskey Falls where she makes her own products.
“We came down to support Greyson. I’m good friends with his fiancée. She’s around here somewhere.” Krissy stands up on her tiptoes, looking around the crowd. “Ah, there they are.”
She waves her hand above her head, getting the attention of a pretty brunette and a young girl. Their hands are filled with festival food and they’re laughing with each other as they walk toward us.
“Did you guys buy one of everything?” Krissy laughs.
“We tried to,” the brunette says. “Hi, I’m Ella. This is Charlotte.”
“It’s nice to meet you. I’m Rachel.”
“We were trying to get a snack for Greyson because he said he was hungry in the camper they have him in, but we couldn’t decide what to get him. And then we couldn’t decide what we wanted, so we ended up getting a little of, well, as much as we could,” Ella laughs.
“Plus the samples. Don’t forget about those,” Charlotte adds.
“Right. How could I forget?”
“Did you go to the Charmed Bakery booth? That’s my friends’ business and I swear they make the best, well, everything,” I say.
“Yes! That’s where most of this is from,” Ella says with a smile. “We should get these back to Greyson. Why don’t you guys join us? He’s got a little while before he needs to be on stage.”
