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Her phone beeped a moment later and a window popped open ‘Saturday: January 28th @ 6pm: Date with Wolfgang’ it minimized into her calendar.
“Does that work?” His eyes played with the butterflies in her stomach.
“Yes.” She smiled at him.
“See you then,” he faced his car and turned back at her, walking backwards. “or maybe tomorrow when your door doesn’t work.” June smirked at his comment. “Goodbye Juniper.”
June waved and walked up the path. Screw Ben. She thought, why should I punish myself for how Ben made me feel? I’m never going to see Ben again. Not so deep down, June knew she was out of love with Ben, she never knew if she really ever fell in love with him in the first place. She loved the small moments they had together where he acted like he was a good boyfriend and when he showed what love was supposed to be like. Her parents loved each other, she couldn’t remember much before twelve but she knew they loved each other. June had decided to move on. Ben wasn’t in control anymore.
She could faintly smell him at the door. The light turned green and opened up. The house was quiet as she turned down the hall, she could hear her shared shower running.
June opened her bedroom door and found Brittanya sitting on her bed with her finger over her lips to let Juniper know that Shianne was in the bathroom. Brittanya stood up and grabbed her arm, dragging her back through the house and out the back door. June hadn’t seen the back yard yet because the blinds were always closed. The yard was green, overgrown and small, the cement slab budded up to the back of the house with a large patio set and a small barbecue.
Closing the door behind her, Brittanya squealed and then exclaimed “Oh my goodness!” as she grabbed June by both arms.
“What?”
She smiled, “I went into your room and cracked open the window when I saw him take you down the driveway.”
June didn’t know if she should be worried about how easy it was for Brittanya to eavesdrop, “So you heard all that?”
“Yes.” Her hands covered her heart, “oh, I don’t know who I am more excited for, you or Wolfie.” She hugged June again. “Wolfie deserves someone amazing, you better not break that boy's heart.” She looked June dead in the eyes.
“How is Shianne going to take this?” June worried.
“I have an idea Wolfgang knows what he is doing. She works late on Saturdays.”
“Oh, so she won’t know?”
“Not at first.”
June thought back, “How are you so close to Wolfgang?”
“It’s not what it looks like, as I’ve said, I am not interested in any men on this island.” Brittanya became alert and opened the back door. “Psst!” She hissed inside. She opened the door wider letting Whitney out and closed it behind her.
“What are we doing out here? The last time this happened you told me Shianne was pregnant and made me count tampons for two months.” Whitney placed her cat eye sun glasses back on to block out the bright backyard.
“No, listen. June has a date.”
“Oh, and with who?” Her head tilted towards June. Brittanya looked at Whitney with raised eyebrows and a swayed jaw. “Stop. You’re messing with me, right?”
“No.”
“I know it’s her first week here but Travis, the bus driver, is a little old for her.”
“Stop it,” Brittanya scowled and smacked Whitney’s arm. “Try again, think more,” She pressed her lips together. “I.T.”
Whitney’s red mouth split into disgust, speechless. “We’re going to have to deal with that!” She pointed towards the house. “She’s going to be pissed.” The back door opened, startling all three of them as Shianne came out. “Yeah, Juniper, I can’t believe you haven’t been back here yet, I want to get a hammock oh, hey Shianne.” Whitney nudged Shianne as she joined the group.
“I’m going to go start dinner,” Brittanya stepped away.
“I promised I would help,” June followed.
Wolfgang
‘A dead bug?’ He questioned himself at his next job. He had hoped that they both were far enough away to not see that there was no bug. Wolfgang felt dumb for forgetting to turn that key pad back on during that time yesterday but was lucky enough to flip it back on before he got out of his Jeep. On a positive note he did get to ask her out. So that worked in his favor.
He continued with his mindless task he had done hundreds of times and let his mind wander. Juniper was damn gorgeous to Wolfgang. He found himself thinking about her eyes and lips more than any other girl on the island and he had only known her for a day. He was excited to see her in a few days and happy to not have to fake any more faulty electrical problems, although it was fun.
