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No worries.
Well! If that was it, she definitely wasn’t going to worry about him another second. She remembered what her mother had said about zydeco. You can’t listen to zydeco and stay down. Back inside, she started up the turntable again, and the needle automatically moved onto the record just like magic. She was getting the hang of it. The music started loud and fast. There was no subtlety about zydeco. But it wasn’t the kind of music you sat and listened to, either, so she started dancing around like she had the first time she heard it, and it lifted her mood.
The phone beeped again, and this time it was her mother. “Great,” she said out loud before answering.
“Yes, Mom.”
“So, your boyfriend is home on a Saturday, kinda moody and grouchy. You got anything to tell me?”
“Mom, just ask him. It will be better to hear it from the horse’s mouth, so to speak. Then you can enlighten me.”
“Gotcha.”
“It’s got to do with me painting the cottage.”
“I had a feeling that would end badly,” Rose said.
“Yes, well, I am an adult woman, and I’m not asking for permission from my boyfriend to work on the house I paid for. Now I’ve ruined the surprise when he tells you his version.”
“No, I’m glad you told me. Here he comes. I’ll talk later.”
She hung up, and Maggie just shook her head. All couples in love had been accounted for except Dave and Amber, and she really didn’t want to hear from them.
Early Saturday morning at her apartment, Amber could be found on the balcony with a canine anatomy book, a cup of coffee, wearing her glasses with her hair up in a bun.
“You’re so cute,” Dave said. “You look just like a college student.”
“You’re up,” she said, stretching to kiss him, noticing he had his uniform on. “I’m a college student about ten years too late.”
“It’s fine,” he replied. “I’m going to leave you alone today. There’s a case brewing in the parish, and I want to get a head start on it. You can catch me at the station.”
“I won’t even ask what it is,” she said, frowning.
“It’s no one you know, okay? Just relax.”
“As long as it’s not me, I really don’t care,” she replied. “I’ll walk you to the door.”
They held hands for the short stroll. “I guess I’ll see you later?”
“You’ll see me later,” he answered, taking her in his arms. “You’ll see me forever. How’s that?”
“I’m ready.”
“I think we should get married. We know the worst about each other already, so it can only get better, right?”
“Ha! Right. Okay, if this is a proposal, the answer is yes. I’ll tell my dad so he can pay for a wedding because we’re not going to the justice of the peace.”
“I never thought of a wedding, but if that’s what you want, I’m all for it.”
“Unless you want to be involved in the planning, I won’t bug you about it.”
“Okay, but I don’t mind. When can we do it?”
“I have a month off next summer. I don’t really have time to plan anything until then.”
“Whatever you want.”
He hugged her once more. “I’ll call you when I get a break.”
