story continued from part one_
Chapter Two
Part 6
I couldn’t wait to see her again. It had been a long night (and day). All I could think about was our first date. It seems silly I know, but I was already falling pretty hard for her. The trip down that country road seemed so much shorter this time. I smiled to myself as I passed the spot where I first saw Sandy…where I picked her up…the road into her place. I had the essential first-date butterflies as I parked my car next to Kim’s at the side of the house. I rang the bell at the front, but there was no answer. Figuring that Sandy must still be working, I headed around to the shop. Kim greeted me with a big smile, “I don’t know exactly what’s going on with you two, but Sandy’s been a mess all day! She’s been singing and laughing and knocking stuff over…way to go Jake!” “Where is she?” “She’s in her office. She thought you’d be here soon, so she wanted to finish up a couple of sketches. Get work totally off her mind, ya know? So what are the plans for tonight? She wouldn’t tell me.” “That’s because she doesn’t know”, I retorted. “Probably dinner. Maybe we’ll go dancing. We’ll see.”
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