Blame it on the Stars by Jamie Hill

Author:Jamie Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: second time around romance, small town romance, life after divorce, betrayal
Publisher: Jamie Hill
Published: 2022-07-21T00:00:00+00:00

CATLIN SLEPT MORE PEACEFULLY that night, and felt good when she woke in the morning. She was lying in bed, thinking about getting up, when Chris peeked in her room.

“Hi.” She batted her lashes at him.

“It’s a snow day!” he shouted. “No school!”

“Yay!” Catlin hollered out “That means we get to spend the day together!” She sat up, and grabbed her big white robe. “Shall we make some breakfast?”

“I usually just have cereal.” Chris led her to the kitchen.

“Cereal is okay.” She looked through the cabinets. “But sometimes I like to cook. Ooh, here’s some pancake stuff. Do you like pancakes?”

“Yeah!” He grinned, and helped her make the batter.

Catlin showed him how to make shapes of the pancakes as she poured them on the griddle. “My favorite is Mickey Mouse.” She poured two small circles on top of one big round one.

“Hey, that’s cool!” They were creating more designs when Nick joined them.

“Good morning.” Catlin watched him.

“Hey. Any coffee?”

“Nope, sorry. Just pancakes.”

He reached for the coffee, and started brewing a pot.

“You’ve become the Establishment,” she teased “Drinking coffee!”

He shook his head. “I couldn’t get through some of the sessions we have without it.” He leaned over and whispered in her ear, “We only use legal drugs these days. You know, beer, caffeine.”

She chuckled. “Good. I’m glad to hear that. Pancake?”

He looked over the choices. “These are some weird looking cakes.”

Chris laughed. “Yeah, most of them turned out to be aliens. But they taste good.”

Nick grabbed one as he walked by, and nibbled on it. “I’m going to shower. I’ll be back in a few.”

Catlin and Chris sat down and ate at the table. Craig came out partway through breakfast. “Good morning,” Catlin told him.

“Hi.” He poured himself some coffee, and grabbed a pancake.

“Doesn’t anyone sit down to eat here?” she asked sweetly.

Craig sat next to her, but continued to eat pancakes with his hands.

She rolled her eyes at him. “Are you just getting up?”

“Yeah, why?”

She looked at Chris. “Who told you that you have a snow day?”

“I turned on the radio and listened, after my alarm went off.”

She looked at Craig again. “He gets himself up, and makes himself breakfast?”

“We stay up pretty late some nights. He’s learned how to get along.”

She started to comment, but decided against it.

Craig said, “‘Course it’s all different when he’s at the Prescott’s. She’s got rules and schedules coming out the ying yang.”

Chris made a face.

Catlin looked away, trying not to laugh. She composed herself and used her best teacher voice. “Rules are important. And everyone needs some kind of schedule.”

“Yeah, yeah.” Craig waved his hand.

Chris went to look out the window.

“We got a lot of snow.” He looked at Catlin “Hey, um...do you like to go sledding?”

“Well, I haven’t gone in a long time. But it sounds like fun.”

Nick came into the room, showered and changed. “What sounds like fun?”

“Sledding!” Chris told him.

Nick poured himself some coffee. “We could go sledding. But first, I think we need to shovel out from under. Who’s going to help me?”

“I will!” Chris jumped up and down.

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