It's a date by Claire Highton-Stevenson

Author:Claire Highton-Stevenson [Highton-Stevenson, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Charlie stopped in his tracks. Sarah bumped into him from behind, with Marie yelping as he reached out and pulled her back. “Hang on, they’ve stopped again.”

“Bloody hell,” Mo whined for the third time that morning. “Seriously, every shop?”

Sarah shrugged. “It’s Christmas, Mo. This is what people do, isn’t it?”

He shrugged back. “I suppose so. But still, it’s boring.”

“I must admit, it’s not as much fun as I had envisaged,” Marie admitted. Her vision of following the two teachers being more Charlie’s Angels than Miss Marple.

“Stop whinging. Seriously, we have to up our game. They’re not paying any attention to the messages on the app,” Charlie stated, his eyes darting back and forth in case their targets made a move.

“They have, it’s just not as…” Marie blushed. “Well, I thought by now they’d have been more interested and arranged a meet.”

Sarah laughed. “Did you see them over breakfast? They only have eyes for each other…maybe the app idea isn’t going to work.”

“Maybe,” Marie agreed. “I’ll send another one tonight and if they don’t bite, we can scrap it and move forward with the gifts idea of Mo’s.”

Mo grinned, his chest puffing at the idea. “Yeah, sounds good.”

“Shit, move,” Charlie said, turning and pushing them backwards. “They’re heading this way again.”

The group turned and sped up, heading inside another coffee shop as their teachers passed by. “Okay, coast’s clear, let’s go,” Marie said, taking charge and pulling the door open. “We need an idea for the next gift as a backup plan. So, eyes peeled on what they look at.”

Sarah mock saluted. “Yes, ma’am.”

With Mo and Marie taking the lead, Charlie sidled up next to Sarah. “So, I was thinking.” He turned towards her slightly as they walked. “You know I like you, right?”

“Yes, it’s quite obvious, Charlie.” She grinned.

“Oh.” His cheeks reddened; it was cute. “Well, I was thinking maybe we could…”

“Yes, we could,” Sarah replied, slipping her hand into his. “I like you too.”

Confidence back, he straightened his shoulders and smiled at her. “Yeah, it’s quite obvious.”

“Well played.” Sarah laughed. “Come on, let’s catch them up, otherwise we might lose them and…”

“I wouldn’t complain. I’d rather be here with you anyway,” Charlie admitted.

“Good to hear. Because I love to shop.”

~Date~

Pushing the door open, Sal breathed a sigh of relief to actually be done with shopping. Gabby and herself had marched around almost every store open, picking up everything they needed, and so much more that they didn’t. But wasn’t that what Christmas shopping was all about?

She dropped her bags down onto the couch, Gabby following suit.

“I think a cup of coffee is in order.”

“Coffee? I need something stronger than that,” Gabby said, flopping down onto the sofa besides all of the bags. “I don’t care if I ever see another shop again.”

“So dramatic.” Sal grinned as she walked away to get the bottle of Chablis she had shoved into the fridge the previous evening. “I was thinking of a pizza tonight, what do you think?”

“I don’t mind, but I’m choosing,” Gabby called out.

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