Straight Up Interference by Rose von Barnsley

Author:Rose von Barnsley [Von Barnsley, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Datasmasher Media
Published: 2016-10-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22 – Blowout

Throwing a birthday partying for Daniel seemed like a good idea at the time, but the closer his birthday got, the more nervous I became. I knew there were people in Daniel's family whom he was not fond of. Ann Marie promised to take care of the guest list and the cake. I could get away with buying extra groceries, but a giant cake would look suspicious.

Daniel kept looking at me funny. I was pretty sure he knew something was up. He hadn't stopped shaving, though, so I was still in the clear.

Like I had hoped, we spent breakfasts and lunches outside, and we occasionally hung out in our outdoor living room.

"You know, you were a bit excessive, it's only the two of us out here," he commented.

"Well, we could invite people out to sit in the extra seats," I tested the waters.

"Who would we invite? I'm pretty sure we scared Jerry away for some time, even if that Amy woman let him up."

"You could always invite your family out. The few I've met seemed nice enough." I looked at him carefully, worried about his response. If he didn't want his family out here, I was screwed.

He didn't answer, he just got up and walked away.

It was Saturday, his actual birthday, and we fed the animals first thing in the morning to get it out of the way. We were done by nine, and we decided not to go into town, until it was time for our date later today. That in itself had my insides jumping on edge.

We had plans to go into town for dinner and a movie that evening. He was awkward when he had suggested it, so I knew it was a date, our first date. I hoped it really was our first date. He had been sitting across from me at the dinner table, when he had mentioned that he liked movies.

"We should go see one sometime," I suggested.

He peeked at me and nodded. "Yeah, we could have dinner, too." He was avoiding all eye contact.

"I'd really like to go to dinner in town and see a movie. That'd be fun. Don't you think?"

He nodded his head, still keeping his eyes on his plate. "Next weekend, Saturday?"

"Isn't that your birthday? It could be like our own little celebration."

He finally made eye contact, smiling huge. "Yeah, it'll be great."

I wondered if he thought my strange behavior was because I was nervous about our date. I hoped not, because I didn't want to discourage any advancement in our relationship, but I also hoped he did, so he wouldn't know what I was really up to.

It just happened to work to my advantage, so I could get all the side dishes and hors d'oeuvres made before ten. I had bought a couple of family packs of steaks under the guise of it being cheaper. They were marinating in a tub, hidden in the refrigerator's bottom drawer. Luke planned on giving Daniel a grill for his birthday and was going to set it up, so we could use it by lunch.

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