The Flip by K.L. Montgomery

Author:K.L. Montgomery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountains Wanted Publishing

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A tiny bit of my margarita sloshes past the salt-coated rim as our glasses make contact, producing that beautiful bell-like sound of a good toast. I gaze across the table into Andrew’s sincere green eyes. I don’t know how this can possibly be the same Drew Clark who pulled my pigtails on the playground and caused me deep, traumatic mortification on a variety of occasions during my formative years. He’s so charming, so articulate…so passionate. He’s shared with me his plans for getting Delmarva Art Connection up and running in the next month, and I’m floored at the amount of thought he’s put into it.

I think the waitress has been standing at our table for a full thirty seconds before we realize it, our toast was so captivating. She looks happy, like she’s witnessed something heartfelt, and it’s seeped in through her pores. “What can I get you two?” she asks in a high, bubbly voice.

“I’ll take the veggie fajitas,” I answer, not even looking at the menu. There are only a few options for me that don’t involve decaying animal flesh.

“You know what? I think I’ll try the veggie fajitas too!” Drew decides, closing his menu with a sense of finality.

“Really? You don’t have to do that on my behalf. Get whatever you want!”

“No, I think they’ll be great!” He pats his stomach. “I’ve been trying to watch what I eat a little bit, and I figure if I eat veggies, it’ll make up for all the margaritas I plan to consume!”

“Good point!” I concur.

Dinner is full of glittering laughter and funny stories from our past. I tell him I feel like we’re talking about two old friends, not ourselves. “Do you feel like that too?” I ask as he finishes off the last of his second margarita.

He considers it for a moment. “I see little flashes of that girl you were, you know? The competitiveness, your dry sense of humor, how you notice everything – I definitely see all that. But you’re also a lot more self-assured and, well…” His eyes travel from my forehead down to the table, soaking in the view of me in my strapless paisley dress. “You do look a little more grown-up now.”

I can tell he really wanted to say something else.

“Hey, you want to get out of here?” he changes the subject. “Maybe walk down to the beach?”

I glance down at my phone to check the time. Holy crap! It’s almost 9:30. How did we spend two hours in here already? It’s got to be dark by now.

Sure enough, when we hit the boardwalk ten minutes later, dusk has left swaths of lavender and rose streaks behind us, and the skies over the ocean are now freckled with stars. The moon lazes around a clump of thin, wispy clouds as it gently strokes the waves crashing onto the silvery shore. The heat of the day has subsided, and there’s a nice breeze coming in off the water. When we hit

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