More Than Friends by Kay Lynne

Author:Kay Lynne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mannarino Publishing
Published: 2020-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

STUDIO SWEETHEARTS

BETH PULLED EVERYTHING out, one by one, until the rented room in the office building no longer resembled a half-constructed office area. Instead, at long last, it was starting to look more like the place of retreat that she meant it to be. A place of quiet. She could see it now: light-colored walls painted pastel yellow, or pink. She could rip out the carpeting and make the hardwood floors shine. If they used the space right, she could even set up two easels along the wall, ready and waiting for Rila to use them.

A studio space. That was just what her girlfriend needed. Better yet, they could work here together. Their paints could go along the side wall. Their canvases could go in the corner. They could hang lights along the ceiling.

They could come here to relax, even when everyone else had gone home for the day.

Beth grabbed her first trolley of painting supplies, lined them up along the wall for now, and then went for a second load in the back of her tiny, rented moving truck. By the time she got three loads in, though, worry settled in her chest.

"There's not enough space for everything!" she said to herself, staring around the place in horror. "How will I get this all fixed up for our first date if I can't fit all the stuff she needs?"

Huffing out a breath, Beth stepped back, and caught sight of the clock on the wall. Staring at the time in horror at how late it was getting, she dove for the offending boxes. Immediately, Beth started piling the most useless stuff on top of itself along the back wall. At first, it seemed to be going fine. After five boxes, though, she not only couldn't reach the top of the stack, she also couldn't fit anything else up there if she tried.

And there were still plenty of boxes to go around.

Leaning back, she scratched her head, trying to think. She had turned in a half circle when something whooshed past her back in a gust of wind. Before she could see what it was, the crash and rattle of loose art supplies filled the room.

"Okay, no stacking," she said, setting the boxes back upright. As she did, she got an idea.

With a heave and a grunt, Beth lined the boxes up along the walls, two high and one deep. She made it around the room once before she needed a third stack just to fit everything. Even then, she found she couldn't open the door.

Not only that, but the room had gotten the claustrophobic feeling of the walls starting to close in on her.

"This isn't relaxing at all," she said under her breath, her body buzzing with growing frustration.

"What do you mean?" Rila asked from behind her.

Beth whirled to find her girlfriend studying the room in her artsiest clothes. Before she could say anything about how the space wasn't ready, Rila came in and pushed a free box to the center of the room.

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