The Christmas Cottage by Samantha Chase

Author:Samantha Chase [Chase, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
ISBN: 1480220329
Amazon: B00ADSENS4
Barnesnoble: B00ADSENS4
Publisher: Samantha Chase
Published: 2012-11-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Life was busy and it took two days before Lacey and Ava could get together. They decided on take out at Ava’s; Lacey was bringing the Chinese food and Ava was providing the wine.

Arriving promptly at seven, Lacey had barely knocked when the door swung open and she was embraced by an overly excited Ava.

“Wow! That was some greeting! What’s going on?” Placing the Chinese food on Ava’s kitchen table, Lacey went about getting them set up to eat. Her day had been long and there hadn’t been time for lunch so traveling with the wonderful aroma of dinner in her car had kicked her appetite in to overdrive.

“So? You saw it, right? Didn’t you just love it? Did you bring the binder? You can see how all of my plans will fit perfectly, right?”

“Take a breath, Ava,” Lacey laughed and handed her a plate. “I am not discussing anything until I have at least a couple of bites of food. I’m so hungry; I could gnaw on my own arm!” They each served up a plate and went to sit in the living room where, Lacey saw, Ava had out decorating magazines as well as bridal magazines. She stifled the groan that was begging to come out.

Ava was fairly vibrating with excitement and wanting to know what Lacey had thought of the cottage. When she felt that enough time had passed, she pounced. “So? C’mon, tell me, tell me, tell me!”

With great patience, Lacey put her plate down and got comfortable on the couch and very diplomatically described what she thought would work in the cottage and what she felt would be overkill. Remarkably, Ava wasn’t too disappointed with the results.

“So no cactus?” she asked.

“I think it’s a little unnecessary. Between the Christmas tree, the wreaths the roses…it’s overkill. You want it to look romantic not like the stock room for an after-Christmas sale.”

“Okay, I’ll trust you on this but everything else will work right? You had no trouble with the other things, did you?”

Lacey thought about the flannel sheets versus satin discussion and figured now was as good of time as any to bring it up. “How attached are you to the idea of satin sheets?” she asked cautiously.

“It’s my honeymoon; we have to have satin sheets!”

Rolling her eyes, Lacey made her pitch. “Yes, satin sheets can be very romantic but you’re also dealing with winter in the mountains. Even with the fireplace, you may not enjoy the feel of cool sheets. The cottage is your little winter wonderland, Ava; think of how nice a good set of flannel sheets would feel.” Lacey knew from personal experience how great those flannel sheets would feel but she could never admit that to Ava.

“Well, I don’t know…” Ava began.

“I’ll tell you what, I’ll stock the cottage with both of them and then you can decide.”

“Lace, I’m not going to want to do laundry and change the sheets on my wedding night. Just stick with the satin, please?”

Reluctantly Lacey agreed

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