Woodlands by Robin Jones Gunn

Author:Robin Jones Gunn [Gunn, Robin Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-82468-4
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2012-12-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-one

Leah squealed the car’s back tires, as she pulled out of the Dairy Queen parking area. She knew it wouldn’t do Seth any good to lose his cookies in front of his fan club. She didn’t take the time to look for a plastic bag for him or to drive slowly to avoid motion sickness. She knew that Seth wouldn’t remember any of this in the morning, but those high schoolers would never forget it.

A block away from the Dairy Queen, Leah pulled to the side of the road where tall grass rose from an irrigation ditch in front of an automotive store. “Do you need to get out?”

Seth had broken into a sweat and had closed his eyes. “No,” he said after a moment. “I think I’m okay. Could you put on the air? It seems pretty hot all of a sudden.”

Leah turned on the air conditioner and left the window down on his side, just in case. “Do you want to try drinking any of this?” She handed him the shake that she had jammed into the cup holder before her maniac exit from the Dairy Queen.

“Sure. It might help.” He took the shake and drank slowly, turning his face to the stream of cool, blowing air. “Oh, yeah,” he said a moment later. “This is much better.”

“Good. Do you think it’s okay if I drive now? Or would it help to sit for a few more minutes?”

“I’m fine,” Seth said. “We can go.” He drank some more of his shake. “Boy, this is a good shake. It tastes really, really good.”

Leah pulled back onto the road and drove slowly toward Edgefield.

“So where are we going?” Seth asked.

“I’m taking you home. You need to rest.”

“I feel much better now. This is a really good shake.”

“So you said.”

“I was pretty hungry.”

“I can imagine.”

“This is awful nice of you to take me home.”

“No problem.”

“You know what I think?”

“No, what do you think?”

“I think you’re beautiful.”

Leah wasn’t ready for that statement. She glanced at him and then turned her attention back to the road. His expression was sincere. He was no longer perspiring. He looked normal.

“I mean it,” Seth said. “I thought you were beautiful from the very first time I saw you. You were in that little hot dog shack, and you were cheering your heart out for those guys on the …” he paused. “What’s the name of their team?”

“The Rangers.”

“Yeah, that’s right. The Rangers. You were in there cheering for those Rangers, and the sun was coming through the side of that hot dog shack, and it was shining on your face and making your hair look like the flame on a candle. All glowy and warm. And I looked at you, and I said to myself, ‘Now, there is one beautiful woman.’ ”

Leah could barely breathe. The tears rushed to her eyes, and she blinked quickly to hold them back.

“Oh,” Seth said tenderly, touching her shoulder. “Are you okay? You look like you’re crying.”

Leah blinked and wiped her cheek under her right eye.

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