starting to show a
slight amount of stubble from a long day. But he still looked like
he had enough energy to play a football game.
Will strode up to Kenna, stopped right in
front of her, and smiled with genuine happiness. "Hi."
"Hello, Will." She lifted her head to look
him in the eyes. When she did, their eyes met and she felt her
smile falter. She just knew he had no idea who she was. Why would
he? She had just turned twelve the last time he had seen her. She
was shaped like a boy and had a mass of untamed red hair. Over the
past seventeen years, her hair had turned more auburn with strong
red highlights. And she was definitely not shaped like a boy. She
was both top and bottom heavy, with a well-defined waist she had
obtained through running multiple hours a week. She wasn't a stick
thin model, but she always felt that her size ten jeans fit
perfectly and showed off those curves rather well.
Just when she was gathering the courage to
embarrassingly introduce herself, his father cut in. "Will, I need
to steal you for just a moment before you get caught up with your
old friend here if you don't mind. Nice to see you again, dear.
Remember, you're family. Stop on by anytime," Mr. Ashton said with
a slight smirk. She thought she caught sight of a quick flash of
mischief across his face. But when she looked again it was gone.
"Sure, Dad. Excuse me for just a moment," Will said before turning
and walking off a few feet with his dad.
Kenna took the time to collect herself.
Little Will had turned into a gorgeous man. He probably had so many
women in his life that there would be no way he remembered her.
Will finished the conversation with his dad
and walked back to Kenna. "Sorry about that. I guess I also better
apologize that I don't seem to know you as well as you seem to know
me, although you do remind me of someone I knew when I was just a
teenager," he said with a cocky smile that showed he wasn't
embarrassed in the least about not being sure if he knew who she
was.
"Well, I guess you're close to knowing who I
am. We haven't seen each other in seventeen years. And we only saw
each other for one week up in New York."
"McKenna Mason," his smile grew to a full
grin. "My, my you have grown up well.” His smile faded and he
turned serious, “I sure am sorry about your grandmother and your
parents."
"Thank you," she said with a slight bob of
her head in acknowledgement of the sympathies.
His grin came back and his eyes went
straight to hers, "That sure was one fun week though. I remember
your grandmother catching me kissing you in the garden." Seventeen
years later and the thought still brought a blush to Will's face.
"I thought it was bad enough she interrupted my first kiss, but
then she went and told my granny. And before you knew, I was being
dragged into her apartment with one grandma on each ear giving me a
lecture on the birds and the bees." Will faked a shudder, "A sex
lecture from two senior citizens… It was worth it to get that kiss
from you."
Remembering the incident made Kenna laugh
hard. It was the first real laugh in a month and she found it hard
to stop. After all these years, she still remembered the look on
Will's face when he had left his granny's kitchen. His head hung
low and his feet shuffled as both his granny and Kenna's nana had
followed him out the door still lecturing him. Kenna felt a tear of
joy start to roll down her cheek, "You wouldn't be laughing if you
had been given that lecture. I didn't have sex for years after
that. Every time I tried to get lucky, the picture of our
grandmothers popped into my head. It was like they were lecturing
me again," Will laughed. It caused Kenna to laugh even harder.
"Sure, sure, laugh it up,” Will teased. He
didn't give her a break though. "Do you know what they told me? Of
course not, because they said it was the man's role to control the
situation. You were completely innocent in their eyes. And if I
remember correctly, you weren't all that
slight amount of stubble from a long day. But he still looked like
he had enough energy to play a football game.
Will strode up to Kenna, stopped right in
front of her, and smiled with genuine happiness. "Hi."
"Hello, Will." She lifted her head to look
him in the eyes. When she did, their eyes met and she felt her
smile falter. She just knew he had no idea who she was. Why would
he? She had just turned twelve the last time he had seen her. She
was shaped like a boy and had a mass of untamed red hair. Over the
past seventeen years, her hair had turned more auburn with strong
red highlights. And she was definitely not shaped like a boy. She
was both top and bottom heavy, with a well-defined waist she had
obtained through running multiple hours a week. She wasn't a stick
thin model, but she always felt that her size ten jeans fit
perfectly and showed off those curves rather well.
Just when she was gathering the courage to
embarrassingly introduce herself, his father cut in. "Will, I need
to steal you for just a moment before you get caught up with your
old friend here if you don't mind. Nice to see you again, dear.
Remember, you're family. Stop on by anytime," Mr. Ashton said with
a slight smirk. She thought she caught sight of a quick flash of
mischief across his face. But when she looked again it was gone.
"Sure, Dad. Excuse me for just a moment," Will said before turning
and walking off a few feet with his dad.
Kenna took the time to collect herself.
Little Will had turned into a gorgeous man. He probably had so many
women in his life that there would be no way he remembered her.
Will finished the conversation with his dad
and walked back to Kenna. "Sorry about that. I guess I also better
apologize that I don't seem to know you as well as you seem to know
me, although you do remind me of someone I knew when I was just a
teenager," he said with a cocky smile that showed he wasn't
embarrassed in the least about not being sure if he knew who she
was.
"Well, I guess you're close to knowing who I
am. We haven't seen each other in seventeen years. And we only saw
each other for one week up in New York."
"McKenna Mason," his smile grew to a full
grin. "My, my you have grown up well.” His smile faded and he
turned serious, “I sure am sorry about your grandmother and your
parents."
"Thank you," she said with a slight bob of
her head in acknowledgement of the sympathies.
His grin came back and his eyes went
straight to hers, "That sure was one fun week though. I remember
your grandmother catching me kissing you in the garden." Seventeen
years later and the thought still brought a blush to Will's face.
"I thought it was bad enough she interrupted my first kiss, but
then she went and told my granny. And before you knew, I was being
dragged into her apartment with one grandma on each ear giving me a
lecture on the birds and the bees." Will faked a shudder, "A sex
lecture from two senior citizens… It was worth it to get that kiss
from you."
Remembering the incident made Kenna laugh
hard. It was the first real laugh in a month and she found it hard
to stop. After all these years, she still remembered the look on
Will's face when he had left his granny's kitchen. His head hung
low and his feet shuffled as both his granny and Kenna's nana had
followed him out the door still lecturing him. Kenna felt a tear of
joy start to roll down her cheek, "You wouldn't be laughing if you
had been given that lecture. I didn't have sex for years after
that. Every time I tried to get lucky, the picture of our
grandmothers popped into my head. It was like they were lecturing
me again," Will laughed. It caused Kenna to laugh even harder.
"Sure, sure, laugh it up,” Will teased. He
didn't give her a break though. "Do you know what they told me? Of
course not, because they said it was the man's role to control the
situation. You were completely innocent in their eyes. And if I
remember correctly, you weren't all that
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