place.” Jeremy realized that while they talked that they had so much in common. After they finished eating, he helped her take the plates inside to be rinsed off and put into the dishwasher.
“How about dessert,”
“You made dessert too?”
“We can have it out on the front porch. I’ll bring it out.”
Wow, she really was going all the way out for him. He made his way out front to the porch and sat down in one of the rockers. He noticed a man from across the street who was watering his flowers wave at him. Jeremy smiled and waved back.
The screen door opened and she came out onto the porch with two small bowls in her hands. She handed him one of the bowls of cake and some vanilla ice cream. “I hope you like sour cream pound cake?”
“I do, my mom sometimes makes it at home.” He took a spoonful of cake and ice cream.
“Well, I made this one myself, I know it’s probably not as good as your mom’s but it’s my grandma’s recipe. Do you like it?”
“Yes, it’s good and warm.”
“Yeah, I had a few slices warming in the oven, it’s always best to have the cake warm, especially when you eat it with ice cream. I’m glad you like it.”
They continued eating cake and ice cream, carrying on light conversation throughout the afternoon until he had finished off his third bowl of cake and ice cream.
“Man, I’m stuffed.” Jeremy sighed and suddenly burped.
Pamelia looked over at him then she titled her head back with that laugh of hers.
He found himself laughing too. “Sorry about that.”
“Oh no, it just shows me that I made a great meal and you enjoyed it.”
“Listen Pamelia, I wanted to ask you something.”
“Sure, what is it?”
“I wanted to know if you’d like to go out on a date with me.” He watched her smile slowly fade away. Jeremy wondered if what he said was probably NOT the thing to be asking her. “Are you all right?”
“Um…” She adjusted herself in her rocker. “…What did you just ask me?”
“I was asking you out on a date.”
“That’s what I thought you asked me. I don’t know, I mean I’m flattered.”
“But,” Jeremy knew that there was going to be a ‘But’ even though he hoped there wouldn’t be.
“Can I ask you a question? Why do you want to go out on a date with me?”
Usually, whenever he would ask a girl out on a date, they would immediately say yes, mainly because of the fact that most of the girls he knew, already knew a lot about him. But Pamelia was completely different than the girls he’d been around and he had wanted her to know he was more than what meets the eye. “Let’s just say, I’ve wanted to ask you out for the past few weeks but I didn’t know what you would say.”
“I kind of figured that something was up because you constantly kept coming into the shop after you had lunch, just to say hello. How you cornered me in the workroom at the shop that one day. Honestly, I had to smile because I thought it was sweet how you were acting. I haven’t had a guy act that way towards me in forever.”
“So, what do you say? Would you like to go out with me? I know of a perfect restaurant in town, it’s a little out of the way place along the river, they serve some amazing seafood and they have a band that plays every kind of music possible from rock to R&B and we can go tomorrow night.”
“So, that’s why I got the entire weekend off?”
“Well, I do make the schedules you know.” He winked. Then got up from his chair, stretching his arms over his head, Jeremy gazed down at her, still watching him with those soft eyes of hers, studying him as if she was trying to figure him out.
“You know, even though you said all of this, you never did answer my question.”
“I thought I did,” Jeremy replied.
“No, you only gave me a half answer and not the entire thing.”
Damn, he couldn’t stop looking into those eyes, how she seemed to hypnotize him with her stare. He found himself constantly wondering how
“How about dessert,”
“You made dessert too?”
“We can have it out on the front porch. I’ll bring it out.”
Wow, she really was going all the way out for him. He made his way out front to the porch and sat down in one of the rockers. He noticed a man from across the street who was watering his flowers wave at him. Jeremy smiled and waved back.
The screen door opened and she came out onto the porch with two small bowls in her hands. She handed him one of the bowls of cake and some vanilla ice cream. “I hope you like sour cream pound cake?”
“I do, my mom sometimes makes it at home.” He took a spoonful of cake and ice cream.
“Well, I made this one myself, I know it’s probably not as good as your mom’s but it’s my grandma’s recipe. Do you like it?”
“Yes, it’s good and warm.”
“Yeah, I had a few slices warming in the oven, it’s always best to have the cake warm, especially when you eat it with ice cream. I’m glad you like it.”
They continued eating cake and ice cream, carrying on light conversation throughout the afternoon until he had finished off his third bowl of cake and ice cream.
“Man, I’m stuffed.” Jeremy sighed and suddenly burped.
Pamelia looked over at him then she titled her head back with that laugh of hers.
He found himself laughing too. “Sorry about that.”
“Oh no, it just shows me that I made a great meal and you enjoyed it.”
“Listen Pamelia, I wanted to ask you something.”
“Sure, what is it?”
“I wanted to know if you’d like to go out on a date with me.” He watched her smile slowly fade away. Jeremy wondered if what he said was probably NOT the thing to be asking her. “Are you all right?”
“Um…” She adjusted herself in her rocker. “…What did you just ask me?”
“I was asking you out on a date.”
“That’s what I thought you asked me. I don’t know, I mean I’m flattered.”
“But,” Jeremy knew that there was going to be a ‘But’ even though he hoped there wouldn’t be.
“Can I ask you a question? Why do you want to go out on a date with me?”
Usually, whenever he would ask a girl out on a date, they would immediately say yes, mainly because of the fact that most of the girls he knew, already knew a lot about him. But Pamelia was completely different than the girls he’d been around and he had wanted her to know he was more than what meets the eye. “Let’s just say, I’ve wanted to ask you out for the past few weeks but I didn’t know what you would say.”
“I kind of figured that something was up because you constantly kept coming into the shop after you had lunch, just to say hello. How you cornered me in the workroom at the shop that one day. Honestly, I had to smile because I thought it was sweet how you were acting. I haven’t had a guy act that way towards me in forever.”
“So, what do you say? Would you like to go out with me? I know of a perfect restaurant in town, it’s a little out of the way place along the river, they serve some amazing seafood and they have a band that plays every kind of music possible from rock to R&B and we can go tomorrow night.”
“So, that’s why I got the entire weekend off?”
“Well, I do make the schedules you know.” He winked. Then got up from his chair, stretching his arms over his head, Jeremy gazed down at her, still watching him with those soft eyes of hers, studying him as if she was trying to figure him out.
“You know, even though you said all of this, you never did answer my question.”
“I thought I did,” Jeremy replied.
“No, you only gave me a half answer and not the entire thing.”
Damn, he couldn’t stop looking into those eyes, how she seemed to hypnotize him with her stare. He found himself constantly wondering how
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