weak. It makes you human. I would never have faulted you for that.” She said sympathetically. “I know that now.” He said. “I have something to ask that might sound weird to you.” “After my week I highly doubt that.” “I keep getting this feeling like there are sparks between us still. Do you feel that way to?” “I actually came here to ask you that same thing. I feel it in the pit of my stomach. I just don’t know where all this is going and I need to know.” Sam said “How about we just take it day by day and see where it goes?” George said. “Ok’” Sam began as she stood up “Well I have to go the girls are waiting. Will you come to Tj’s Saturday night as my date?” “I think I can manage that. What is the occasion?” he asked “My friend is asking his girlfriend to marry him and I am singing.” She said shyly. “Sounds like a plan.” Sam walked over to where George was standing and gave him a hug. They said their goodbyes and she hurried home. As she was sitting in her driveway she decided to call max. “Hey Max” Sam said. “Hey Sam. You don’t have to worry about the store I got it covered.” Max said. “I wasn’t calling about that. I actually called because I had an idea.” “Oh, What’s your idea then?” “I was thinking I could sing one of my songs for you guys on Saturday.” “Hasn’t she heard all of your songs though?” “No. I have a whole collection of songs that no one has ever seen.” Sam said smiling. “Ok. That sounds good.” “Actually I was thinking you could help me out with it?” Sam asked. “How so?” “I was thinking that you could have her meet you there. You could tell her to be there half hour earlier than the time it’s going to happen. She will think you are standing her up and that is when we will appear on stage. We will sing to her and then you can call her up and ask her to marry you.” Sam said. “What do you think?” “It is a brilliant idea!” Max said excitedly. “Good I will meet up with you Saturday at o’clock. Then we can arrange the final details and you can learn the song while you get a sense of where you want to be on the stage.” “Ok, See you then. Have fun on vacation.” Max said hanging up the phone. Sam walked into her house to find that the girls were all peeking out the window. She had to laugh at how nosy they were being. They usually tried to at least hide their curiosity. Sam guessed that they were just over excited about the vacation. She walked into her house with a smile on her face. “So?” The girls said in unison. “We are going to take it day by day.” Sam said still smiling. “Let’s go then. We are going to be late.” Kylee said. They four of them got Sam all packed and double checked all the locks on the doors. They jumped in Liz’s’ SUV and headed for the airport. After getting through security, they went toward their terminal. The plane was on time according to the flight board. They got to the gate just in time to board. Sam still couldn’t believe that they were heading on a spur of the moment vacation, however, She was going to thoroughly enjoy every second of it.
. CHAPTER 4: MAX PROPOSES When Sam arrived home from her vacation she walked into her house. It was nice and peaceful. She dropped her bags onto the floor inside the doorway. She walked over to the answering machine that was blinking at her. She had 2 messages. ‘Message one’ the answering machine began ‘Hi this is Betty the clerk of courts. Your court date is set for 2 months from today. If you have any questions, would like to file a notarized agreement, or would like to drop the charges feel free to call me. Thank you. Message two: Hey it’s Max. I figured that you wouldn’t have your cell phone on you because I know Charlee did not bring hers. I just wanted to remind you that we are meeting at 2. See you then.’ The answering machine stopped and prompted her to save or