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aisle.
“Sit down. You’re going to make me crash the basket.” Which, judging by the way the displays were set up, would have resulted in a domino effect. It might be cool to see, but really rough on the wallet.
She lifted him out of the basket and followed him over to a kit for a robotic train.
“I didn’t expect to see the two of you here.”
Serenity whipped around and ran right into Aaron’s solid chest. The blue hand basket he’d been holding clattered to the floor at their feet. His arms came around her, keeping her steady, and she was close enough to feel the vibrations from his chuckle.
“You scared me!” Her voice sounded more like a squeak.
“Sorry.” But he didn’t seem all that apologetic. His blue eyes changed to a darker cobalt and humor gave them a twinkle. It was a combination that made it nearly impossible to move.
It took everything in her, but she managed a shaky breath and a step backwards, despite the fact that it was the last thing she wanted to do.
The smile he gave her caused her stomach to flip flop. She cleared her throat. “Do you browse hobby stores often?”
“I frequent the toy aisle here, anyway.” He winked. “Seriously, though, I find some great music-related toys here for my classroom.” Aaron pointed to the display near Gideon. There were kazoos, harmonicas, finger cymbals, and a variety of other small instruments. “When someone has a birthday, I like to give them a kazoo or something like that. I realized today how low my stockpile was getting.” He placed a handful of them and several other items into the basket and picked it up again. “What about you?”
Serenity tipped her head towards her shopping cart. “I used to crochet when I was a teenager. I thought I might try to expand my meager list of hobbies.”
“Impressive.”
She lifted her shoulders and let them fall again. “My sister volunteers at the Kitner hospital working with premature babies. She said they could use little hats for them. I thought it would be a good thing to start off with. Assuming I can pick it up again.”
“I’m sure it’ll be second nature in no time. And I would agree about it being a great use of your skills.” There was that smile again, the one that took her heart rate and kicked it up a notch. Or two or three.
“Mostly we’re trying to find places to go today where it’s cool. Our air conditioner is out.”
Aaron’s brow wrinkled. “You’re renting, right? Did you call the landlord?”
Serenity sighed. “Yep. But since it’s the weekend, he said the earliest he can have someone come and fix it is Tuesday afternoon.” She pressed her lips together. “It’s going to be a long couple of days. We’re taking our time here, may try to get a bite to eat somewhere, and then head to the store. At least we’ll get our exercise.” She wasn’t overly excited about staying out all day. But it was a whole lot better than sweating it out for hours at home. Besides, after trying to get through yesterday, she planned to pick up a fan before heading home again.
~
Aaron couldn’t believe the landlord wasn’t going to do something about the air conditioning. “Tuesday? That’s not good. It’s ninety-eight degrees out there.” If it were him, he’d make sure someone was there to fix it first thing Monday morning. Especially with a kid in the house. “You ought to call him again tomorrow and remind him. Or at least get an update.”
She shuffled her feet. “I might. I don’t want to be one of those needy renters, you know?”
“Calling to have trim nailed down might be needy. This is a different thing entirely.” She said nothing and he suspected she was going to wait on the landlord’s timeframe regardless of what he said.
Gideon tugged on Serenity’s hand and signed that he was hungry. She smiled at him. “It is about time for lunch, isn’t it? What do you say to burgers and fries?” The boy grinned. Serenity turned to Aaron. “Have
“Sit down. You’re going to make me crash the basket.” Which, judging by the way the displays were set up, would have resulted in a domino effect. It might be cool to see, but really rough on the wallet.
She lifted him out of the basket and followed him over to a kit for a robotic train.
“I didn’t expect to see the two of you here.”
Serenity whipped around and ran right into Aaron’s solid chest. The blue hand basket he’d been holding clattered to the floor at their feet. His arms came around her, keeping her steady, and she was close enough to feel the vibrations from his chuckle.
“You scared me!” Her voice sounded more like a squeak.
“Sorry.” But he didn’t seem all that apologetic. His blue eyes changed to a darker cobalt and humor gave them a twinkle. It was a combination that made it nearly impossible to move.
It took everything in her, but she managed a shaky breath and a step backwards, despite the fact that it was the last thing she wanted to do.
The smile he gave her caused her stomach to flip flop. She cleared her throat. “Do you browse hobby stores often?”
“I frequent the toy aisle here, anyway.” He winked. “Seriously, though, I find some great music-related toys here for my classroom.” Aaron pointed to the display near Gideon. There were kazoos, harmonicas, finger cymbals, and a variety of other small instruments. “When someone has a birthday, I like to give them a kazoo or something like that. I realized today how low my stockpile was getting.” He placed a handful of them and several other items into the basket and picked it up again. “What about you?”
Serenity tipped her head towards her shopping cart. “I used to crochet when I was a teenager. I thought I might try to expand my meager list of hobbies.”
“Impressive.”
She lifted her shoulders and let them fall again. “My sister volunteers at the Kitner hospital working with premature babies. She said they could use little hats for them. I thought it would be a good thing to start off with. Assuming I can pick it up again.”
“I’m sure it’ll be second nature in no time. And I would agree about it being a great use of your skills.” There was that smile again, the one that took her heart rate and kicked it up a notch. Or two or three.
“Mostly we’re trying to find places to go today where it’s cool. Our air conditioner is out.”
Aaron’s brow wrinkled. “You’re renting, right? Did you call the landlord?”
Serenity sighed. “Yep. But since it’s the weekend, he said the earliest he can have someone come and fix it is Tuesday afternoon.” She pressed her lips together. “It’s going to be a long couple of days. We’re taking our time here, may try to get a bite to eat somewhere, and then head to the store. At least we’ll get our exercise.” She wasn’t overly excited about staying out all day. But it was a whole lot better than sweating it out for hours at home. Besides, after trying to get through yesterday, she planned to pick up a fan before heading home again.
~
Aaron couldn’t believe the landlord wasn’t going to do something about the air conditioning. “Tuesday? That’s not good. It’s ninety-eight degrees out there.” If it were him, he’d make sure someone was there to fix it first thing Monday morning. Especially with a kid in the house. “You ought to call him again tomorrow and remind him. Or at least get an update.”
She shuffled her feet. “I might. I don’t want to be one of those needy renters, you know?”
“Calling to have trim nailed down might be needy. This is a different thing entirely.” She said nothing and he suspected she was going to wait on the landlord’s timeframe regardless of what he said.
Gideon tugged on Serenity’s hand and signed that he was hungry. She smiled at him. “It is about time for lunch, isn’t it? What do you say to burgers and fries?” The boy grinned. Serenity turned to Aaron. “Have
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