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stuff for Levi?” TJ asked.
“No,” Ty said. “We already have everything we need back at the house. In fact, we’re done with our project.”
“You’re done ?” Delaney asked Hailey.
The blond grinned. “Yep.”
Levi wasn’t sure if he was impressed or dreading what he’d see from Ty and Hailey the next day.
“Then why are you here?” Tucker asked.
Ty grinned and peeled the top of his packet of gum open. “Just wanted to watch you two make asses of yourselves.”
TJ growled and Tucker flipped Ty off.
“You don’t win anything for being first done,” Tucker said.
“I have the personal satisfaction of being done first,” Ty told him. “I love to be first.”
“We’ll see about that tomorrow,” Tucker told him. He turned to TJ. “I need one box. You have like ten there.”
“I think I need ten,” TJ said.
“And that’s all you need here?” Tucker said.
“Yep.”
Tucker looked at Delaney. She shrugged. He sighed.
“Fine. What do you want for it?” Tucker asked TJ.
TJ grinned as if he’d just been waiting for that question. “Twenty bucks,” he said.
“For one box of candy canes?” Tucker demanded.
“ And ,” TJ said. “You have to scoop out my driveway after the storm.”
Tucker groaned. There were going to be nearly eight inches by the time the snow was done and, like all of them, TJ’s driveway from the road up to his house was half a mile long. Tucker, of course, had a scoop on the front of his truck but it was the principle of the thing.
He glanced at Delaney again and nodded. “Fine.”
He dug out a twenty and handed it over. TJ gave him one of the boxes.
“You were totally gambling on one of us needing candy canes, you know,” Tucker told him. “What if, like Ty, I already had what I needed?”
TJ shrugged. “It’s Kate and Levi—I figured we weren’t the only ones thinking about candy canes.”
Levi grinned. He hadn’t told anyone about the fun he and Kate had had last Christmas with the candy canes, but apparently Kate had told the other girls, who had told the guys. He didn’t mind being associated with peppermint and red and white stripes in everyone’s minds.
Tucker and TJ moved to the register and Jim rang them up.
Then they all headed down the sidewalk to the hardware store. Eli Anderson, the son of the shop’s primary owner, opened the door for them. Eli had been a few years behind Ty in high school and the two were good friends.
“Hey guys,” Eli said. “What’s up?”
“Thanks for doing this.” Levi shook Eli’s hand. “Just making the snowstorm a little more fun.”
Like Jim, the Andersons didn’t live far from their store. Of course, no one in Sapphire Falls lived far from the stores on Main.
Again, Ty simply strolled around the store, annoying his brothers with the whistling and the smugness over having his stuff done. Tucker and Delaney headed for the aisle with the glue first and ended up back at the front with a glue gun, glue sticks, and a can of shellac. Delaney dumped her stuff onto the counter by the register and Eli rang them up as TJ joined them with a small glass jar and some red-and-white striped ribbon.
Levi decided that he was brilliantly creative. This was definitely making being apart from Kate tolerable. Then his chest ached with missing her.
With their Anderson’s Hardware bags in hand, everyone headed back for the trucks.
They congregated on the front porch of Ty’s house a few minutes later.
“So how do we decide who gets the kitchen first?” Tucker asked.
“We’re done,” Ty pointed out again.
Tucker glared at him. “Yeah, we got it. I meant between us and TJ and Hope.”
“Well, we could use Hailey’s kitchen,” Delaney said. “And TJ and Hope can have this one.”
“We don’t need a kitchen,” TJ said, pushing the door open. “Hope’s probably already done with our recipe.”
Tucker let out a heavy sigh. “Awesome.”
Levi & Kate (kind of)
Everyone retired to their
“No,” Ty said. “We already have everything we need back at the house. In fact, we’re done with our project.”
“You’re done ?” Delaney asked Hailey.
The blond grinned. “Yep.”
Levi wasn’t sure if he was impressed or dreading what he’d see from Ty and Hailey the next day.
“Then why are you here?” Tucker asked.
Ty grinned and peeled the top of his packet of gum open. “Just wanted to watch you two make asses of yourselves.”
TJ growled and Tucker flipped Ty off.
“You don’t win anything for being first done,” Tucker said.
“I have the personal satisfaction of being done first,” Ty told him. “I love to be first.”
“We’ll see about that tomorrow,” Tucker told him. He turned to TJ. “I need one box. You have like ten there.”
“I think I need ten,” TJ said.
“And that’s all you need here?” Tucker said.
“Yep.”
Tucker looked at Delaney. She shrugged. He sighed.
“Fine. What do you want for it?” Tucker asked TJ.
TJ grinned as if he’d just been waiting for that question. “Twenty bucks,” he said.
“For one box of candy canes?” Tucker demanded.
“ And ,” TJ said. “You have to scoop out my driveway after the storm.”
Tucker groaned. There were going to be nearly eight inches by the time the snow was done and, like all of them, TJ’s driveway from the road up to his house was half a mile long. Tucker, of course, had a scoop on the front of his truck but it was the principle of the thing.
He glanced at Delaney again and nodded. “Fine.”
He dug out a twenty and handed it over. TJ gave him one of the boxes.
“You were totally gambling on one of us needing candy canes, you know,” Tucker told him. “What if, like Ty, I already had what I needed?”
TJ shrugged. “It’s Kate and Levi—I figured we weren’t the only ones thinking about candy canes.”
Levi grinned. He hadn’t told anyone about the fun he and Kate had had last Christmas with the candy canes, but apparently Kate had told the other girls, who had told the guys. He didn’t mind being associated with peppermint and red and white stripes in everyone’s minds.
Tucker and TJ moved to the register and Jim rang them up.
Then they all headed down the sidewalk to the hardware store. Eli Anderson, the son of the shop’s primary owner, opened the door for them. Eli had been a few years behind Ty in high school and the two were good friends.
“Hey guys,” Eli said. “What’s up?”
“Thanks for doing this.” Levi shook Eli’s hand. “Just making the snowstorm a little more fun.”
Like Jim, the Andersons didn’t live far from their store. Of course, no one in Sapphire Falls lived far from the stores on Main.
Again, Ty simply strolled around the store, annoying his brothers with the whistling and the smugness over having his stuff done. Tucker and Delaney headed for the aisle with the glue first and ended up back at the front with a glue gun, glue sticks, and a can of shellac. Delaney dumped her stuff onto the counter by the register and Eli rang them up as TJ joined them with a small glass jar and some red-and-white striped ribbon.
Levi decided that he was brilliantly creative. This was definitely making being apart from Kate tolerable. Then his chest ached with missing her.
With their Anderson’s Hardware bags in hand, everyone headed back for the trucks.
They congregated on the front porch of Ty’s house a few minutes later.
“So how do we decide who gets the kitchen first?” Tucker asked.
“We’re done,” Ty pointed out again.
Tucker glared at him. “Yeah, we got it. I meant between us and TJ and Hope.”
“Well, we could use Hailey’s kitchen,” Delaney said. “And TJ and Hope can have this one.”
“We don’t need a kitchen,” TJ said, pushing the door open. “Hope’s probably already done with our recipe.”
Tucker let out a heavy sigh. “Awesome.”
Levi & Kate (kind of)
Everyone retired to their
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