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Authors: Olivia Kobblestone
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didn’t belong. Early fall brought out all types, new students and alumni, but they all seemed like they had stepped right out of a fashion catalog.
She couldn’t believe how her small college town held so many strangers. Just as she rounded the buffet table she saw him standing there, back by his private dock. She had to admit, his parents had a pretty nice place. Fifteen minutes outside of town, perfect country living with access to the river. And they were never there. They lived and worked in Philadelphia most of the time. No wonder he had never left home.
Cole turned to view the crowd when his eyes met hers. He smiled and waved at her, his country boy grin enough to make any woman blush and then motioned for her to come over to him. She looked around to be sure he was talking to her and then walked over, contemplating Cole’s charming personality.
He was the kind of country boy who was everybody’s friend. A cowboy, his family owned an entire set of farms, probably at least ten large ones in total. Managing the different families who lived there, all while his parents work in the city at their accounting jobs.
All the kids she grew up with thought he was about as rich as someone could get. But she knew better.
He was handsome, smart, intelligent, and wealthy. Every girl’s dream. His muscular frame, the tight jeans. Black, shaggy hair. And those blue eyes that looked on seemingly into the soul. She could never shake them, and she knew that neither could her friends. They told her about how lucky she was to be so close to him. They also said they would have liked to be closer.
“I wasn’t sure you were going to come. But I am glad you are here.” Cole said as he leaned towards her and smiled.
“Why wouldn’t I? You invited me.” She was a bit playful in her response, but she tried to keep it measured.
“I invite you to a lot of things, Evie . You almost never come.” His voice was deep as he tried to make the comment light, but she couldn’t help but feel like it held more meaning, for him.
She blushed. She never really felt like she fit in and she didn’t want to spoil a good time, so she less than frequently attended a night out, or even a party. He caught her red handed.
“I didn’t think you would notice.” She let the words slip out of her like a whisper on the wind.
Cole took a sip of some drink from his red cup and she could smell the alcohol in it from her place next to him, a few feet away. He wasn’t drunk, she could tell by the way he moved and acted, but he was definitely buzzed.
“I always notice. I always look for you in the crowd. Always.” He crinkled his cup and threw it in the large trash can near the dock. “I bet you don’t realize that, do you?”
Usually she would have crinkled her nose at him behaving so masculinely, but her judgement was completely clouded.
“I… I never thought you cared.”
“Of course I do, Evie . Are you blind?”
Was he flirting?
There was a sparkle in his eyes, something he didn’t want to say, but it was there. She caught it before a couple of people made their way towards them. She recognized one, Max, a tall, lanky kid from high school. He was the class clown, and almost as popular as Cole. With a mean streak.
“Hey man. Thanks for the invite. The food is spectacular. And the booze,” He chuckled a little, rubbing the back of his neck. “Not to mention the chicks.”
He said it almost in a whisper before gesturing to a very inebriated lady to his left.
“This is Mary, I thought I would bring her by. She studies microbiology at State.”
“Uh, thanks, I am glad you could make it. Nice to meet you.” Cole nodded to the shy, skinny blonde at Max’s side. “I hear you got enrolled for the fall. Good news! I am glad to see you won’t let that almost empty noggin go to waste.”
They laughed for a moment and Max took another sip of his beer.
It was like he hadn’t even noticed her, until he did, “Oh hey, Evie . I
She couldn’t believe how her small college town held so many strangers. Just as she rounded the buffet table she saw him standing there, back by his private dock. She had to admit, his parents had a pretty nice place. Fifteen minutes outside of town, perfect country living with access to the river. And they were never there. They lived and worked in Philadelphia most of the time. No wonder he had never left home.
Cole turned to view the crowd when his eyes met hers. He smiled and waved at her, his country boy grin enough to make any woman blush and then motioned for her to come over to him. She looked around to be sure he was talking to her and then walked over, contemplating Cole’s charming personality.
He was the kind of country boy who was everybody’s friend. A cowboy, his family owned an entire set of farms, probably at least ten large ones in total. Managing the different families who lived there, all while his parents work in the city at their accounting jobs.
All the kids she grew up with thought he was about as rich as someone could get. But she knew better.
He was handsome, smart, intelligent, and wealthy. Every girl’s dream. His muscular frame, the tight jeans. Black, shaggy hair. And those blue eyes that looked on seemingly into the soul. She could never shake them, and she knew that neither could her friends. They told her about how lucky she was to be so close to him. They also said they would have liked to be closer.
“I wasn’t sure you were going to come. But I am glad you are here.” Cole said as he leaned towards her and smiled.
“Why wouldn’t I? You invited me.” She was a bit playful in her response, but she tried to keep it measured.
“I invite you to a lot of things, Evie . You almost never come.” His voice was deep as he tried to make the comment light, but she couldn’t help but feel like it held more meaning, for him.
She blushed. She never really felt like she fit in and she didn’t want to spoil a good time, so she less than frequently attended a night out, or even a party. He caught her red handed.
“I didn’t think you would notice.” She let the words slip out of her like a whisper on the wind.
Cole took a sip of some drink from his red cup and she could smell the alcohol in it from her place next to him, a few feet away. He wasn’t drunk, she could tell by the way he moved and acted, but he was definitely buzzed.
“I always notice. I always look for you in the crowd. Always.” He crinkled his cup and threw it in the large trash can near the dock. “I bet you don’t realize that, do you?”
Usually she would have crinkled her nose at him behaving so masculinely, but her judgement was completely clouded.
“I… I never thought you cared.”
“Of course I do, Evie . Are you blind?”
Was he flirting?
There was a sparkle in his eyes, something he didn’t want to say, but it was there. She caught it before a couple of people made their way towards them. She recognized one, Max, a tall, lanky kid from high school. He was the class clown, and almost as popular as Cole. With a mean streak.
“Hey man. Thanks for the invite. The food is spectacular. And the booze,” He chuckled a little, rubbing the back of his neck. “Not to mention the chicks.”
He said it almost in a whisper before gesturing to a very inebriated lady to his left.
“This is Mary, I thought I would bring her by. She studies microbiology at State.”
“Uh, thanks, I am glad you could make it. Nice to meet you.” Cole nodded to the shy, skinny blonde at Max’s side. “I hear you got enrolled for the fall. Good news! I am glad to see you won’t let that almost empty noggin go to waste.”
They laughed for a moment and Max took another sip of his beer.
It was like he hadn’t even noticed her, until he did, “Oh hey, Evie . I
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