Read Online The Icing on the Cake by Elodia Strain - Free Book Online
Authors: Elodia Strain
Ads: Link
group flashed me narrow-eyed stares as Isaac came to my side.
I tired to speak. “I-I’m going to church. W-what are you doing here?”
The group of girls dispersed, casting disdainful glances in my direction as they walked past.
“I’m going to church too,” Isaac answered, staring at me incredulously.
“Wait a minute? Are you LDS?”
“Yes I am,” Isaac answered. And when he did, something very strange happened inside of my chest. It was kind of a warm, almost burning feeling.
“I had no idea,” I said. “I thought that I could never—” I stopped myself. How was I going to finish that? “I thought that I could never date you because you weren’t LDS, and now I find out you are, and this makes what happened on our date important again, so now I have to ask if you lost interest in me and gained interest in Rona Bircheck.” Yeah, right. I was not finishing the sentence like that. First of all it was entirely too long, and second of all, it was entirely too revealing.
So instead I said, “I thought that I could never find out something like this.” It was quite possibly the worst sentence ever formed, but hey, I didn’t exactly have a lot of time to come up with it.
“This is crazy,” Isaac said. “And I was planning on calling you today and telling you we shouldn’t, you know, go out again because I only date girls in my church.” He laughed uncomfortably. “In fact, last night after we ate dessert, I realized that I was, probably, you know, leading you on or something by the way I was acting, so I tried to get up the guts to tell you that we probably shouldn’t go out again, but I couldn’t.”
I smiled. So maybe he wasn’t acting weird because he had experienced love-at-first-sight with Rona. From the sound of it, he had decided it was our last date, too.
“Well, now I’m kind of hoping we will go out again,” I said. I was shocked and embarrassed that the words had come out of my mouth, so I gestured toward the chapel and quickly added, “So, um, I guess we should probably get in there.”
Isaac nodded and followed me into the chapel. I felt my pulse quicken as he walked beside me. I scanned the chapel and found Carrie and Miles sitting in their usual bench and went to sit next to them. Isaac took a seat next to me. My pulse got even faster.
Isaac recognized Carrie and smiled at her. Then he gave one of those silent nodding greetings to Miles. Carrie looked at me then Isaac and then back at me, her eyes quizzical.
“I’ll tell you later,” I mouthed, making sure Isaac didn’t see me.
“Okay,” Carrie mouthed in reply. Then, with a beaming smile on her face, she held up her left hand, showing me her gorgeous ring.
“It looks so good on you,” I said a little too loudly. The organist shot me a scornful glance over the top of her music.
“You’ll be such a beautiful bride,” I said, lowering my voice to a whisper.
“And you’ll be such a beautiful maid of honor,” Carrie whispered.
“Have you guys decided where you’re going to be sealed?” I asked.
Carrie beamed. “The Oakland temple. And we’ll have a small reception in Oakland afterwards.”
I smiled and squeezed Carrie’s ring-decorated hand.
The meeting was wonderful. The talks were uplifting, and there was a gorgeous musical number by a blonde girl who, Carrie whispered to me, is now dating Arvin.
As the congregation sang the closing hymn, I got the sense that someone was looking in my direction. Pretending to stretch my neck, I darted my eyes around the room, and my eyes soon fixed on the person looking at me: Rona Bircheck. I quickly looked away.
When the meeting was over, Rona approached the bench where my friends and I sat. She looked absolutely perfect and smelled like warm vanilla. And again there was no trace of her ring.
She sat down on the bench behind us and talked to Carrie and Miles for a second, congratulating them on their engagement and cooing over Carrie’s ring. Then she greeted
I tired to speak. “I-I’m going to church. W-what are you doing here?”
The group of girls dispersed, casting disdainful glances in my direction as they walked past.
“I’m going to church too,” Isaac answered, staring at me incredulously.
“Wait a minute? Are you LDS?”
“Yes I am,” Isaac answered. And when he did, something very strange happened inside of my chest. It was kind of a warm, almost burning feeling.
“I had no idea,” I said. “I thought that I could never—” I stopped myself. How was I going to finish that? “I thought that I could never date you because you weren’t LDS, and now I find out you are, and this makes what happened on our date important again, so now I have to ask if you lost interest in me and gained interest in Rona Bircheck.” Yeah, right. I was not finishing the sentence like that. First of all it was entirely too long, and second of all, it was entirely too revealing.
So instead I said, “I thought that I could never find out something like this.” It was quite possibly the worst sentence ever formed, but hey, I didn’t exactly have a lot of time to come up with it.
“This is crazy,” Isaac said. “And I was planning on calling you today and telling you we shouldn’t, you know, go out again because I only date girls in my church.” He laughed uncomfortably. “In fact, last night after we ate dessert, I realized that I was, probably, you know, leading you on or something by the way I was acting, so I tried to get up the guts to tell you that we probably shouldn’t go out again, but I couldn’t.”
I smiled. So maybe he wasn’t acting weird because he had experienced love-at-first-sight with Rona. From the sound of it, he had decided it was our last date, too.
“Well, now I’m kind of hoping we will go out again,” I said. I was shocked and embarrassed that the words had come out of my mouth, so I gestured toward the chapel and quickly added, “So, um, I guess we should probably get in there.”
Isaac nodded and followed me into the chapel. I felt my pulse quicken as he walked beside me. I scanned the chapel and found Carrie and Miles sitting in their usual bench and went to sit next to them. Isaac took a seat next to me. My pulse got even faster.
Isaac recognized Carrie and smiled at her. Then he gave one of those silent nodding greetings to Miles. Carrie looked at me then Isaac and then back at me, her eyes quizzical.
“I’ll tell you later,” I mouthed, making sure Isaac didn’t see me.
“Okay,” Carrie mouthed in reply. Then, with a beaming smile on her face, she held up her left hand, showing me her gorgeous ring.
“It looks so good on you,” I said a little too loudly. The organist shot me a scornful glance over the top of her music.
“You’ll be such a beautiful bride,” I said, lowering my voice to a whisper.
“And you’ll be such a beautiful maid of honor,” Carrie whispered.
“Have you guys decided where you’re going to be sealed?” I asked.
Carrie beamed. “The Oakland temple. And we’ll have a small reception in Oakland afterwards.”
I smiled and squeezed Carrie’s ring-decorated hand.
The meeting was wonderful. The talks were uplifting, and there was a gorgeous musical number by a blonde girl who, Carrie whispered to me, is now dating Arvin.
As the congregation sang the closing hymn, I got the sense that someone was looking in my direction. Pretending to stretch my neck, I darted my eyes around the room, and my eyes soon fixed on the person looking at me: Rona Bircheck. I quickly looked away.
When the meeting was over, Rona approached the bench where my friends and I sat. She looked absolutely perfect and smelled like warm vanilla. And again there was no trace of her ring.
She sat down on the bench behind us and talked to Carrie and Miles for a second, congratulating them on their engagement and cooing over Carrie’s ring. Then she greeted
Similar Books
