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Authors: Jade White
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reached up and gently pulled a heavy branch full of peaches down to eye level and examined one of the bright fruit. They still felt hard to the touch so they weren’t ready to harvest quite yet, yet the sweet intoxicating aroma they gave off caused the mouth to water.
“Hey, I just realized I don’t have much in the way of food for two people,” Kim said. “I’ve been living off of TV dinners for the past couple of weeks because they were cheap at the general store.”
“Don’t worry about it. I’ll run over to my place and grab some stuff. I don’t want you leaving your home unless absolutely necessary,”
“You have a point. I hope I don’t lose my job over this.”
“Nah, don’t worry about it. Rusty is good people. He likes you, he won’t fire you because of this. It’s not the city.”
“Sweet,” Kim said as she unlocked her door. “I’ll go tidy up in here and drag out a spare pillow and blanket while you go over to your place and find some food.”
“Great idea,” Tony said with a grin. “You don’t mind game meat do you? That’s mostly how we get our meat around here, we hunt it.”
“Nah, I like it. Keith made me a nice baked stew the other day and it was delicious,” she said with a fond smile.
“Yeah, he always knew how to cook. He’s the one who absorbed all that talent in the family. I’m lucky not to burn water.”
“Well, I’m able to cook pretty decently so you don’t have to worry. Anyway, come on over when you’ve scraped up enough food.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Tony scoffed as he headed off to his house. He flashed a quick grin back at Kim as he crossed the yards.
Kim closed the door and sighed to herself. What on earth had she gotten herself into? Keith would be livid if he found out Tony was sleeping over, even if it was just on the couch. Well, livid wouldn’t be the right term for it, hurt. He would be deeply hurt. She still didn’t know why she cared what he felt. It wasn’t like they were in a real relationship. They had sex once, that was it. She kept trying to fool herself about the feelings she had, but it wasn’t working very well.
She picked up the used TV dinner trays from the coffee table and put them in a garbage bag. She then dug around in one of the boxes that was marked as linens, and found a white pillow and another white duvet. That should keep him comfortable, she thought.
Her couch was a bare bones futon from a discount furniture warehouse, so at least he won’t be all cramped. A tall guy like that wouldn’t be comfortable on a couch, that’s for sure.
She scrambled to tidy up her kitchen a little. Boxes were still strewn everywhere so it was difficult to find things. She might as well get Tony to help her unpack while he was here. All the drama and work had kept her from getting everything put away.
There was a polite knock at the door. Kim finished putting her kitchen in order and went to see who it was. It could have been either Keith or Tony, to be honest. It was Tony and he was carrying a few grocery bags full of food. He had a big grin on his chiseled face.
“Here you go. A few pounds of deer and elk, a bit of bear, and some rabbit and pheasant. I think that should tide us over. If not, I can go out and get us a bit more. Also had some frozen veggies from my garden last year. Oh, and a bag of potatoes from the store.”
“Awesome! Lemme grab one of those bags.” She picked up the bag of potatoes from the step. Tony slid through the door and brought the rest of the food to the kitchen. He put the stuff away and noted how much Kim hadn’t unpacked yet.
“Are you gonna need help with all this? I’ll be glad to help unpack some things.”
“Sure I’ve been too busy up until now to get to it, with the new job and Smiley’s bullshit, you get the idea.”
“Sure do,” Tony replied. “Anywhere you want me to start?”
“Just start in the kitchen. I tried to do some, but there’s still a bunch of dishes to unpack. Just
“Hey, I just realized I don’t have much in the way of food for two people,” Kim said. “I’ve been living off of TV dinners for the past couple of weeks because they were cheap at the general store.”
“Don’t worry about it. I’ll run over to my place and grab some stuff. I don’t want you leaving your home unless absolutely necessary,”
“You have a point. I hope I don’t lose my job over this.”
“Nah, don’t worry about it. Rusty is good people. He likes you, he won’t fire you because of this. It’s not the city.”
“Sweet,” Kim said as she unlocked her door. “I’ll go tidy up in here and drag out a spare pillow and blanket while you go over to your place and find some food.”
“Great idea,” Tony said with a grin. “You don’t mind game meat do you? That’s mostly how we get our meat around here, we hunt it.”
“Nah, I like it. Keith made me a nice baked stew the other day and it was delicious,” she said with a fond smile.
“Yeah, he always knew how to cook. He’s the one who absorbed all that talent in the family. I’m lucky not to burn water.”
“Well, I’m able to cook pretty decently so you don’t have to worry. Anyway, come on over when you’ve scraped up enough food.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Tony scoffed as he headed off to his house. He flashed a quick grin back at Kim as he crossed the yards.
Kim closed the door and sighed to herself. What on earth had she gotten herself into? Keith would be livid if he found out Tony was sleeping over, even if it was just on the couch. Well, livid wouldn’t be the right term for it, hurt. He would be deeply hurt. She still didn’t know why she cared what he felt. It wasn’t like they were in a real relationship. They had sex once, that was it. She kept trying to fool herself about the feelings she had, but it wasn’t working very well.
She picked up the used TV dinner trays from the coffee table and put them in a garbage bag. She then dug around in one of the boxes that was marked as linens, and found a white pillow and another white duvet. That should keep him comfortable, she thought.
Her couch was a bare bones futon from a discount furniture warehouse, so at least he won’t be all cramped. A tall guy like that wouldn’t be comfortable on a couch, that’s for sure.
She scrambled to tidy up her kitchen a little. Boxes were still strewn everywhere so it was difficult to find things. She might as well get Tony to help her unpack while he was here. All the drama and work had kept her from getting everything put away.
There was a polite knock at the door. Kim finished putting her kitchen in order and went to see who it was. It could have been either Keith or Tony, to be honest. It was Tony and he was carrying a few grocery bags full of food. He had a big grin on his chiseled face.
“Here you go. A few pounds of deer and elk, a bit of bear, and some rabbit and pheasant. I think that should tide us over. If not, I can go out and get us a bit more. Also had some frozen veggies from my garden last year. Oh, and a bag of potatoes from the store.”
“Awesome! Lemme grab one of those bags.” She picked up the bag of potatoes from the step. Tony slid through the door and brought the rest of the food to the kitchen. He put the stuff away and noted how much Kim hadn’t unpacked yet.
“Are you gonna need help with all this? I’ll be glad to help unpack some things.”
“Sure I’ve been too busy up until now to get to it, with the new job and Smiley’s bullshit, you get the idea.”
“Sure do,” Tony replied. “Anywhere you want me to start?”
“Just start in the kitchen. I tried to do some, but there’s still a bunch of dishes to unpack. Just
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