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Authors: Jennifer Crusie
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fault." He was as immaculately handsome as ever in the sunlight, and it was even more annoying now that she knew he'd been a pervert at twelve. She started to tell him so and decided she didn't want to get personal, she just wanted to get rid of him. "Did you say you wanted to look at the electricity?"
"No," he said. "I said Amy wanted me to look at the electricity."
"Right this way," Sophie said, leaving Amy to handle the mess on the porch. Five minutes later, she was in the dark farmhouse basement, wishing she was back on the porch. At least in the sunlight she could see what the mayor was up to. "Uh, what are we doing, Mr. Tucker?"
"Phin," he said. "And this is your fuse box. We're looking at it to see if it's going to burn your house down."
"Where are the little switches?" Sophie squinted around his shoulder in the dim light. She'd expected to get a whiff of some expensive cologne as she leaned closer, but instead he smelled of soap and sun, clean, and she swallowed and concentrated on the fuse box.
There were no switches, just little round things that looked sinister.
"Switches would be circuit breakers." Phin said. "For which you need circuits not fuses. This is the old way."
"Is this better?"
"No. But it's more exciting."
"I don't want exciting." Sophie took a step back. "I want functioning, nonshocking, neat little switches. I've always depended on the kindness of strangers. You do it."
"That's the problem with you city folk. No sense of adventure. Let me explain how this works."
"No," Sophie said firmly. "I don't want to know. I want switches. I know how they work."
"You can't have switches. Get over it."
Sophie shook her head. "I've heard about these things. You stick pennies in them, and they shock you."
"You do not put pennies in them." He sounded as if he were trying not to laugh. "If you put pennies in them, you deserve to be shocked. Not to mention have the house burn down. Do not put pennies in them."
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"Not a problem. I'm not going near that thing." Sophie started up the stairs. "Thank you very much, but no." When she realized he wasn't following her, she stopped. "You can come up now. The electricity lesson is over."
He grinned at her in the light that filtered down the stairs from the kitchen. "Quitter," he said, and her pulse skipped a little at the challenge in his voice.
"Only on the stuff that will get me electrocuted," she told him. "I believe in safety first." She escaped back up the stairs and put on Dusty in Memphis to calm her nerves.
Phin followed a few minutes later.
"They're all working," he told her, washing his hands at the sink. "If you have trouble, yell, and Wes or I will come out and fix it."
Sophie blinked at him. "That's extremely nice of you."
"We're extremely nice people." Phin smiled at her, and Sophie had a brief moment where she thought he might be a good guy after all before he said, "So tell me about this movie," and she took a step back.
"I told you, it's just an audition tape," she said. "It was Clea's idea, and she hired us because we did such a good job filming her wedding. Amy's shooting it on the porch because it's easier to light." Even as she said it, the lights in the kitchen went out, and she heard Amy out on the porch say, "Oh, damn ."
"If there was a switch," Sophie said, "I could go throw it now."
"But there's a fuse instead." Phin pointed at the basement door. "So you can go replace it. Like an adventurous adult."
"Not in this lifetime," Sophie said, and Phin sighed and went downstairs, shortly after which the porch lights evidently came back on because Amy called, "Thank you!"
"You do very nice work," she told him when he came back upstairs, trying to be nice since he wasn't Chad. Exactly. "For that, you get lemonade."
"You know, a little adventure in your life wouldn't kill you," he said as he sat at the table. "Especially if it's just replacing a fuse."
"I had enough adventure as a child," Sophie said firmly as she poured. "I'm
"No," he said. "I said Amy wanted me to look at the electricity."
"Right this way," Sophie said, leaving Amy to handle the mess on the porch. Five minutes later, she was in the dark farmhouse basement, wishing she was back on the porch. At least in the sunlight she could see what the mayor was up to. "Uh, what are we doing, Mr. Tucker?"
"Phin," he said. "And this is your fuse box. We're looking at it to see if it's going to burn your house down."
"Where are the little switches?" Sophie squinted around his shoulder in the dim light. She'd expected to get a whiff of some expensive cologne as she leaned closer, but instead he smelled of soap and sun, clean, and she swallowed and concentrated on the fuse box.
There were no switches, just little round things that looked sinister.
"Switches would be circuit breakers." Phin said. "For which you need circuits not fuses. This is the old way."
"Is this better?"
"No. But it's more exciting."
"I don't want exciting." Sophie took a step back. "I want functioning, nonshocking, neat little switches. I've always depended on the kindness of strangers. You do it."
"That's the problem with you city folk. No sense of adventure. Let me explain how this works."
"No," Sophie said firmly. "I don't want to know. I want switches. I know how they work."
"You can't have switches. Get over it."
Sophie shook her head. "I've heard about these things. You stick pennies in them, and they shock you."
"You do not put pennies in them." He sounded as if he were trying not to laugh. "If you put pennies in them, you deserve to be shocked. Not to mention have the house burn down. Do not put pennies in them."
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"Not a problem. I'm not going near that thing." Sophie started up the stairs. "Thank you very much, but no." When she realized he wasn't following her, she stopped. "You can come up now. The electricity lesson is over."
He grinned at her in the light that filtered down the stairs from the kitchen. "Quitter," he said, and her pulse skipped a little at the challenge in his voice.
"Only on the stuff that will get me electrocuted," she told him. "I believe in safety first." She escaped back up the stairs and put on Dusty in Memphis to calm her nerves.
Phin followed a few minutes later.
"They're all working," he told her, washing his hands at the sink. "If you have trouble, yell, and Wes or I will come out and fix it."
Sophie blinked at him. "That's extremely nice of you."
"We're extremely nice people." Phin smiled at her, and Sophie had a brief moment where she thought he might be a good guy after all before he said, "So tell me about this movie," and she took a step back.
"I told you, it's just an audition tape," she said. "It was Clea's idea, and she hired us because we did such a good job filming her wedding. Amy's shooting it on the porch because it's easier to light." Even as she said it, the lights in the kitchen went out, and she heard Amy out on the porch say, "Oh, damn ."
"If there was a switch," Sophie said, "I could go throw it now."
"But there's a fuse instead." Phin pointed at the basement door. "So you can go replace it. Like an adventurous adult."
"Not in this lifetime," Sophie said, and Phin sighed and went downstairs, shortly after which the porch lights evidently came back on because Amy called, "Thank you!"
"You do very nice work," she told him when he came back upstairs, trying to be nice since he wasn't Chad. Exactly. "For that, you get lemonade."
"You know, a little adventure in your life wouldn't kill you," he said as he sat at the table. "Especially if it's just replacing a fuse."
"I had enough adventure as a child," Sophie said firmly as she poured. "I'm
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