by Ann Herrick
"Don't cry." Matt reached into his pocket. I thought he was going to get me a handkerchief. Instead he pulled out his wallet. He opened it, and showed me a picture. "Does this make you feel any better?"
It was the picture of me and Matt at the Mill Pond, where he had his arm around me.
"I guess I can see how you might have your doubts about me," said Matt. "You have known me only a few weeks. I've got to confess I started to wonder about you when you turned so cold when I tried to get you to reinstate the Who's Who. And I kept seeing you with other guys. But I hope the fact that I've been carrying this picture in my wallet, and the fact that there's a lineup on my desk of the other pictures I took of you, convince you that my intentions have been, shall we say, honorable."
I sniffled and nodded.
Matt took me in his arms and gave me a smile that was as good as a kiss.
I blinked back my tears. "We've got a lot of planning ahead of us if we're going to do a good job on the Who's Who."
"We'll probably have to work on it night and day."
"Good idea!"
"But first I have to hurry to the garage before it closes, so I can pick up a couple of parts for my car." Matt held out one arm and motioned to the door. "However, on the way I'm sure we can start, uh, discussing our plans…for the yearbook. We can do some heavy, um, brainstorming later, if you don't mind riding around in the clunker."
"Clunker? To me it's a chariot."
That must have been the right thing to say, because Matt, despite being in a hurry, took the time to give me a long, slow kiss.
I didn't know if we'd still be together after twenty-five years, or even twenty-five weeks. But as we strolled arm-in-arm to the car I knew I'd always treasure every minute of being one half of this particular "adorable couple."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ann Herrick grew up in Connecticut, where she graduated from The Morgan School and Quinnipiac University. She now lives in Oregon with her husband, who was her high-school sweetheart. Their wonderful daughter is grown, married and gainfully employed, and has given Ann her only grand-dog, Puff, a bloodhound-Rottweiler-beagle mix. While she misses the East Coast, especially houses built before 1900, she enjoys the green valleys, fresh air and low humidity in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Ann loves cats, walking, the Oregon Ducks and working in her back yard. In addition to stories and books for children and young adults, Ann also writes copy for humorous and conventional greeting cards. She loves to hear from her readers and can be contacted through her web site: http://annherrickauthor.com
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