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Well, I am doing something that I said I would never do get ready for a garden party. It was my friend Brett and his wife's Kim who were hosting the party so I was coming for them. I was in my best Wranglers and my new denim shirt and my boots were polished. I drove for about 30 minutes and I arrived and Brett saw me.
He said," John, I am glad you made it."
I said ," Yeah. you owe me you know I can't stand this type of thing."
He laughed and said," Well, I don't care for this either and oh the bourbon and beer is over there."
I walked over and got a shot glass and asked for Jim Beam and was sipping it by a plant when this beautiful lady walked over wearing this blue sequined cocktail dress.
She said," I can't believe I agreed to come to this listening to women talk about the pool boys, if I was listen to them any longer murder would look like a good option."
I laughed and said," You look so natural in this setting."
She shot me a dirty look and than laughed," I see you are really dressed for the occasion what got you here?"
I said," Brett and Kim "invited" me."
She said," Oh you too, so you must be the man they want to match me up with."
I laughed," I should have seen this coming and I thought I was the only single one."
She said." I hope you are the one that they are trying to match me up with. You are a very handsome man."
I replied." I hope you are the woman they are trying to match me up with because you are the woman of my dreams."
We both laughed and she put her head on my arm and we both understood if we weren't the ones Brett and Kim had in mind we were going to be the ones anyway.
Kim came over and saw us and said," I was going to introduce you 2 but it seems you found each other."
That was when the woman of my dreams said." My name is Beth."
I said," My name is John."
We both laughed at this whole situation after getting familiar with each other we finally knew each other's names.
After Kim walked away from us is when I said," Unless you are enjoying yourself too much here we can ditch this."
Beth gave me a mock look of exasperation and said," They will be so disappointed but let's go." .
She took off her heels and held them in one hand and grabbed my hand with her right and we ran to my pickup.
We drove for 15 minutes to a café outside of Dubois and after parking the pickup we walked inside after I held the door open for her.
After sitting down in one of the booths I ordered a slice of apple pie with milk.
She laughed and said," These places are so quaint I love these cafes."
I said," We used to come here when my dad decided it was time for a family outing and this place bakes some of the best apple pies I have ever tasted." She ordered a slice of apple pie and asked" So how long have you lived here?"
I said," Since I was 3, gangs were getting worst at Chicago and dad being originally from Montana thought this would be perfect. My dad familiarized himself with shoeing horses and we have been living at Dubois since. I went back to Chicago with my mom to visit family last year and it is so alien to me."
She said," So you have been living here how long?" I said," 21 years."
She said," Wow so this area is pretty much all you know." I said," Yeah it is and I do love it here. This couple they are funny." She asked," You didn't see this coming?"
I said," No but I should have since it was Brett and Kim she always likes to be the matchmaker."
Beth laughed and replied," Well, you know that is what she likes to do."
I asked," So what do you do? What brought you to the area?" She said." Well, I am in interior decorating and I moved from California L.A. to be specific. I left there because my clients there I think were losing all their senses and I came through here a year before I moved here. Now I have lived here for 5 years and I love it here." He said," That is strange I have never seen you before."
She laughed and said," Well, if you needed some wall paper or curtains hung or you needed some advice on color patterns you would probably know me."
I said," Yeah, good point but still I usually run into just about anybody and everybody here."
She said," It doesn't matter we have now been introduced. "
I said," Yes, you are right and I am glad and makes me glad I came to the garden party."
She laughed," Which we have immediately left. Oh I am sorry I have to leave if I don't get to my clients on time In the morning at least one will have a panic attack."
We got up and I paid for our pies and we walked out to my truck.
Well we drove to back to Brett's and Kim's house and after getting out Beth stepped up and we kissed for about 2 or 3 minutes.
She handed me a piece of paper and said," Don't be shy calling me."
She walked to the car and got in and pulled away and I sat and watch her disappear into the night. I started my pickup and drove the 15 minutes back to the house. In my bedroom I chuckled that I didn't even say goodbye to Brett or Kim. I stripped to my boxers and went to bed and I thought about Beth as I slowly drifted off to sleep.