Heard It Through The Grapevine

“I’ll see you at the next committee meeting,” Shelley said after they’d hammered out several decisions concerning the wine to be served, decorations for the stage and recruiting an auctioneer. As soon as Shelley left, Gina recalled that she had promised to phone the other committee members to let them know the time and place of the next meeting. Since this was a lull, she might as well do it now.

She was flipping through the pages of her address book when the door opened and Josh walked in. He carried a paper bag and looked cheerier than he had a right to be.

“Before you tell me to get out, you’d better hear what I have to say,” he announced before setting the bag down on the counter in front of her. From it wafted a tantalizing scent of meatballs and marinara sauce, and she recognized it right away as one of Mom’s famous sandwiches. Belatedly, she recalled that she’d never eaten lunch.

“You have to eat something,” he said.

She stared at him, taking in his determined stance, his sinfully blue eyes and the earnestness that shone from within. What was it about this man that she found so arresting? So fascinating? So all-fired absorbing?

“I suppose you propose to eat what’s in that bag,” she managed to say, even as her mouth was watering at the thought of sinking her teeth into one of Mom’s savory concoctions.

“That’s why I brought it,” Josh said. He leaned forward on the counter, resting his hands on it and invading her personal space. “What do you say?”

She studied him for a moment, assessing his immovability and his perseverance.

“I think,” she said slowly, “that once we eat these sandwiches, they will practically ensure that we won’t want to get this close to each other or anyone else until the garlic wears off. Although,” she continued distractedly, “we could nibble parsley. It cleanses the breath.” She slid down from the stool and went to a cabinet, where she located a stack of paper napkins.

“That’s not all I could nibble,” Josh said under his breath, and she almost didn’t hear him. She decided to let his comment pass, however, considering the uselessness of objecting. Besides, she was hungry.

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