Hope's Chance(60)

“Hope I carry around a ribbon in my wallet. I have no room to talk.” I confessed.

“The house is clean except for the sheets. I refused to change them. They still smell like you.” She said as she smiled and walked toward the bedroom.”

I followed her. I was still picturing her rolling around in the sheets. “You know we don’t have much time right?” I said as I watched her shirt come flying off and land on my head.

“We have enough time.”

I smiled and met her on my bed, minus my clothes.





Chapter 34


Hope



I had wanted to spend the afternoon alone with Chance, but my father arrived home only an hour after he left. He and Buffy decided that we should go to the Country Club to have an early dinner. Chance headed to the pool house to get cleaned up, while I stayed inside the main house to do the same.

My plan was that at the last minute I was going to tell my father I wanted to drive myself, in case they wanted to stay later. I knew Chance would volunteer to ride with me, which would give us some much needed alone time.

The fall weather was causing it to be cool outside, especially in the afternoons, so I made it a point to wear something that I could put a sweater over. I chose a strapless black dress with blue and white designs in it. It came up above my knees, but looked cute with a sweater on top.

My hair had really grown since the summer and also came down my whole back. I curled each of the ends and pulled the sides up so the curls looked fuller. After putting on a bit of makeup, I stood back and looked at my appearance. My most favorite part of the whole outfit was my necklace from Chance. It hung perfectly in the center of my chest.

Satisfied that Chance would be impressed, I headed downstairs. Buffy decided to wear something other than pink. She wore a navy blue suit that made her look a lot older than she normally dressed. A strand of pearls were wrapped around her neck and her hair was curled to perfection.

“You look beautiful.” I said as she came downstairs.

“So do you. Wow!” She replied.

My father came down behind her and put his arms around Buffy’s waist. “You will be the two best looking women in the club tonight.”

“We better be.” Buffy joked. “Hope, why don’t you go see if Chance is ready yet.”

“Okay.” I said calmly, but really, I wanted to scream and jump up and down.

I was wearing heels, which made it impossible to run toward the pool house. I adjusted my dress at least three times before making it to there. When I opened the door, I could smell Chance’s cologne. I followed the scent toward the bathroom and lost my breath at how handsome he looked.

Chance was wearing a pair of black pants. His blue polo shirt displayed every muscle on his arms and chest. While he had been gone, I washed all of the clothes he had in boxes still and then hung them up. He obviously had appreciated my hard work by wearing one of the outfits.

“Well don’t you clean up nice?” I joked.

Chance took one look at me and flew out of the bathroom. “Hope. You look fantastic.” He said as he kissed me gently on the lips. “And thanks for the work you did in my closet.”

“You are welcome.” I said as I wiped my lip-gloss off his lips. “They are waiting for us.”

“Let me just get my wallet and I will be there.” He said as he started walking.

I decided not to push my luck with my father and headed out to the driveway. As I approached the car, I heard Chance running to catch up behind me. “Sorry you guys had to wait.” He said.

“It is fine Chance. Are we ready to go?” My dad asked.

I interrupted. “Um dad, I was thinking I should drive my own car. If you guys want to stay late, I can head home early. I just want to have the option, you know?”

My dad creased his brow and looked over to Buffy. She gave him a nod and his face calmed. “Probably a good idea Sweetie. You know how I get when I run into my golf buddies.”

I started to walk alone to my car and heard Chance calling. “Hope wait! I will ride with you so you don’t have to drive alone.” He turned to face my dad. “Is that okay with you guys?”

“Of course it is.” Buffy interrupted.

Chance got into the passenger side before I had even opened my door. “Good plan.”

“Thanks!” I said as I started the car.

We got out of the driveway and followed my dad out of the community. Chance suggested that I not follow too close so he could kiss my hand and play with my hair. Luckily, when we came into town my father ran a yellow light and we stayed when it turned red. At the same exact time, we leaned into one another for a kiss. “I love you beautiful.” Chance said as he looked into my eyes.

We were interrupted from our sweet moment when the person behind me started honking because the light had turned back to green.



Chance

That old woman had ruined our make-out session. If I hadn’t missed my girlfriend so much, I wouldn’t have minded. Hope welcoming me home was even better than I had thought it would be. She seemed different, but yet, still the same. Her hair was longer and something about her face made her seem more mature, but whatever it was, I loved it.

Working that construction job had been pure Hell. There had been so many times where I wanted to buy a cheap car and come home. I played out in my mind how I would pick up Hope and we would drive as far away as we could.