It was an early morning in 1935. A small town in Tennessee was starting wake and starting the daily routine of opening shops and setting out their signs of their daily specials. The young couple in the apartment on the top of the general store had woken when the light rays from the morning sun had hit their window. The woman rose first, opening the curtains and looking at the activity already in the street. She went over to her companion, her fiancé, and attempted to shake him awake.
"Emmett, wake up. You're going to be late."
He groaned, and pulled the blanket over his head. She made to open him again, when he grabbed her wrist and pulled her down onto the bed.
"Emmett!" She laughed and screamed while he tickled her on the bed. He bent down over her, his huge frame covering her whole body, and kissed her on her neck and collarbone.
"Soon to be my Mrs. McCarthy…" Emmett purred as he went further down her body. He paused as went past her belly button and gently bit her skin. Her hand found his head and her fingers wound through his black curls.
"Emmett we're really gonna be late."
"It's not like the job is going anywhere…" Emmett whispered, his hands winding around her legs. She bit her bottom lip as he ventured further down her body.
"Ariana! Come on, time's a ticking!" A girl shouted outside. Emmett frowned and sat back, letting his fiancée go.
"You know, Caitlyn has the worst timing in the world." Emmett sighed, and jumped off the bed to get dressed. Ariana had pulled on a one piece sundress with a fabric belt, tying it around her body to show off her tiny waist. Emmett had put on his usual work clothes with a leather waist coat. They climbed down the stairs and went through the general store to the entrance where Caitlyn stood waiting.
"About time, I thought I was going to have to call a locksmith to let me in." Caitlyn stuck up her little nose and pushed past Emmett and Ariana towards the tills.
"See you this afternoon…" Ariana smiled, looking at Emmett expectantly.
"Sure thing, sweetheart." He bent down to kiss her on the lips and hugged her around the shoulders. A new Ford Pickup truck came screaming past and stopped alongside the shop with Benny Goodman's music blaring on the radio.
"Come on Emmett. Jump on!" The driver shouted out of his window. Emmett bounded onto the back, and sat amongst some of his co-workers. Ariana stood in the doorway of the shop, smiling at Emmett. His co-workers were teasing him softly, and then they all looked at her as they drove away. She blew him a kiss, and he caught it with a smile. All of the guys on the truck with him started wolf-whistling and Emmett turned bright red. Ariana smiled widely at Emmett's embarrassment, she loved seeing the flush of crimson across his dimpled cheeks.
"Ariana, where's the receipt book?" Caitlyn asked.
"It's on the shelf, wait I'll get it." Ariana said, turning to help Caitlyn with the daily chores to get ready for customers. The newspaper delivery boy came in, and handed Caitlyn a pamphlet.
"Oh, it's swing night tonight by the pub. Are you and Emmett coming?" Caitlyn asked, handing Ariana the pamphlet.
"Oh, I don't know. I'll have to see how Emmett feels tonight." Ariana smiled, and stuffed the pamphlet into her dress pocket.