The rest of the week past in a blur and Saturday dawned bright and sunny. The late afternoon wedding was all that Dawn had dreamed of, a grandiose display worthy of royalty. As the sun was setting the reception was just getting underway, the sunset casting shades of red and pink on the white tent. Colin had claimed a dance with Kate and the two were deftly waltzing around the dance floor chatting as they went. "Do you see the young lady there in pink? That's Jake's sister Natalie."
"She's the one who tipped the Hansen's off to who I was?"
"Yes but not really. Jake knew you'd be in town to film, apparently she's been following your shooting schedule online."
Edgar "stole" Kate from Colin for the next dance and Colin searched in vain for Robyn. Seeing Natalie sitting at a table watching the dancers with a wistful expression, Colin approached her out of her line of sight. He tapped her on the shoulder to gain her attention. Natalie's heart stopped beating as she looked up to see the object of her teenage fantasies smiling down at her.
"You're Jake's little sister aren't you?" asked Colin, already knowing the answer.
"Y-y-y-yes," she replied in a shaky voice.
"Why aren't you dancing? Tis a party isn't it?"
Natalie's face fell a little and she shrugged her shoulders, "No one ever asks me to dance."
"Well, I can remedy that. Would you care to dance with me?"
Colin and Natalie swept by Edgar and Kate, who smiled at the sight. Nodding at Natalie Edgar commented, "I've seen that look before. Junior looks like that when we let him do a new job on the boat."
As the reception progressed small groups of people started form. Kate was introducing Colin to her family, sharing how he and his had made her so welcome in the past. Kate's parents insisted that Colin start joining the family for their Sunday dinners whenever he was able. Leading Colin over to a group of older ladies from Portsmith she quietly asked if he had danced with Robyn yet.
"No, I think she's hiding. Every time a good song plays, she's nowhere to be found," he grumbled.
"Hmm."
"Do you know something I don't?"
"No, not really."
"But you do know something."
"Colin, you're drop dead gorgeous and you've just stepped off the red carpet into the streets of a small town, put two and two together."
"Hrumph."
"Look, I'll see if I can find her, all right?"
A short while later Kate spied Robyn slipping out of the tent and into the surrounding garden. She slid up to Colin and whispered, "Pink roses are her favorite," and gave him a shove towards the door. Colin looked quizzically back at Kate and she just rolled her eyes. Realization finally dawned on him and he quickly went in search of the rose garden.
Robyn was standing by a rose bush in full bloom, the heady fragrance permeated the warm summer evening. She was lost in the sunset when Colin found her. "You're a hard woman to track down." Startled out of her reverie she looked up. "Or were you trying to hide from me?"
"You were looking for me?"
"Yes. And you kept disappearing. Bloody frustrating it is!"
"Well you found me. What can I do for you?" asked Robyn coolly.
"You could let a bloke have a dance," he huffed.
"Y-you want to dance? With me?" As the band started playing Foreigners "A girl like you" Colin pulled Robyn into his arms and began to sway with the music, his eyes locked with hers.
After the song ended the two strolled through the garden as candles and luminaries were being lit along the walkways. They paused at a point looking out onto a small pond and watched the light reflecting off of the water. He drew her close and captured her mouth in a gentle kiss…
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