Two weeks later Adam had brought Tess to his parents house in
Minneapolis. His parents had an impromptu business meeting and were going
to be away for the ten days that they were to be there. Tess' cousin was
to pick her up soon and she and Adam were up puttering around the house
together. He was cooking her breakfast as she read the sports page to him.
"'Luis Mendoza scored three goals in his first night as a Cup bound NHL player,'" Tess read, "Don't you know him honey?" she asked as he passed her a plate of strawberry pancakes. "Thanks"
"Yeah he and I played as together as high schoolers, you may get to meet him this week." Adam replied sitting on the barstool next to her at the kitchen island.
"Cool," she replied through a full mouth. He chuckled and leaned in to kiss her as the doorbell rang.
Meanwhile:
Charlie Conway was going to get his cousin at her boyfriend's house. As he drove down the street he felt a feeling of deja vu. After a long time on the street he realized why he recognized this area, his best friend Adam Banks lived around here. He took the right that the directions called for and realized he was on Banksie's street.
"One, two, three, four," he counted aloud. At the fifth house he turned in. From the inside of his car he looked up. It was the Banks' house. Oh well he thought if someone was home he would know who he was talking about, maybe T.K. had inverted two of the numbers in her email. He walked up the front steps and rung the doorbell.
Back Inside:
Adam groaned, "I'll get that," he said looking at his girlfriend clad only in his boxers and one of his dress shirts.
"Okay," she replied as she gently kissed him on the lips.
Adam walked toward the door in his pajama bottoms wondering who knew he was home already, all of his parents friends knew they were away and everyone except Charlie wouldn't be here until tomorrow and he had purposely not told Charlie so he would have sometime wondering around the city with Tess without anyone gaping them. As he opened the door he reviled Charlie.
"Banksie?" Charlie said slightly shocked.
"Charlie?" Adam retorted equally shocked, "What are you doing here? I thought groomsmen stuff didn't start until tomorrow."
"It doesn't, I'm looking for my cousin's boyfriend's house," Charlie said.
"Why don't you come in?" Adam said as he stood aside to let Charlie through the door. As he shut the door he asked, "What do you know about the boyfriend?"
"Not much just that he goes to Columbia, he plays hockey, and he's dating T.K." Charlie explained as they began walking towards the kitchen.
"T.K.?" Adam said as Tess called out "Adam, baby who's there?" With that she came around the corner and stopped dead in her tracks.
"Charlie," she said hands on her hips, "You said 11, it's only 10:30."
Charlie and Adam looked at her and said, "You know him?" simultaneously.
"You two know each other?" she said innocently.
"Yeah," Adam replied, "We have known each other since we were like nine. He's your cousin?"
"Yeah, my Aunt Katherine's son Charlie."
"You two are dating?" Charlie responded equally as shocked as Adam.
"Yeah, for nine months." Adam and Tess replied together.
"I guess we won't be without dates for the wedding then huh?"
"I guess not," Adam replied smiling walking towards her.
"As much as I hate to interrupt this ever so romantic moment, I have to have her at the dress fitting in less then half an hour so you young lady need to get dressed," Charlie said.
"Okay I can be ready in like 10 minutes," Tess said walking away from the boys.
"Clock's ticking," Charlie replied.
"Okay!" Tess said from somewhere upstairs.
And then there were two. Charlie and Adam looked at each other.
"So." Charlie started.
"Yeah, " Adam responded.
To be continued.
"'Luis Mendoza scored three goals in his first night as a Cup bound NHL player,'" Tess read, "Don't you know him honey?" she asked as he passed her a plate of strawberry pancakes. "Thanks"
"Yeah he and I played as together as high schoolers, you may get to meet him this week." Adam replied sitting on the barstool next to her at the kitchen island.
"Cool," she replied through a full mouth. He chuckled and leaned in to kiss her as the doorbell rang.
Meanwhile:
Charlie Conway was going to get his cousin at her boyfriend's house. As he drove down the street he felt a feeling of deja vu. After a long time on the street he realized why he recognized this area, his best friend Adam Banks lived around here. He took the right that the directions called for and realized he was on Banksie's street.
"One, two, three, four," he counted aloud. At the fifth house he turned in. From the inside of his car he looked up. It was the Banks' house. Oh well he thought if someone was home he would know who he was talking about, maybe T.K. had inverted two of the numbers in her email. He walked up the front steps and rung the doorbell.
Back Inside:
Adam groaned, "I'll get that," he said looking at his girlfriend clad only in his boxers and one of his dress shirts.
"Okay," she replied as she gently kissed him on the lips.
Adam walked toward the door in his pajama bottoms wondering who knew he was home already, all of his parents friends knew they were away and everyone except Charlie wouldn't be here until tomorrow and he had purposely not told Charlie so he would have sometime wondering around the city with Tess without anyone gaping them. As he opened the door he reviled Charlie.
"Banksie?" Charlie said slightly shocked.
"Charlie?" Adam retorted equally shocked, "What are you doing here? I thought groomsmen stuff didn't start until tomorrow."
"It doesn't, I'm looking for my cousin's boyfriend's house," Charlie said.
"Why don't you come in?" Adam said as he stood aside to let Charlie through the door. As he shut the door he asked, "What do you know about the boyfriend?"
"Not much just that he goes to Columbia, he plays hockey, and he's dating T.K." Charlie explained as they began walking towards the kitchen.
"T.K.?" Adam said as Tess called out "Adam, baby who's there?" With that she came around the corner and stopped dead in her tracks.
"Charlie," she said hands on her hips, "You said 11, it's only 10:30."
Charlie and Adam looked at her and said, "You know him?" simultaneously.
"You two know each other?" she said innocently.
"Yeah," Adam replied, "We have known each other since we were like nine. He's your cousin?"
"Yeah, my Aunt Katherine's son Charlie."
"You two are dating?" Charlie responded equally as shocked as Adam.
"Yeah, for nine months." Adam and Tess replied together.
"I guess we won't be without dates for the wedding then huh?"
"I guess not," Adam replied smiling walking towards her.
"As much as I hate to interrupt this ever so romantic moment, I have to have her at the dress fitting in less then half an hour so you young lady need to get dressed," Charlie said.
"Okay I can be ready in like 10 minutes," Tess said walking away from the boys.
"Clock's ticking," Charlie replied.
"Okay!" Tess said from somewhere upstairs.
And then there were two. Charlie and Adam looked at each other.
"So." Charlie started.
"Yeah, " Adam responded.
To be continued.