Love Isn't Easy Part 6
Game Time. Everyone was excited ball players or not, the teachers against the students was a big event at South Glen South. Ball Players loved the thrill of the game. Prom enthusiasts loved anthing fund raising and people in general just love good entertainment. Thursday of the week and nobody could seem to talk about anything other than basball of prom. Sam found himself to be looking forward to baseball more than prom. The heat and thrill of the game...Watching Josie play.... At first he was beside himself with curiousity but then he overheard that new guy Rob saying that Josie was:
"The best ball player he'd ever seen. Her arm was faster than anyone else."
'Ok Sam, The game is at 5:30 that'll come by quickly. Just get through the day and you'll be fine.' He was lucky, he didn't have Senior Lit today so that obstacle was taken care of. And the rest were just freshmen and sophomores. Originally this had become his least favourite day. Not seeing Josie all day was slowly ripping his longing heart right out of his chest but today he felt greatful for being able to concentrate without the huge distraction she posed.
Josie walked through the halls totally excited about the game as well...although she would never let Rob know it. He practically wrote her name on the sign-up sheet for her. Oh well. He was right. She loved the game and couldn't wait. After school she was going back to her parents and she and her mom were going grocery shopping. An odd choice of activity she was aware but recently she had been so busy that she was happy to get any time in.
"Mom?....Hello? Anybody home?"
"Oh Josie! You're here early! What a nice surprise!"
"Mr. Coulson seemed kind of stressed out today and so decided to let everyone out early. I was actually grateful because as you know I have that game at 5:30 so I don't have hours to spend at the grocery store. Did you make up the list? When is that party you're throwing? I can't remember."
"Actually hon, the party isn't for another month. So I don't have to shop for that for another3 and a half weeks but I DO have to get the regular stuff. Just let me grab the list and we'll go."
Meanwhile not too far away.....
Sam walked throught the door to his apartment to find his mom standing there jacket, shoes and purse.
"Sam, How do you live here? There isn't a scrap of food in the place?"
"Actually Mom, food has been the last thing on my mind recently-"
"Too bad." She grabbed him by the wrist and started pulling him out the door before he had a chance to resist. "We're going to the store and we are getting you some REAL food."
* * * * *
Josie and her mother were standing in the same aisle about 20 feet apart when Janet yells out
"Hey Josie! What kind of toothpaste? Peppermint or Gel?"
Josie, now cringing in embarrassment comes up to her and says "I don't know, I'm not the one who's going to be using it so you should make the decision." Janet Geller looked at the tubes and threw the peppermint one into the buggy. The two women walked down and up each aisle getting everything on the list when they came to the fresh produce section. They were standing next to the apples choosing out the best ones when all of a sudden Josie hears a familiar voice coming from the next aisle over. "Hey mom, You forget, I DON'T know how to cook, why are you getting flour?" Josie suddenly became very wary and self-conscious but decided that she was unwilling to show this side to her mother so instead she turned to her mother and said ."Didn't you say that you needed green peppers?"
Now it was Sam's turn to become flustered.
He on the other hand wasn't able to remain as calm. He dropped the food he was holding into the buggy his mother was pushing about 5 feet away from him, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. None of this was lost on Gail Coulson though.
"Sam, what's the matter with you? You look like you're having a panic attack. Sam? Sam, are you okay?" She was starting to get worried.
Sam removed his hands from his forehead and looked at his mother. Very bluntly he said "Josie Geller is in the next aisle over."
A huge smile wiped over Gail's face. "Oh Yay! My son is in love with a woman and I get a chance to meet her here and now! What are the odds!?!?"
"NO! Mom, I don't want to talk to her. I am going to make a fool of myself."
"No you won't honey. Just remain calm, slyly move into the next aisle and say Oh Hi Josie! Are you shopping for groceries?'" She said, mimicking him as best she could and then following up by laughing at her own joke.
"Very funny Mom." But then he switched to talking to himself. "Ok, just stay calm, say hello and finish with your business......Ok Mom, let's go."
Gail and Sam then turned the corner and unfortunately wasn't ready to be so close to Josie so soon. There she was not 6 feet away from him looking at the cans on the wall. What he didn't know was that Josie was preparing for also turning the corner to "accidentally run into him"
"Whoa! You startled me... Hi Mr. Coulson." She said smiling nervously to herself. She noticed that he was with another woman right away but after looking at her and judging her age, she guessed that she was his mother. Sam looked at Josie.
"Hey Jo-...." Words were gone. Sam had lost himself in her beautiful green eyes. Meanwhile, Gail who was standing behind Sam started laughing heartedly to herself at the absurdity in her son's behaviour. Janet who had managed to come up to see who these people were, witnessed every moment of this exchange and too had to chuckle under her breath. The intense feelings between Sam and Josie were as clear as day to her. The one part she couldn't figure out was how neither of them picked it up. All the while Josie looked at Sam who was staring at her and she automatically assumed the worst.
"What? What is it?...Oh god." She turned to her mom "Do I have something on my face?"
Now, Janet was busting a gut laughing so hard. She did manage to answer Josie by saying "no". How did she not see this? This man was clearly attracted to Josie but as her mother knew, because of an unfortunate High School ultimate humiliation, Josie refused to believe that any man could want her. Finally Sam managed to get a hold of himself.
"So Josie, are you excited about the game today? I can see you're dressed for it." He said pointing at her ensemble. Gail rolled her eyes. He may as well have just plain told her that he checked her out. That would definitely save a lot from this beating around the bush crap. Luckily, Josie didn't seem to pick up on that. Which Gail found peculiar. Any girl in this position would see that Sam was attracted to them and this conversation would actually get somewhere.
Josie looked at her clothes. She was wearing loose-fitting black capri pants and a baseball style t-shirt. Her hair were in little braids. And she was wearing NO make-up. She felt a little bad because she didn't want Sam to look at her when she was at her utmost ugliest. What she didn't know was that Sam was convinced that she was the most beautiful woman in the world.
"Yeah I am, and so are you." She said pointing at his track pants and white t-shirt.
Gail and Janet were watching this intently but then Gail switched her gaze over to Janet who decided to take things down a different road.
"Hi I'm Gail, Sam's mother." She said holding out her hand. Janet took it. "Hi, I'm Janet, Josie's mother!" She said laughing a little. They looked over at their children who were so wrapped up in their conversation that they didn't even notice the little greeting. Gail finally spoke up.
"Do you want to go over there and talk?" She said pointing at the vegetables. Janet nodded and they walked over.
Quite a few minutes passed before either of them said anything. Gail, who now was bursting to say what she was thinking tried to get it out of Janet so that she wouldn't end up incriminating her son. She started by pointing at their children who were still completely wrapped up in their own conversation.
"Wow, I think that our children really get along well."
Janet started. "You wanna know what I think?" Now she had Gail's attention. She just nodded eagerly.
"Well, I may be jumping the gun a little here, but I think our children have feelings for each other.-"
"YES!!" Gail interrupted, ecstatic that she saw it too. " It's so obvious! I'm in complete shock that neither of them noticed it. Like that Josie didn't realize what was going on when Sam was staring at her with complete adoration."
"Yes! And when Sam didn't notice Josie staring up at him with her puppy eyes. I was killing myself laughing so hard."
The two different groups of people were talking and talking and talking when Josie heard on the radio in the faint background say "Alright listeners It's a quarter past 5 and we've got some great hits in store for you!" She looked at Sam in complete panic.
"What? What's wrong?"
"Didn't you hear? It's a quarter past 5! We are going to be REALLY late for the game if we don't leave RIGHT now." Sam looked at his watch and they both ran over to their mothers.
"What's wrong with you two? Is there a bomb threat over by the apples?" Janet said.
"Mom, I totally lost track of time and me and Mr. Coulson are going to be late for the game!"
"Ok calm down, don't panic. Here, take your car and drive the two of you over."
"Well then how are you going to bring all the groceries home?"
Now Gail took her turn "I'll drive both of us home, I'll put my groceries in the trunk and yours in the back seat."
"Are you sure?" Sam said. Gail responded "Yeah, you guys go! We'll be fine."
And off they went.
Game Time. Everyone was excited ball players or not, the teachers against the students was a big event at South Glen South. Ball Players loved the thrill of the game. Prom enthusiasts loved anthing fund raising and people in general just love good entertainment. Thursday of the week and nobody could seem to talk about anything other than basball of prom. Sam found himself to be looking forward to baseball more than prom. The heat and thrill of the game...Watching Josie play.... At first he was beside himself with curiousity but then he overheard that new guy Rob saying that Josie was:
"The best ball player he'd ever seen. Her arm was faster than anyone else."
'Ok Sam, The game is at 5:30 that'll come by quickly. Just get through the day and you'll be fine.' He was lucky, he didn't have Senior Lit today so that obstacle was taken care of. And the rest were just freshmen and sophomores. Originally this had become his least favourite day. Not seeing Josie all day was slowly ripping his longing heart right out of his chest but today he felt greatful for being able to concentrate without the huge distraction she posed.
Josie walked through the halls totally excited about the game as well...although she would never let Rob know it. He practically wrote her name on the sign-up sheet for her. Oh well. He was right. She loved the game and couldn't wait. After school she was going back to her parents and she and her mom were going grocery shopping. An odd choice of activity she was aware but recently she had been so busy that she was happy to get any time in.
"Mom?....Hello? Anybody home?"
"Oh Josie! You're here early! What a nice surprise!"
"Mr. Coulson seemed kind of stressed out today and so decided to let everyone out early. I was actually grateful because as you know I have that game at 5:30 so I don't have hours to spend at the grocery store. Did you make up the list? When is that party you're throwing? I can't remember."
"Actually hon, the party isn't for another month. So I don't have to shop for that for another3 and a half weeks but I DO have to get the regular stuff. Just let me grab the list and we'll go."
Meanwhile not too far away.....
Sam walked throught the door to his apartment to find his mom standing there jacket, shoes and purse.
"Sam, How do you live here? There isn't a scrap of food in the place?"
"Actually Mom, food has been the last thing on my mind recently-"
"Too bad." She grabbed him by the wrist and started pulling him out the door before he had a chance to resist. "We're going to the store and we are getting you some REAL food."
* * * * *
Josie and her mother were standing in the same aisle about 20 feet apart when Janet yells out
"Hey Josie! What kind of toothpaste? Peppermint or Gel?"
Josie, now cringing in embarrassment comes up to her and says "I don't know, I'm not the one who's going to be using it so you should make the decision." Janet Geller looked at the tubes and threw the peppermint one into the buggy. The two women walked down and up each aisle getting everything on the list when they came to the fresh produce section. They were standing next to the apples choosing out the best ones when all of a sudden Josie hears a familiar voice coming from the next aisle over. "Hey mom, You forget, I DON'T know how to cook, why are you getting flour?" Josie suddenly became very wary and self-conscious but decided that she was unwilling to show this side to her mother so instead she turned to her mother and said ."Didn't you say that you needed green peppers?"
Now it was Sam's turn to become flustered.
He on the other hand wasn't able to remain as calm. He dropped the food he was holding into the buggy his mother was pushing about 5 feet away from him, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. None of this was lost on Gail Coulson though.
"Sam, what's the matter with you? You look like you're having a panic attack. Sam? Sam, are you okay?" She was starting to get worried.
Sam removed his hands from his forehead and looked at his mother. Very bluntly he said "Josie Geller is in the next aisle over."
A huge smile wiped over Gail's face. "Oh Yay! My son is in love with a woman and I get a chance to meet her here and now! What are the odds!?!?"
"NO! Mom, I don't want to talk to her. I am going to make a fool of myself."
"No you won't honey. Just remain calm, slyly move into the next aisle and say Oh Hi Josie! Are you shopping for groceries?'" She said, mimicking him as best she could and then following up by laughing at her own joke.
"Very funny Mom." But then he switched to talking to himself. "Ok, just stay calm, say hello and finish with your business......Ok Mom, let's go."
Gail and Sam then turned the corner and unfortunately wasn't ready to be so close to Josie so soon. There she was not 6 feet away from him looking at the cans on the wall. What he didn't know was that Josie was preparing for also turning the corner to "accidentally run into him"
"Whoa! You startled me... Hi Mr. Coulson." She said smiling nervously to herself. She noticed that he was with another woman right away but after looking at her and judging her age, she guessed that she was his mother. Sam looked at Josie.
"Hey Jo-...." Words were gone. Sam had lost himself in her beautiful green eyes. Meanwhile, Gail who was standing behind Sam started laughing heartedly to herself at the absurdity in her son's behaviour. Janet who had managed to come up to see who these people were, witnessed every moment of this exchange and too had to chuckle under her breath. The intense feelings between Sam and Josie were as clear as day to her. The one part she couldn't figure out was how neither of them picked it up. All the while Josie looked at Sam who was staring at her and she automatically assumed the worst.
"What? What is it?...Oh god." She turned to her mom "Do I have something on my face?"
Now, Janet was busting a gut laughing so hard. She did manage to answer Josie by saying "no". How did she not see this? This man was clearly attracted to Josie but as her mother knew, because of an unfortunate High School ultimate humiliation, Josie refused to believe that any man could want her. Finally Sam managed to get a hold of himself.
"So Josie, are you excited about the game today? I can see you're dressed for it." He said pointing at her ensemble. Gail rolled her eyes. He may as well have just plain told her that he checked her out. That would definitely save a lot from this beating around the bush crap. Luckily, Josie didn't seem to pick up on that. Which Gail found peculiar. Any girl in this position would see that Sam was attracted to them and this conversation would actually get somewhere.
Josie looked at her clothes. She was wearing loose-fitting black capri pants and a baseball style t-shirt. Her hair were in little braids. And she was wearing NO make-up. She felt a little bad because she didn't want Sam to look at her when she was at her utmost ugliest. What she didn't know was that Sam was convinced that she was the most beautiful woman in the world.
"Yeah I am, and so are you." She said pointing at his track pants and white t-shirt.
Gail and Janet were watching this intently but then Gail switched her gaze over to Janet who decided to take things down a different road.
"Hi I'm Gail, Sam's mother." She said holding out her hand. Janet took it. "Hi, I'm Janet, Josie's mother!" She said laughing a little. They looked over at their children who were so wrapped up in their conversation that they didn't even notice the little greeting. Gail finally spoke up.
"Do you want to go over there and talk?" She said pointing at the vegetables. Janet nodded and they walked over.
Quite a few minutes passed before either of them said anything. Gail, who now was bursting to say what she was thinking tried to get it out of Janet so that she wouldn't end up incriminating her son. She started by pointing at their children who were still completely wrapped up in their own conversation.
"Wow, I think that our children really get along well."
Janet started. "You wanna know what I think?" Now she had Gail's attention. She just nodded eagerly.
"Well, I may be jumping the gun a little here, but I think our children have feelings for each other.-"
"YES!!" Gail interrupted, ecstatic that she saw it too. " It's so obvious! I'm in complete shock that neither of them noticed it. Like that Josie didn't realize what was going on when Sam was staring at her with complete adoration."
"Yes! And when Sam didn't notice Josie staring up at him with her puppy eyes. I was killing myself laughing so hard."
The two different groups of people were talking and talking and talking when Josie heard on the radio in the faint background say "Alright listeners It's a quarter past 5 and we've got some great hits in store for you!" She looked at Sam in complete panic.
"What? What's wrong?"
"Didn't you hear? It's a quarter past 5! We are going to be REALLY late for the game if we don't leave RIGHT now." Sam looked at his watch and they both ran over to their mothers.
"What's wrong with you two? Is there a bomb threat over by the apples?" Janet said.
"Mom, I totally lost track of time and me and Mr. Coulson are going to be late for the game!"
"Ok calm down, don't panic. Here, take your car and drive the two of you over."
"Well then how are you going to bring all the groceries home?"
Now Gail took her turn "I'll drive both of us home, I'll put my groceries in the trunk and yours in the back seat."
"Are you sure?" Sam said. Gail responded "Yeah, you guys go! We'll be fine."
And off they went.