Chapter 4
A week later....
"4231." Olivia mumbled to herself as she drove down the street. Someone actually ordered some candle sets and wanted them delivered.
"There it is." Olivia said as she found the house and got out of the car to ring the door bell.
"Can I help you?" a voice asked from behind the door.
"Delivery from White Candle Barn." Olivia replied.
"Hey Olivia." Charlie said opening the door. "Come on in."
"Charlie?" Olivia asked. "You live here?" Charlie nodded. "Home sweet home."
"Wow." She muttered. "This is a pretty nice house. Are you a celebrity or something?"
"Not yet. But soon." He said glancing around the new house he and his mother had moved into. Olivia laughed. "I've been telling myself that for years."
"Seriously." Charlie told her.
"Really?" Olivia asked.
"Ever hear of the Mighty Ducks?" he asked. Olivia shook her head. "Can't say I have."
"Not into hockey?" Charlie asked.
"Sorry. I haven't lived in Minnesota that long." She replied. Charlie shrugged. "No big deal."
"So...here's your order." She said handing him the box.
"Order?" he asked. "Oh right!" Olivia looked at him warily. "Yeah."
"Okay, I have a confession." Charlie said.
"You do?" Olivia asked.
"I was kinda disappointed when you didn't call me so..." Charlie started.
"So you ordered some candles and figured I'd deliver them." Olivia finished. Charlie nodded. "Actually, I kind of requested you." Olivia blushed. "I don't know if I should be flattered or scared."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to freak you out." Charlie said.
"Oh, umm...it's okay. So you were disappointed I didn't call?" Olivia asked. Now it was Charlie's turn to blush. "Well, yeah."
"So..." Olivia started.
"She wants you to ask her out." A voice said.
"Averman!" Charlie shouted. "Go away!"
"Jeehz dude I told you to keep quiet." Another voice said.
"Fulton!" Charlie exclaimed. Two boys walked into the hall from the living room.
"Hey Olivia. I'm Averman." The first boy said.
"And I'm Fulton." The other boy said shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you. Are you Ducks too?" she asked. The boys nodded.
"How many more of you are there?" she asked.
"Only one more here." A voice replied. Olivia turned around and saw another boy.
"I'm Adam." A tall dark haired boy replied.
"I see." Olivia said.
"So now that you've met everyone." Charlie said giving the boys a look.
"Oh, right. We've got to go do the thing." Adam said.
"What thing?" Averman asked.
"The thing." Fulton said. "Come on fellas. Bye Olivia." The other boys left the room.
"Sorry about that." Charlie said.
"No big deal. Well, I'd better get going." Olivia said. "They need me back at the store."
"Yeah, someone might come in. One being the operative word." Charlie replied. Olivia laughed. "So, see you around, I guess." Charlie nodded. "Sure." Olivia waited a moment. "Well, bye." She said and began to walk out the door.
"Bye." He replied. Olivia walked outside and to her car. Charlie shut the door. "That went well." He mumbled to himself. He looked down and noticed a notebook on the floor. Charlie picked it up and looked inside.
"Hockey tryouts?" he mumbled as a flyer fell out of the notebook. He flipped to the back cover.
"Property of Olivia Roberts." He read.
"4231." Olivia mumbled to herself as she drove down the street. Someone actually ordered some candle sets and wanted them delivered.
"There it is." Olivia said as she found the house and got out of the car to ring the door bell.
"Can I help you?" a voice asked from behind the door.
"Delivery from White Candle Barn." Olivia replied.
"Hey Olivia." Charlie said opening the door. "Come on in."
"Charlie?" Olivia asked. "You live here?" Charlie nodded. "Home sweet home."
"Wow." She muttered. "This is a pretty nice house. Are you a celebrity or something?"
"Not yet. But soon." He said glancing around the new house he and his mother had moved into. Olivia laughed. "I've been telling myself that for years."
"Seriously." Charlie told her.
"Really?" Olivia asked.
"Ever hear of the Mighty Ducks?" he asked. Olivia shook her head. "Can't say I have."
"Not into hockey?" Charlie asked.
"Sorry. I haven't lived in Minnesota that long." She replied. Charlie shrugged. "No big deal."
"So...here's your order." She said handing him the box.
"Order?" he asked. "Oh right!" Olivia looked at him warily. "Yeah."
"Okay, I have a confession." Charlie said.
"You do?" Olivia asked.
"I was kinda disappointed when you didn't call me so..." Charlie started.
"So you ordered some candles and figured I'd deliver them." Olivia finished. Charlie nodded. "Actually, I kind of requested you." Olivia blushed. "I don't know if I should be flattered or scared."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to freak you out." Charlie said.
"Oh, umm...it's okay. So you were disappointed I didn't call?" Olivia asked. Now it was Charlie's turn to blush. "Well, yeah."
"So..." Olivia started.
"She wants you to ask her out." A voice said.
"Averman!" Charlie shouted. "Go away!"
"Jeehz dude I told you to keep quiet." Another voice said.
"Fulton!" Charlie exclaimed. Two boys walked into the hall from the living room.
"Hey Olivia. I'm Averman." The first boy said.
"And I'm Fulton." The other boy said shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you. Are you Ducks too?" she asked. The boys nodded.
"How many more of you are there?" she asked.
"Only one more here." A voice replied. Olivia turned around and saw another boy.
"I'm Adam." A tall dark haired boy replied.
"I see." Olivia said.
"So now that you've met everyone." Charlie said giving the boys a look.
"Oh, right. We've got to go do the thing." Adam said.
"What thing?" Averman asked.
"The thing." Fulton said. "Come on fellas. Bye Olivia." The other boys left the room.
"Sorry about that." Charlie said.
"No big deal. Well, I'd better get going." Olivia said. "They need me back at the store."
"Yeah, someone might come in. One being the operative word." Charlie replied. Olivia laughed. "So, see you around, I guess." Charlie nodded. "Sure." Olivia waited a moment. "Well, bye." She said and began to walk out the door.
"Bye." He replied. Olivia walked outside and to her car. Charlie shut the door. "That went well." He mumbled to himself. He looked down and noticed a notebook on the floor. Charlie picked it up and looked inside.
"Hockey tryouts?" he mumbled as a flyer fell out of the notebook. He flipped to the back cover.
"Property of Olivia Roberts." He read.