Title: Peaches
Author: Pidge
Summary: Blink works in an orchard.. (Blush)
Blink's PoV
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Laugh now, coo "Aww", just get it over with. I know it's cute. The Georgia boy going to pick peaches on a summer's day. How quaint, how adorable. Well, I make a promise to you. I am not going to eat a single peach today.
The bus lurched and rolled to a stop in the dusty dirt road.
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Wow. I really hate this hat. The white monstrosity was the size of a tire, perched on my head to apparently provide a generous amount of shade. Waffle wave, with just enough holes to ensure I burned in a checkered pattern. Sun pouring through one of these holes into my eye. I reached up for another peach. The tree was heavy with peaches, branches sagging to the gran like a cow that needed to be milked. Peaches as far as the eye could see.
Another body worked next to mine. My picking partner, "Mush", he had told me with a grin. "When I was little, I was.. uhh... 'overenthusiastic' in my picking. I grabbed the peaches a little too hard, turning them into, well, mush!"
He moved with an easy rythym, our basket almost full mainly because of him. He was beautiful in a country boy way, innocently breathtaking.
God, this was one peach too many. I fell back and sat down in the tree's shade, surrounded by overripe splattered peaches. Their sweet scent rose up to meet me.
"That's it" I gasped. "No more peaches!"
Mush turned and looked at me quizzically. "Don't you like peaches?"
" Sure I do, " I replied. " In small amounts. Besides, don't you think this is REALLY corny?"
He looked confused.
I continued. "You know, Georgia boy, eating a peach. I personally promised myself I wouldn't touch one today."
Mush smiled like he was enjoying a private joke and shook his head. He came and sat by me, holding a peach. I was slightly in awe of all the beauty so close to me.
"Here," he said, holding out the peach. "Bite it."
I shook my head rapidly. "No. I will not eat that peach."
His eyes laughed. "I'll prove it's good." He bit in, swallowed, and passed the peach to me. "Eat it."
I took it delicately in my hands, like I was handling poison. I looked from Mush to the peach and back again. I wanted to make him smile again. So I took a bite.
As I bit into the peach, the flesh gave way easily and it's juices ran down my chin, sweet and sticky.
I lifted my sleeve to wipe them away, but Mush was there first. He kissed me lightly. I didn't know what to do. When he stopped and moved back to where he was originally, he noticed how confused I looked. He grinned and offered up an explanation.
" I always really liked peaches."
THE END
AN: My first posted fic! I'm so proud. I hope you enjoyed this. R&R if ya know what's good for you! shakes fist
