Leah sighed and walked to the door. Firenze wouldn't be angry, but he'd look at her with distant eyes when she told him about the loss of the ring. And Mother, dear Lord, Mother would be furious. In this mood Leah grabbed the handle and swung it open. And that simple motion, twisting her wrist and pulling, started a chain reaction so complicated and intricate not even her ancestors were totally aware of what was happening. Because when Leah opened the door, it wasn't Brandon looking for Skylar, or Sophie to work on their history project, or the postman delivering a package. It was Corbin, scuffing the dirt with his shoe and looking bored. He didn't look up when I opened the door.
"Um… hi?" I mentally hit myself. I must've sounded so stupid!
"Yeah. You dropped this when you, you know, fell." And then not only was Corbin Winde standing on her front porch, but he was holding out his hand, and in his hand was her rose gold ring. And when he opened his hand, the ring fell into her fingers, and she put it on.
"I-I- thank you," Leah stammered, still staring at her ring.
"Yeah," he said again, and seemed uncomfortable. "You should've gone down River to Moor Avenue. They have amazing flowers, and in the spring there's this one tree-" He stopped. I willed him to go on, but he didn't. Not in the way I'd hoped.
"What?"
"I-I…" He sighed. "It's just that Moor is where I used to meet her." By her, Leah assumed he meant Faye. "But if you want, down on Willow, it's pretty too," he offered. Leah's heart skipped a beat. "I could take you there sometime..." Corbin looked down. "Only if you want to."
Leah didn't know how to respond. So she said what she wanted to. "I'm not doing anything right now, and since I have my ring back -thanks for that- I'm not really all that busy now…?"
Corbin looked up at her. "Okay."
Sorry it's so short, but you guys asked for more when I was in the middle of a chapter so I'll just post now.