Chapter 2
Watching from a distance, another red head watched the encounter. Reagan had known when he first met Trixie, that she and Honey would be very lovely when they grew up. And he was right. Honey, nicknamed for her personality and hair, was very beautiful and graceful, while Trixie had grown into the long-haired beauty standing before him. Honey was like a sister, but Reagan felt no such connections to Trixie. He'd watched her grow up, helped to get her out of scrapes whenever she stumbled onto a mystery. Now, at 26, Reagan finally felt he had the opportunity to say something. He had been planning on saying something at the end of the summer. However, it looked as if someone else was asking first.
"Say Trixie," Jim asked, "Would you like to catch a film at the cameo sometime?" Trixie blushed again, "Golly Jim, I'd really like that. Are the others coming?" "No," Jim replied, "I thought it'd just be us this time." "Like a date?" Now Jim blushed, "If that's alright with you?" Trixie grinned, her good humor restored, "Yes."
The rest of the summer was filled with dates, picnics by the lake, horseback riding, and gazing at the stars. All summer Reagan watched as Jim wooed Trixie, his heart aching a little more. Come the end of summer, Jim and Brian went back to NYU along with Dan, while Trixie, Di, Honey, and Mart went to the local community college. Bobby, the youngest Belden, started at Sleepyside Junior-Senior High. Before they parted, Jim took Trixie to the side to say goodbye privately. "Trix don't forget me will you?" Trixie pulled back to look at Jim, replying, "don't you forget me either." They sealed that promise with a kiss. As the car pulled away, Trixie walked back to her house, reflecting on the summer they had first met. It was the same summer she'd had the conversation with Honey about Reagan. Looking back now, she blushed remembering how silly she'd sounded. Oh, she still thought Reagan was handsome, but always felt out of his league. She would've laughed if she'd known that at that same moment, Reagan was sitting in his apartment above the garage, thinking that he was out of her league. Still, he determined to be patient and wait. Somehow, he knew they were meant to be together.