I started his way.
He shook his head.
I stopped and bugged my eyes out at him.
He shook his head again.
He’d noticed all of this was going on, and he wanted me to stay out of it.
I, however, did not want to stay out of it.
Thus, I bugged my eyes out bigger at him.
He smiled at me, face soft, eyes warm, affection and love snaking across the dirt and plants to wrap me in a comfy, delicious, loving hug.
I forgot all about everything except Gabe, how beautiful he was when he smiled, how happy I was those came often these days, and how good it felt to have his love.
Cesar, Eddie and Jet’s youngest, took his attention by struggling past with another paloverde that was way too heavy for him to carry on his own.
Gabe went to help him.
Annette barked, “No loafers!” in my direction, and when I looked to her, she said, “We’ll never get this done with people standing around.”
I gave her a crisp salute.
She rolled her eyes, hefted a roll of drip line on her shoulder and stomped toward where Shaw and Cap were laying it.
I got back to work.
In the end, after a very physical day that still was fun because the posse was all together and Tex had gone down, in both front and back yards, Annette’s vision come to life was insane.
I mean, it could win awards.
Nancy was beside herself with glee.
Tex was crotchety, but not more than normal, so I supposed that meant he was a good loser.
All worth it.
And I won ten dollars when the bets were divvied up.
So…
Yippee!
Another week later…
“Fuck, I want them all,” Jacob declared.
We were doing their cake tasting at my place.
Yes, I could have done a fancier to-do with champagne and flowers and a starched white tablecloth at a chef’s table at SC.
But first, Jacob was not a champagne and flowers type of guy.
In fact, he wasn’t a cake tasting guy, telling Alexis, “Whatever you want is good with me,” (this being his attitude about the entire wedding), so she had a time of it just getting him to show.
Thus, I did the champagne for her and me, a lovely bouquet of flowers, the cupcakes were presented on pretty plates with prettier doilies, and I went all out on decorating the cakes in some of the ideas Alexis had for her wedding day.
