“So am I,” he said.“What would you like to do now?It’s only two, and I thought we could walk over to play a game of frisbee golf if it isn’t too busy.”
“Frisbee golf?”
“You throw Frisbees into baskets.There’s a course on the other side of the park.”
“Sure.What do you think, Riley?”
“Let’s go!”Riley jumped to her feet and started to walk.
“Wait,” said Sarah.Riley stopped and turned back, having the grace to look guilty for trying to take off again.
“Do you have Frisbees?”she asked Simon.
“Of course,” he said, picking up his backpack.“I like to be prepared.”
The course was busy, but after waiting for a few groups to start ahead of them, they entered the course, taking turns to throw the discs toward the baskets that populated the park.Their attempts were met alternatively with laughter and encouragement as they made their way through nine baskets.When they were done, they all decided that Simon was better at bocce and that Sarah needed practice if she had a hope of learning to put her disc into the baskets within nine chances.
They walked toward the car then drove to the restaurant for hamburgers, before heading home to get ready for the dance.
“What did you like most about today?”Simon asked the girls, as they waited for their meals.
”Everything,” said Sally.
“I liked playing Frisbee with Mom,” said Riley, grinning up at Sarah.“It was fun.”
“Yes, it was,” said Sarah.
“What did you like best, Mom?”
“Me?”she scanned the faces around the table.“I think I enjoyed trying things I’ve never done before, and spending time together.”
Riley nodded.“Simon has great ideas for fun, doesn’t he, Mom?”
“Yes,” Sarah said, her gaze slipping to Simon’s.“Thanks again for including us.”
“Glad you had fun,” said Simon.“We’ll have to see what we can do next time.”
“We could go to Coombs to see the goats,” said Sally.“Or see the sandcastles in Parksville.”
“That’s right.The sandcastles are interesting.And there’s a great mini golf place there.”
“Can we go, Mom?”
“We’ll look at our schedules and arrange something,” said Sarah.“I’ve heard a lot of good things about the sandcastles.”
“Don’t tell me you’ve never seen them either.”
“No, I haven’t.It seems that before I met you my life was rather dull.”
He laughed as though she had said something amusing, but underneath her joking tone, she was serious.Since meeting Simon, her life had more facets to it.And she liked those new facets.
They all sat back while the waiter placed their food on the table in front of them.“Now eat up, because tonight Sarah and I have a salsa class.And you two, I am told, have one of Mrs.Waverly’s famous card games to play.”
“Salsa?”Sarah said.“Is it hard?I’ve never tried it before.”
“Which is why we need a lesson,” he said, tapping himself on the head and pulling a very serious face.“We teachers are always thinking.”
She laughed, and he joined her.
