A Change of Wind

S e v e n

"What do you think?~"
"You look magnificent as always, dear."

I chuckled as I spanned around, showing Ruth my outfit for the day. Instead of a dress, I went for a plain white short-sleeved blouse, with beige shorts and a white bandana with a floral design for my hair. I thought I'd switch up, so I won't get bored of dresses.

"I agree, you always do be lookin' good~"

I turned to face Billy who came walking with some boxes in hand.
"Morning Billy! And I try, thank you." I chuckled and walked over to him as he placed the boxes on the kitchen counter.
"This is?" I asked as I took a look inside.
"From the Pattersons, they live a mile from here. Technically your second house neighbors, this is their welcoming gift." He said.
Ruth pulled away from the stove and took a look inside.
"Fresh vegetables? Oh, that's so nice." She smiled widely. "We must pay them a visit later and thank them for this lovely gift." She said then turned back to the stove.

"That's a lot of food you makin' there, Ruth." Billy said as he took a look around the busy kitchen and turned to me. "Expecting someone?"
"More like a hundred recipes, and I yes the Callan's coming over for lunch." I responded.
"Oh really? By the way, what happened yesterday? I hope everythin' was cleared—-"

My eyes widened at the mention of yesterday's events and my encounter with that jerk, which reminds me, Billy bad someone explaining to do. I rushed toward him, took his arm in mine, and pulled him outside the sliding door.

"Woah- what is it?" He narrowed his eyes confused.
"Lair." I begin. "Billy you are such a liar," I stated, bugging him.
He titled his head. "Lair? But w-what did I even—-"
I let go of him and placed my hands on my hips as I raised a brow.
"You said James Callan is a nice man, which is far from the truth!" I called. "That man is the rudest jerk I've ever met!"

"Why, what happened? I thought everythin' was cleared up yesterday? Did somethin' else happen?"
"Not really, I was actually having a great time until he showed his face." I took a deep breath and sighed. "what I'd like to know is, what is his problem?" I started pacing back and forth on the porch.

Billy chuckled and crossed his arms as he leaned on the wall.
"Well, Jamie is usually a nice guy. He's not very...talkative, but everyone knows that." He said.
"Now I don't know about this sudden change in his character, but he'll come around." He shrugged.

I couldn't help but laugh.
"And who said I want him to come Around? It's quite the opposite! I hope I see him less and less until the end of our stay." I uttered. "Ugh. You know what? I'm over it."
Billy laughed. "Are you?" He teased.
"Haha. Anyways- oh! I almost forgot, Billy can you drive me to town? There's something I'd like to get." I asked.
"Sure, I finished most of today's work yesterday. I got nothing much to do today." He shrugged.
"Great! Then let me grab my purse and we can go."

After Getting into the car, Billy drove us to town and we had some little conversations
here and there.
"You tellin' me you're already 24 and without a license!" He laughed.
"In my defense, I didn't think I'd need one till now! I mean back home I'll just walk most of the time or just take a taxi...or in some cases, Ruth would drive me." I complained. "Besides, driving scars me!..especially road rage, you never know who you might encounter on the road." I argued.
"maybe up there in the big cities, not around here. Everybody knows everybody and besides we got enough space on these roads for everyone." He shrugged.
"Yeah, maybe it is a big city problem." I mumbled.

Once we made it into town, I parked somewhere and continued walking on foot.
"I think it was around here, I mean it was the only one I saw around here.."
"Yep, There's only one flower shop in town, Amanda's shop and it's just around the corner." Billy confirmed.