"This story was EVERYTHING!!!!! I'm literally in tears!" What if Cinderella said...'no'? When campus prince Marco kisses Maggie, their chemistry sets the world on fire. Soon after, her fairy grandmother shows up ready to indulge Maggie at every tur...
I had fantasies of a soapy shower for two right up until the moment we got to the bathroom and saw a roach climbing out of the drain.
I marched to the Motel office and demanded some roach spray and came back and pretty much emptied the can in the the bathroom. It stunk to high hell. A stray spark probably would have turned the whole motel into an inferno.
But it was clear of bugs long enough for a short shower.
Maggie grabbed one of my ratty towels from the truck and put it down on the floor and we took turns in the horrifically bad water pressure. Her body was gorgeous in daylight even though she was shy. I wanted her even more.
She watched the drains, nervously. Barely gave me a glance.
Way to feed my ego, princess.
We were in fresh clothes and on the road again in under 30 minutes. We hit the Ohio River before lunch and Maggie was psyched.
"Makes Logan's look like a puddle," she laughed.
"Yeah," we'd hit familiar territory for me and I pulled us off the main highway.
"Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise," I teased. By then, I was starving. From memory, I drove us to a hamburger joint that overlooked the water and we got a table on the balcony.
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I got a cold beer and she got a sweet tea and we just sat, holding hands and watching the water traffic.
"It's nice and all..."
"This isn't why we came," I laughed. "But the onion rings are fantastic."
"So tell me."
"See, there..." I pointed across the water at a white sign. "BestTek Builders."
She nodded.
"I spent the last two summers interning there. The owner is an alumni. They usually make pre-fab homes that are put on multiple trailers and assembled on site."
"Like trailer homes?"
"These are placed on permanent sites with foundations. Real houses, just made ahead of time in pieces. I'd designed a tiny home in my first architecture class before I started there and I really wanted to try building it."
"Tiny home?"
I pulled up some pictures on my phone. "It's a movement towards smaller footprints and sustainable living. Some are micro-tiny but the greatest market is probably between 350-400sf. A lot of these homes can run completely off the grid."
"Grid?"
"Power, water, sewer..."
"So you weren't kidding about being an architecture major, huh?"
