Life With Trent Harmon

Part 36: A Surprise and A Shopping Trip

You smile as the airport doors open and you see Trent walk out, rolling his suitcase behind him. He stops and looks around, looking for his family's vehicle. He looks your way, and a shocked look crosses his face and is quickly replaced by a smile. He heads your way and when he gets to you, he puts his bags down and wraps his arms around you.
"What are you doing here??" He asks excitedly while squeezing you tighter.
"I asked your mom if I could  come get you and she said that it was fine. And I needed to see you as soon as possible. So here I am."
He pulls back and you look up at him and see a huge smile on his face. "I'm so glad you came." He says as he leans his face close to yours and then brushes his lips on yours.
"Me too." You say and kiss him again. He pulls you into another hug.
"I love you so much."
"I love you too trent" you laugh. " we need to get out of this line"
"Yeah we do." He says and picks up his bags and you help put them in the car.
Then he takes the keys from your hand and heads toward the driver's side.
"Excuse me?"  You laugh and you climb in the passenger side "why are you taking the keys to MY car?"
"Do you really think I'm going to ride with you in Memphis? You scare me when you drive in tupelo." Trent laughs as he starts the car.
"I'm not THAT bad!" You look over at him and see his eyes dancing.
"Yeah.. okay..." he winks at you and then pulls out into airport traffic.
A few minutes later, Trent is weaving in and out of traffic and glances over at you.
"I'm so glad you were the one to pick me up today.."
"Me too.." you smile at him and slide your fingers between his.
"Got any thing planned?"
"All I know is you have to play the Longhorn tonight..."
"I do?" Trent looks over at you with raised eyebrows as he stops the car at a red light.
"Yeah I need to hear you sing live..."
"Well I can sing to you any..." he starts to interrupt you.
"And your mom asked me to tell you..." you finish your sentence and he smirks.
"Mhm figures..." he laughs.
"She knew you'd do it if I asked..."
he thinks for a second. "What time?"
"She said whatever time. But we need to be there about 5:30. And I need time to get ready..."
"Yeah I need to change too.." he motions to his sweat pants and tshirt and then puts his hand on your leg.
"That gives us a little time..." he says and then you see a smile climb onto his face as he changes lanes and takes the next exit.
"Lets grab lunch..." he says "and then I have something I wanna do.."
"Okay.." you smile and put your hand on his.
"Oh and by the way, happy 6 months..." he says and you look over at him...
"Happy 6 months baby."

An hour later, you take a bite of a French fry, and Trent says "I'm so full.."
"Same.." you laugh and take another bite of the fry. "But these fries are so good.."
"You're right." Trent says "they are." And slides his hand across the table and steals your last one and pops it into his mouth.
"Trent!" You squeal quietly. He laughs and shrugs his shoulders and winks at you, as you roll your eyes. "So when do you leave again?" You ask, trying to be nonchalant about it.
"Babe.. do we have to talk about it?"
"Just tell me." You laugh and he says
"The 6th.. so Friday..."
Before you can respond, the waitress walks up and hands him the check.
"Are you Trent Harmon?" She asks, batting her eye lashes at him.
He reaches in his back pocket and pulls out his billfold. "Yes mam I am." He smiles at her and hands her the cash and the bill. "Keep the change! Nice to meet you!" And flashes his million dollar smile at her and stands. She looks at him for a second, not knowing whether to be excited, or shocked. Finally, she turns to walk away and he walks over and takes your hand as you stand up and leads you out of the door.
When you climb in the car, you look over at Trent and see him smiling at you. "I'm getting pretty good at that."
"What?" You tease "giving $16 tips?"
"What?" He asks, stopping in the middle of backing out of the parking space.
"Our bill was $24. You have her two 20 dollar bills and told her to keep the change."
"I gave her a Twenty and a ten.." he smiles at you, rolling his eyes and pulling out his wallet to show you.
"No babe. You gave her two twenties."
He pulls the cash out of his wallet and counts it. Suddenly, he smiles sheepishly at you. "Oops"
You bust out laughing and touch his face. "Trent. Why did you think she looked at you like that when you told her to keep the change?"
"I don't know..." he looks down and you see the blood rush to his cheeks.
"Trenton William. You thought she was star struck by you..."
"No!" He says, trying not to laugh. After a second he looks at you and a smile creeps on to his face. "Okay, maybe... but she obviously was because she asked if I was Trent Harmon."
"Well she was even more shocked that Trent Harmon gave her such a big tip."
"Well she was a good waitress..." he says and pulls out of the parking lot.
You continue laughing and he mocks you as he lays his hand on your leg again.
After you finally control your laughter, you slip your fingers between his and sigh. "How has it only been 6 months?" You ask and look over at him.
"I don't know.." he smiles back at you and then looks back at the road. "But I do know that I love you."
Warmth works it's way through your body and you smile. "I love you too T." You say quietly as you lean over and kiss his cheek.
"Did you bring your ring?" He asks, glancing over at you.
"Yeah." You say, pulling it out showing him that it's on a necklace around your neck. "I wear it everywhere.
"Okay." He smiles and then turns into the mall parking lot.
You walk with him inside and he leads you over to a ring shop and you look at him surprised.
"Trent are you bringing me here to rig shop?" You tease.
A fake shocked look works it's way to his face and he says "NO! You said we needed to get it fixed since you lost one of the diamonds in it. And get it resized. So I figured what better time than the present."
You eye him suspiciously and follow him inside. You listen as he explains what happened with your promise ring and you give it to the guy behind the counter and the wander around while Trent finishes up.
While you are looking at a few rings in the counter, Trent walks up and wraps his arms around you.
"See anything you like?"
You smile and look up at him. "Thought we weren't ring shopping today?"
"We aren't. But you know what they say.." Trent says as he releases you and slides his hand into yours. "Take a girl into a jewelry shop, and she will do the shopping all on her own."
You look over at him and roll your eyes. "I've never heard that. Never, Trent."
"Well, they do." He says, trying to hide his smile. "And besides you don't have to be shopping to look. So, I ask you again.. see anything you like?"
You look up at him and can't help the smile that comes onto your face. He smiles back  down at you and then winks.
"Well.." you say, sliding your fingers between his again..
"I kinda like this one but..." you start telling him as he listens intently.

Three hours later, Trent pulls up at your house and looks at his watch. "It's 5. Hurry as fast as you can and then we gotta run back to my house so I can change."
"I love how you give me so much time." You roll your eyes and then give him a kiss.
"I'll be down I five."
A few minutes later, you climb back in your car and Trent smiles over at you. "Damn you look good."
You laugh and say "shut up."
"I'm serious.." he says quietly and backs out of your drive way.
30 minutes later, Trent pulls up to the longhorn and says "it didn't take me longer."
"Yes it did." You laugh "we got to your house at 5:17. We left at 6:07."
"Yeah well..." he smirks over at you "you went into my house with me and you distracted me.."
"Hey that wasn't all me." You smirk back at him and he laughs.
"That's very true."
You are interrupted by your door swinging open and Katie yelling "TWENT!!"
"Katie." You laugh "what are you doing here?"
"We are eatin supper here." She says and then goes back to hugging Trent.
A few minutes later, you follow Trent into the Longhorn. When Mama C sees y'all, she looks at her watch and then raises her eyebrows at yall. You smile and watch him hug her. "Sorry mama. We lost track of time"
She looks at you and then back at him. "It's fine. Just go get set up up there."
She tells him and then sees your family walk in and she smiles at them.
"Hey, (y/n)  can you fill these cups while I go talk to your family?"
"Sure!" You laugh and start filling them up and walk them over to the table.
You look at the stage and see Trent on the phone and he looks around and then makes eye contact at you and then points at the phone and then the back door. You nod and smile. A few seconds later, mrs. Cindy walks over. "Where did Trent go?"
"I think he got an important phone call. It looked intense. So he went outside."
"Oh." She says sadly "sometimes I wish he could leave that phone in Nashville."
"Me too." You laugh and think to yourself about how the phone had interrupted y'all just a few minutes before. Before your brain can wander any further, Trent slips back in the back door. You notice him before Cindy and he is looking straight at you. He freezes in the door way and you see the shocked look on his face.
"You okay?" You mouth at him.
"Kinda." He mouths back and walks toward you.
"Trent." Cindy says as he gets close "you need to start playing. People are getting done eating."
"I will in a minute." He looks at her and then back at you. "Where's dad and RK? I need to talk to y'all."
"Is every thing okay?" Cindy asks, worried. "Yeah I just need to talk to y'all."
Five minutes later you are standing on the back porch of the longhorn with Trent, Cindy, Randy, RK, and both of Trent's grandmothers.
"What is it Trent?" Cindy says as Trent looks down at his feet. When he looks back up at you, you see tears in his eyes and your breath catches in your throat.
"Mr. Scott just called me. He said that there was an opening in the schedule.." he stops for a second and takes a deep breath. "I've been invited.. I'm playing the Grand Ole Opry the second Friday in August."
"NO WAY." Cindy says and runs up and hugs him.
"I had to tell y'all now because it is going live on the Opry website in 15 minutes."
He says as he looks directly into your eyes and smiles. "I'm playing the Grand Ole Opry."

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