True Love Waits

Sheffield ignored her and put one of the two bubble wands into his pocket. He tore open the other one, dipped the stick in the bubble mixture and handed it to Evelyn. "Come on, give it a try! Check out that little boy. Look at the size of those bubbles! Blow a bigger one than his. You can do it!"

Evelyn wasn't impressed. She couldn't help but ask, "Do I look like a kid who might like blowing bubbles? Scratch that-do I look like a kid?"

Sheffield smiled. "Yes! Evelyn, let your hair down every once in awhile. You might actually like it."

She rolled her eyes at him. What a load of crap! She wanted to be carefree too. Who wouldn't? But carefree didn't mean acting like a kid.

"Don't tell me you don't know how to blow bubbles," Sheffield challenged her when she just stood there, staring at him. In order not to waste the soapy solution, he casually blew on the round circle at the end o the stick, and several big, round bubbles flew out, one after another.

Evelyn immediately denied, "Don't know how? Now you're just taunting me. I used to love these toys as a kid." She was telling the truth. She always had to have one when they went somewhere. But she was almost thirty now and it would be weird for her to play with kids' toys.

Hearing her, Sheffield handed her the wand. "Come on, prove it to me. I double-dog dare you!" He hadn't said that in a long time, but he figured it was appropriate now.

Evelyn knew he was deliberately trying to tick her off, but she still played along. She also couldn't help smiling at what he just said. Taking the toy from him, she retorted, "See for yourself. If I can blow a bubble a big, round one, you'll have to do whatever I say tonight, and you can't say no!"

"No problem!" It was not what he wanted to say, which was, "Sounds kinky!" But he didn't want to push it.

Evelyn dipped the stick in the liquid and blew it. Under the dazzling lights of the city, several bubbles that reflected the colors of night floated in the air.

Sheffield gave her a thumbs-up and exclaimed dramatically, "Evelyn, you're awesome! You make quite a fetching kid! I declare Little Evelyn got first place this round."

Part of Evelyn couldn't stand it when Sheffield treated her like a kid, but the other part was happy and she couldn't help but grin. "Enough! Sheffield! Don't treat me like a kid," she said with a pout. Ignoring her protest, he added, "You can blow big bubbles, but how about a lot of them? Let me teach you..." He stood behind her and gave her a back hug. "It's all about breath control," he said. "I will show you. Blow hard, then softly." He then held her hands, raised her right hand to his mouth and blew on the loop at the end of the bubble wand. Then countless bubbles of different sizes appeared in front of them. Evelyn turned around and saw Sheffield blowing bubbles beside her. She kissed him on the cheek and said in the same dramatic tone as his, "Great job, Little Sheffield! You won the grand prize!" Sheffield wore a surprised face. "Wow! The grand prize? So what's my reward?"

"What do you want?"

"I want a lot of things. I'll choose the easiest one." He let go of her hands and wrapped his arms around her waist.

were greeted with smiles as people passed. The two looked like a couple

herself enjoying herself a lot. She kept blowing the bubbles as she

He deliberately blew

Stop!" She struggled in his arms,

"You haven't answered my question yet." Evelyn laughed

and exploded

his face helplessly, Sheffield protested,

with it?"

his head, he smiled and hugged her. "No, no.

wet tissue from her bag and handed it to him.

need. Just a few bubbles.

in your mouth. It's

You have a

said! Please blow bubbles in my

you enjoy

hundred times, I'll

After a little

bet you could use a beer." "You

a message a while ago. But don't worry, Evelyn. I didn't text back," he told her honestly, though he wasn't sure if it

she want

were going on a date tonight. Bringing up old

you hiding?" Evelyn pressed the

helplessly. "She sent me a message asking me why

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answer back. Why would I do that when I already have you?" He