around and checked it all out. "I like this place! It's so much better than the last place."
She agreed and went to the bed, pulling the covers back. "I'm sorry to have to do this, but I'm exhausted. I've got to get some sleep." she pulled her shoes off and crawled beneath the covers, falling off to sleep in no time.
Chapter Five
Colby watched her pass out with a little smile on his face. She was going to so much trouble to try to get him to Tiffany. He wanted to do something for her to show his appreciation, so he took their few bags of groceries into the kitchen and began to cook dinner for them.
A short while later, Shannon woke up to delicious smells wafting from the little kitchen. She rolled over in the bed and saw that night had fallen and it was dark outside.
"Colby?" she called out. The fire was going strong and it was warm in their cabin, but there wasn't much light except for the light over the stove.
"I'm in the kitchen," he said, leaving the stove and walking over to the bed. He sat beside her and looked down at her. "How are you feeling?" he asked as he smiled down at her.
The corners of her lips curled up and she gave him a smile in return. "I'm good. I could use some more sleep but I think I'm more interested in whatever it is you're cooking in there. What did you make?" she asked.
He stood up and held his hand out to her. "I made a surprise for you. Get up and come enjoy it." He grinned at her.
She gave him her hand and he pulled her to her feet and walked her to the fireplace where he had set up a little fireside dinner on the carpet. There was French bread, a salad, and a bottle of wine sitting beside two wine glasses.
"I'll be one minute," he said, heading into the kitchen and coming back out again with two plates filled with pasta and marinara sauce. "We're a little limited, but we did pretty well with what was available."
He set the plates down in front of them and reached for the wine, pouring each of them a glass of it.
"Where did all of this come from?" she asked. "We didn't get all this at the store when we went down there."
He shrugged. "I went back down for a few more things when you fell asleep. I just wanted to do something really nice for you. I'd never have made it this far without you, and I want you to know how much I appreciate it. You're a really good friend, Shannon, and I'm so lucky to call you that. Thank you for everything that you have done, and everything that you are doing. You're incredible." he raised his wine glass in a toast to her.
"To true friends," he offered.
She could not hide the wide grin that spread over her face. She lifted her glass and toasted his. "To true friends," she said. They drank and then they enjoyed the dinner he made.
"This is really good, Colby. I may have to have you come over and cook a few more times when we get back to Cali." she teased him.
He nodded at her. "I'll do it if you want me to!"
"I may hold you to that,” she said with a smile.
"Hasn't this been a wild and crazy ride?" she asked, thinking over all of it. He took their empty plates to the sink and brought back two slices of chocolate cake and another bottle of red wine. She laughed at him, helped him settle in, and poured more wine for them.
"It has been a wild ride. Who would have ever thought it." he scoffed a little and shook his head. "I thought she and I would be attending party after party and going to showers and having dinners with friends and family from all over. I never ever saw this coming," he said, indicating the cabin and the storm. Then he looked up at her and tilted his head a little.
"At least I know that I could not be in finer company." He toasted her again and she chuckled at him.
"I couldn't, either." She watched him as he threw two more logs on the fire and then sat back down with her.
They finished the second bottle of wine and both of them were feeling
She agreed and went to the bed, pulling the covers back. "I'm sorry to have to do this, but I'm exhausted. I've got to get some sleep." she pulled her shoes off and crawled beneath the covers, falling off to sleep in no time.
Chapter Five
Colby watched her pass out with a little smile on his face. She was going to so much trouble to try to get him to Tiffany. He wanted to do something for her to show his appreciation, so he took their few bags of groceries into the kitchen and began to cook dinner for them.
A short while later, Shannon woke up to delicious smells wafting from the little kitchen. She rolled over in the bed and saw that night had fallen and it was dark outside.
"Colby?" she called out. The fire was going strong and it was warm in their cabin, but there wasn't much light except for the light over the stove.
"I'm in the kitchen," he said, leaving the stove and walking over to the bed. He sat beside her and looked down at her. "How are you feeling?" he asked as he smiled down at her.
The corners of her lips curled up and she gave him a smile in return. "I'm good. I could use some more sleep but I think I'm more interested in whatever it is you're cooking in there. What did you make?" she asked.
He stood up and held his hand out to her. "I made a surprise for you. Get up and come enjoy it." He grinned at her.
She gave him her hand and he pulled her to her feet and walked her to the fireplace where he had set up a little fireside dinner on the carpet. There was French bread, a salad, and a bottle of wine sitting beside two wine glasses.
"I'll be one minute," he said, heading into the kitchen and coming back out again with two plates filled with pasta and marinara sauce. "We're a little limited, but we did pretty well with what was available."
He set the plates down in front of them and reached for the wine, pouring each of them a glass of it.
"Where did all of this come from?" she asked. "We didn't get all this at the store when we went down there."
He shrugged. "I went back down for a few more things when you fell asleep. I just wanted to do something really nice for you. I'd never have made it this far without you, and I want you to know how much I appreciate it. You're a really good friend, Shannon, and I'm so lucky to call you that. Thank you for everything that you have done, and everything that you are doing. You're incredible." he raised his wine glass in a toast to her.
"To true friends," he offered.
She could not hide the wide grin that spread over her face. She lifted her glass and toasted his. "To true friends," she said. They drank and then they enjoyed the dinner he made.
"This is really good, Colby. I may have to have you come over and cook a few more times when we get back to Cali." she teased him.
He nodded at her. "I'll do it if you want me to!"
"I may hold you to that,” she said with a smile.
"Hasn't this been a wild and crazy ride?" she asked, thinking over all of it. He took their empty plates to the sink and brought back two slices of chocolate cake and another bottle of red wine. She laughed at him, helped him settle in, and poured more wine for them.
"It has been a wild ride. Who would have ever thought it." he scoffed a little and shook his head. "I thought she and I would be attending party after party and going to showers and having dinners with friends and family from all over. I never ever saw this coming," he said, indicating the cabin and the storm. Then he looked up at her and tilted his head a little.
"At least I know that I could not be in finer company." He toasted her again and she chuckled at him.
"I couldn't, either." She watched him as he threw two more logs on the fire and then sat back down with her.
They finished the second bottle of wine and both of them were feeling
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