Ace of Hearts - All We Are Series [NaNoWriMo 2014] [#JustWriteIt]

Chapter Fifteen [Edited]

“A bit early there, Shelly,” I noted.

“Spoilsport,” she grumbled. Jack rolled his eyes and smiled at his fiancé, wrapping an arm around her waist.

“Ten!” The crowd cheered.

“Nine!” We joined in.

“Eight!” Dave smiled at Velisa, making her blush.

“Seven!” Charles wrapped his around Lily’s shoulders.

“Six!” Shelly looked up lovingly at Jack.

“Five!” Margaret started jumping up and down.

“Four!” Shelbie joined Margaret.

“Three!” Daniel gave me a look, making my heart leap in my chest.

“Two!” People started kissing around us.

“One!” Streamers fell through the air.

Dave gave Velisa a quick, cautious peck on the lips. Jack and Sheila were locked in an embrace. Lily and Charles stole away from the rest of us.

Daniel gave me a kiss on the cheek.

“Ewww!” Shelbie cried out. We all looked over and saw Margaret holding her in a death grip, giving her a slobbering kiss all over her face.

“Get off!” Shelbie said, pushing Margaret away but laughing at the same time. “What was that for?”

“I was feeling left out,” Margaret said cheekily. We rolled our eyes at her.

“Go find some guy to perv on,” Shelbie grumbled as she wiped off her cheek.

“Want to get out of here?” Jack asked Shelly, making us all cat call.

“Get in there, Jack!” Margaret cheered, making us all groan.

Jack grinned evilly and gave Sheila a passionate kiss.

“Get a room,” I joked at them, making Shelly blush a deep red.

“Gladly,” Jack winked, dragging Shelly out of the bar, though it looked like Shelly was just as eager. I smiled in amusement.

‘I am so making fun of her for that…’

The rest of us left soon after, with Velisa and Margaret leaving for home. Dave looked a bit downcast as he watched Velisa getting in the car before getting into his own.

“They would make a great couple,” Shelbie commented.

“Don’t you start, too! One Margaret is enough,” I groaned.

“What? I can be matchmaker every now and then,” Shelbie said, looking innocently at me.

“You know, Dave hasn’t dated in a while. What makes you think he’s going to?”

“Maybe he was just waiting for the right girl, and Velisa is that one!”

“Velisa has a kid and is a lot older.”

“Age doesn’t have a number, and doesn’t Dave have a nephew?”

I groaned. “Just don’t do too much, or you’ll shove them apart.”

 “True love will always find a way. And is that permission to meddle?” Shelbie gasped.

I just gave her a look.

“Oh, don’t worry about me. You know I’m not going to actually do anything. Margaret, on the other hand…”

“Yes, I know,” I groaned. “I’m keeping my eye out. I think she’s focusing more on Lily and Charles at the moment. I think the two of them left together, so maybe that’ll distract Margaret for a bit.”

“Workplace romance?”

“I suppose so.”

Shelbie shrugged. “Whatever works for them, I guess. I’m heading out now. See you at work!”

“See you later!”

“Well, I guess I will see you around,” Daniel said to me.

“See you,” I said, looking up at him a bit shyly.

He smiled and gave me a kiss on the cheek before getting into the car and driving away. Surprisingly, I was almost disappointed that it wasn’t on the lips.

‘What was that?’ I questioned myself as I got into my car. ‘I thought you didn’t like people without knowing them well.’

‘I have known Daniel for a while now, though.’

‘Is a few months enough to get to know someone and like them?’

Shelbie’s words echoed in my head: ‘True love will always find a way.’

‘It’s not true love. Definitely not love,’ I stubbornly argued to myself.

‘But it is attraction,’ something inside me pointed out.

‘I guess if I’m being honest with myself, I do like him a bit. Could I date him? Do I want to?’

The answer came easily: ‘Yes.’