Page 91 of Opposites (Never) Attract
Harmony: Ethan and I have been talking about that.
Mom: ARE YOU PREGNANT ALREADY????
Bliss: Wow. That was fast. Ethan must be packing some heat.
Harmony: A) No talking about Ethan’s heat. B) No, I’m not pregnant. We were just thinking about when we might want to start a family. And we’re both open to adoption.
Bliss: That makes sense. You adopt animals. Why not humans?
Me: I feel like we’ve gotten off topic.
Amity: Maybe the reason Tag hasn’t found someone is because he was waiting for the right person to show up in his life. And maybe that person is you.
Me: That can’t be true.
Harmony: Why not?
Me: For like 8 million reasons.
Bliss: Don’t say something stupid like, he’s a cowboy. And you’re a city girl.
Me: Why is that stupid? It’s true.
Mom: You’re a cowgirl, born and bred. You just happen to live in the city.
Me: Oh my God, I’m sorry I asked.
Well,that wasn’t helpful at all, I thought.
But it was…nice.
I decided that when I went back to New York, I would stay in the group chat, no matter how annoying it got.
“Let’s go, little sis.”
I looked up from the computer at Ethan, who had poked his head into the study.
“Oh,” he said, drawing up short when he saw mybusiness suit. “You’re in work clothes. Why are you in work clothes?”
“Because I’m at work,” I said, as if that was obvious. “Even during Covid I always dressed for work in case I ever needed to be on camera.”
“Yeah, but not the bottoms, right? Please tell me you wore PJs on the bottom.”
“The partners would often have us stand up during the calls. They believed half dressing led to half measures.”
“Sounds like a fun bunch of guys. Well, I’m recommending you change out of that get up back into your horse riding clothes.”
“Are we having another lesson?” This was immediately exciting to me. I felt like Shirley and I had just started our journey together.
“Sort of. We’ve got some cows going into labor. Carter thought you would like to see the operation in action.”
“Isn’t it a little late in the season?”
Ethan shook his head. “This is our grass fed beef. The calving season for them runs after the regular heard.”
Did I want to see a cow give birth?
No?
