From the
North Pole to Indiana
Date?
Chapter 4,
Part 2
Mick heard
someone knock at the door. He gets up from where he is
sitting.
"I wonder
who knocked?"
He looks out
the peephole and sees no one. Maybe,
it's one of the neighbor kids, and they need help. He would feel horrible if it was an
emergency and he didn't open the door to see what was going on. He opens the door and looks around, but he
doesn't see anyone; he looks at the floor outside the door. There is a package of cupcakes from the
coffee shop that he works at, but how did they get here? He looks for a note, but there is
nothing. In his car, Shea is happy with
himself.
***
He managed
to pull off a surprise gift without being caught. He really figured that Mick would open the
door, and he would be busted. Mick can't
say that he's never done anything romantic.
Fingers crossed that Mick likes the cupcakes. The one goof-up he made was to buy them from
the shop that Mick works at, which could be his downfall. Eventually, Mick will figure it out, and that
is okay.
***
Shea is at
home now thinking about the date, and he can't believe that Mick wants to do
this date. He's always wanted to do this,
but no one has been interested. Finally,
he's met someone who not only wants to do it but is excited to do it. He wants it to be a perfect night. Anything with Mick feels like it would be
exciting. Shea finds himself going
bonkers when he thinks about Mick.
***
He still
hasn't put the finger on it, but something about Mick drives him crazy. It could be the mystery about him. There is a sense of insanity about him, not
in a bad way either. Whatever it is, he
likes it. All he can do is hope that the
lights impress Mick. Meanwhile, Mick's only sister, Kendall, has heard of her
brother's date at the North Pole.
***
Kendall is
happy for her brother. She might even be
just a little bit jealous of him. She
decides to call him.
"Kendall,
what's going on?"
Mick asks
his sister.
"I'm just
calling to hear all about this hot guy you're dating and say that I would love
to be in your shoes."
Mick isn't
sure if he wants to spill the beans on Shea or not. It could be fun, though, to rub it in her
face.
"His name is
Shea, and he is straight out hunky. He
has reddish-brown hair and dark brown eyes.
A voice that drives me insane, and he is very polite. He knows how to treat a guy."
It does sort
of hit Kendall just a bit. She heard a bit
of her brother's date, and it was enough.
"I knew you
were dating someone, and I know Mom and Dad seem to like him, and that is about
all I know of him."
She thinks
the guy sounds fantastic, and she would be right. Shea is a great guy, maybe someday, she'll see for herself,
and she'll see for herself just how great Shea is and why her brother is so
lucky. Shea makes him feel so richly
blessed.
"I heard
you're going to see Christmas lights?"
News travels
fast, and that is fine with Mick.
"Yupe, I'm going with Shea to see some Christmas light
displays."
She would
die to tag along and see the lights. It
would be amazing to experience it. Their
mother overheard the conversation, and she is so excited over it. She is very excited about this date. There is yet another phone call coming in for
Mick tonight.
***
April calls
to say something pretty cool to him. See,
she was at work when a particular red-haired hunk came in to buy cupcakes.
"April, what
is going on, my girl?"
Mick asks
his best girlfriend.
"I saw your
guy this morning. He came to the shop after he was done with his job. He bought some cupcakes and his coffee. Your man drank his coffee in his car, and
then he left."
He didn't
know why April called him, but he's okay with it.
"I suspected
it was him, but I couldn't prove it. He
didn't do a good job hiding the packaging; the cupcakes came from work, so Shea
didn't cover his tracks very well."
Mick isn't
going to ruin Shea's romantic gesture.
After all, he did for Mick. April
and Mick let the call end. Mick
immediately goes back to cleaning his house.
***
Shea decides
to go shopping for a new outfit for the date.
Nothing fancy, just a new sweater and a new pair of jeans. The sweater he picked out is red and black,
which aren't exactly Christmas colors, but it looks nice. The jeans are a darker blue but not quite
navy. He didn't need new clothes, but he
wanted to look nice. Hopefully, Mick
will think it looks good. He just wants
it to be perfect.
***
One of
Mick's twin brothers, Oliver, is excited for his little brother. He wants to impart some tips to Mick, and
just plain congratulate him on finding someone.
Oliver is working on figuring out his life. Living up at the top of the world is
challenging when it comes to finding a relationship.
"Hey Oliver,
what's up?"
Oliver
chuckles to himself. His little brother
has to know what's going on; his entire family knows about the date.
"Hey, Mick,
how is your day going?"
Mick's day
is going great. One might even say that
he is glowing. He tells Oliver about the
cupcakes and how he thinks that his date for the evening dropped them off for
him. Oliver has inherited their father's
sweet tooth, and he believes that what Shea did was romantic. It's a trick that he might add to his bag of
tricks. Course, he'll need to find a
woman to do the trick on.
"When you go
out tonight, give your date lots of compliments. Guys like having their egos boosted."
Mick cringes
because that doesn't sound like something that Shea would expect from him, nor
would he want Mick to just throw compliments at him.
"I'm not
sure that throwing random compliments at him will work."
Oliver
thinks for a second as he tries to find something else to tell his brother that
might help him out on his date.
"You can
always pay him back for the cupcakes with a random act of kindness."
This is the
best thing that he could come up with to help his brother out, and this time
Mick likes the idea. Shea most definitely
would like this idea because he is sweet like that, and besides, Mick is all about
little surprises here and there.
"Thanks for
the tip, Oliver! I need to run,
though. I love you."
Mick doesn't
throw "love" around; if he tells someone that he loves them, then he means it.
"Love you
too, Bro!"
Oliver tells
his brother. The guys end their call.
Mick takes the random act of kindness to heart. The question is, what to do for that random
act of kindness?
***
Mick decides
to make a small batch of cookies for Shea, but he can't make something sold at
the coffee shop. He decides to make his
mother's chocolate peppermint cookies. He
looks forward to it at Christmastime, and he has to because that is the only
time his mother bakes them. He gets busy
and bakes them up, then using some Claus' family magic, he decorates them. They look amazing. Shea is going to love them. These cookies are addictive. You can't eat just one.
***
Shea and
Mick are excited about their evening together.
They really haven't communicated much today. You had better believe that they've been
thinking about each other. Shea keeps
thinking how lucky he is to have Mick, and Mick is thankful for the opportunity
to go out with Shea. It promises to be a
fantastic evening. Mick wants Shea to
know how he feels, so he writes a note/letter to give to him at a later date:
"Dear Shea,
I want to
let you know that you've made me very happy.
You are an answer to a wish. I
just wanted you to know how I was feeling.
Sincerely,
Mick"
He put the
note into an envelope and sealed it before placing it in his journal.