voila, she had big pretty eyes. Her green eyes were probably her favorite feature on her face. She didn’t mind her freckles although they had bugged her mom enough that she’d consulted a dermatologist to get them bleached off. She’d put her foot down on that though and they’d stayed. Her face was a perfect oval and her lips were a little too big. Bee stung was the word for it but the boy who had called her fish lips at school made her realize that too much of a good thing was still too much. She usually wore a nude lipstick or gloss to try to downplay them.
She glanced down at her knee length white skirt and blue and white striped t-shirt and knew she was going casual on purpose. If she was meeting Garrett for lunch for any other reason she would have gone all out. She slipped on her white flip flops and grabbed her purse and keys before running down stairs.
“And where do you think you’re going looking like that?”
Rayne stopped with her hand on the doorknob and turned slowly around to see Ivy and Cleo standing in the kitchen doorway. She glanced down at herself innocently and shrugged.
“I’m having lunch with the landscaper. We’re going over my ideas for the flower beds. Why? Do you think I look okay?”
Ivy walked towards her with her hands on her hips. Today she was wearing torn, black jeans with rips from the upper thigh down past her knees. Her t-shirt was an old concert shirt and her hair was up in a bun so you couldn’t miss the bright pink slash of color in the back. Cleo was dressed in her usual uniform of yoga pants and tank top with her hair in a ponytail. Her wide, tawny eyes were sparkling at her in amusement as if she could read her mind.
Ivy stopped in front of her and lifted an eyebrow as she breathed in deeply. “Is that Cool Water you’re wearing?” she asked.
Rayne blushed and grabbed her purse as it slipped off her shoulder. “Maybe it is. Why the sudden interest in my choice in perfume?”
Ivy tilted her head and studied her sister. “Cleo, remind me. Did Rayne mention whether or not our landscaper happens to be good looking?”
Cleo laughed and walked toward the two sisters. “I don’t think so, but in Rayne’s defense I’m not sure that she has to. She is twenty-six years old. If she wants to have a sinful little lunch discussing flowers, can we really blame her?”
Rayne gave up and grinned at Cleo and pushed Ivy in the shoulder making her laugh. “ Fine , he’s gorgeous. He’s so gorgeous he makes me stutter and act like I’m thirteen. I’m so nervous I probably won’t even remember my name.”
Ivy clapped her hands and jumped up and down. “Let’s go Cleo! Please, please. We’ll sit in the corner and spy on them. And if you need help you can text us and we’ll meet you in the bathroom. It’ll be fun.”
Rayne frowned in horror. “ No! No way, Ivy. That is the most immature thing I’ve ever heard of. I can just picture it now. You two in the corner, giggling and laughing and pointing.”
Cleo tapped her chin. “What if we promise to behave? I think it’ll be fun. And besides, we’re both bored to tears right now. A little field trip would be good for us and plus we’re hungry.”
Ivy’s pale green eyes lit up and she nodded her head. “We’ll totally behave. Besides, after seeing you date Liam for ten tedious years, it’ll be interesting to see who has caught your eye.”
Rayne sighed loudly and turned and opened the door. “Okay, but if you embarrass me, I will get revenge.”
Cleo snorted but ran to get her