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reject her because of her child.  She thought it might be pretty nice
to talk to him after all but she really was pressed for time.  

 
    “Aaron, it’s just not a
good time right now.  You have to go.  I just started here a few
weeks back, you have to know that.  I can’t goof off with you right now
because I need to make a good impression.”

 
    “Then I will wait here until
you have a minute or two.”

 
    Still persistent as
ever, aren’t you Aaron?

 
    “That’s just it.  I
won’t have time at all.  We’re really backed up in here and the only way
you are going to get more than a minute of my time today is if you are injured.
 Now I have to go.  I’m sorry.”  

 
    She walked back into the
restricted area and back to work.  Fifteen minutes later she returned to
the lobby at the call of the desk staff, to find him sitting there.  She
walked over to the staffer and pulled his chart.  She looked at him
incredulously.

 
    “Really Aaron!  A
stomach ache?  Couldn’t you at least be a little more creative?  I am
going to have you discharged right now.”

 
    “Then I’ll just come
back until you see me.  Maybe a scratch next time.  Roll around in
some poison ivy.”

 
    Emily looked at him and
smiled.  She knew it was true.  

 
    “I don’t really know if
a minute or two of my time is worth poison ivy.  Anyway, you are beyond
incorrigible.  I tell you what.  It seems that there is no way you
are gonna leave unless I give in.  How about you promise me that you will
stay away from the poison ivy if I meet you after work.     I
can do dinner at Martin’s, your treat of course.”

 
    He paused as if
contemplating and for a second.   She
thought he was really trying to decide if it was worth it, until he nodded in
agreement and beamed at her.

 
    “Lady you have yourself
a deal, but if you bail on me I promise I will find a patch of poison ivy and
roll around in it first thing tomorrow.  The good, itchy kind too!”

 
    “Oh, then I am off the
hook.  I don’t work tomorrow!  Should have quit when you were ahead…”
 She playfully pushed his shoulder “You know I will be there.  I get
off at seven thirty.  I’ll just need to stop by the house and get
freshened up and let my parents know that I’ll be out tonight.  Something
tells me that they will be more than fine watching Ashleigh when I tell them.”

 
    Aaron laughed, knowing
that he had gotten off easily.  He doubted that there was a price that
would have been more than he would have been willing to pay.  He just
wanted the chance to talk to her.  He’d finally gotten his opportunity to
let her know just why she was still supposed to be with him. 

 
    ***

 
    Emily had just finished
getting ready when she heard the doorbell ring.  She knew it was him immediately.
 She was surprised at how excited she felt.  It had been years since
she felt excited about being around a guy but then again it was the same Aaron
that she was as completely head over heels for as a teenager.  When she
had told her parents that she was going to be out with him that night, her
mother just told her to have a good time.  She opened the door to his
handsome face, littered with a light stubble that she thought made him look
older, in a nice way.  His face was framed by his well-kept, rustic blond
hair.  

 
    “You couldn’t meet me at
the restaurant?”

 
    “Nope.  You know my
dad always taught me to pick up a lady at the door and drop her back there at a
decent hour of the night.  And chivalry aside, you are a flight risk.
 I am not giving you a chance to not be there tonight.”

 
    “Geez, stalk much?”

 
    Aaron saw the little
girl run up from behind and hug onto Emily’s leg.   He could clearly
see the resemblance then.  Ashleigh was definitely hers.  She had the
same button nose, curly blond hair and dark brown eyes.   He thought
to himself that she was going to grow up one