She practically bounced on the balls of her feet as she waited for Jack to show up, his present tucked away behind some things. Excitement and butterflies flipped, flopped and few around her stomach that it practically choked the air out of her lungs but she tried taking some deep breaths to calm down, hoping in a sense he wouldn’t be cross over the free gift and the condition that had been set for owning it. “I can do this..” she whispered as she pressed a hand to her stomach, hoping to calm it.
Jack arrived soon enough. He’d spent the afternoon at the city library, looking up details on Japanese clothing and the Tanabata festival, and had come back with a full set of notes and sketches that he hoped to incorporate into Ezayne’s commission. When he entered, he noticed that Katelynn seemed antsy about something. “Are you all right?”
She practically jumped into his arms in her excitement when she saw him, looking up with a pleased smile on her face. “I have..a few surprises for you,” she whispered, happy that she could do this for him. After so many months of giving him so much grief she was doing something she hoped would please him instead.
“I-I’ll go least to biggest though.” Bringing out Sara’s card, she handed it over to him. “I brought a n-new friend to the apartment and showed her your artwork. She asked for a commission.”
Jack hugged her as he was all but pounced on – whatever had made her nervous, it was clearly something very good. He took the card, looking over it curiously, but couldn’t keep from smiling. “Really? Oh, th-that’s great! I’ll have to meet with her as soon as possible.” He would have asked more about this new friend, but he wanted to hear the rest of Katelynn’s news.
Jack Maple 