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- Author: L. Darby Gibbs
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- Genre: Literary Fiction
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Daydreaming was going to ruin everything.
Kambry scribed quick entries in the census log,
her quill scratching across the page to finish the job she should
have been done with an hour ago. The summer celebration in
the meadow had already started, and she had promised her
older brother Stahn she would attend. He would worry if she
didn’t show up at all or, even worse, come looking for her.
She dusted sand over the wet ink to dry it, and the
thoughts of the upcoming picnic that had distracted her all
morning returned while she put her other tools away. All she
had to do was sit down with her brother’s friends and engage
in a brief conversation. How difficult could that be? Maybe
easier if she spent more time with people and less with books,
but books didn’t require small talk.
Returning to the worktable, she dumped the dry sand back
into the container, eased the precious book closed, and
returned it to the shelf.
Kambry raised her skirt to her knees and raced to the door.
She stopped almost at once, releasing her grip on the soft
white fabric. Closing her eyes and praying she wouldn’t regret
her decision to dress for the celebration before completing the
brief work she’d needed to do, she forced herself to calm
down and check her hands for ink stains. Please, please,
please, no stains. Gazing at her ink-free fingers, she relaxed,
her shoulders lowering. Her dress was safe. She must have
washed her hands after putting away her scribing tools and the
census book.
She checked the table, confirming she had put everything
away. Nothing ever went according to how she imagined it.
Thank goodness for good habits. Well, she had almost talked
herself out of wearing the summer dress to the celebration, the
style so unlike her usual modest work clothes. How would
everyone react? Would they even notice?
She smoothed her dress. This celebration was going to be
different. She was going to converse with people and be
interesting.
Not wasting another moment, she raced out the door of
the building and ran through the village. Most everyone was
already in the meadow, but a few were still about, loading
wagons with the luncheon staples or tossing a few extra
sawhorses and boards for makeshift tables into the bed of a
wagon.
She dodged around a docile team of horses and collided
with the blacksmith’s son, who steadied her and lifted her
aside with a grin on his pleasant, round face.
“Sorry, Kambry,” he drawled.
“It’s all right, Marty,” she mumbled, squirming out of his
grip.
“Stahn going to be at the celebration?” he asked.
“He’s already there.”
“Oh.”
He watched her as if waiting for her to say something
more. She stared at him with nothing to add, and then ducked
her head, mortified. She quick-stepped around the wagon
before surging back into a run. He raised me off the ground
and set me aside like a child! But he talked to her, so why was
she embarrassed?
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