Love And Happiness Surround The Aging Couple
Shadows Of Mayday #19: Joe and Mattie #3: Nothing could make them happier than seeing their children happy for them
This story is a work of fiction, and the author’s tribute to all victims of air crashes. Names and characters are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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They were quiet for a while, enjoying a second cup of tea, which Mattie had poured to calm her own excitement. They constantly glanced at each other, smiled and then looked away, only to look back at each other again.
The two of them talked about a lot of things that afternoon.
In the past two weeks, they hadn’t only thought about each other, but also about how they would tell their children they were in love.
Another thought was what kind of relationship they wanted. Would they want to live together or would each of them want to maintain a part of their own independence by living apart and having a modern long distance relationship?
They were in quick agreement.
If they engaged in a relationship, in time they wanted to live together under one roof. They were still old-fashioned enough to want to be together as husband and wife.
Their priority was to first get to know each other better in the next couple of weeks. If they still felt the same after spending lots of time together, the next step would be to tell their children. It was hours later that Joe left to go home. By then, the table was in Mattie’s home and he had helped her to create a nice and cozy corner where she could have her meals from then on.
Joe was insanely happy. He would see Mattie again in a couple of days, but before that, he had to go for dinner at his daughter’s place.
At home, Joe started on a new project: two chairs to match Mattie’s new table. She planned to use a stool to sit on when she had her meals, but he wanted her to be comfortable and he wanted to share some of her meals with her. The two chairs would be his surprise for her.
Joe sang and whistled all the time while he worked. Nothing could get him in a bad mood. It wasn’t like he actually had bad moods, but his mood was extremely positive since his last visit to Mattie.
The knowledge that she was in love with him too, made his heart sing.
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