Arlene was close beside her. Thankfully, four o’clock had finally rolled around and their day was finished. “Hey, look who’s waiting for us by the buggies!” Arlene grabbed Katie’s arm and suppressed a giggle. Katie almost stopped walking. Ben Stoll was leaning against her buggy. “Now, don’t pass out,” Arlene whispered. “He’s not going to eat you.” Arlene obviously didn’t know the emotions Ben stirred up in Katie or she wouldn’t tease like that. This was serious love she had for Ben, and it clearly wasn’t going away. And he wasn’t helping things by showing up like this. He probably had business with Arlene, Katie decided. But Ben appeared a little sheepish, which was a look he didn’t normally wear around Arlene. “I’d almost take my chances at snagging him,” Arlene said out of the corner of her mouth, “if I thought I had the slightest hope in the world. And if I didn’t already have a boyfriend.” Katie kept quiet, her mind and body a little dizzy.
