Angela stood still as a statue, while Carter looked on, puzzled.
"Ask me out?" he repeated. "Now what’s all this about?"
Talk about a rock and a hard place. If Angela were to tell him it was all a joke, wouldn’t that make him feel bad? Come to think of it, he was an older bachelor… To know that the thought of a relationship with him would be reduced to something done for kicks would probably make him really self-conscious— and he was such a nice man, too.
"Um, uhhh… Well…" she stuttered.
Maybe she could just go ahead and ask him out after all? It was just one date, and he was a pretty interesting person intellectually. Hm, maybe she could make this work in her favor. Jill would get her due later, though.
"Oh, Jill’s just a bit confused. Well, I suppose you could call it a "date", if you really wanted to, but that’s not quite what I was going for. Don’t get me wrong, here!" she explained. Carter, ever patient, waited for her to continue. She thanked her lucky stars he was so unassuming.
"It’s just, I was thinking you’ve probably been so many places in the world, and seen so many things… I’m kind of curious about what your life and work’s been about, ya see. So I was wondering if maybe you’d like to catch lunch sometime? I’d love to hear about some of your adventures!" At the offer, Carter brightened immediately. There probably weren’t many people who were interested in his line of work. Which was a shame, as Jill had often told her of the neat things she’d found there when she dug.
"I only wanted Jill to come with me to ask because, well, I get shy about this sort of thing sometimes. I’ve never done something like have an adult lunch with colleagues or anything, so I wasn’t quite sure how to ask… But it seems Jill got the wrong idea," she breezed. Sure, her parents always told her not to lie, but it was okay for stuff like this, right? Plus, having lunch with Carter was sounding nicer and nicer the more she thought about it!
"And of course, I’d love it if Flora could come too!" she added as an afterthought.
They talked on for a few more minutes, Flora jumping in when she wandered over, and before Angela knew it they’d planned the date and everything. Apparently, Tim and Ruby’s Inn made amazing food, and Angela couldn’t wait to try it. She grinned and shook her head as she walked away from the dig site.
Thinking of a proper punishment for Jill’s little stunt was going to be a lot of fun.
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