But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t stop reliving that amazing kiss. Nathan strolled out of one delighted Betty of Betty’s Thrift Store owner’s shop and joined Samantha in front of Sal’s Hardware store. While he’d always looked sharp in his designer pants and tailor made shirts--all different shades of black--Samantha decided he looked flat out hot in a pair of snug fitting jeans and a soft burgundy sweater. His normally slicked back hair lay in soft, pomade-free black waves, making his olive skin and permanent five-o’clock shadow look even sexier and somehow more approachable. Nancy of Nancy’s Knickknacks strolled out of her shop with the covered storefront window and smirked at Nathan as though he didn’t stand a chance again this year. But Samantha didn’t miss the look of longing that had passed over Nancy’s face when she’d first spotted him. A surge of something Samantha wasn’t ready to identify swept through her, but she shrugged it off as indigestion.
