A Christmas Excerpt from Ten Years and Then…

It’s officially Christmas season (well, for me personally Christmas season begins on November 1st and runs through the end of January, but I realize everyone doesn’t agree with that!) so here’s an excerpt from Ten Years and Then…

Nora and Daniel have been dating for a couple of months, and she’s trying to figure out what to give him for a Christmas gift:

“I’ve never bought a gift for a boyfriend before. I have no idea what to get him.” There had never been an occasion to buy a gift for a guy before. At two months today, her relationship with Daniel was already the longest she’d ever had.

“Calm down, Nora,” Rachel said. Her aunt said that a lot. To be fair, Nora gave her a lot of reasons to say it. “I think he’ll love whatever you get him, just because it’s you giving it to him.”

That was probably true. “Yeah. You’re right. But it’s the first gift I’ll be giving him. And he’s only had one other girlfriend, and I don’t think she ever bought him any gifts, so it’ll be the first gift he ever gets from a girl. It can’t just be whatever I can find for under $10 at the mall.”

She thought she heard Rachel laugh, but maybe it was just noise on the phone line. “So that’s your budget? $10?”

That was actually pushing her budget. “Pretty much. What can I get for $10 that’ll be special?” Before Rachel could respond, Nora’s eye caught on the photo strip pinned to her corkboard. “Never mind. I think I know what to do. And it’ll blow some crappy little $10 souvenir from the mall out of the water.”

She definitely heard Rachel laugh at that. “I’m almost afraid to ask.”

“I’m going to make something for him. Something personal.” She talked out the idea with her aunt, and she could picture it taking shape. “It’ll be perfect. I just need some art supplies—never mind, I know where to get those, too. I better get started while it’s all fresh in my mind. Thanks, Rachel! Love you!”

Before any of the details could fade, Nora sketched it all out in a notebook. It really would be perfect—if Lacey Fitzpatrick down the hall had everything she needed. Lacey was an art major, surely she’d have a full set of colored pencils, and watercolor paints, and art glue, and glitter, and—well, she just had to have everything Nora needed, that’s all there was to it.

Remember, you can buy the book right here on my site directly, or on Amazon, or you can get the audiobook on Audible!

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