Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Welcome Home~Part 3

 

It was a long hot summer in New York but by the first of September, Mack had graduated and was on the train heading home. The railroad station was overflowing with Mackenzies and Burkes. Mack looked through the crowd and was disappointed that Maddie wasn't among the welcomers. Everyone else looked wonderful to him and he knew from then on Camden Corners would always be his home.
Maddie was busy working in the the Candy Shop. She finally confided in her mother about the hurtful incident between Mack and her before he left for New York City.
Nadine and Fiona had suspected Mack and Maddie had feelings for each other and were both too stubborn to admit it. Fiona finally had a chance to talk with her son alone and encouraged him to pay a visit to Maddie.
Mack found himself strolling passed the candy shop trying to catch a glimpse of Maddie. Maddie pretended she hadn't seen him the first five or six times he walked by.
“I must put an end to this. Maddie said aloud, “I can't spend the next 40 years not looking up when he walks by. “
She went to the doorway waiting for him to walk by again and called out. “Welcome Home, Mack”.
Mack's face turned red as a beet. She looked wonderful to him. Was she always this pretty? He told her how sorry he was for the way he spoke to her months ago.
Maddie smiled and told him she knew he didn't mean it and what are friends for if you can't let off a little steam once in awhile.
Mack gingerly walked towards her and gave her a hug. Did she always feel this good?
They talked about their experiences in New York and how foolish it was that they didn't get together the whole time they were there. They talked about O'Reilly's Pub and made plans to visit there again someday.
Maybe it was that day or maybe it happened years ago but Mack and Maddie finally realized they were no longer just friends.
They were married the following Sunday in the little Hilltop Chapel keeping up the tradition that their grandparents, the Burkes and the Mackenzies started many years ago.




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