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Raelyn seemed to take a moment before responding to him.

“Well I would love to go with you, but I don’t get off from work until six tonight. After the long two days I have had, I would like to go home and relax.”

Emmett nodded and said, “Tomorrow night maybe we can go then.” Rae smiled again and shook her head.

“I work tomorrow until six again. I’m sorry, maybe another time.”

Emmett didn’t like the sound of her working another day when it was apparent that she needed the time off. At this point, there was nothing he could do about that.

He wasn’t her Daddy yet, even though every cell in his body knew that she was his. Nodding his head, he agreed with her.

“My next day off is Sunday. If you are still interested, I would be free to go then.”

Longing for the chance to spend time with her, Emmett agreed and they set the date for Sunday afternoon.

“Let me give you my cell and work numbers so that way you can get in touch with me should something come up,” Emmett said.

Pulling out his business card, Emmett wrote down his cell phone number on the back and handed it to her. Smiling, Raelyn accepted the card and he watched her slip it into her scrub pocket for safekeeping.

Wishing him a good rest of the night, Emmett watched as his Little girl turned and walked away. Suddenly Sunday afternoon couldn’t get here fast enough.

CHAPTER FIVE

RAELYN

Raelyn usually loved to work her Saturday shifts. This was the only day of the week that she got to work with her best friend Olivia. She met Olivia not too long after she started working at Ivory Mountain.

They quickly became best friends and loved to line up their weekend shifts to be able to work together. It made the day go by faster when there was someone that made the day better and the shift more fun.

They also spent a lot of time outside of work together. Olivia was the first friend she ever felt comfortable enough to tell about her Little side.

It helped that Olivia was also a Little, so they tended to spend most of their time together in Littlespace having tea parties, watching movies, and doing all kinds of crafts together.

Rae needed to talk to someone about her weekend plans with Emmett. She knew that Olivia would be the perfect person to ease her fears about the date.

Emmett told her that they would be going somewherespecial first before going to dinner, but he wanted to make it a surprise for her.

Raelyn usually loved surprises, but this time she was feeling anxious about what he had planned. She knew that she sometimes got overstimulated when in new environments.

It also didn’t help that Rae was stressing about what she was going to eat at the restaurant that Emmett picked out for them.

He didn’t tell her the name of the restaurant, so she couldn’t even plan ahead and look at the menu to find items that would fit her needs.

She had a small list of safe foods that usually made it easy to deal with her sensory issues, but not every restaurant carried food she was okay eating. Even when they did she never knew when a once-safe food would turn icky.

Olivia and Rae tried to help each other in patient care to maximize the amount of time they got to chat. It also was always nice to have a second set of hands to get residents dressed and transferred to their wheelchairs.

Making their way down their assignment lists, the girls chatted about everything that had gone on during the week and what their plans were for the weekend. Raelyn knew that she couldn’t mention anything to Olivia right now about her date with Emmett.

That conversation would need total focus. By the time their lunch break finally came, Rae was bursting at the seams to tell Olivia about her conversation with Emmett. She didn’t know how much longer she could keep it to herself, she needed to get it out.

Taking their lunch break, Raelyn spilled all the details about what had happened over the last few days to Olivia. She explained to her about how Emmett wanted to take her to a surprise before dinner.

Rae knew that she would understand where her anxiety was coming from since Olivia doesn’t usually step out of her comfort zone either. Rae watched as Olivia sat and not so patiently waited for her to get done talking.

“Oh my goodness! I am so glad that he finally asked you out! I never thought that he would do it.” exclaimed Olivia.

Confused by what she was talking about, Rae scrunched up her nose at Olivia’s outburst.

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