Moonlight Madness

Operation New Love for Kat began right away. Aisha took the young woman downtown. The church was holding a picnic this afternoon. The other old biddies were going because of the free food. Aisha had her arm about Kat’s shoulder.

“It’s okay, dear,” she whispered. “We’ll find you a good man. Leave it to me.” Kat remained emotionless. Lewis smirked and shook her head.

“Good luck with that,” she muttered under her breath. The farmer pretended to look innocent as Aisha looked at her. The five women headed into the park for the picnic. Lewis, Clyde, and Muriel started making bets.

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Liz sat alone at a picnic table at the church picnic, alone. She thought she had found the perfect relationship, but it felt like they were drifting away already. The young woman quickly shook her head.

“Stop thinking like that,” she told herself. “It’s too early to be like that. You and Bobby have been dating for three months now. You should at least give him the benefit of the doubt by now.” Liz rubbed her forehead as she frowned. That didn’t sound too convincing, did it?

“Lizzy?” she heard a man ask. The young woman paused and turned around. A young man with mahogany brown hair leaned against an ancient oak tree. His brown shirt hung from his scrawny shoulders as he smiled. Liz tilted her head as she narrowed her eyes.

“I’m sorry, but do I know you from somewhere?” she asked. The young woman pointed to his chest.

“It’s me,” he said. “You used to come around my house all of the time.”

“I don’t remember…”

“It’s me, Brian.”

When he said that, Liz’s eyes widened as her mouth flew open. “Brian? Brian Sanders?” The young man nodded with an excited look on his face.

“Yes,” he was quick to say. Liz dropped her hands.

“Wow,” she murmured at last.

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“Come on,” Aisha said. “Go out and introduce yourself.” Kat wouldn’t budge from the table. Lewis pressed her lips together and shook her head.

“I don’t think that’s going to work,” Muriel said. Aisha looked up, frowning.

“We can’t give up that easily,” she said.

“We?” Clyde asked.

“Yes, we,” the leader said, nodding.

“We?” the dirty old biddy repeated. Aisha looked around in the group socializing on the grass. She spotted a small group of lads standing near a fountain, chatting away. They looked average for their age. Three of them were dressed like hippies while the other two were dressed really nice. Aisha had her eyes on the group of them. She gave herself a little smile and turned back to a dazed Kat.

“I know the place to start,” she said.

“Mmm...” the young woman mumbled.

“Come on, let’s go,” Aisha said. The old biddy grabbed onto Kat’s arm and dragged her over to the group of young men. Muriel turned to her other two friends.

“This won’t end well, will it?” she asked.

“No,” Lewis and Clyde said together, shaking their heads. Muriel turned back to their friend and Kat.

“But we can’t turn away, can we?” she asked.

“No,” the other two biddies repeated. The divorcee frowned as she folded her arms across her chest.

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Tucker and Annie carried trays of food over to the food table.

“Hurry up!” Annie shouted. “I don’t want the food to get cold before it reaches the table!”

“I’m coming, I’m coming!” her husband yelled. The couple rushed to the table and set down the covered trays among the rest of the food. Tucker leaned on the surface, panting.

“It’s not that hard,” Annie said. “We’ve got three more dishes to bring over.” Her husband looked up, frowning.

“You kidding me?” he asked. “Why did we even make so much food?” His wife lifted her chin into the air and snorted.

“I won’t let Tara best me this year!” she said aloud with her hands on her hips. Tucker wrinkled his nose.

“It’s always the same thing every year,” he muttered under his breath. Annie cut him a sharp glare.

“What was that, dear?” she asked.

“Nothing,” Tucker said aloud.

“I thought so,” Annie said. She hummed to herself as she walked back down the dirt path. Tucker groaned and rolled his eyes before following his wife back to the car.

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Five young men were close mates talking to each other. They had come out for the weekend because they hadn’t seen each other for a long time. The lads attended this picnic to reunite, talk, and eat. They expected an easy day this afternoon.

When one man dressed who was dressed nicely, their day ended up being turned upside down. Aisha walked over to him and his friends with a huge grin on her face as she dragged Kat by her side. Lewis, Muriel, and Clyde watched the scene unfold in the background.

“Yes?” the nicely dressed young man asked the leader.

“Good afternoon, gentlemen,” Aisha greeted them.

Sunny Afternoon Love