when first they met

One of our writing group participants, in her own time, likes to write romances. Tonight she wrote a quick one for group and here it is.

The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship, by Dilly Scott

He was as handsome as the car he drove, a 1971 Ford Mustang with 409 horse power, the color was a shiny, candy apple red. He found her buying a painting, two mugs, a thermos, and a huge stuffed animal at the beach. He bought her a couple pieces of seafoam candy and she bought him a fish dinner. They walked along a mile and a half distance path and he showed her a bird's nest. She picked up a stray feather and he put it in her hair. They rode all the carnival rides and fell in love over a boat ride the next day. They were married just before the fourth of July and raised two kids, two nephews, four cats, three dogs and a skunk.