Chapter 3
“This is a lumberjack festival.” Nate said with excitement. “I’ve
always wanted to go to one.” I looked around unamused. This
was the last place I wanted to be, but I pushed aside my
annoyance with the thought that I’d get my chance with Nate
later.
There were large men walking around with axes, and some with chainsaws carving into large logs of wood. I couldn’t deny that some of the men’s scruffiness was actually attractive.
I’d never need Nate so excited, or maybe I just hadn’t paid
attention till now, but it was nice seeing just how much fun he could actually be.
Nate brought me over to a group of people that were admiring one of the men that were carving the logs with a chainsaw. He was younger than a lot of the other carvers, but his technique was exquisite. He looked towards the crowd of people that were admiring and gave a smile.
“Who wants a lesson?!” He shouted to the crowd. A lot of people let out laughs and shook their heads. “Come on, it’s not that hard.” He spotted me in the crowd and pointed to me. “How bout you miss? Care to give it a try?” I was feeling pretty brave
so I nodded my head.
“Why not.” I replied as I headed towards him. I could tell Nate
was surprised by my response as well, but I was ready to do
anything that he liked if it meant being just a little bit closer to
him.
The young lumberjack carefully guided my hands around the
chainsaw and turned it on. It was powerful and it shook my
hands, but luckily he held on tight as well as he guided me. As
the chainsaw came in contact with the wood it became harder
to handle, but I held on tight. The lumberjack helped lead the
chainsaw in a small pattern that he’d already marked, and the
pieces of wood fell to the ground.
After a couple passes he helped turn the chainsaw off and took
it from my hands.
“There’s a lot of things you don’t know about me.” I said with a
enough Nate brought us back to the cabin. When we got back

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