Climb on My Stepfather (Ashley and Alex) novel Chapter 11

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.