He stood a bit straighter, shoulders back, knowing that she was looking at him. Dammit, why did he have to be at work with dirty boots and worn out jeans? That was not going to impress her. Not by a long shot, he thought morosely.
She handed him her backpack and it was clearly fitted to her smaller frame but he looped it over one shoulder instead. Seeing that the trail was beginning to wind up the path, where the forest began to creep close to the trail, he held out his hand. "Oh, this? No, it's nothing, really. I don't mind doing it for you. Here, the trail gets rocky just up here. You'll, um, need steady footing."
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Date: 2013-02-20 09:15 pm (UTC)She handed him her backpack and it was clearly fitted to her smaller frame but he looped it over one shoulder instead. Seeing that the trail was beginning to wind up the path, where the forest began to creep close to the trail, he held out his hand. "Oh, this? No, it's nothing, really. I don't mind doing it for you. Here, the trail gets rocky just up here. You'll, um, need steady footing."