A Moment in Time: Cookies For a Book

    Well, hey ya'll, and welcome to this Wednesday's blog post! (Where did that country twang come from?) We are getting so crazy close to WCTH Season 8! Only 25 more days to be exact! Where did the time go? (All 276 days....😐)

    For me WCTH time is like Christmas that lasts three months. Lol! It's always so crazy when I start watching the first episode of a new season and realize "This is new content! Not an episode I've re-watched for the gazillionth time!" Lol! (Not that I don't enjoy re-watching episodes for the gazillionth time.😊)

    I've also just discovered that Hallmark is playing a "sneak peak" for WCTH Season 8 on Feb. 14th! I have no idea what will be shown, but I just thought I'd let you know! For more info here's a link if you'd like take a look at the schedule yourself! :) https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/schedule?day=18&week=0&tz=EST

    (And no I will not be watching it, in case you were wondering. Lol!)

    Anyhow, getting back on track, today I'm continuing my "Moment in Time" series and doing another sweet #TeamLucas moment. I mean, after all I only have so much more time to cover all these romantic S7 moments before we get a whole new season of content. (Sighs happily at the thought....) 

    So today I will be covering that incredibly thoughtful and sweet moment when Elizabeth thanked Lucas for the trip to Union City with some cookies. And Lucas had yet another thoughtful gift up his sleeve....

    Shall we?😄 (And I just so happen to be wearing my new Team Lucas shirt! Perfect for today's topic!)

    So we'll start when Elizabeth walks into the saloon and over to Lucas who's standing at the bar. (He's getting Mike a tab after Henry couldn't pay him, but I'm not focusing on that in this post. :)

    Elizabeth then hands a surprised and happy Lucas a small basket, thanking him for the lovely evening in Union City. He then begins to uncover the basket's contents, and the cute thing here is that Elizabeth quickly begins to help him. It's as if she's so excited, she can't wait for him to do it himself. (Aww!)

    He then sees that the basket is full of, what appear to be, chocolate chip cookies. Now I don't know if you saw Pascal's tweet when the episode first premiered, but I have to agree with her about them being questionable. Those cookies certainly look....interesting. To say the least anyway. Lol! I just don't know why they look so splotchy. Here's Pascal's tweet if you'd like to see it. https://twitter.com/HuttonPascale/status/1249490140382105601

    Lucas then says that, "They look delicious," (The brave soul) but also states that it was not necessary for her to bake them for him. Now I could go into a full blown speech here about how kind, and selfless he is. How he's always thinking of Elizabeth, and treats her like a princess, and is so generous....But I'll restrain myself. 😏

    Elizabeth then says how he paid for the tickets, the dinner, and the hotel rooms. (Thoughtful, generous...) And so she states that the least she could do was bake him some cookies. (Even if they turn him purple with green polka dots. I mean, we don't know what's in those things.)

Side note: Am I the only one who smiles thinking about Elizabeth at home baking cookies for Lucas? Am I? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    And so Lucas thanks her, which brings me to another point. One of the things that someone pointed out awhile back in a video on Twitter, is just how many times these two say thank you to each other. I watched and counted around 5 thank yous and 1 your welcome. (How sweet!)

    So, after thanking her, he then says that he actually has something for her....Something more than the tickets, a fancy trip out of town, a picnic, an expensive dinner, and her own hotel suite. No, that wasn't enough for Lucas Bouchard. And Elizabeth's face says it all.

    She's knows how much he's already given her, and just when she makes an effort to thank him, he's giving her even more!

    And so he reaches behind the bar, and pulls out a book. He almost seems nervous as he gives it to her. The way his face became more serious, and the way he put his hands together. It's cute, really. :)

    Now the book is nice in itself, but then she opens it, and finds that it has been signed by no one else than Virginia Woolf herself! Elizabeth is in shock by it all. 

    She then smirks, and asks if that was what took him so long while getting them snacks during the reading. To which Lucas then admits he's guilty. 

    I'd now like to take a moment and just point something out. This one little snippet of conversation is really sweet, and shows that they actually have memories to share together. I can't remember Elizabeth and Nathan ever recalling something fun they've done together, and be able to laugh and smile about it. (Correct me if I'm wrong) Elizabeth and Lucas just have such a sweet friendship, which is a part of what makes their relationship so special.

    Moving on, Lucas then tells Elizabeth that he'd wanted to give the book to her the previous day, but thought it should be wrapped in something more special. And thus the leather cover. (Sighs....Oh Lucas you sweet little love-struck man.)

    Elizabeth then says that it's "very beautiful," and thanks him. We then get a bit of silence between them, as Elizabeth then realizes that she'd better get going. She tells Lucas she has a busy day tomorrow, to which Lucas asks about her teaching school.

    A thing that a friend of mine pointed out to me about this, is that it shows Lucas actually takes an interest in her life. He could have just said okay, and let her go without another word, but instead he actually inquired further about her "busy day." Which then prompted Elizabeth to share excitedly about the field trip she had planned, which then produces a happy smile from Lucas as he tells her to have a wonderful time. Again he shows that he actually cares, not just about the special time he gets to spend with her personally, but about her life and what's going on with her. (Isn't it sweet?😁)

    She then thanks him, and with one final "thank you" to Lucas for the book he gave her, she turns with a smile to leave. And then....(Sighs) Then we see a love-struck Lucas watch her as she goes, sighing like a little school boy who has a crush on his teacher and smiles to himself. (Places hand to heart, and sighs happily)

    And that brings us to the end of the scene. So I have some things I'd like to point out here....

    First off, these two are so sweet together!😍 I mean, they are just so cute!

    Secondly, and I know I keep coming back to this, but the way Elizabeth reacted to Lucas reminded me of when she'd talk to Jack. And again this doesn't mean that Lucas needs to be just like Jack. I'm relating this more to the fact that Elizabeth just has a particular way she responds to people depending on the situation. (As we all do.) And she had a particular way she would respond to Jack (Someone she loved) when he'd done something romantic and thoughtful. She even had a certain way she'd just look at him, including when she was just staring at him because she loved him.

    And I definitely felt her doing a similar thing here. Just the way she spoke to Lucas, the way she reacted to the book, and the way she got that glossy eyed stare at him. It all reminds me of her and Jack, which is a really good thing, considering she reacted that way because she was in love with him. So, fingers crossed! :)

 

    Well, that's all for now. Thank you so much for reading! Feel free to comment your thoughts on this scene or just gush about Lucas and Elizabeth below or on my Twitter page! :D Have a wonderful day, and God Bless!

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