There are lines you say because you are trying to say what is right according to everyone and the rules of society around you. Then of course, there is "the line" which is the thing you always wanted to say or do and it's the most authentic thing because you sincerely mean it, even if it's just something cheesy you say to break the ice. There's a lot of things people don't say when they get the chance. Someone asks me why? I don't know. Human nature is really an interesting thing.
A quick digression... I heard a story many years ago about a man that spent many years almost saying something to a woman he adored, but he would back out every time it would look as though he might. The man was someone rarely at a loss for words, yet he would get tongue tied and walk away. I'm not sure what he was afraid of. But I always wondered if he'd say the words. In my imagination she adored the man and felt the same so just maybe he'd say how he felt. Well when I began this idea, it started very differently and remained unwritten for quite a while... until now.
Yes, I've been writing and editing again, in character, which is really crazy & fun because there is a lot of light-hearted in addition to a lot of darkness. I'd like to release some books this summer and more this year. Maybe even this one, it's from Unwritten...
Enjoy!
Kisses, m.
Line
“You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen,” he says. After
waiting nearly an hour from across the midsummer garden, he managed the courage
to approach me.
With a smile and giggle, I nod encouraging him to speak but he seems
discouraged.
“That didn’t work, did it?” Putting his head down, he starts to leave.
“Oh, but it did. You have my attention." I smile and reach
for him to stay.
“You have no idea how long I've wanted to say that to you.”
“Really. Were you were afraid?”
“Yes, I was afraid.”
“Afraid of me? Or what I might say?”
“Afraid of us and what we could become. Or that you’d laugh at
me because you’d think it was just a line to get to you.”
“I did laugh. What does it matter if I think it is a line? Maybe
I do.”
“You think I’m being insincere.”
“That’s not what I said. There is nothing wrong with telling a
girl a line. It's as though you are knocking on her door or calling on the
phone.”
Leaning in, he curiously asks, “Well, are you inviting me in? Or
taking my call?”
Whispering in his ear, “I haven’t hung up or sent you away. Sit
with me.” I motion him to sit with me on a bench.
“You’ve given me more than I could have expected.” He says blissfully
as he sits next to me.
“Is this how you hoped it would go?”
“I couldn’t hope. To have any would have been to assume there
was a possibility. I could only dream of such a thing.”
“To dream of possibility can be risky...” I wink and touch his
hand.
Touching my hand back, he looks into my eyes and pauses before
starting again. “The only danger in my dreams was that you might break my
heart. These dreams I have are filled with a world where your eyes are the
stars that guide me through the darkness and the people worship nightly when
they twinkle.”
"My devoted admirer, you must be careful of placing me on a
pedestal too high. You may never be able to reach me."
“You have my heart and you are my stars. I’ll find a way to reach
you; Learn how to fly to be with you. What do you say?”
“Stay, I’ve always felt the same about you. Please tell me
more.”
