15 Replies
122 Views
0 Likes
6 Participants
Last post by ChrisW 7 Aug 2015 13:06
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 1 Aug 2015 21:06
What did the little slip of paper I pulled from my honking-huge pill bottle say this week's prompt is? It said:
path
Now pick a path for the birdies to go down and let us see where they end up!
Now pick a path for the birdies to go down and let us see where they end up!
Just a one-off this week. This is what happens when it's too hot out and don't get any sleep. 
**********************************
Prompt#188--Path
The G2 was solid at his back and the weight of her in his arms, felt good. He thought, not for the first time, that for the first time in a very long time, something finally felt right. She had been a surprise to him, something he hadn't expected. And though he might not admit it outright, something he was grateful for.
"Joe?"
He grunted a response, arms tightening about her.
"Are you leading me down the garden path?"
He shifted away and looked down into her eyes, those deep mossy green pools. The ones he had lost himself in over and over, almost against his will. The question rendered him speechless and it sent a curl of fear spiraling into his gut.
She leaned away from him, studying him, her eyes searching his.
"You are, aren't you?"
And then, before he could gather his wits about him, before he could utter a single word of protest, she was pulling away from him. Sliding out of his grasp. Part of him wanted to grab her, shout at her and haul her close again. Another more realistic part of him, urged him to let her go, before it ended in heartbreak, like it had done a hundred times before.
Dumbfounded, his arms empty, he watched her go, the fading sun setting her hair afire as she strode back to her car.
What the hell was he going to do now?
**********************************
Prompt#188--Path
The G2 was solid at his back and the weight of her in his arms, felt good. He thought, not for the first time, that for the first time in a very long time, something finally felt right. She had been a surprise to him, something he hadn't expected. And though he might not admit it outright, something he was grateful for.
"Joe?"
He grunted a response, arms tightening about her.
"Are you leading me down the garden path?"
He shifted away and looked down into her eyes, those deep mossy green pools. The ones he had lost himself in over and over, almost against his will. The question rendered him speechless and it sent a curl of fear spiraling into his gut.
She leaned away from him, studying him, her eyes searching his.
"You are, aren't you?"
And then, before he could gather his wits about him, before he could utter a single word of protest, she was pulling away from him. Sliding out of his grasp. Part of him wanted to grab her, shout at her and haul her close again. Another more realistic part of him, urged him to let her go, before it ended in heartbreak, like it had done a hundred times before.
Dumbfounded, his arms empty, he watched her go, the fading sun setting her hair afire as she strode back to her car.
What the hell was he going to do now?
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 2 Aug 2015 08:01
Curse the Condor's curse! 
Darned if he does, and darned if he doesn't ... Joe just can't win!
Redbird: Aw, poor Joe. Pull it together man! Say something!
But what provoked her to ask the question in the first place?
KT: I'm thinking something happened at some point prior to what we see here that might have sparked her question. My muses haven't told me exactly what that situation was.....
[unrecoverable text]
RIgirl: Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. 
Or he's being deliberately peevish to throw her off balance. He's lucky he doesn't have boston cream donut smeared all over his face!
Or he's being deliberately peevish to throw her off balance. He's lucky he doesn't have boston cream donut smeared all over his face!
Yup, RIgirl, I see he's being his usual obnoxious self
Originally posted by ChrisW He's lucky he doesn't have boston cream donut smeared all over his face!
How could you even think of doing such a thing?!?!
Originally posted by ElectricWhiteI know, it's a waste of a tasty treat, but they'll make more.Originally posted by ChrisW He's lucky he doesn't have boston cream donut smeared all over his face!
RB - Joe just can't catch a break, can he? Makes you really want to root for a happy ending for him for a change...
RIgirl - RI really does that man that you love to hate so well... can't wait to see where this goes...
Good grief! The Lord of Donuts. LOL.
You write a very convincing RI, RIGirl.
Originally posted by mylari RB - Joe just can't catch a break, can he? Makes you really want to root for a happy ending for him for a change...Well, he's deciding what he's gonna do. I think he might go after her.....
[unrecoverable text]
Please login to post replies.