'So...when were you there?'
'Huh?' The small coffee shop had been empty the last time she looked up from her book.
'In London. Your shirt says London. When were you there?'
'Oh. That. Ha, no. I've never been there,' she explained. 'I've never even been out of the United States, unless you count a quick jaunt to Tijuana when I was like, eight.'
'Then why...' he began, and she interrupted. 'Ehn. Gap Outlet. And 'cause I'm a sucker for baseball shirts.'
'Ah. I see.' He pulled out the chair across from her. 'Mind if I sit down?'
She shook her head and began to gather up the reams of notebook paper that had slowly covered the entire table over the last several hours.
'But, I'm going to go there someday, you know.'
'Where?'
'London.'
'Oh, right.'
'Right after I see Broadway shows and run around New Orleans and go to a Jazz Club and learn to dance and read everything C.S. Lewis ever wrote and climb a volcano and attend the Oscars and publish a book.'
He raised his latte, smiling, and in a truly Casablanca moment, said, 'Well, then, here's to your dreams, kid.'
when i am brave
i will fly away
when i am brave
i'll finally love you
*sigh* At least, that's how it should have happened...for now, though, I'll start with the homework.
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This looks startlingly like something I wrote a year or two ago. The style, though, has a definite Wodehouse flavor, while reminiscent of the days when you wrote scenes for me in almost-perfect replicas of my own style. That being said, it's cooler this way.
ha! i'm a genius, and you try to steal my credit! fool. i will win an oscar long before you publish a book!
oh. sorry. *wink* thanks for the compliments, A.
[gosh, i'm schitzo...either a doting fangirl or a raging rival. whaddyaknow...]
My, my, Emily.
I want it back. Give it back. Now.
This is a perfect post... if it wasn't for the lost comment by Emily.
gosh, Anna. I won't give back what has always been mine.
Anonymous, if you don't post your name...then you too will be DELETED.
And if you're really missing that deleted comment by me, then just read the one above it. They were accidental identical twins brought into existence by a freaky network connection.
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