Fill-Challenge 152 (original)
Jan. 13th, 2023 07:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
(This is actually kind of hard)
Jason sipped at his coffee, adding a little more sugar and stirring it a few times with the little stick. "I'm, really glad you came" he said, nervously looking across the table towards Mandy.
" Well we both have a test on Friday" she replied, setting her own coffee down and pulling out her Literature textbook. " Maybe we should get started." She flipped through a few pages. "So Pride and Prejudice is pretty romantic. What did you think of the symbolism of..."
Jason was miles away once Mandy said 'romantic.' Finishing his coffee, he absently played with the cup on the table. While Mandy kept going on about Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, something else caught his attention. "Oh you hair's a little bit...I'll get it" he said, brushing back the strand away from her face.
"Thanks?" Mandy said, a bit surprised. "So anyway, I was thinking about the ending. What did you think ?"
Jason was, this time, trying to focus. If he was being honest, he could listen to Mandy talk for hours. But he would never tell her that, at least not out loud of course. " I'm glad they got together" he said finally, "And speaking of, ....could we Maybe do this again?" He said, stumbling a bit over his words, "I mean, when we start poetry next week?"
Jason sipped at his coffee, adding a little more sugar and stirring it a few times with the little stick. "I'm, really glad you came" he said, nervously looking across the table towards Mandy.
" Well we both have a test on Friday" she replied, setting her own coffee down and pulling out her Literature textbook. " Maybe we should get started." She flipped through a few pages. "So Pride and Prejudice is pretty romantic. What did you think of the symbolism of..."
Jason was miles away once Mandy said 'romantic.' Finishing his coffee, he absently played with the cup on the table. While Mandy kept going on about Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, something else caught his attention. "Oh you hair's a little bit...I'll get it" he said, brushing back the strand away from her face.
"Thanks?" Mandy said, a bit surprised. "So anyway, I was thinking about the ending. What did you think ?"
Jason was, this time, trying to focus. If he was being honest, he could listen to Mandy talk for hours. But he would never tell her that, at least not out loud of course. " I'm glad they got together" he said finally, "And speaking of, ....could we Maybe do this again?" He said, stumbling a bit over his words, "I mean, when we start poetry next week?"