Snippet: WIP (cont. from last week)
"So…you aren't pining," he said and hemmed and hawed to say more but then decided what the hell. He might as well find out now. "Does that mean you're seeing someone?" Please say no. Please say no, he chanted silently to himself.
Her back went rim rod straight again.
Shit, he mentally chastised himself. He should have eased into that question better.
"I don't believe that's any of your concern." Her words plucked angrily, ready to snap their moment of a truce.
(A little more...)
"You're right, but I'm curious, you know, as a friend," he said and knew if he didn't say something smoother to ease the tension, she'd end their conversation altogether. "We were once friends," he hurried to say, and that seemed to catch her attention. She met his gaze, and his confidence picked up a beat. "I hope you will one day be my friend again," he added. "I miss her." He held his breath for her response, and dang, the woman took her sweet time in answering him.
"Not at the moment," she finally said, making him frown.
Not at the moment. She didn't even want to be friends?
"I mean," she said and tucked an imaginary hair behind her ear, a nervous tick he remembered all too well. "I mean," she said again. "I'm not seeing anyone right now."
Which meant she had been with someone in the past. Of course, she'd dated, idiot. Only, he didn't want to think about someone else holding her and kissing her, and he refused to let his mind imagine what else this guy had done. He swallowed back the lump of regret, threatening to choke him.
"And you," she asked. "Are you still seeing that model?" The words seemed to stick in her throat.
Maybe she'd been just as curious to know about his love life. "Officially, we broke it off two months ago, but truthfully, it had been much longer than that. We haven't been in sync for a while."
Possible Blurb:
Eastyn has her soda shop to run and specialty ice creams to create. Only the place is falling apart, and she may have a haunted jukebox that chooses songs to communicate. If things couldn't get any more complicated, Drake, her ex-fiancé, returns home after five years on the road with his rock band, Never Mind the Damage.
Eastyn vows not to fall for Drake's charms again, but when you have a lifetime of memories with the man, the heart seems not to care about pledges. Her haunted jukebox believes choosing the right song to twirl and dip to is the answer to everything. However, Eastyn isn't convinced. She wants to know if Drake is home for good, or will he break her heart all over again?
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Evie Reid, on a whim, agrees to travel back in time to 1997 to change bad boy Bellamy Lovel's path of destruction. She's smart with a college degree, but she's still fan-girl crazy for the rock band Civilized Heathens. Evie knows despite all Bellamy's smiles and enthusiasm on the stage, he's destined to end it all on one lonely night in a hotel room unless she can change his path.
Bellamy isn't keen on having Evie as his personal assistant, hired by his band mates to watch over him and keep him on schedule. However, there is something about the woman that sparks his interest, despite his best to ignore her. When darkness threatens to consume him, he realizes she may be the only light that will chase the shadows away.
End of the Road- June 16th
Lars Gunner, the frontman for Silent Plaids, died 23 years ago, and his death was ruled an unfortunate accident. Despite the fact that he can't recall what happened to him in his last moments of life, he is convinced that he was murdered. He has been trapped in limbo until his daughter Cecilia unearths his journal and is able to see him. She seeks help from Kaleb, a psychic, but as they resurrect the past, the secrets and lies surrounding Lars' rock-and-roll life just may be the death of them, too.
Heart and Soul - June 28th
The '80s rock star Haley Rose and her boyfriend went missing without a trace on October 31, 1988 and were eventually presumed dead. Three decades later, 30-year-old Rowan Beckett recalls things only Haley Rose would know, and she can belt out songs in the same unique fashion. However, Rowan couldn't be the missing rock star since Haley would now be in her 50s. Could Haley Rose have come back reincarnated as Rowan Beckett? Or is Rowan as delusional as her family suspects?
Mermaid Cove and Seaside Sundaes
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One selfless act as a teen unfairly caused Sirena Seafair to forfeit her ability to shift into a mermaid.
Fifteen years later, her mundane life is about to change when Jack O'Casey arrives in the Irish town of Grimm Nitch and opens his restaurant, Mermaid Cove. The man is bound and determined to make Sirena his no matter what. But if by chance, Sirena can find a way to reclaim her life as a mermaid, will she leave Jack and her human life behind in exchange for a life beneath the sea? Or will surrendering her heart to love be the magic she's been waiting for all along?
Both single, good starting point for a second chance 😉
A bit hypocritical of him to not want to think about her dating someone else, when I’m sure his relationship with the model was well publicized.
I love their cautious curiosity here. Over each other? Not hardly!
Very realistic scene! I love the internal dialogue as much as what he actually says. Really good character exposition. 🙂
Sigh. such a guy. Oh yeah he’s upset SHE might have been with someone else, never mind his hot model GF. Very realistic conversation they’re having, enjoyed the snippet.
I love this snippet! They’re getting to the crux of things–doing a slow step from dncing around it to dancing into the middle of it! Great dialogue!
I like how her “not at the moment” reply had him worried before she clarified. 🙂
This is the epitome of an awkward conversation . . . which is indeed what you can expect when you push for information better eased into later in the reunion.