▓        ♛    // it’s odd, jumping back into things. & yet somehow,  some way it seems like time hasn’t passed at all - while having  sped by a thousand miles a minute while authors weren’t even  looking. pause, palm halfway in long worn sweater sleeves,- & eyes over expression. bare feet & long legs. nails painted blue.  a flicker, green over chocolate in eyes. stir in souls, double set of hearts beat opposite to another. whine, quiet. back of throat.                         “ could come back to bed y’know ---                   it’s much more     interesting   .... “ 

UPDATED ! 8/11/18

▓        ♛            a classic meet cute, a standard, really. could  go one of several ways, if following the playbook for such. coffee shop, diners -- maybe running into one another a FULL SPEED, embarrassing ?  - effective.  OR music swelling over a glace, an eye catch.which is always an adventure,it predicts the ending.in love & happy -- & a storybook maybe on a proper budget. NO, no. not doing that. // take pause & perhaps here. walking, boots - crunch on concrete.  daylight, barely.  pace, & unfortunately NOT paying attention. - SLAM! not exactly full speed, enough to cause stir. phone  & keys falling, fast & flustered - flickering eyes.  speak !        “ oh,gracious i am so sorry,                how clumsy of me - i must’ve  ---                                   ( pause, oh. )            hi. “  hi ? that’s the big opening line ?   HI ? okay, alright. hi. 

▓        ♛ blush. hard blush. warm cheeks, chest. rosy pastel pink.  nose to nose,brush. takes another kiss, just one. just for good measure. a giggle underneath.   can’t help it. can’t hold back. happy heartbeat, happy heartbeats. &   smile.                   “ i happen to be    terrifying. “ 

▓        ♛        “ that’s what you get       -- !                     that’s what happens, yeah. “  girlfriend -  definitely girlfriend. never had a moment to decide otherwise. never had a reason to consider.  back against wall, basically a beckon.  tongue swipe  across bottom lip.flicker,internal bounce,internal wag.                           " think you'll live.               your ego is big enough. “ 

▓        ♛        “ please  --  neither of those sluts     hold   a   candle   to   me,                              everyone knows that. “  it’s eerie. it’s entirely too chilly. it’s calm  & it’s collected.  it’s bullets in a barrel, but unshot & you’ll swallow them.  simply because she wishes it of you. -- a queen’s reign. step, step - circle. vulture, predator - both in time &step.                      “ i’m glad to hear you talk about me               while on your back, lopez ----                                      but while you’re laying there                             throwing shade that is     BARELY                             able to compete   with an umbrella                             &  probably dreaming about my tits ----               as some jock rams into you like a three leg               bull, not caring about that little rumor going                school --  as long as he can dip his chicken                finger into your queso bowl ----                                   you should REALLY take a sec to recall                                  the only reason you’re still on the squad                                 or even REMOTELY relevant --- AT ALL                                  in this school is because me & mine are                                  a fan of the RAINBOW TRAIN   .............               & fact check whatever gossip muff you’re                diving in behind the bleachers -  because                obviously you’d rather be  dramatic   than                RIGHT.  you don’t know a thing about me. “ 

▓        ♛        “ i mean,     if that’s      right with you   ----------”  of course it is. no question. have to add a little  bit banter though. -- otherwise what’s the point  in such  STRONG  personalities loving on one  another.follow, loose& fluid.warm bedroom set eyes, add a roll of them. inhale & upward,push.  lover land on mattress first.  own form to follow.                                “ i n c o r r i g i b l e. “ 

▓        ♛        watch that expression twist, smug & smart. click  of tongue. a very prominent step backwards.chip.bite CRUNCH. once, twice. brows up & then down. smile.                                 “ fine, i guess my lips are                    closed for business    then. “  wiggling out of reach, playful mannerism. add head tilt.         “ who says i wanna be kissing you anyway? “ 

▓        ♛             “ would you believe  years       & years   of practice ----   ? “  a doting mother, crafty siblings & the need to save  funds by making clothing when possible &the idea  of originality can only go  so far when more bodies  existed than clothing choices in the town. &SMILE.              “ you’re just trying to hard.                           & you’re not using the threader. “ 

▓        ♛         has it been mentioned --  how much yelling is  very much not favored. LOUD  &  AGGRESSIVE & UNBRIDLED & BOLD -- beats the brain with bright & reckless images, ideas. soften !  only just though oh just so,strength still woven into skin’s every inch.               “ it was an accident, we all make          mistakes sometimes. -----                                       you can’t  .... “ protect me. be there for me. be this way, & do these things. cannot jumpstart a car polluted with ivy vines & rust, ravaged by time. can repair, ONLY  over time.              “ --      it was an accident. “ 

▓        ♛        snatch !  --- rude, rudest. cannot even believe. the  absolutely complete & total WORST, & yet  --- giggling.  soft & bubbly from bright lips.   accepts that kiss with a  gasp ! --- mouth occupied then with something else,&a  hum, head shake. body close & remain there. eyes roll.         “ you don’t even like these.                             so yeah, you could say y’are --- “  cheeks hurt. always hurt. always rosy. & HEADSHAKE.                                      “ you don’t scare me. “