December 05, 2011
What do you see?
�We need to talk.�
Oh God, she thought as he closed the bedroom door behind him. This is it. He�s finally sending me away. She leaned against the bed and waited for him to speak, trying to look nonchalant. She was good at nonchalant.
He stared her down for a moment, his eyes half squinted as if he were trying to read her, and she noticed that they looked more green today than brown. The lighting did that sometimes. He never believed her when she pointed it out, but he always said the light made her own brown eyes look as little red. Their eyes were red and green respectively just like their favorite colors- compliments. All this she thought as she waited for him to break her heart for the final time. She wondered if she�d have to leave tonight with his friends sleeping in the living room, or would the two of them wait the night out together. Silly girl! At last, he spoke.
�What do you see in me?� He placed his hands on his hips, still staring. In turn, she stared at him dumbfounded. That was not what she had expected, though in a way his question made sense. That night they had built a bonfire outside and invited his friends and brothers to join them. Toward the end of the night, as people began to trickle home, the conversation turned to relationships. She mostly sat quiet listening as one of the guys explained the complexity of the female sex. What he had to say was interesting, and for the most part she agreed with his words, glancing at TJ every once in awhile to gage his reaction.
Now, shut up in his room, she was sure he was replaying that conversation in his head. He moved around the bed and began looking for his pajama pants. She followed and pulled him hip-to-hip close to her. �What are you talking about? I don�t know. I just do. Why is that so hard for you to accept?�
He gave her one of those long looks he always dealt when he doubted her. �Well, I see you as a more intellectual being than me. You went to school and have a good head on your shoulders. So what do you see in me?�
She didn�t know what to say. �Let me think about it for a minute and I�ll get back to you.� He huffed and she laughed at him, then hurried off to the bathroom to shower the smoke smell off of her. No sooner had she closed the curtain behind her, she heard the door close and open. He brushed his teeth and they both whispered silly things until she stepped out and he stepped in. They spent awhile in the bathroom talking, grooming, and laughing and she thought about his question.
TBC
scullerymaid at 1:09 p.m.