Romance Rewind: Page-turner (***Plus Announcement)
Let's rewind back to the summer for this week. Something is in the works...
Arthur walked up and down the aisle. Somewhere, in the hundreds of possible selections, was the perfect anniversary card.
Twenty years together. He couldn’t believe it. Arthur had met his wife during his last semester at college. He an English major and her in Accounting. The two seemed like an unlikely paring. They didn’t see each other from across the lecture hall, or even bump into each other in one of the many hallways leading to and from windowless classrooms. They met at a friendly gathering.
Arthur learned about the gathering from a flier hanging on the cafeteria billboard. The flier read: Looking to take a break from class? Open mic night at the campus café is hosting poetry night this Friday!
Poetry wasn’t Arthur’s cup of tea, but he went anyway. He was taking a poetry class for elective credits and had been mulling over a poem for over a month. He’d bring it to the open mic and read it to a crowd, presumably, of strangers.
He remembered the night being especially cool, considering it was summer. He wore a hooded sweatshirt and a pair of jeans when he entered the café. Surprisingly, the area seemed to bust at the seams. Did everyone taking classes and living on campus need a break? He shrugged, as it must’ve been the case.
The first person to go up and read broke the ice. He had a decent view from his perch at the back of the room, but he could hardly make a word out.
Later into the night, it was his turn. His nerves were on high alert. His face felt warm. Were his hands sweating? He looked out into the sea of people. So many eyes, all of them focused on the stage and the mic in his hand.
He cleared his throat.
A short round of applause followed his poem. He felt relieved to be done. Did they like it? He couldn’t recall if everyone before him received the same attention after reading.
He sought his same seat as before as the next person took the stage, only to find the woman who’d taken stage first to be sitting in his former spot.
“That was wonderful,” she said.
“Thank you. I’m still feeling the nerves. I’ve never done anything like that before.”
“I couldn’t tell. There’s another one of these happening next week. Do you think you’ll be there?”
“I don’t know. Poetry isn’t my strong suit.”
“You could’ve fooled me. It’s more of a hobby for me, but I quite enjoy it. How about we go over your next poem together, or shop that one if you’d like, before next week?”
Arthur agreed. He stood next to her for the rest of the evening. Their conversation taking center stage.
“I think this will work,” said Arthur into the fold of the card.
The card had a picture of a husband and wife on the front. They were hugging each other as both read a book behind the other’s back. Inside the card it read: This life with you is a real page-turner.
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*drumroll*
Chemistry Countdown will be a 10 part series starting January 13th. We’ve all recently been a part of a countdown (how was your New Year’s Eve by the way?). Mary and her sisters live all over the country, but make it home to bring in the new year, per her family’s new tradition. When she arrives in her hometown her car spins out. She’s fine, but a good neighbor taps on her window to check on her. Is that Justin from highschool? Didn’t they have Chemistry together? Or was it biology?
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