by Bloom, Anna
So she is. Maybe not now, but I know she will write it down. When she does, I will be ready and waiting. Together we will make her story sing, because that is the very least that it deserves.
Turns out this first instalment was a birthday surprise. Well not so much a surprise, more of a get out of jail free card, and I am glad I could help. You never know she may need another get of jail card for Valentine’s Day, and will write me another section. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
My meeting has made me feel something else. Something new. It’s a feeling that I am not used to. But for the first time in a very long time I do not want to go home to a book.
Tonight I want to live something of my own. I may not have a guitar playing rock god with cornflower blue eyes to share it with me. But deep inside me I know who I want to spend tonight with.
The same person I may want to spend tomorrow evening with as well.
For me it is the boy with the eyes like midnight and the lazy smile that makes me want to do bad things, even if I am too scared to do them. It’s the guy I thought about all weekend as I kicked myself for not being brave enough.
I can be brave.
Me: How do you feel about Pepperoni?
The answer is back in a nano second
Tom Carter: Are we talking deep pan or thin and crispy because that would be the deciding factor.
I grin to myself as I hesitate, what do I think he would prefer?
Then I think, well what would I prefer? What if it was me making a decision and not someone else. Not someone that I was reading about. Not something based in a reality far removed from my own. But me. Just me.
Me: Deep pan
Tom Carter: Meet you by the door in five minutes
And just like that I do. I walk towards him standing at the door and fling my arms around him, just like I have been doing it every day. I can hear Suzy give a little gasp as I place my lips against his.
When I finally pull away I glance at his face and find him with his eyes closed, that sleepy smile on his mouth.
“So I was thinking Pepperoni pizza, and then we could see where this goes.” My voice is low and doesn’t even sound like it belongs to me.”
The lazy lip hitch turns up even higher. “Now don’t expect IT favours every day.” The intense chocolate eyes warm me from within.
“Who me?”
“Yes you, Zoe Benedict. Publisher extraordinaire.”
I laugh and link my arm through his, ready to head into whatever my future holds. And as I glance him over, and his eyes find mine, I have a feeling that my time for reading may be seriously incapacitated.
And for the first time, ever, that thought does not scare me at all.
The End
About Anna Bloom
Anna Bloom is a contemporary romance writer who likes to write about life and how it actually happens. Whilst working on The Uni Files and other projects she is a wife and mother, and also spends time working in a local school where she reads books to the children whether they like it or not.
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The Art of Letting Go: The Uni Files Year One is available to download on Amazon now.
The Saving of Benjamin Chambers and The Art of Forgiving; two short stories from Ben’s POV are available to download on Amazon now.
The Art of Keeping Faith: The Uni Files Year Two is releasing April 9th 2014
Year Three – Expected release date Spring 2015