Eight Sunday-02/24/2013
Sunday Snippet time. Today’s eight sentences are part of the Weekend Writing Warriors meme. Click over for a full list of this week’s participating writers.
Today’s excerpt is from my current WIP, a contemporary erotic romance. Matthias and Caroline were unlikely best friends — a gangly nerd from a family who had next to nothing and a constant class favorite, the beautiful daughter of a well-to-do family. Each harbored deeper feelings for one another, neither brave enough to share them before graduating high school and losing touch for thirteen life-altering years.
The first two excerpts are here and here. Today’s snippet also comes from the early pages of chapter one, as Matthias sits in a booth where Caroline is waitressing.
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The kitchen door swung again as she reappeared in the dining room. She cut a straight path toward him, and he sat back, enjoying every second. The gentle curves she’d had in high school had lived up to their promise. Nice, full breasts on display in a low-cut, pale-pink sweater. The apron cinched around her waist accented her hourglass curves. Too bad she was wearing jeans. He’d love to see those legs again. How many times had he stared down at them during class under the guise of looking at his binder — her skin temptingly bare below the edge of a short skirt, her knee brushing his as they huddled over an experiment in the physics lab.
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Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful Sunday. 🙂
15 Comments
Jenna Jaxon
Someone’s certainly enjoying the show! And after such a long time it’s nice to see he’s still very interested. Wonder if she will like what she sees as well? Great description!
Eleri Stone
Awww. Even after all these years.
S. J. Maylee
There is a lot of heat behind his thoughts. Yum! I want to sit down with this book, my coffee’s ready, hurry up and finish. 🙂
A.S. Fenichel
Nice fantasy. I like the way his mind works. Wonderful snippet.
Anne Lange
I love reunion stories. I wonder if she sneaked peeks at him too? Great snippet.
Elaine Cantrell
You nailed a teen age boy’s POV in this excerpt. I was wondering, though, why is the daughter of a well to do family waitressing?
Sue
nice contemporary scene with the school day memories
Veronica Scott
Really enjoying this story, liked his “voice” in his thoughts – terrific snippet!
Debbie
Here’s hoping she’s still interested too! Looking forward to the next instalment.
Kate Warren
My mother always told me that friendship is the best foundation for love. Since they’ve already had the one, here’s hoping they’re both ready to try the other.
Siobhan Muir
Oh, yeah, he had it bad then. Wonder what he looks like now. Certainly not the buck-toothed gangly glasses wearing geek (that’s my own image from your intro – not one you gave me). I love your premise, Karla. Nicely done. 🙂
Elin Gregory
There’s just something about meeting old crushes, isn’t there? Nice snippet.
Mandy Earles
Great descriptions. It builds up the tension and heat between these two. I love that we see her from his perspective. We not only understand how she looks, but we even get some background on the two and how long he’s lusted after her. Can’t wait to see what happens next.
ED Martin
I like the change in power – now it sounds like she’s the one who doesn’t have much. But it fortunately sounds like they’ll have little problem reconnecting.
Sarah Ballance
Amazing, emotional description. You put me right there, past and present.