Sweet Saturday Samples - Sept 8

I've missed the past few Sweet Saturday Samples, but I'm back today with more from Elly and the Geriatrics, my work in progress. In this scene, Elly and Derek are sitting in his truck at the Sonic drive-in restaurant and they’ve just shared their first kisses. 

      As he watched her sip her cherry Coke, Derek wondered if their kisses had affected Elly as much as they had him. The touch of her lips had sent a lightning bolt of lust straight through him—something that hadn’t happened lately. He turned to look out the window, trying to keep his thoughts from turning X-rated. He hadn’t meant to kiss her and wondered what had come over him. He glanced over to see her brows creased in a frown. Maybe his actions puzzled her too.

       Actually, she was the one who took it from a friendly kiss to a sizzling liplock. He liked that—a woman who didn’t play games but went after what she wanted.

       But what's with the ex-boyfriend? Is she still hung up on that jerk?

       Now that she’d confessed her living arrangement with Mrs. M, it all added up. No wonder she’d been around the neighborhood so often.

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       Elly wondered what had possessed her to grab the man and give him such a lustful kiss. She’d been surprised when he reached for her and kissed her—surprised and delighted. She didn’t even stop to think before she kissed him back. It just felt right.

       Then the reality of all she’d said hit her. Why did she bring up all that stuff about Rick? Damn, she always talked too much when she was upset. And making out at the Sonic in the middle of Shannon Ridge? Adult women don’t behave that way.

       Oh, yes, they do, Granny’s devilish voice chirped in her mind.  Especially when faced with a good-looking man.

       Elly frowned and stared down into her drink.

       Slow down. Remember Rick.

       Then the memory of Mrs. Bagley's warning about Derek nagged her thoughts.

       Would she make up something like that? Yeah, the old girl probably thought kissing on the first date was sinful, but still….

       What do I really know about Derek?

       She scooted closer to the truck’s door and sipped in silence.

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