The Year of the Beasts
“The rain was coming down. It was soft, more like a mist. First she figured that she’d just miss the commercials. Then the previews. Then the first ten minutes. Then twenty. After thirty minutes of standing there on the sidewalk, all the latecomers had already straggled in and settled in their seats with hands halfway through their popcorn.
She knew.
He wasn’t coming.
She couldn’t believe that he wouldn’t come.
He’d promised.
“I promise,” he had said.
And then she had reached for him and he’d re...ached for her and it felt so good to be in his arms and half naked. They weren’t just making promises with words, but with their bodies.
She lay back on the blanket that he always had spread on the ground, a childhood comforter, worn down from use, splattered with cowboy themes that bucked beneath her. She was overcome in waves. Was this what bliss was, or pure joy? Complete happiness?
She imagined that it was. She imagined that this moment, frozen, was the one that she would carry with her in her heart forever.MoreLess
She knew.
He wasn’t coming.
She couldn’t believe that he wouldn’t come.
He’d promised.
“I promise,” he had said.
And then she had reached for him and he’d re...ached for her and it felt so good to be in his arms and half naked. They weren’t just making promises with words, but with their bodies.
She lay back on the blanket that he always had spread on the ground, a childhood comforter, worn down from use, splattered with cowboy themes that bucked beneath her. She was overcome in waves. Was this what bliss was, or pure joy? Complete happiness?
She imagined that it was. She imagined that this moment, frozen, was the one that she would carry with her in her heart forever.MoreLess
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