Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The Least Likely

He sees something in her she doesn’t even see in herself. Something that makes him want to be with her more than anyone else he’s ever met. Her hidden attributes, which were unwittingly exposed to him, changed him forever. He hardly knew she existed before. Now, he couldn’t imagine a life without her.

He was always strong and confident. She was always more comfortable staring at her converse when she spoke. She never thought anyone would see her as he does.

All the girls throw themselves at him. Why me? she wondered. I'm shy. Fragile. Not his type at all.



The "100 Word Challenge" brought to you by Velvet Verbosity

8 comments:

  1. Welcome to the 100 words challenge! And love? A mysterious thing that.

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    1. Thank you, I'm always glad to find a new challenge.

      Love is certainly a mysterious thing. You never know when or where, and you certainly don't choose who...

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  2. A tender start to a love story. Welcome to the Challenge, a wonderful debut.

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    1. Thank you Tara, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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  3. I like the way it starts out from his perspective, that she has revealed herself unwittingly and therefore become precious to him, and then shifts to her at the end, wondering what that thing might be in her 'why me?'

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    1. Sometimes the things that stand out to people the most, the little things that they love about us, are the things we don't even know we have. We are our worst critics and can spot the slightest flaws in ourselves. As a result we tend to overlook our good qualities.

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  4. This has the ring of truth about it. it begs to be continued.

    I'll join the welcome committee, but I've not played in so long, I'm a bit of a ringer. But I want to give credit to Velvet Verbosity. She is the gal who ngot me writing 2-1/2 years ago with her prompts. I've been goiing strong ever since.

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    1. Thanks for reading Patti, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Maybe I will eventually expand on it, I think there might be a good story there.

      Thank you for the warm welcome.

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