LivingTodayInThePresent

My eyes hurt and I’m awake because of two mugs of brewed coffee. But I’m smiling like a lunatic because after “marathoning” HEROES last night— my head is swimming with all these images and ideas. Think Marvel universe becoming a reality and what the viewers get is Heroes. Heroes is an amazing TV series with a great plot– it’s written much like a comic book with story arcs that revolve around humans with special abilities. And not only is the plot well-written with strong elements of foreshadowing, the character development is awesome– I seriously am craving for more.

Speaking of ideas swimming around, my mind has been cooking up several scenarios, dialogues and stories. Part of that undiluted flow of concepts and plots is the BlackWhite story I’m cooking up with Michiko. There’s this novella going on inside my head and it’s been driving me crazy. Maybe its because I’ve been reading Nora Roberts again, maybe its also because the movie “The Holiday” made me see a character (Cameron Diaz’s character Mandy) so close to what my mind was creating– but a scene was fleshed out in my head. And I can’t stop thinking about it. So just to give my muse a break, I’ve decided to write it down here. *scurries off to the corner*

“Thanks for taking me home,” Jade said, smiling brightly as she unbuckled her seatbelt and turned to Jake who gave her a goofy grin.

“Okay,” he drawled out before checking his watch. He leaned forward a bit when Jade moved close to kiss his cheek. With their faces close together, she suddenly paused. He looked at her quizzically when the girl sat back and looked thoughtful. “What’s wrong?”

Jade flushed slightly and then scratched her cheek as she spoke slowly, as if thinking her words out, “I think– that maybe…I don’t know… maybe we should kiss?” She gave a little laugh, “That is, if you want to– I mean, it’s New Year and all that and– I was kind of thinking that I wanted to kiss someone new this year… I mean… you actually…” She darted a glance at his face and saw the same amused expression she was wearing. She shrugged her slim shoulders and gave him a crooked smile.

“Okay,” he said and moved before Jade could change her mind.

His lips were unexpectedly soft against her own and Jade closed her eyes slowly as she leaned against him. The night stayed as dark as her vision and around them the stars went on shining. They broke apart gently, and each had thoughts neither was willing to reveal.

She’s not in love with him. While she always did enjoy his company, she’s perfectly fine without it. And if her legendary intuition about men is correct, then she’s pretty sure he’s not in love with her too. He never stayed long enough to wait for her to get in her house.

“Well…” began Jake and Jade just smiled and shook her head.

“Let’s not talk about it okay? I’m not into complications,” Jade said quickly before she opened the door of the car and slid out of her seat.  She closed the door quickly and walked to her house but as she closed the gate, he gave her a little wave as the car drove away.

 Author’s Notes: Jade is the main character of the novella that’s been brewing in my head. Jake is a character inspired by Jude Law’s character in “The Holiday”.