I remember the faces I had in my head for these characters.
I remember the room
I remember the dress...
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Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Leighann wrote:
Although two glasses of Dom Perignon were not quite enough
to blur her vision, she did hold her chin up a little bit higher. The
room was glowing, or was it just her? She embraced her secluded position on the
west wall of the great room, and let herself be entertained my all that was
going on around her.
The dance floor bustled and swooshed with elegant dresses
and fine tuxedos. A meteor shower of gems and jewels glimmer against the walls
and surroundings and candles flit and fluxed around the borders of the great
hall. Teddy worked hard on her third helping of bubbly. Her yellow cream
colored gown dipped so low and rested so delicately on the small of her back
that she dared not engage in the celebrations whisking about on the dance floor
at the center of the room. "How do those ladies do that?" She thought
to herself. Besides, she didn't want to miss a single second in her
surveying of a very handsome young gentleman on the opposite side of the hall.
He was young, laughing and joking with those among him.
"Young and absolutely gorgeous!" Teddy thought out loud, but speaking
to no one in particular. She silently analyzed: he's drinking draft beer; he's
got to be ready for commitment. "How young could he really be?" Again
aloud, but directed to no one. Teddy summarized that he was far too
sophisticated, and must be of ripe age and maturity; perfect.
Teddy's observations had been noticed by the gent and would
no go unaddressed. Swishing her bubbly around in her glass nervously ad he
fought the maze of tables to reach her, she realized how dry her mouth had
become in those minutes of analyzing. "Hi there" His voice was, as
she had surmised, deep, intelligent, and extremely sexy. His confused and
possibly irritated look told Teddy that it was her turn to speak, most
appropriately an explanation. "I'm Teddy", she managed to stammer
out. "And I'm an extremely interesting specimen, eh?" he joked, she
blushed.
By the time there was no fluid left to swoosh in her glass,
Teddy was convinced that this was the beginning of something refreshing. She
liked this character, he wad cunning, he had a brain! And he was mature. The
conversation had been pleasantly solid, appropriate for the event they were
both a part of. "What a catch" she thought to herself, this time
being sure not to speak aloud.
Teddy found that her expectations had not been far off. He
was four years her senior, living in London, but primitive to Chicago.
"Oh! I grew up in the states also!" Teddy indulged in the similarity.
"Yes, I could tell by the way you talk. Please don't say Chicago, I'll
kick myself!" "Manhattan". "Manhattan!" He echoed.
"Would you like another glass?" "Please".
In his absence, Teddy's breath evened finally, She put her
hand on her heart as if to keep it from pounding right out of her, Deciding it
was safest, Teddy sat down on the satin covered chair at the round table behind
her. With her hand still on her heart, she read her place setting. "I
wonder if I can just change my name permanently." She spoke to herself,
once again out loud. "Theodora", she cringed. It's time for another
drink."
With Gabriel and Dom both returning, Teddy's mind raced for
the new topic of conversation. "So what do you do?" she asked,
"Oh gosh…I'm prying, he's going to hate me." She thought to herself.
"I'm a civil engineer" "Oh you're civil alright" Teddy
prayed she hadn't said it aloud. "So…what do you do?" she said
again. They both laughed. Gabriel put his hands together on the table and began
to passionately explain something about water and third world countries. He
made just the cutest face when he was explaining things. His eyebrows rose up
into thick dark arcs and certain syllables made his nose dip down ever so
slightly. He must have realized how little she had actually been paying attention.
For a moment the locked eyes. His big, dark brown eyes stared right through
hers. It felt like they tore right into her just under the neck, ripped out her
heart and let it sit flat on the table. The music came to a halt and Gabriel
snapped out of the trance that the pair had been caught in; Teddy, still very
much strapped tightly in.
Gabriel looked away, seemingly at nothing, and then quite
clearly something. His eyes just lit right up and his lips stretched and parted
into a brilliant smile. His hands reached forward for something and Teddy
finally peeled her eyes off to look in the direction of that something.
"Hi Gabe!". "Hey babe". Gabriel slinked his arm around her
waist. A low area to be grasping, but a perfect height for his seated position
with her standing beside. "Teddy, this is my wife Christy". Teddy
digested these words slowly, and carefully, fearful that Dom would not
appreciate such an elixir. Her heart sank further than a usual 'heart sinking'
would. This time she was fairly certain that her heart sank down to the bottom
of her feet and out on the floor, where she stomped on it. Kneading and jabbing
at it with her high heels. Bold brown eyes stared at Teddy, polite, but hateful
all at the same time. Christy was even more stunning than he was. Her straight,
shiny black hair rested calmly on her shoulders and her perfect ivory skin
stood out against the blackness. "I bet she's smart. Smarter than me, and
doing very well." Teddy reluctantly admitted to herself. "It's a
pleasure" Teddy lied. Christy was flawless, absolutely flawless, with a
glass of white wine held carelessly in her hand.
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