fiction friday — come lie to me — stranger in my heart

greetings awesome bloggers,

recently, i have been enjoying reading “jane the sane’s” weekly fiction fridays.  you just write some fiction if you want to play along.  a snippet, a short, it doesn’t have to be a book, just whatever you feel like writing.  this week, jane even did a post about me.  he he.  because of a question i asked her.  i tell you, i gotta kick out of how she did that.  well jane and one of her buddies ashlee gave me just enough of a nudge to convince me to play along and dabble in fiction short again this week … and i had a total blast, a rush, writing this in my head until i put it down on paper.  i loved how the characters were living out the scenes in my head.  oh, it was an awesome distraction while i was at work and functioning to have this fake story playing out.  thanks jane and ashlee for nudging me this week.

so, if you want to play along, please do.  just write something fake like i talked about above.  i think jane said it can not be ab#sive and it can not be p#rnographic, so anything else goes.  if you do play, please tell me, for i would love to read your gems.

okay, this short story i wrote is totally fiction, i made it up, the people and the situation are totally fake.  this is not my life or anyone i know.  just had to say that so nobody comes back to me with an email asking me how could i?  or am i okay?  or wow, i can’t believe you did THAT?  ha ha.  sit back, enjoy, did you bring cookies? 

peace, kathleen xoxo

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my short fiction … 

What was wrong with her? For the past 24 hours plus, this mystery stranger had changed her somehow. She couldn’t understand what was going on inside her. She’d been married for seven years and had never cheated on Jack. She had never been tempted to cheat and she never sought out another man to fill her heart. But in just over 24 hours, her head was spinning with all these sudden changes and feeling that she couldn’t explain.

Maggie couldn’t believe what was going on inside her. She tried to think about other things, but she just couldn’t seem to get him out of her head. Before yesterday, she had never seen Joe Jacoby in her life. And now, her thoughts were completely consumed with thinking of this 6′2″ delight. Her heart kept jumping and betraying her constantly since she found him in the woods and helped him back to her cabin to help get him back to full strength. He had been hiking and got cold and started to go into hyperthermia. She found him while on her morning walk in the woods with her Benny dog yesterday morning. The Alaskan temperatures had dropped to at least 10 degrees while he had been out there. Derek hadn’t been too bad off, but he needed to get warm again and she earnestly wanted to help him. She earnestly wanted to do anything to help him. He had been able to walk and she helped him to her cabin. Ever since she brought him in, he’d nestled under fleece on the stuffed couch in front of the fireplace and drifted in and out of sleep as he regained his strength. She was more than enjoying helping him. And she couldn’t bring herself to barely leave his side while he was there. She kept staring at him when she didn’t think he was looking. She dared looking even when he was looking. That made her jump inside when he looked at her. She kept studying his frame and his stubble on his face. She kept looking at his lips. She knew this must be wrong to be so fascinated with him. She knew she must stop this thinking … but not yet. She wanted more but she knew she couldn’t do anything about it. So confused.

Never had any man affected her like this. She felt awful and good at the same time. Maggie and her husband Jack had planned to stay in the Miller’s Reach, Alaska cabin for a couple weeks. They just wanted a break from everything. This was perfect peace out here. While Jack went on a two day snowmachine trip with a couple of his guy friends from the snowmobile club, Maggie planned on enjoying some sought after alone time. She needed this time away from everyone and all commitments at home. And when Jack returned from his two day trip, they planned on spending some good couple time together riding the machine and cuddling by the fireplace. But now what? She had never been tempted to cheat on Jack. But in the last 24 hours plus, all she could think about was this other guy and how much she wanted him to … just touch her. But she knew this was so wrong. But she couldn’t stop thinking of him and sneaking peeks at him.

Maggie thought she ought to stoke up the fireplace again. As she walked near him, Joe reached his hand up from the couch and softly touched her knee. She froze and melted at the same time. His touch was electric. She could barely think straight or stay standing as a wave of emotions and feelings flooded through her. Her heart felt like it was pounding on the outside of her. Surely he could hear her heartbeat and how much he was affecting her. His hand lingered on her leg. Her mouth was parched as she struggled to know what to say. As she started to speak, he reached up and placed his finger to her lips as he quietly whispered, “Shhhh.” Again, his touch was stunning her. Confusion and excitement and regret and guilt and happiness rushed through her simultaneously. She didn’t want him to stop touching but …

The cabin door rattled as they heard a key fumbling to open the lock.

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the end

ohh this was fun dabbling in fiction again this week.  december was the last time i wrote fiction.  if you want to play along, write a fiction short and tell me so i can come read yours.  happy friday all, kathleen xoxo