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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #199

“You came back.”

“But we are meeting for the first time.”

Georgie looked closer at him. Yes, there it was, the tiny scar above his top lip. Almost imperceivable. But she knew it well. He was older – yes, but she was older too. No longer beautiful, at least not in the way that most people saw beauty these days. No, her beauty was not superficial, but something that came from deep inside her. That was what had attracted him to her in the first place. Her eyes shone with something that seemed to be beyond this world. He wanted it for himself, but he could not quite reach it. Then Ann came along.

Ann was beautiful in an “in your face” kind of way. It was easy to reach. No work was required. He had her for a time, but then she grew tired of him…

She said, “You came back.”  I responded, “But we are meeting for the first time.”  I felt like I knew her and there was this unusual connection between us that I sensed, but I didn’t know her at all and I couldn’t tell her from Eve.  Maybe she confused me with some other Tom, Dick, or Harry, or perhaps it was the clothes that I was wearing, but I was no Georgy Girl and none of the girls were passing me by.  If we never met, then where could I have come back from?  I could have dropped that Arnold Schwarzenegger line from the Expendables and said, “I’m back!”, but not everyone knows that movie.

I figured she was one of the girls that I contacted from that dating site.  She was pretty, but I didn’t remember arranging to meet anyone.  I had a doctor’s appointment and I just stopped…

Reena is the host of RXC

PROMPT #199

Here is a piece of dialogue.

“You came back.”

“But we are meeting for the first time.”

It is not necessary that you use the lines in your piece, though you are free to do so.

Imagine the situation and write a piece based on it.

That’s it.

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Recurring dreams of
Meeting her again one day
Looking everywhere in vain
Feeling disappointed

There’s an image in his mind
And any girl he meets has to fit
For him it’s like he has lost
One half of his soul, that he seeks

Finally he saw her one day
Excited he went up to her
So you came back he blurts
Excuse me! Who are you? she said

The moral is clear in this tale
You are looking for your dream
But that person may be dreaming
Of someone else entirely!

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The…

you sent my gifts back
I don’t recognize this one
the guilt is all yours

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 198

My neighbor came by to return some items that she said belonged to me.  I saw she was carrying my four serving trays which I brought to her house for the New Year party that she held.  I filled up the serving trays with jello shots using orange jello for rum on one tray, lime jello for tequila, lemon jello for vodka and cherry jello for gin.  Her arms were full so I asked her if she wanted to come inside and I opened up the door for her.  She asked me where she could put my stuff down and I told her that the dining room table would be fine.  I had totally forgotten about the trays and I thanked her for inviting me to her party and for returning the serving trays.

She apologized for taking so long to return my stuff and she said that things had…