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Single-Syllable Story – Lunch in the Sun
July 21st, 2010 | by cjdamicoPosted In: Blog, Single-Syllable Stories
“I thought you said we could take a trip? I thought we could go to Rome when it was spring? It’s spring now. Don’t you want to go to Rome?” Jules asked.
She lay on the couch and her long blond hair lay in wisps on her face and throat. Her arms were limp and bent in a gauche way on her chest and her eyes were closed.
“I’m bored, babe. I need a change.”
Her hair puffed with each word she spoke. It fell off her face and down to the floor as she turned her head to look at Jack.
“I know, hon. I know I said that. We can take a trip. We’re too broke for Rome, though.”
“I know,” she said. “I can wish.”
“Let’s go to Maine. We’ll take a nice trip to the coast for a week. They have good food there. Fresh crab, fish… We’ll stay at a place right by the sea,” said Jack.
Jack typed at his desk, his eyes locked on the keys that he struck hard.
“For now I need to get this done, Jules,” he said.
“Maine is too cold. I don’t want to go there,” she said.
“Jules, can you make us some iced tea? It’s warm out. Not so warm that we have to put on the air, but warm. I’m warm at least. Are you?”
“No,” she said. She stared at him with blank eyes.
“Oh. I guess I can make some, then.”
“I’ll have some too, so I’ll make it. I’m bored.”
Jules got up from the couch and stretched. The shades were drawn and the spring sun poured through the glass panes of their flat. They could have heard the birds sing if the screens were put in.
She made the tea and put ice in it. She thought of when she and Jack first met; they went out all the time for drinks and hung out with friends. They laughed a lot then. They made plans to take trips and they saw most of the states.
Jack tried hard to hear what Jules was up to from the front room.
When the tea was cool, she poured them each a glass.
“Jack,” she said as she sat down in the chair next to him. “I know you need to write, but it’s so nice out babe. Can we take a walk to get some lunch? We can find some seats in the sun. We might need some light coats still, but it’s so nice out. It’s so nice that it’s not gray and cold. It makes me sad when it’s been cold for a while, you know?”
“I know, Jules,” he said. He stopped his work and took a sip of the tea. “This is great, thank you hon.”
He drank down the rest of it and looked at her.
“You’re so cute,” he told her with a smile. “And I’m so glad I’m with you.”
She smiled back as she looked down at the floor.
“I’m glad too, babe.”
“Oh, damn, that’s right. Here you go,” he said. “I got you a gift.”
He gave her the thin slips and kissed her on her cheek. She looked at them and she screamed.
“Jack! Jack!” she laughed. “Rome! You bought these? For us?”
“Well yeah for us. For you. Round trip. I don’t want you to get bored of me and of what we have. I don’t want to lose you. We’ll go in two weeks. For now, let’s go get some food and sit in the sun.”
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