DENNIS"Oh!" She piped up, her eyes widening to the size of saucers, "You're back."I held her gaze unflinchingly, deliberately refraining from responding to her startled exclamation as she likely anticipated. We remained locked in an unwavering stare for what felt like a few more seconds, and throu
She looked so cute and innocent as she slept peacefully and my heart hurt as I wondered what thoughts the girl was harboring. Even if she did see something like those, what prompted her to draw them?"I'll have some serious explaining to do tomorrow," Clara chuckled lightly, scratching her hair. “I
AIDENComing out from the bathroom, I vigorously ruffled my damp hair with the soft terrycloth of the towel. My fingers worked through the tangled strands and teased out the knots as I went.For some reason, I seemed to have forgotten to bring towels, and the ones I was given here were smaller than
I chuckled, but I was itching to ask her why she called so that she could get to it and the call could end.Instead of going straight to why she called, she pouted her lips, "Come on give me a better view. I shouldn't even be asking!"“You should learn to never lose focus, Sharon, that's one of the
ANASTASIA"You all have to strictly stick to the ingredients you locally source from this farm," the speaker said, his eyes going over our heads as he further addressed. He paused briefly to allowing his words to sink in before continuing."Please, for your sake, stick to these rules," he warned sub
“Are you sure?” I asked as I hesitantly chopped the fresh dill and mint that'd be mixed with the creamy yogurt she was expertly blending.She laughed, “Trust me, you can never go wrong with yogurt,” she said with a glow on her face and I couldn't help but think that yogurt was something she really e
ANASTASIAMy mind flashed back to when the preparations were ongoing and each team went back and forth to gather their ingredients.Though I was deep in thought about what quantity of ingredients I needed to pick up and which, I had heard the fleeting suggestion of one of the members of the team bes
Lost for words, I simply smiled with a nod to acknowledge his appreciation.With a deeper thought of the whole situation, I realized that I was not really thinking when I yelled for him to stop.Arg, what's wrong with me? Now, everyone here is stealing glances at me.“How did you know he's allergic?