‘Sugar and Spice ~ Romance’ (excerpt)
© 2005 by L. Dudley

...“I placed them in the hallway,” she said quietly, her voice still tender as she watched him.  This would be the last time she would see him she thought.  I’m going to miss him.

“It was good seeing you again,” Jeff said, “I’ll tell my mom you said ‘hello’.  He opened the door and turned.  She started to move towards him, but the door was already closed.  That was it.  Jeff was gone.

She could still feel the blood thumping in her temples.  She put the bacon caked skillet in a sink full of water and opened the patio door.  She stood out on the patio watching the sun kick back the last coverings of the night.  Later she would check in with her mother and Mrs. Glenscheare.  She felt a little sad because Jeff had grown outside of her memory of what he was; of what she thought he was.