Wednesday, August 29th, 9:00pm
Bella (and Alice) (and Lily)
Bella sits at the window. Alice takes the seat beside her.
Alice: Hey.
Bella: Hey. So what did you find out?
Alice: Turns out they transferred Edward out of prison and into some sort of mental facility. He ran away from there while security had their backs turned.
Bella: I knew he didn’t turn to smoke! What a liar.
Alice: But there’s that thing with the house. I still can’t explain that.
Lily:(pops up from behind the seat, making Bella and Alice jump) I can.
Bella:(to Alice) You’d think we’d get used to that.
Alice:(to Lily) We don’t want your explanation.
Lily: Oh, but you should. You see, Edward was never really a vampire.
Bella: Well, duh!
Lily: But I am. And I can do all sorts of things.
Alice: Can you disappear?
Lily: I can. In fact I’m going to. I’m going to join Edward in Transylvania and give him what he’s always wanted.
Bella: A life?
Lily: Eternal life. And then I’m sure he’ll be back for you. (breathing into the back of Bella’s neck) I wouldn’t stop looking over your shoulder, Bella.
Lily disappears in a puff of air.
Alice: Wait! Where’d she go this time?
Bella:(squeezes past Alice and stands in the aisle facing the seat behind them) Mosquito! (slaps the seat and kills the mosquito on the seat) Sucker!
It’s hard to believe there are only three more Second Seat on the Right episodes left. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with myself–or my blog–when it’s finished.
I suppose I’ll have to actually go outside once in a while to get some inspiration. Coz there ain’t much to inspire me in my living room. Oh sure, there’s the whole Internet thing, but there’s nothing quite like seeing a new perspective that you can’t find anywhere else.
I’ve considered bringing my entire fiction and poetry blog over here, one piece at a time. I have hundreds more posts. Six hundred more exactly, actually.
Anyway, enjoy the last three episodes. And thanks for reading.
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You might have noticed that I am, once again, late for my own party. Two weeks (has it been two, or three?) in a row I’ve posted a Stream of Consciousness Sunday. Today’s excuse is all about editing. There’s a new anthology coming out in October that I’ll also (as well as copyediting it) have a story in. Paranormal romance … so exciting!
(By the way, anyone studying this post for grammar mistakes–the rules include NO EDITING for SoCS posts. Don’t judge me by this post.)
This is the raw me. The unedited me. Have you noticed how … conversational Stream of Consciousness Saturday posts seem? That’s what I love about them. It’s that not-being-able-to-take-it-back-once-it’s-out-of-your-mouth thing. (Spellcheck really didn’t like that.) Where was I? Oh yeah.
Wine. Wine is good. I’m having a glass now after a full day of work. I can’t edit and drink, which is doing wonders for my weight sobriety. Not that I have a problem with staying sober. But wine is good, isn’t it?
Speaking of sobriety, I found a bag of potatoes today that was slowly but surely becoming vodka in my cupboard. Only it smelled more like fish. Not a good scent for potatoes, I thought, so they’re in the garbage now. *hic*
Speaking of gross things, my next sip of wine tasted like dish soap. I don’t know if it was the fact that the wine had had a chance to dilute whatever wasn’t washed out of the glass the last time it was washed, but I had to get rid of the rest of it.
So I opened a new bottle. *hic*
Where was I?
Oh yeah. There’s no way I’m going to get my colouring project done for the month of August. So I’m going to be late for that party too. I’ll still post the prompt, but with an unfinished page. I suck.
Andrea sits at the window. Lacey takes the seat beside her.
Andrea: Hey there!
Lacey: What’s new?
Andrea: I got a new job! At a dungeon. I’m going to take out all my wildest fantasies on, like, a bunch of strangers.
Lacey:Take out?
Andrea: Well, you know. Anger issues and all that. But things have, like, never been better with the love life. Darkie doesn’t talk much, and you know how I love to hold a conversation, but it doesn’t, like, seem all that bad. He’s a good listener.
Lacey: Uh huh. Well, congrat–
Andrea: And you know Eddie’s left town. Good riddance. I was, like, so over him anyways. So now it’s just me and my Darkness.
Lacey: I’m happy for you.
Andrea: Thanks! So what’s going on with you?
Lacey: Oh, you know. I–
Andrea: I so do. Isn’t life great? Just, like, really great?
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