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Author's Note: Once again, this is another one sentence deal. I got a little run-ony with this sentences, so I apologize. I'm on vacation, so for anyone waiting for an update on In Shallow Seas We Sail, I promise I'll get you one as soon as I get back (or earlier, but I'm not making any promises on that one). It just takes a lot more of my brain power. But for now…
Enjoy,
Sara
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1 Sentence Challenge [25/50]
[01] Ring
"Juliet LaFleur," he drawls, smiling at her awkward expression, and even though he's teasing her (he didn't really tell Horace they were married), she thinks the name does have certain ring to it.
[02] Hero
"You're just jealous," he quips as they break off, she toward the motor pool and he toward the security station; she laughs and shakes her head, throwing, "It's your turn to be the hero," back at him when he turns his back.
[03] Memory
It plagues him, this memory seen by a little boy who doesn't know the pain he will feel yet, but the man does, and he wishes he could tell the little boy that one day, he'll find solace in another, an equally broken little blonde girl.
[04] Box
"I bet it's an engagement ring!" Amy exclaims, looking at the tiny wrapped box they'd found in the closet and back at Juliet, who only laughs; her throat is constricted with fear and, something more dangerous, hope.
[05] Run
He can't quite remember Kate's smile (somehow, sometime, it's been replaced), but he thinks it's probably because he usually only saw her walking away.
[06] Hurricane
Juliet is sitting in the kitchen floor, oven mitt on her right hand, the three crumbled layers of Amy's birthday cake surrounding her, and when he walks in, she hiccups back her tears and jokes, "That hurricane came out of nowhere."
[07] Wings
"You in a Christmas pageant now, Mary Jane?" he asks when she walks in, wearing all white and holding two pieces of cardboard, painted white, in front of her, but she only laughs, "Halloween is the only holiday you can be something that you're not," she winks at him (and, he must admit, it's pretty sexy) and then says, "Can you help me with my wings?"
[08] Cold
When he leans over to kiss her goodnight, she sneezes right into his face; the next week, she's bringing him chicken noodle soup in bed and saying that if he'd just done the same for her, she wouldn't have sneezed on him.
[09] Red
She's a little streak of red across the playground, and Daniel stands to the side, twitching if she does anything any bit dangerous (he knows that this is her present, things can still happen to her); Juliet has never seen a love so pure, something that transcends time and age and life and death, and she hopes that someday she can feel the same.
[10] Drink
"I never," he says, tapping his chin in contemplation, "been in love," and eyes her suspiciously; she stares right back at him and takes a drink, and after a moment, although he doesn't know why or who (Cassidy, Kate, Juliet, or all three), he takes a drink, too.
[11] Midnight
The night she tells him about Rachel and Julian, he listens closely, even though he'd heard bits and pieces through the island grapevine, and they stay up until past midnight, swapping stories of their childhoods.
[12] Temptation
She's close, too close, nearly touching, and he can't see straight, he's looking at herherher, and she's looking back at him; he leans in and captures her lips, hoping and praying she won't push him away (she doesn't).
[13] View
He hears the bathroom door creak open, and he turns just in time to see Juliet streak across the hall and slam her bedroom door; it doesn't take him long before he realizes what he just saw, and when she emerges, clothed this time, he quips, "Full moon out tonight?"
[14] Music
He watches her cross the quad toward him, and he'd meet her half-way, but he can only stand and watch her move toward him, a bounce in her step as if she were listening to her own little tune.
[15] Silk
Her hair is golden silk, falling in front of her face and over her shoulders, brushing his skin as he pulls her closercloser, and he can't get enough of her.
[16] Cover {sequel to Near}
She wakes up freezing, as usual, only to find him wrapped in the comforter, leaving her lying under only the thin sheet; she decides that instead of fighting him for it, she'll just sweat him out of it, and with a wry smile, she scoots closer.
[17] Promise
"Nothing will happen, I promise" he says, standing at the doorway in his security uniform; she always does this, always makes him promise, and he always does.
[18] Dream
She wakes up in a cold sweat, twisted in the sheet, and she can't remember where – or when – she is, but her feet propel her out of the room to where he's laying on the couch and she whispers his name until his eyes fly open and she states, "I had a bad dream."
[19] Candle
She always watches his face when new female recruits try to flirt with him (and they always try), but when he catches her,he pulls her close and tells her that no one will ever hold a candle to her (and she believes him).
[20] Talent
When Jin sits down at their table, they greet him and he smiles, and they resume their conversation, talking too quickly for him to understand, and he can only watch as Juliet touches her tongue to her nose and James bursts out laughing; after a while of James attempting the same stunt, Jin begins to laugh, too.
[21] Silence
They sit on opposite ends of the couch, each with a book in hand; slowly, she stretches her legs out until they encounter his thigh, and without a word, he pulls them into his lap and begins to massage them with one hand, and it never ceases to amaze her how much they communicate through silence.
[22] Journey
Her two weeks are up, and she's still in her house (their house), washing their dishes (his dishes), waiting for him to get home, andshe doesn't know where the road goes from here, but she's ready to find out.
[23] Fire
They're fast asleep when someone begins to bang on the door, and he finally goes to see who it is, only to find Miles standing there, complaining about the electricity going out, to which a blurry-eyed James replies, "Go build a damn fire."
[24] Strength
The night she finally allows him to sleep in the bed (although he'd been there before, but that had all happened sofast), he scoops her up and carries her through the doorway, and she makes smart ass quips about how strong he is, but when they enter the room, he turns, lays her outside the door, and locks it behind him, chuckling at her furious expression and saying, "That'll show you."
[25] Mask
His hand is rough as it grazes her face, but she leans into his touch, because with each caress, he's removing another mask that she's chosen to show the world, and for once, she doesn't feel so bare without them.