A/N: So, while my internet is on the fritz, I've been stockpiling updates. I've written, typed, saved and filed about fifty individual updates (including chapters for in progress and brand new collections, and oneshots). Part of this has been these little drabble collections/word inspired paragraph things. So, I've started doing these for characters/pairings that I don't have much experience as a way to better get into the characters….
So I started this one for Lizwin, because well, I wanted to start the sequel to Careful What You Wish For (which is centered around Edwin and Lizzie) and I realized I don't know their characters well (or the characterization I have for them…cause I've never tried to develop them). I started this…and then completed it…in a day. I wanted to type it and post it right away, but alas I can't so you're probably getting this with a bunch of other updates…like tons. TONS.
Anyway, about this. I tried to differentiate them from Derek and Casey and I'm not sure I did. Cause these little romantic highlights could be for any couple really…I don't know. I think this A/N is longer than the actual drabble thing here. Well, to wrap up, the he and she are Edwin and Lizzie, respectfully, even though I don't use their names. There are five word inspired paragraphs per chapter and this collection has six chapters (30 words/paragraphs). Typically they're not interconnected, but the last two of this one are. Enjoy! R&R! Thanks! –Mac
Disclaimer: I don't own LWD.
A Dead Giveaway
Helping
When Derek and Casey leave for college, they have to help out around the house more. One day she was at a Tae Kwon Do class and he was helping Nora return laundry to everyone's rooms. While dropping off her clothes, he finds her diary lying out, open, on her bed. He hadn't expected her to keep one, that was more a Casey thing, but there it was. And it was begging to be read. He stands there for ten minutes debating about whether or not he should sneak a peak. Finally, the curiosity became too much and he picks it up. One glimpse of his name in her curly handwriting and he throws it down. He's certain he doesn't want to know what it says. But the little hearts doodled around it were kind of a dead giveaway.
Vocabulary
She bought a word a day calendar just for fun, but she finds it really has strengthened her vocabulary. He claims that her using ridiculous words like atrabilious and palaver and indomitable, which he can't even pronounce let alone understand, is annoying beyond belief. But when she catches him describing Derek, to one of their friends, as lascivious, she knows that while he teased her to no end about the calendar, he actually listened to her and cared that she enjoyed it.
Ask
When he decided to propose, he asked Casey to help him pick out a ring, seeing as Casey was probably the one who knew her best. Derek looked put out so he asked his brother if he wanted to tag along. While the three were browsing a jewelry store, Casey asked if he had thought about how he was going to pop the question. He hadn't. He turned to Derek and asked for advice. Casey snorted and told the story of Derek's proposal. He decides he's not going to ask his brother for romantic advice anymore. She's grateful, enough so that she says yes almost immediately.
Appeal
During his first week at University, his roommate asks him what his type is, what kind of girl appealed to him. He starts to go into detail about what he liked in a girl. It isn't until he's done that he realizes that he had described her to a tee. When his roommate leaves the room, he quickly dials her number. She doesn't answer, but before he loses his nerve he leaves a message saying he needed to see her. When she meets him for coffee a couple days later, the first thing he asks her is what her type is, what kind of guy appealed to her. She looks at him oddly, but answers shortly, "I don't know, someone like you I guess." That's answer enough for him.
Sometime
Before they leave the coffee shop, he stutters out something along the lines of "we should go out sometime." She replies something about how they go out all the time. He has to swallow hard and compose himself to work up the courage to explain what he had really meant. He really wishes that if anything he had Derek's fearlessness when it came to girls. He gets flustered and does the only thing he can think of. He kisses her. And she kisses him back and well that is an even better answer.