Subject, Predicate
Author's Note: I took this challenge from the LJ community 1sentence, and although several people have done Suliet fics in this way, I had to try my hand at it. Basically, there's a list of words, and you have base one sentence on that word. I highly suggest it; it's challenging, but very fun, and I really enjoyed writing this. I tried to use correct grammar, but yeah, sometimes I slipped. This is the first 25 words; I'll probably post the next 25 tomorrow.
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1 Sentence Challenge [25/50]
[01] Walking
There's something about him, something that is different from everyone else she's ever loved, but the more she looks, the more she finds that everything about him is different, right down to the way he walks.
[02] Waltz
He tells her he can't dance, but he's lying; he thinks maybe he'll save this last secret for their wedding day.
[03] Wishes
"Blow out the candles," she says, and her smile is brighter than each of the candles she's put on his cake, and he doesn't wish for anything because it seems to be the things he doesn't wish for that make him the happiest.
[04] Wonder
Dharmaville has no world wonders except Juliet in her motor pool jumpsuit and those goofy googles, and that's enough for him.
[05] Worry
Sometimes she can't even read because all she hears is the clock ticking until, finally, the front door opens and she hears his footsteps in the hallway, and she picks up her book and pretends she wasn't waiting on him all along.
[06] Whimsy
There's something odd about his personality, but it fits him: the new him, the one that doesn't ask for anything else, the one that shows her that lopsided smile, and the one that finally asks her if she'd like to take a picture, it'd last longer.
[07] Waste/Wasteland
Sometimes he catches her staring out the window, and he wonders if she still thinks there's nothing here worth staying for.
[08] Whiskey and rum
He's drunk the night he first tells her he loves her; she thinks he doesn't remember, but he does, and when he's brave enough, he'll say it when he's sober.
[09] War
The bedroom door slams and the battle lines are drawn, and as she sinks to the ground in tears, she thinks she should've picked the side of the house with the kitchen.
[10] Weddings
She's scared of commitment, and he knows it; she pulls away when they kiss, but he pulls her to him again, "Relax, this don't mean we're gettin' married or nothing."
[11] Birthday
"Did you forget?" she asks, and he looks closely at her, trying to figure out the occasion is, but he's almost certain that it's not her birthday.
[12] Blessing
She has this quirk: when she sneezes and no one blesses her, she's certain her doppelganger will get her, and he's never said 'bless you' so much.
[13] Bias
It's down to Amy and Juliet, the only two adults who agreed to play, and he watches as they circle the one remaining chair, both faces alight with childish glee, and he's certain she'll win.
[14] Burning
He's proud of his idea, and he waits for dinner to finish with a book in his hand, growing increasingly more interested in the plot until he hears the door open and her voice, "James? I think something's burning."
[15] Breathing
She's surprised that kissing him has become some easy; when he comes home and bends over the couch where she sits, she turns to face him and it's easy, as easy as breathing.
[16] Breaking
"You can't tell her," James insists, but Miles only laughs, picks up the picture from the broken pieces of glass, and as he hands it to James, he says, "When she finds out, you'll never see that smile again."
[17] Belief
"I don't believe in Santa Claus," she insists, wrinkling her nose at the gift on the floor, but he only shrugs and says, "Well, I don't know how else it woulda got there."
[18] Balloon
He watches as she ties the balloon's string around the little girl's wrist and Charlotte dances away, and he's never done that, not even to his own daughter.
[19] Balcony
They sit on the beach, looking as the water rolls in and retreats, and she remembers watching the same sight from Rachel's waterfront home, and she questions her sanity when she looks at James: she no longer knows whose company she'd rather have.
[20] Bane
She'll never get used to living with him, she'll never forgive him for claiming they were together, she'll never sit through another poker night, she'll never bring him another Dharma beer, and she'll never, ever, let him move from the couch to the bed.
[21] Quiet
James and Jin are silent when she walks in, and she refuses to say anything to break the silence so they all look at each other for a moment before Jin says, "You…you look…hot," and James bursts out laughing.
[22] Quirks
He always tilts his head when he's really interested in a book, he never wears his glasses to look at the newspaper, he has to have the side of the bed farthest from the phone so he doesn't have to answer it, he hates storms but would never admit it, and he always knows how to make her smile.
[23] Question
It's Juliet's idea, so they play the question game almost every night for a week, trying to get to know each other better, but almost a year later, there's one question she asks and the answer always surprises her, "Do you love me?"
[24] Quarrel
Horace and Amy are in the midst of a meltdown, and James listens to Horace complain, but all the while he waits for Juliet to emerge from their house with a crying Amy, and she'll fix things between them; she's good at fixing things.
[25] Quitting
He coughs pitifully, groans, and turns to face her; his sarcasm never fails as he rasps, "I thought you were a doctor," to which she cheekily replies, "I quit."