Romantic Rendezvousing: 25 Romantic Themes

By: Bunny

The Romance Themes List Drabble Challenge

#9 Stolen Kiss

December 27, 2005

Words: 368

Endymion sat on the edge of a large fountain of the Earth's palace gardens. It was a beautiful albeit hot day and he hoped sitting by the running water would cool him off a bit. He let out a sigh of relief from the heat. Looking up, he was suddenly puzzled at seeing a young woman running towards him with a glass held out in her right hand. She had long blonde hair, and an ornate, white dress that seemed fit for royalty, though he had never seen her before. He wondered who this strange woman in his garden was and what she was doing running towards him. Just as she was about to reach him, she tripped over a large tree root protruding up from the soil and splashed the drink all over his face.

"Ugh," he said involuntarily.

"Oh no!" he heard her cry out as she jumped up from the ground and rushed towards him with a handkerchief she seemed to have pulled from thin air.

"I'm so sorry! That wasn't supposed to happen! You looked like you were overheated so I was trying to bring you something cool to drink to help," she rushed out as she took the handkerchief and wiped the drink off in a frantic frenzy.

"Ouch!" he complained when she poked his eye while trying to get a big drop from above his eyelid.

Her movements stopped abruptly. "I'm really very sorry," she repeated a bit more calmly. She was so close, he could feel her breath on his face, and opening his eyes, he stared into her bright blue eyes and was instantly mesmerized. Before he even realized what he was doing, he tilted his head up slightly and moved forward the inch between their lips and kissed her.

A moment passed as the water continued to splash behind him and a warm breeze blew over them and then she was pulling away. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed as she stepped back from him a foot or so.

Startled, Endymion was jerked from his trance. Well, that was certainly not the reaction he was expecting.

She pointed her finger at him, "you-you-you you STOLE my first kiss, you jerk!" she screamed.