Dangerous Difficult and Complicated (Challenge 112) PG-13
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:25 pm
This was a hard challenge for me. I really just got the words in there but I hope you enjoy.
I do not own any recognizable characters no copyright infringement is intended.
Mick and Beth were going out for dinner to celebrate Valentine’s Day. She often teased him that he must get tired of watching her eat, but that wasn‘t true. He loved every aspect of her humanity.
Beth ordered Death by Chocolate for dessert. Mick took her present out of his coat pocket and placed it on the table. He anxiously awaited her reaction, this was the first piece of jewelry he’d bought her since the engagement ring he gave her two months ago.
Beth’s face lit up when she saw the beautiful sapphire earrings.
“Mick they’re gorgeous! Thank you!” She leaned over and kissed him.
As he watched her put the earrings on he was taken back to another Valentine’s Day over thirty years ago when another woman had the same reaction.
Valentine’s Day 1977
He had been fighting with Coraline for weeks but he couldn’t let their 25th Valentine’s Day go unnoticed.
Coraline's eyes lit up in excitement when she opened the box. “Mick they’re gorgeous! Thank you!” Coraline said She leaned over and kissed him.
He had bought her custom made earrings. They were even made by the same jeweler that made Beth‘s last week. Charles Riley made all of Josef’s jewelry and had been in the business for over 150 years. Mick thought back to the earrings he bought Coraline and they were as different as night and day from Beth’s.
Coraline’s earrings had been diamonds but it wasn’t the gems that made it so different it was how they looked on the woman.
The diamond earrings had reminded him of ice when he bought them. They were square cut and had sharp edges. Coraline was a vision of beauty in them and they had made passionate love all night long, but the earrings were cold and harsh and that‘s what he thought of Coraline at the time. That purchase marked the beginning of the end of his marriage.
He watched as Beth put her earrings on. These stones were round instead of square cut and while they were blue there was nothing cold about them. Her eyes made them appear more like a warm lake instead of a cold ocean.
Charles had known Coraline for a long time, at least a hundred years. They didn’t particularly like each other but were civil. He had never met Beth and he insisted on seeing a photo and made me describe her personality. He said if you didn’t know the woman you couldn’t compliment her beauty with jewelry.
As Mick smiled at Beth he thought she was just as beautiful as Coraline but she exuded a softness he never saw in his wife. Both women were strong. Both were survivors. He wondered how different his life would have been if he had met a human Coraline. What was she like before immortality? What did centuries of fighting for survival do to a person? If he turned Beth would he love the person she’d become? Would she still love him?
He had once told Beth that relationships with humans were dangerous, difficult and complicated. That was true of vampire relationships as well.
Beth glanced at Mick while she was removing her earrings to put in his gorgeous sapphires. He looked distracted, she wondered what he was thinking about.
As she put her old earrings in the box she remembered when she got them.
Josh had given them to her on Valentine’s Day two years ago. She thought he was her future. That was before the night at the fountain, before she learned about vampires, before her life really changed. What would her life had been like if she had never met Mick or re-met Mick that night? Would she have been happy with Josh? Would he still have died the way he did? Had her distraction with Mick caused him to dive deeper into work and take a case he may have passed on if he was sure of his future?
As she smiled at Mick she remembered he told her relationships between vampires and humans were dangerous, difficult and complicated. The same could be said for human relationships.
They toasted to their future, enjoyed the present and remembered the past.
I do not own any recognizable characters no copyright infringement is intended.
Mick and Beth were going out for dinner to celebrate Valentine’s Day. She often teased him that he must get tired of watching her eat, but that wasn‘t true. He loved every aspect of her humanity.
Beth ordered Death by Chocolate for dessert. Mick took her present out of his coat pocket and placed it on the table. He anxiously awaited her reaction, this was the first piece of jewelry he’d bought her since the engagement ring he gave her two months ago.
Beth’s face lit up when she saw the beautiful sapphire earrings.
“Mick they’re gorgeous! Thank you!” She leaned over and kissed him.
As he watched her put the earrings on he was taken back to another Valentine’s Day over thirty years ago when another woman had the same reaction.
Valentine’s Day 1977
He had been fighting with Coraline for weeks but he couldn’t let their 25th Valentine’s Day go unnoticed.
Coraline's eyes lit up in excitement when she opened the box. “Mick they’re gorgeous! Thank you!” Coraline said She leaned over and kissed him.
He had bought her custom made earrings. They were even made by the same jeweler that made Beth‘s last week. Charles Riley made all of Josef’s jewelry and had been in the business for over 150 years. Mick thought back to the earrings he bought Coraline and they were as different as night and day from Beth’s.
Coraline’s earrings had been diamonds but it wasn’t the gems that made it so different it was how they looked on the woman.
The diamond earrings had reminded him of ice when he bought them. They were square cut and had sharp edges. Coraline was a vision of beauty in them and they had made passionate love all night long, but the earrings were cold and harsh and that‘s what he thought of Coraline at the time. That purchase marked the beginning of the end of his marriage.
He watched as Beth put her earrings on. These stones were round instead of square cut and while they were blue there was nothing cold about them. Her eyes made them appear more like a warm lake instead of a cold ocean.
Charles had known Coraline for a long time, at least a hundred years. They didn’t particularly like each other but were civil. He had never met Beth and he insisted on seeing a photo and made me describe her personality. He said if you didn’t know the woman you couldn’t compliment her beauty with jewelry.
As Mick smiled at Beth he thought she was just as beautiful as Coraline but she exuded a softness he never saw in his wife. Both women were strong. Both were survivors. He wondered how different his life would have been if he had met a human Coraline. What was she like before immortality? What did centuries of fighting for survival do to a person? If he turned Beth would he love the person she’d become? Would she still love him?
He had once told Beth that relationships with humans were dangerous, difficult and complicated. That was true of vampire relationships as well.
Beth glanced at Mick while she was removing her earrings to put in his gorgeous sapphires. He looked distracted, she wondered what he was thinking about.
As she put her old earrings in the box she remembered when she got them.
Josh had given them to her on Valentine’s Day two years ago. She thought he was her future. That was before the night at the fountain, before she learned about vampires, before her life really changed. What would her life had been like if she had never met Mick or re-met Mick that night? Would she have been happy with Josh? Would he still have died the way he did? Had her distraction with Mick caused him to dive deeper into work and take a case he may have passed on if he was sure of his future?
As she smiled at Mick she remembered he told her relationships between vampires and humans were dangerous, difficult and complicated. The same could be said for human relationships.
They toasted to their future, enjoyed the present and remembered the past.
Thank you.
