Shelf Life
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“If I’d thought you would have, I would have killed you then and there.”
He smiled back.
“So...you still want to be with me?” He asked.
She sighed and then smiled. She had spent most of her life looking for someone she could connect with and now at the end of the world, she found him. A man she had known for less than forty-eight hours. A man she knew relatively nothing about, but he wanted to be with her.
“Yes, yes, I do...you know...you don’t even know how old I am, Josh.”
“Does it matter?”
“Not to me... but it might to you.”
“Naw... I’ve always been into older women...guess you’re just not used to being a cougar.”
Shannon laughed. She had always loved laughing, but now...now she really felt it. The warm rumble as it moved through your body, coating everything in joy.
“No, I guess not.”
“Seriously though, do you even know how hot you are?”
Shannon smiled and shook her head.
“Oh, yeah...” he said. “What you did back in the hallway...totally Bad Ass. I didn’t know you had it in you.”
“Thanks...I didn’t either.”
“But I have a question...”
“Yeah?”
“Why brackets?”
Shannon began laughing again and then explained her dream about the zombies.
“Who knew they would work so great against douche bags?” she said.
Josh laughed and nodded. Shannon smiled as she listened to him talk about his life before. She reached into the backseat, rubbing Max’s head, then she opened her pack and pulled out the photos she had placed in there. Then she reached deeper and pulled out her three photos. She looked at all of them and then she placed them on the dash and lightly touched his hand. He stopped talking and glanced at them. Then he looked at her and smiled. He turned back to concentrate on driving and she looked out the passenger window. He slowly lifted her hand to his lips and kissed her fingers.
“I love you,” he said.
She smiled and watched the sun drop low in the sky as the trees whipped by and she wondered...exactly how do you plant a garden?
About the Author
S. L. Dearing was raised in Westlake Village, California and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. Shannon attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, then spent several years studying at Los Angeles City College's renowned Television/ Film program. She has worked on several film projects in many capacities: directing, writing, 1st Asst. Director, etc. She is a book reviewer and a blogger of life and books. She has written several screenplays and short stories, and she is presently working on continuing the Lia Fail series. Shannon currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
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