Heyyyy, all you cool cats and kittens! #TigerKingjoke What’s shakin’? How you holdin’ up these days? I’m still powering through the first draft of Learning to Love, but I do believe the end is in sight. Until that most cherished moment arrives, I shall share little snippets with you, like this one! 🙂
Continuing from where we left off…
His hands engulfed her, made her feel small and exposed…and wanted. She’d never felt so wanted before. Threading her fingers through his thick blond hair, she held on for dear life. Her knees turned to liquid but she knew he wouldn’t let her fall. Just like the day they first met, when he came to her rescue in that very same hallway. And stole her heart with a cookie.
His knee wedged between her thighs, pressing her more firmly against the wall as his tongue reached new depths. An ear-piercing shriek split through the air, and she had to wonder if it was the little girl inside her screaming in joy about kissing the cute boy, but the distressed wail that followed jolted them apart. Chest heaving, Rebecca jerked her gaze to the end of the hall where two teenage girls dressed in matching Catwoman costumes appeared, one visibly sobbing.
“I can’t believe that asshole just broke up with me at the Halloween dance in front of everyone!”
Here’s the blurb:
Rebecca Ledgerwood is a physical education teacher who’s ready to invest some sweat equity into a lasting romance. On a whim, she has her palm read before summer vacation ends, and she’s told she’s an old soul who’ll find happiness with a younger man.
William Whitney leaves an unfulfilling career to pursue teaching and gets placed at Rebecca’s school for his physical education practicum. He’s desperate to make a difference, convinced that the choices he made in the past contributed to his younger sister’s death. Kendal High School is nothing like the prep school he attended as a teenager, but he’s determined to make the most of his time there, especially if it makes Rebecca notice him.
Though they come from vastly different backgrounds, there’s an undeniable chemistry that sparks between the two. They resist, as they must, until his practicum ends, but when he’s offered a teaching position at his former prep school, will he take the easy way out, or fight for what’s right in front of him?
Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to visit the other Weekend Writing Warriors!
This past week I did some major adulting and bought myself a fancy grownup vacuum! A Dyson of all things! I’m naming her Lady Dy (thanks to my aunt Jill for the inspiration), and I plan to have a long and satisfying relationship with her. The vacuum, I mean. Well, my aunt, too, I suppose. 😀 Yay for cleaner floors! I could eat off them now! Enjoy your week, my friends, and happy writing!
Award-winning romance author & PE teacher who plays sports, sings, juggles, dances, has a sneaker obsession, & lives on PB! 
Gf, nobody is like you. Ever since we met, we seemed to get a kick out of each other. Yoed the good guy.ur latest snippet is delightful ending with a couple of girls carrying on and it seems that they may have have blamed the good guy.
Just like Frank Sinatra says, I get a kick out of youuuu! 😀 Thanks so much for sharing your sweet words, my dear. You are a gem! xo
Great scene, Julie. Just when they reach such heights of passion…bam! Broken apart by a sobbing teen. Not sure who I should feel more sorry for–the jilted teen or Rebecca.
Haha, I totally understand your dilemma. 😀 Thanks so much, Diane! I greatly appreciate the positive feedback!
Love. It! Love the build up and then the total let down. Great way to keep us on the edge of our seats and rooting for this love struck couple.
Yay! So happy to hear that, Dixie! Thank you!! 🙂
Ahhh, human drama interrupted by teen drama! Sigh . . . At least they weren’t ‘caught in the act’.” Nice scene, Julie. Very . . . yum!
There’s no escape from the teen drama in a high school lol. Thanks, Nancy! Glad you enjoyed the yum! 😀
Great snippet, loved the way it ended! Real life for sure…
Thanks, Veronica! I’m sure Rebecca and Will would have hoped for a different ending, but all is not lost. 😉
Teen drama ruins everything haha! This was a great twist at the end.
😀 So true! Thank you for your kind words, Brittany!
Those teen dramas are all consuming sometimes. lol Great scene!
No kidding! 😀 Thanks for stopping by, Karen!
Oh man, teen dramas…..i low key love them hehe great snippet.
It’s hard not to get sucked into those dramas, eh? 😀 Thanks, Cecilia!
The build-up, then the sudden stop. The question is do they go help, or sneak off and continue their encounter? Guess we will see next week.
That’s a great question…which will be answered next week! 😀 Thanks, Jeff!
What a great scene until wham! Osculum interruptus (kiss interrupted) by screaming teen. I thought at first she was screaming because she caught them kissing! Can’t wait for the reaction!
Lol that could have easily been the case, but teenage drama prevails! 😉 Thanks for explaining the ‘osculum,’ which, by the way, I’ll be using from now on when describing interrupted kisses.
Ugh! Timing… But, the poor teen.
Okay, now do they backtrack, and try to pretend it didn’t happen?? What a dilemma!
Hope things are going okay in your part of the world, my friend. Trying times… 🙂