It`s time for Tuesday
Tales.
Today we have a snippet
from Blueline, my NaNoWriMo MF hockey
romance book. In today’s snippet Helen and Bob meet up for coffee but not a date, according to Helen at least.
This week is our picture
prompt and all snippets must be 300 words or less. *Wink*
This story may have erotic
scenes, strong social issues addressed and mature language. If those things
offend now is the time to move onto another Tuesday Tales blog. Thanks for
stopping by!
Standing
in line for coffee, I spied a beautiful strawberry cake under a glass dome.
Chocolate had been drizzled over the white frosting. The top was artfully
decorated with brilliant red strawberries with small green leaves of some sort
for garnish and color. It was so lovely. And I did love strawberries.
“Someday
maybe you’ll look at me like you look at that cake.”
I
tossed a look over my shoulder at Bob. He gave me a wink and then signed a
napkin brought to him by a boy of perhaps ten.
“You
should ask this pretty woman here for her autograph,” Bob said to the young lad
with the dark brown eyes. “She’s the leading defenseman for the Venom.”
“Oh,
that’s girl hockey,” he said and raced back to his father.
“I
am so sorry for that,” Bob said after the shock wore off.
I
shrugged. “Trust me, we’re used to it.”
“Still,
that’s not right at all. You women play just as hard as we guys do. Hell,
you’re in the championship and we’re sipping coffee and playing golf.” He
sidled up next to me, his arm brushing mine as he lifted a mug from the rack
situated beside the baked goods. And the cake.
“It’s
the way of the world. Women’s sports are always considered inferior to men’s.”
A tall man with dreads appeared behind the case holding all the muffins,
bagels, and cookies. And the cake. “I’ll just have plain coffee with cream and
sugar and a slice of that cake.” I pointed at the heavenly delight under a
glass dome.
“Same for me,” Bob said.
Copyright 2017
©by V.L. Locey
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7 comments:
Love this couple, and the easy way you made a statement about women's sports. And it's true. Always been true, I'm sad to say. Great snippet. I can smell the coffee and taste that cake!
Thanks, Jean. Yes, sadly, women's sports has a long way to go to get the recognition it deserves.
Mmmm, this makes me want coffee and cake for breakfast! I like the way you folded a serious topic into the midst of their camaraderie.
Also, I wanted to let you know that this is the third or fourth week I couldn't get in here with Chrome. I switched to another browser, and it let me in but with a lot of signing involved. I don't know what's going on with the tech.
Great snippet. nice way to make your point about women being devalued in sports as well as elsewhere.
I love the banter between them! And yes, I totally agree on the women’s sports. I have a girl wrestling boys in high school because according to our state, girls don’t wrestle.
Great job!
Great snippet. Love the visual about the cake
Thank you all for stopping by! I'm so sorry to hear that you're having trouble getting to my posts, Flossie. This is the first complaints about that I've heard.
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