Smarty Pants, page 19
“Oh?”
“I know, but it’s not about us. It’s about an Oscar-nominated children’s composer who takes her PA to the ceremony, but of course, they fall in love.” Hailee swooned then quickly corrected. “I mean they fuck and fall in love.”
“Naturally.”
“And in the process leading up to the awards ceremony, they go thong shopping. You know, for the dress. It’s important, but because the children’s composer has been a bit of a shut-in, a recluse, and writes for kids, she is a bit fussy.”
“Just a bit?”
“Only a bit,” Hailee said, winking. She slipped into her dress in that moment and smoothed her hand down her hips and her ass. The thong shopping trip that she and Kit had gone on might have been the inspiration for this story. But still, it was not about Kit. Nope, not about her at all.
“How does it end?” Kit asked. She was in her own dress, doing her make-up in the bathroom mirror. She locked eyes with Hailee in the reflection. They both smiled, and for a moment, Hailee forgot all about her book as she locked lips with Kit yet again.
“I have to fix my make-up now,” Kit complained, but she smiled. She applied more lipstick dutifully and then repeated her question. “The ending. How does it end?”
“Oh, that’s a secret. Like the winners tonight. I am not saying a single word.” While Kit groaned, Hailee mimed locking her lips in the bathroom mirror. “I can tell you what I will call the Oscar story, though.”
“Stronger Thongs?”
“Obviously. Though I was also considering Smarty Pants, too.”
“Hmm. Another good choice.”
“Yeah, but see? You got me to spill the beans. Damn. This is why I gotta keep some things secret.”
“Not everything, I hope.”
Hailee sidled up to Kit in the bathroom mirror. She put her arms around her waist, and then smiled at both of their reflections in the mirror. She wanted to keep this image with her forever. She wanted to freeze frame it and never move beyond it.
But since that was impossible, she would most likely write about it instead. She’d freeze and remember the good moments in her stories, so that when she and Kit grew stronger with time and trials, she would also remember the good as much as the bad.
“I can tell you one thing, at least,” Hailee said as they parted from the bathroom, and began packing their purses and overnight bags for their latest adventure.
“Let me guess,” Kit said. “The story ends happily?”
“It does. More than happily for now, but I assure you,” Hailee said, placing another kiss on Kit’s mouth. “It’s happily ever after.”
THE END
ABOUT EVE MORTON
Eve Morton is a writer living in Ontario, Canada. She teaches university and college classes on media studies, academic writing, and genre literature, among other topics. She likes forensic science through the simplified lens of TV and philosophy through the cinematic lens of Richard Linklator.
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