Apprently, We're Just Good Friends.

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That first night I met Jack, he was on the brightly coloured dance floor as I entered with Lucy. He was with his best friend: Luke. Jack was dancing up next to me but I never really thought anything about it as Lucy wanted him and I fancied Luke but I did keep saying Jack was the better looking one.

That second night I met him we were sitting on a cold stone step, him telling me how Luke really liked me and trying to set me up on a date with him. He whom was currently perch on a window sill across the cobbled street. I asked him, “Do you like me?”. He said he did but it was all right that I liked Luke more. He asked me why I thought he was the better looking one: it was his dark brown hair, dark brown eyes and the stubble that appeared on the lower half of his face oppose the the freshly shaven, blond and blue eyes of Luke.

After that we talked on Facebook chat. About how he had the devilish reputation and Luke was more of an angel. He started texting me. We talked long into the night more then I ever had with Luke. That third night I met him, just after he'd asked me why I chose Luke over him, I kissed him drunkenly on the dance-floor in front of all our friends when Luke was out of the room. They were calling me "easy" because I went straight back to Luke when he re-entered. I kept seeing him looking longingly in my direction and that permanent smile disappearing from his face. He put it down to having too much to drink.

That fourth night I met him we fell out. I jokingly told him I wasn't talking to him. He took it seriously, we argued about why. He'd told Luke that he would kiss me if Luke didn't. Neither of them did.

That fifth night I met him I spotted him across the room and poked him in the back just as he was about to text me to to see if I'd arrived. The two blond girls that were talking to him disappeared as he diverted all his attention to me. He stuck up for me when people were being mean, held my hands out in front of me and made me promise I'd ignore it. We danced our silly routines to songs. I sat on his knee then got wet in the rain running to the next bar. We kissed, his lips softly touching mine. We danced. He told me Luke only ever wanted someone when he was drunk, that he was the one who really liked me. He called me 'Baby'. We danced; foreheads pressed tightly together, each singing over-dramatically. We kissed. He said I was 'gorgeous'. We pinky promised we we're just good friends before I made sure he got home alright because he was too drunk. I'm now waiting for that sixth night I meet him.
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Amazingly, I have lengthened it a bit.
Last edited by PinguN18 on Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:58 am, edited 6 times in total.




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Hi there!

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Aw, this was short! I was wanting more. :( Next time, if this is a chapter for a novel, make the chapters longer. If this is a short story, I dare say that this is the shortest short story I have ever seen! Either way I would have loved to have more detail. Right now it feels like I am reading a log or something like this:

DAY ONE: Hey, I am dating Donut!

DAY TWO: Donut and I are back together again!

DAY THREE: Scratch that-we broke up..

-You know what I mean? Give this some more detail. Give us more of a feel for the characters. All I know right now is that they are having a bumpy relationship. Also, what is this, "mate"? You use the word ambiguously. At first I thought you meant the guy was dating another guy or something. To save confusion can you say, "friend" or "girlfriend" instead of that word.

Other than that, I liked this a lot. I only wish there was more to read. Keep on posting!
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Try turning this into a romance novel!
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D'aw. This was short and sweet. Not a lot of character development, not a lot of story and angst, but great just the way it was.

I actually liked the way it just sort of listed short little entries for each time they met. It wasn't long, it didn't go into much detail, but it was endearing nonetheless.

Format-wise, I'd suggest that you break this up a little. It's not so bad, being so short and all, but the text is all in one gigantic block and that can get hard on a reader. Maybe have each "next day" statement be the start of its own paragraph?

Grammar-wise, I just have a few nitpicks:

we were sat

"Sitting"?

said it was alright

"All right" is two words.

I jokily told

"Jokingly"?

What exactly is the italics at the top supposed to be? Sort of introducing thoughts? They seemed out of place. The piece can stand on its own without intro.

I really liked this though. It was really quick, but it was just really sweet and fluffy and sometimes that's great just the way it is. Thumbs up!

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You are right about this needing work, PinguN, but that wouldn’t stop you, would it?

I think you have a good base here, but what Prokaryote said made me think. Blog entries would make this story into a very convenient and funky format for a novel. Each night with him would be an entry and the days in between would be as well. Do you understand what I’m getting at? I sure hope so.

But the idea is really sweet and very cute and I really hope you intend to lengthen this a great deal.

If my jabbering didn’t make sense, just PM me and ask away!

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