chew_jeslyn
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chew_jeslyn2hCommentedWow
Harper swallowed again. Fine, she'd take this as her first trial on trying to be bold and straightforward. "But this is exactly where I can use your help." She smiled, forcing herself to look into his eyes. "I need a makeup lesson, and I think you're the best person I can trust this with. I want you to help me learn, to show me the experience I missed out on. I want you … to teach me all I need to know about love scenes in real life."- chew_jeslyn2hCommented… This idiot! He's even more insensitively dense than insensitively blunt!!
- chew_jeslyn5hCommented
That doesn't sound right, Harper. Lol
"… Well, not a first-hand experience in 'romance' per se …" Gosh, did he really have to push her to say the words? "At least, not the emotional side of it. It's the … physical side of it that I'm not familiar with." - chew_jeslyn5hCommented
And he actually understood her fishing strategy. Just that he didn't know that he's the fish that she wants to hook up with. Lol
Eli stared at her for a moment, his eyes flickering between her hands and her face. Then the corner of his lips curved up in a smile. "What are you beating around the bush for?" he asked. "You're not suggesting that I set you up for a date with someone, are you? That seems to be the best solution to solve your problem. And frankly, I might just be able to come up with a handful of candidates that'll make you a decent match." - chew_jeslyn5hCommented
Wow. Very good counter point. Are you a lawyer, Ms Witchhazel?
Darn. Why was he acting all business? Why couldn't he take this conversation into the direction she wanted? Fortunately, Harper was prepared. "But romance isn't trying to invoke something out of the ordinary like a murder mystery does," she countered. "A love story is supposed to invoke something that everyone can relate to, and it'll be harder for me to connect with the readers that way if I don't share the same feeling." - chew_jeslyn5hCommented
Too smooth, Harper. Very impressive way of laying out your "challenges" innocently.
"Oh, I do. It's just that …" Harper drew a deep breath. "It's just that I've been out of the dating scene for too long. Maybe that's making it harder to … get these more detailed chapters right. Don't they say you should write what you know?" - chew_jeslyn5hCommented
Good opening, Harper. Smooth. 😉
"Wait, let's back up just a little bit." Harper pressed her own hand on top of his, pinning the computer in place. "I was actually wondering … Well, is it possible that my biggest problem isn't in the writing itself? Could it have to do with … perspective? As in how I envisioned the story in my mind before I even started typing it down?" - chew_jeslyn5hCommented
Are you sure she was an open book? If she were, you would have guessed that you were her crush.
Eli studied her, and that odd feeling of puzzlement nagged at him once more. This girl had really changed so much over the past four years. She used to be such an open book, but now, he could barely guess what was going on in her head. Was there something that she was trying to imply? - chew_jeslyn5hCommented
Sounds like a player?
Eli wasn't expecting such a question to follow. "My girlfriend? Which one?" - chew_jeslyn22hCommented
Ohhh... so she's going to experiment with the whole thing for experience sake? What is she thinking?
She huffed, suddenly feeling like an idiot. What was she thinking? It wasn't like she was actually going to date him, was she? Even if she decided to go with this plan, it was just for the experience. As an added bonus, she could also reach some kind of closure on those silly teenage feelings and finally lay them to rest. - chew_jeslyn1dCommented
Love Chelsea and her analogy. Am interested to know about her own love story.
Chelsea scoffed again. "That's not the same! You can read all you want about how delicious a chocolate cake is, but can that compare to trying it yourself? You can't do it justice in your own words if you don't even know the heavenly taste you missed out on!" - chew_jeslyn1dCommented
Chelsea seriously should be a detective or a psychologist. Her deducting skill is extraordinary .
"Lies," Chelsea scoffed. "Work is busy enough that you have time for writing web novels? And besides, your book screams that you need to get lai—" She cut herself short, her eyes lighting up anew. "Guess what, I have an idea. You want to improve that book, right? I think what you need most is some real life relationship experience to draw from. Why don't you use this opportunity to, you know, ask him for help?" - chew_jeslyn1dCommented
Ooooo... that's why she avoided him after that.
She would remember the person next to him that was cropped out of the picture. His girlfriend. - chew_jeslyn1dCommented
Wow. I like Chelsea's theory. Makes a lot of sense. 😍
"It's a thing that happens to childhood sweethearts. Since they've known each other long before they understand the concept of gender and sex, they continue to see the other person as 'sexless' even after they grow up. In this case, it means he forgot you were a girl when he invited you to the movie, and he simply didn't think of the situation as something that might feel awkward to you." - chew_jeslyn1dCommented"But that's not the most likely scenario, since you guys already know each other so well, and since you said he was acting like a gentleman when you started feeling awkward. So, possibility number two," — Chelsea held up another finger — "you've been friendzoned. Heck, worse than friendzoned, you've probably been sexless-friend-zoned."
- chew_jeslyn1dCommented
Wow. They are pretty close in my opinion. She should keep in touch. No harm having another brother even if he's not interested in her the way she was.
She noticed belatedly that she was smiling. Those were really some of her favorite memories — she and Eli ganging up together in a game against her brother, or her parents sitting at the front of their SUV, the three of them dozing off in the back. - chew_jeslyn1dCommented
Err... a nosy gossipy girlfriend might bring trouble. Have you considered that?
Harper hesitated. She took a pull of her Guinness. It felt a bit awkward to talk about her silly teenage crush, especially after the disaster last night. But the alcohol was helping, and wasn't this the very reason why she wanted to meet up and chat with a girl friend? - chew_jeslyn1dCommented
Really? There are no innocent men? 😱
"Oh come on, girl!" Chelsea rolled her eyes dramatically. "Men aren't so innocent! You seriously never suspected he's interested in you?" She lowered her voice and leaned forward across the table. "I bet he was using the movie — hell, maybe even this whole deal about your book — to test the waters and see how far he can take things with you!" - chew_jeslyn1dCommented
Ooo... so both of them appear to be the goody decent type in public but in private, ehem ehem... They are definitely match made in heaven. 🤭🤣
"What? Hell no! I was still in high school when I saw him last!" Harper wouldn't even try to conjure up an image of them doing what Chelsea suggested. Honestly, she could barely picture Eli being the type of guy to enjoy these movies in the first place, given the proper impression he had always made in front of her … But then again, the same could be said about her and steamy romance novels, so who was she to judge?