Time To Write — Dazzle Me

Fandango

img_1258“I need you to dazzle me,” Barbara said.

“Huh?” Dwayne looked up from the papers he was grading to see his fiancée looking down at him with her arms positioned defiantly on her hips. “What do you mean?” he asked her.

“You’re the professor, Dwayne,” she said. “You figure it out.”

“You want me to dazzle you? How?”

“Oh for God’s sake, Dwayne,” Barbara said angrily. “I want you to amaze me, to impress me, to put me in awe of you, to take my breath away, to leave me speechless.”

“Where is this coming from, Barbara?” Dwayne asked. “I’m grading papers now. You’re distracting me. I’ll dazzle you some other time.”

“No,” Barbara said. “Not some other time. Now! I need you to sweep me off my feet this instant!”

Dwayne put his red pencil down, took off his glasses, gazed deeply into Barbara’s eyes, saw her look of determination, and knew that he had no choice but to figure out a way.  “Fine,” he said. “I’ll dazzle you.”

As Dwayne started to get up out of his chair, a large grin surfaced on Barbara’s face. Then she started laughing.

“What’s so damn funny?” Dwayne asked.

“Sit back down, Dwayne,” she said.” I confess that I just wanted to see if I could still get you to focus on me, instead of on your stupid papers. And I did, so I’m happy. Finish grading your papers and when you’re done, I’ll dazzle you.”

Written for Rachel Poli’s Time To Write prompt. We are supposed to “write about something dazzling – whether it’s an object, a moment, a piece of clothing, etc.”

11 thoughts on “Time To Write — Dazzle Me”

  5. Michael April 22, 2018 / 2:26 pm

    One of the aspects of a relationship that always bothered me was situations like you describe. If you know your relationship is good why potentially embarrass your partner in that way???
    Yes it did happen to me. Then again it could be me being an overly sensitive soul.

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  6. rugby843 April 22, 2018 / 9:08 pm

    I think this may have happened many years ago in my life : ))

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