Sunday Snippet: Nugget Training

Gearing up for abusy week with work projects and my youngest's graduation from college. I thinkwe're also going to have some nasty weather, which should be fun.

Had a solid week ofwork and writing, which makes me very happy. I might be finding my grooveagain. I so hope I am. I'm not a fan of being unable to focus when I need to.

Had a decent weekof television viewing. Made it through the modified list of shows and startedover.

I caught the finaltwo behind the character bonuses for My Life Is Murder. I'm somewhat hopingthere's another season. Based on a little research, I think there might be.

Also watched two episodesof Madame Blanc Mysteries. Both were enjoyable. Kind of sad to see the pubowners no longer with the cast but interested in Dom's uncle being a possibleaddition. Hopefully he won't be too shady.

Enjoyed thetwo-part Silent Witness. A lot of twists and turns in this one and Iliked them. Looking forward to starting a new two-parter this week.

Finished up seasonsix and started season seven of Death in Paradise. I'm excited to dive furtherinto Jack's tenure as the DI. It feels like this is when cast members starttheir merry-go-round of coming and going. But I'm looking forward to more of thisshow.

Caught another episodeof Elementary and Moriarty is making their presence known. I'm kind ofinterested in how this might play out over the seasons. I'm very much lovingthe dynamic with Sherlock and Watson.

Watched another episodeof The Batman. I guess it was the season two finale. It always kind ofannoys me when the first season is twice as long as the remaining ones. Thatsaid, pretty sure Robin makes an appearance in season three so there's that.

Enjoyed an episodeof Classic Rugrats. Again, these were new-to-me vignettes. Not sure whathappened with season seven during the original run, but I'm happy to see thosenow.

Also finished upthe Peak Practice episode I started a while ago. Hoping to get anotherone in this week.

That's it for thelife update. Tonight's post is from Nugget Training, a novella that bringsa couple together even though they don't always see eye-to-eye.

Here's the miniblurb:

Bonnie Bash has issues with remembering boundaries and itgets her in trouble with Taggart Allen, her immediate superior—especially whenshe sometimes forgets she has to respect the rank. She quickly learns why shefrustrates Tag so much when she's thrust into training a group of fifteennewbie pilots, nuggets, and not one has a clue or even cares about how thechain of command works.

And a sneaky peek…

"Bash is flying with Brown. Daubis flying with Elliot."

Lieutenant Bonnie Bash jerked herhead up and glared at the CAG, Taggart Allen. He did not just say she had tofly with Alti Brown. Five and half hours of nonstop chitchat would drive herbonkers mad. What the hell did she do to piss Tag off?

Her hand shot up before she could stopit. There had to be someone else she could fly combat air patrol with. Altijust rubbed Bonnie the wrong way. His play by play of everything that happenedin the last daily rotation never failed to be mind numbing. She just couldn'tdeal…

"Bash? You have aquestion?" Tag's voice cut through the white noise roaring in her ears.

Bonnie blurted the first thing thatcame to mind. "Did you go alphabetically for this roster?" Sheexpected better treatment from a guy she'd been tight with since basic.

Hell, they practically lived ineach other's pockets now and had since that first brutal welcome.

Tag sighed. "No. Movingon." He continued reading the flight schedule off.

She couldn't let that answer slideand got snappy and snarky, piling question after question onto Tag,interrupting his ordered delivery of information.

He finally shut her down. "Bash.Wheels go up in twenty minutes. I have five more items to get through. Kindlykeep your mouth closed until I finish up." He pinned her with a hard stareand narrowed his eyes.

She huffed out a breath and sulkedfor the rest of the briefing, reeling a little from the harsh words. Stungwould be a better description. Since when did Tag go all rank and file on her?

Right about the time she pushedevery button he had. But, damn, putting her with Brownie? She didn't expectpreferential treatment, but a heads-up would've been great. She could'veprepared for the longest five and half hours she'd ever have to spend in acockpit. Now, she'd be lucky to survive without her ears bleeding from theonslaught of inane details that would spew from Alti's lips.

When Tag dismissed them, she made abeeline for the exit. She wanted a few moments to lick her wounds and maybecurse Taggart Allen into oblivion.

Some friend he's turned out to be.

This story has somefun banter and I love writing characters at odds even when they're friends.

 

That's it for thisweek. Catch everyone on the flipside.

ML Skye