Free Write, 08/20/15

Prompt: She is just a good-looking woman.

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She is just a good-looking woman. Don’t go and do something stupid now. Even as these words of sense and caution crossed her mind, Ava knew it was pointless. She felt herself float from her body, watching from above as it approached the woman in the elegantly tailored suit. Down below, Ava’s nervous hands smoothed her apron.

“Can I get you anything to start with?” Ava winced at how breathy her voice sounded. Can you be any more obvious?

The woman looked up from her menu, one perfectly plucked brow arching. “Well, aren’t you cute as a hamster eating a tiny burrito?”

Ava blinked and was back in her body. “What?”

“I said I’ll have the Cobb salad and a diet coke.” Her mouth puckered. “Are you alright?”

“Fine,” Ava said. “The salad and the diet coke. I’ll be right back with it.” She turned and hurried away, nearly tripping over the stupid half stair that separated this dining area from the bar.

“Another pretty one eh?” Deshaun, the bartender, laughed. “Girl, you gotta get your head straight. Or, better yet, you need a good woman.”

Ava’s cheeks burned, but she didn’t reply.

According to her parents, she could have a good woman or be a good woman, and Ava knew which she’d choose.