Theatre. Karaoke. Jim Steinman. Cars. Girls. Not in that order.......
Hand in hand they walked, trying hard not to notice they were walking hand in hand. What happened with them was simple; they would think they liked each other, discuss it even, in abstracts and hypotheticals. and then both feel too awkward to take it further. She assumed he would lead her into things. He had more practice and she didn't feel comfortable starting things herself. Things...a safe way to speak of the unsayable. Not that it mattered, no things ever happened, anyway. They never kissed. They sort of just walked the edge of relationship. Something frightened them. What they had, perhaps, shouldn't have been complicated by these foolish ideas but it always [did] and, since life allowed them no time to focus, frightening thoughts always loated in.
He had no need for single mindedness. He couldn't help but touch everyone, tease everyone, flirt. He fell in love with every other female and meant to be sincere but couldn't, not really. He knew how to make the most dramatic reaction occur to the most simplest of ideas and constantly perfomred for anyone foolish enough to pay admission to his show. He was afraid to give up who he was.
She had no need to be comfortable. She couldn't help but question everyone, analyze everyone, doubt. She got scared by every other idea and meant to believe but couldn't, not really. She knew how to make the most emotional reaction occur to the simplest of events and constantly performed for herself and didn't sell tickets. She was afraid of who she was.
They would either be sensational or tragic together. They feared finding that out, too, so they played a strange game of talk and thought and left action for others and they walked had in hand, just once, wondering what it was they had and what it was they wanted until their fingers slowly slipped apart.
(c) 1995 Kathleen Bulger
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Jim Steinman. Queen. Rush. Matchbox 20. Deborah Gibson / Debbie Gibson. Showtunes. Bruce Springsteen. Billy Joel. Tom Waits. Meat Loaf. Bonnie Tyler. Metallica. DMB. Bryan Adams. Jonathan Larson. Danny Elfman. Alice Cooper. Queensryche. Billy Idol. Idle Worship. Steven Ryan.
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The American President. It's a Wonderful Life. Empire Records. Josie and the Pussycats. The breakfast Club. Bandits. Miracle on 34th Street (the original). Time After Time. Little Shop of Horrors. The Great Muppet Caper.
West Wing (the Aaron Sorkin Years). Smallville. Joe Schmo 2. My So-Called Life. Buffy. Angel. Quantum Leap. Seven Days