The Dare
"It's my turn to toss the dare" That was not an exhibition of wickedness, neither a payback. Perhaps his glottis oughtn't to be ignited thus. Should regret be enthroned on the grandeur of his consciousness? No he wouldn't, not so soon. He crossed the table to sit opposite the chair bordered by a table covered with a silk, embroidery of calico tainted with sundry riveting motif. Holding her gaze with his, he repeated the prior sentence, maintaining the placements of the stressed and unstressed syllables, though clothed in new regalia. "It's my turn to dare you, won yours." That was it. A game of dare. Time tuning. Veracity. Earlier that week, she'd dared him to asking out Tessa on a date, which he did. Well, sometimes, you want to reel over your pride to win the heart of your lover. Suspending your pride for your lover's does not make you cheap, rather, limn you as being in fine feather: matter-of-factly stalwart in emotions. Teren