“Grand, isn’t it?”
Grand indeed, Sebastian nodded, too distracted by the elegant turn and glowing skin of Maruska’s neck to care about the stained glass in the ceiling.
“Sebastian!”
Sebastian averted his eyes skyward and felt warmth rise under his collar to color his cheeks. The realization made him blush harder. He hated how his face became an open book.
Get a grip! he admonished himself. She’s taken! In fact, they were waiting for Alexander to join them. The rock on her ring was surely intended to outshine any other splendor.
“A work of art,” Sebastian murmured. And meant it.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo: © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
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🙂 poor dude …
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Yes, bad luck for him.
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Perhaps he’ll find a better match …
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Hope so!
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🙂 This is fun!
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Oh Sebastian, there’s no point in waiting for her, move on and find your own happiness!
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Amen, Iain. I agree.
Poor lad, though. He’s smitten.
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Alas, Sebastian.. Unless there is a kink in Alexander and Maruska’s relationship – NOT caused by him – then just let it go…
Fun one!
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I think he’s working on it. Poor lad.
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Yes, poor fool
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He can’t help his infatuation, perhaps … But it seems he’s aware of the need to move away from whatever flutters he is nursing.
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Kinda like the guy in Love, Actually…
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Yeah, I think he’s okay. 🙂
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This is not going to end well, either for one or for both of them. Well crafted situation!
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Ah, Neil, a bit of foreshadowing there, eh? 😉 I hope they’ll be okay, both of them, but for now it seems that at least 50% of the people in that scene are not particularly happy with the way thing are … 😉
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Na’ama Y’karah,
My heart goes out to Sebastian. This so reminds me of a friend’s situation and breaks my heart for him. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle! I think there are a fair amount of such trios – from all directions – in the world, and perhaps some of us know someone in that situation, whether it is openly discussed/admitted or sensed and suspected. I hope he finds someone who’d return his infatuation and awe. 🙂
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Feels like his friendship with both these people may be in jeopardy if they can’t all work this out. Love this take on the prompt.
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Totally. Spot on! 🙂
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Oh, the agony of hunger for the forbidden fruit…
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Indeed, the poor dude … I hope he gets over her and finds a more accessible potential …
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Charming story, Na’ama. Is it so bad to notice the world around us? 🙂
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It can be … especially when one is … um … distracted … 😉
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You paint Sebastian’s predicament graphically. The situation is a great teaser for a longer piece of fiction…(she whispers, hopefully)
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LOL, thank you, Penny. I think the fun of these short pieces is that they sometimes tickle the potential of longer ones … which do or do not develop beyond their zygote stage … but some remain in their little incubators, waiting for a possible awakening and further growth … 🙂
(can you tell a friend’s daughter is going through IVF?) 😉
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Oh, I do hope all goes well for your friend’s daughter! My eldest daughter is the proud mom of a one-year-old via IVF, and I’ve never known her so happy. It’s a miraculous technique, isn’t it?
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Absolutely amazing! You gotta love science! Perhaps especially these days, when so many seem to doubt the value of science and medicine …
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Oh poor Sebastian – he’s got it bad and something tells me that ain’t good.
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Yeah, poor loves-truck Sebastian … I hope he finds a better footing and a more reciprocal target … 🙂
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Poor Sebastian 😦
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Yeah, poor dude … I hope he finds someone to reciprocate his adoration. 🙂
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Yes Sebastian, get a grip – or Tinder!
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I’m not sure he still needs Tinder when he’s already kinda’ smoldering … 😉
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She must have been very beautiful, for him to be so taken just with the skin on her neck. Good one!
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Clearly very beautiful to him! 🙂
Thanks, Linda!
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it looks like a lost cause. better find somebody else. there are more fish in the ocean. 🙂
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Maybe if he thrives to get a bigger rock and waves it under her nose?
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I hope not! 😉 I think there are better ways to a girl’s heart. Or there should be, at least … 😉
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I think Sebastian should move on.
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Most probably, yes.
Is he likely? We shall see … 😉 I hope he would. Not much but grief otherwise.
Thanks for the comment! 🙂
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