Chapter 6:
--reality--
The best thing about Gainesville to be honest is the mix of different cultures. It makes for a wonderful selection of food choices for example. Dr. Robinson decided on Leonardo's which serves everything any other pizzeria would but it taste like heaven melting in your mouth. I order a manicotti (which is a noodle stuffed with cheese and/or meat covered in marinara sauce) and a lemon sweet tea while he orders a personal pizza with anchovies. The thought of kissing him is definitely way down on the list of things I want to do now. Who even eats anchovies? Fucking gross. "So I finished the sex scene," I tell him as the waitress brings us our drinks.
He raises an eyebrow and takes the paper straw out of his cup rolling his eyes, "I would prefer no straw over one that is going to turn to fucking soggy junk in less than five minutes." I honestly completely agree but also plastic is bad for the environment so I understand the switch. Why only straws though? "So tell me about this sex scene you wrote."
I stir my drink casually with a long toothpick that the lemon came attached to and fight the urge to grimace. Writing a sex scene was awkward enough now I have to talk about it. That is like watching porn and then having a philosophical discussion on the merits of anal sex. Which by the way there are none, shit hurts...period. "I believe I made it work for the characters," I mumble hoping that will be enough information and he will change the subject to something less embarrassing.
"You believe you made it work?" He scowls at me before taking a long drink of whatever liquor he mixed with his cranberry juice. "What the fuck does that even mean Rachel? Did you make Jackson have erectile dysfunction or something?"
I almost spit my tea out at his question, "uhh...No the equipment all works."
He scowls and reaches for laptop, "I swear all you kids think sex is some taboo subject that no should talk about."
I purse my lips and glare at him. I have no been a kid in a long time, hell probably since my Dad died when I was 10. "I don't think it's taboo I just haven't ever written out the details of someone else's sex life before."
"Rachel, when you wrote it stretched straight up to his belly button are you really talking about his dick?"
My eyes dart around the room making sure no one has heard him. This shit is for the birds. "Yes?"
"So his dick is like a foot long," he says amusement in his voice. "I guess we all know now why she falls in love with him."
I glare at him harder, "it was an analogy to show how much she aroused him. Besides it is a fucking romance novel every hero in a romance novel is built like a horse."
"Which is probably why so many women are disappointed on their wedding night."
Their wedding night? "Whose the prude now?" I ask and He shrugs and continues to read. It is really that weird for the hero to have a big dick? I mean every single romance novel I made myself read for this project had the hero thick as a wrist and long as forearm, what's wrong with 12 inches?
"So after they have sex she is worried about him deciding he would rather kill her than have sex again," he says closing the computer and handing it back to me. "I imagine anyone in her situation would probably be scared out of their minds."
"I think that is why Jackson's attracted to Teagan because she isn't afraid of him."
"That is a pretty valid point," he acknowledges. "Now where do you go from here?"
"I think she is going to watch him kill someone," I says smiling slightly as I think about the next few scenes I am planning to write. "He wants to get under her skin and see how much she can take."
"He really isn't a good guy is he?"