She Catches The Eye
By Seedee Beetoo
(Storyteller Droid of the Old Republic)
She was a stunning woman. Not just because she was very tall. Not because she had hair that flamed like a house on fire. Not because her legs went on for days or that her breasts gave the word "full" a new meaning. Her physical attributes were all this and more. No. What caused the young man who stood in front of her to stop everything he was doing and stare at her with rapt attention were her eyes. Large, and with long lashes, they were so vibrant a green as to put to shame the finest jade. And they held him in a gaze that never wavered, never faltered. Never eased up. He felt his mouth go dry even as his mind began to spin.
"What's my name?" Her voice was as cool as the mists on a Scottish moor and he felt his muscles start to relax for the first time since he'd found himself pinned by her stare. With the relaxing of his tense, and for some reason wary, muscles came an almost dizzying confusion in his mind that he couldn't explain. He was in a restaurant booth with an incredibly beautiful woman who was obviously interested in him. Trouble was, he couldn't remember how he got to the restaurant, let alone the booth. The last clear memory he had was of giving up his seat in a crowded subway car to a woman who'd caught his eye --
this
woman, in fact. Whose name he didn't even know.
"Are you sure you don't remember my name?" she asked with a smile.
"Of course I don't know your name, Beitris Laing!" he protested and just as suddenly clapped his hands over his mouth in shock. That was no lucky guess, not with a name like
that
. It was as if a curtain in his mind briefly lifted and her name tumbled onto his lips.
"Good boy, Timothy Hudson," said Beitris. "And what's your name, Timothy Hudson?"
Timothy opened his mouth with a cocky assurance, ready to utter his name. But he suddenly couldn't recall it. Try as he might he just couldn't remember his own name. Worse yet, he knew Beitris had just said it twice and he still couldn't remember it!
"What the hell have you done to me, you witch?"
"I would think that's obvious, little boy. I've used my witch powers and made you forget your name, among other things," Beitris replied.
Confusion contorted Timothy's face almost painfully. "Why?" he asked.
"Because I can. Besides, you asked me to, that's why! And before you tell me how crazy you think I am, let me show you something." Beitris gazed deeply into his eyes and another curtain of memory parted. Timothy saw himself on his knees in front of Beitris on a deserted subway platform. He saw his mouth form the word "please" even as an ecstatic smile came over him.
"You see? I merely did as you asked. And you showed your appreciation by coming out with me."
A thin layer of his confusion vanished but Timothy still couldn't accept that he'd chucked aside his usual caution and shyness and dine with this hauntingly beautiful woman.
"Oh but you did, Timothy. Normally I don't pick on strangers but you were just so cute with those big, brown, puppy dog eyes if yours and that kind smile of yours; I couldn't help myself. It's been ages since I've been on a proper date, or had a play toy worth my time.
Timothy's eyes widened with a touch of fear. "Plaything? I'm no one's..."
Beitris gestured with her right hand, a gentle flutter of her fingers that she punctuated with a "snap!" "
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