Trifecta: Week Seventy-Seven
This week the word prompt is-
DELIBERATE
1: characterized by or resulting from careful and thorough consideration <a deliberate decision>
2: characterized by awareness of the consequences<deliberate falsehood>
3: slow, unhurried, and steady as though allowing time for decision on each individual action involved <a deliberate pace>
- Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
- You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
- The word itself needs to be included in your response.
- You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above.
- Only one entry per writer
This week,my mind is messed up-in a total blue funk.But I was loathe to let the week go by without my Trifecta fix.So here is my(almost) last minute entry-hope it bring on a flicker of a smile 🙂
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If only…
She frowned, looking down at the question paper lying on her desk.
It seemed to be looking back at her with a sneer on its face!
Oh!If only she had studied for this exam earlier..
But her heart was not in it. It was busy leaping uncontrollably at the sight of a certain someone…
The one with a golden voice, the one with the golden smile…the one whose golden head was now bent on his paper, writing effortlessly. no doubt with his golden pen!
Sigh!If only she had not dreamt about a golden future with this golden boy,she could have been building a golden future for herself by qualifying in this exam
But all was not lost.Not for nothing had she been the topper in the class, before the “golden aura” tarnished her image.
With a deliberate mental sweep, she cleared the cobwebs off her memory bank
In response, the question paper seemed to flutter its eyelashes at her coquettishly, as if saying, “Oh sweetie you know how I turn into putty in your hands!”
Soon her beautiful coppery head was bowed down ,her hand trying to keep pace with her mercurial brain.
Had she looked up,she would have seen surprised-even shocked- to find a pair of sparkling green eyes looking at her enviously,the golden face a little in awe of her intellectual prowess and swamped by her Hellenic beauty……….
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@Zebra Crossing 
In response, the question paper seemed to flutter its eyelashes at her coquettishly, as if saying, “Oh sweetie you know how I turn into putty in your hands!”
Atreyee… that is the sweetest bit of writing I’ve ever read, and the ending to this story was perfection too! Marvelous!
ha, this is so great 😀 I love it a lot.
I read through this twice, Atreyee, and there’s something wrong….no one died. Are you feeling okay? 🙂
Crushes are bad for test scores. If only she knew he was checking her out, her brain would turn back into Jell-o!
Oh yes, I remember a few golden boys from my youth.
Oh this was so sweet and golden!! How we’ve all been that girl taking the test and not able to concentrate!! I love that it turns out that he couldn’t either. Just a lovely little story and a joy to read, Atreyee!! 😀
Very well written. 🙂
Pure gold, Atreyee!
If only indeed – a lovely story. Really enjoyed it.
I loved the twist in the poem after this beautiful line
With a deliberate sweep, she cleared the cobwebs off her memory bank
:-)This was one “uninspired” moment-so wrote some silly stuff 😛