SN100 Challenge #153: Beatles titles - She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (double drabble)
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
There he was, washing his hands, mercifully zipped up and perfectly decent; and then suddenly there she was, tumbling into the bathtub, all tousled black hair and rumpled skirts and long, long legs. She sat up, noticed him, grinned (not at all embarrassed), shushed him with a finger to her lips, then slipped quietly out the door. He blinked, shook his head, then made his own way out and back downstairs to rejoin the dinner party.
He was introduced formally the next morning at breakfast. She reached out her hand, looking sidelong under her lashes, half-laughing, half-entreating; he only smiled reassuringly and said he was delighted to meet her. Her father, that very eminent lawyer, and her devout, respectable mother never suspected a thing.
Thirty years on, and she's never ceased to amaze him; she surprises and delights him daily, even when they quarrel, even when he's a fool. She is the best thing that ever happened to him, the greatest gift any man could ever hope for, and Isaac blesses the day he found her.
But he is, nonetheless, relieved that, ever since that day, Esther has always entered and left whatever room she's in only by the door.
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There he was, washing his hands, mercifully zipped up and perfectly decent; and then suddenly there she was, tumbling into the bathtub, all tousled black hair and rumpled skirts and long, long legs. She sat up, noticed him, grinned (not at all embarrassed), shushed him with a finger to her lips, then slipped quietly out the door. He blinked, shook his head, then made his own way out and back downstairs to rejoin the dinner party.
He was introduced formally the next morning at breakfast. She reached out her hand, looking sidelong under her lashes, half-laughing, half-entreating; he only smiled reassuringly and said he was delighted to meet her. Her father, that very eminent lawyer, and her devout, respectable mother never suspected a thing.
Thirty years on, and she's never ceased to amaze him; she surprises and delights him daily, even when they quarrel, even when he's a fool. She is the best thing that ever happened to him, the greatest gift any man could ever hope for, and Isaac blesses the day he found her.
But he is, nonetheless, relieved that, ever since that day, Esther has always entered and left whatever room she's in only by the door.
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