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The still-rising sun is behind him, outlining his broad shoulders and tall, sturdy frame in golden light. As he gets closer, stepping through the rainbow of mist reflecting off the sprinkler's spray, I take in the rest of him.....I can almost see how a smile would spread across his face, the lift of his full lips...

Which I realize are moving right now. Oh shit. He's talking and may have been talking for a long time while I gawked and had a whole R & B slow jam going in my head.
From It's Elementary
...I almost don't recognize her walking up to the stage. Her face is free of all makeup, and she's wearing a simple dress in a color that can best be described as dirty dishwater. With her bleached hair pulled back into a limp braid and sickly pale skin, she looks like some weird Instagram filter sucked all the color out of her.
From It's Elementary
The still-rising sun is behind him, outlining his broad shoulders and tall, sturdy frame in golden light. As he gets closer, stepping through the rainbow of mist reflecting off the sprinkler's spray, I take in the rest of him.....I can slmost see how a smile would spread across his face, the lift of his full lips...

Which i realize are moving right now. Oh shit. He's talking and may have been talking for a long time while I gawked and had a whole R & B slow jame going in my head.
From It's Elementary
My friend Jasmine says I have resting bitch face."

"Nothing wrong with that. Keeps away the annoying people.
From It's Elementary
Oh, um...thank you, Trisha." I choke out. "That's really nice of you."

See, no big deal. She's just being nice and normal and not creepy at all.

I need to get, like, whatever is the opposite of a venti latte on the way to work today and chill the fuck out.
From It's Elementary
..."I'll have the IPA. Thank you, Carl."

"No problem," Carl mutters, his tone revealing that he thinks we're all of the problems.
From It's Elementary
You just looks so young!"

....I barely belong here at these school events, single and Black, so every time I hear this, it's like they're confirming that, too. It makes me want to roll out my whole resume to justify my place, Like, I have a master's degree from UCLA, lady! I was eight month's pregnant with Pearl at the ceremony, but still! I'm grown, just like you! I use Sensodyne, and I have enough white hairs that I can't keep casually plucking them without looking like a "before" in one of those women's hair loss Instagram ads I keep getting, and I am pretty sure my back hurts more than it doesn't hurt now....
From It's Elementary
Ruth Gentry at six o'clock," I whisper.

His head starts twisting around, which also really isn't helping with the totally chill and not at all suspicious vibe. "Six o'clock? Where is six o'clock?"

"Actually...I'm not even sure why I said that, because I don't know where six o'clock is either. But it sounded like the right thing to say -- just --behind you. Ruth Gentry is behind you, and she's watching us.
From It's Elementary
Sorry for the holdup, folks." His voice is surprisingly deep and low, like Lance Bass's, whenever NSYNC let him sing a line.
From It's Elementary
Her voice is like a tinkling bell, bright and beguiling, but if you don't know better, it'll suck you in, like those sirens making a snack out of Odysseus's homeboys.
From It's Elementary
Nice to meet you, too. And thank you for ruining your pants for me."

His cheeks flush a deeper pink, and he runs his hand over his face. "Uh, yeah. Anytime."

"Oh, no. I didn't mean it like -- not that you were even saying..." I cover my face, too, which I'm 99 percent sure might actually be engulfed in flames.
From It's Elementary
..."Like -- there's that whole think they tell you on planes, about putting on your own mask first. Well, l've been putting on everyone's mask -- multitasking, all at the same time -- so none of these goddamn things are secured properly and we're all passing out in the aisles.
From It's Elementary
The still-rising sun is behind him, outlining his broad shoulders and tall, sturdy frame in golden light. As he gets closer, stepping through the rainbow of mist reflecting off the sprinkler's spray, I take in the rest of him.....I can almost see how a smile would spread across his face, the lift of his full lips...

Which I realize are moving right now. Oh shit. He's talking and may have been talking for a long time while I gawked and had a whole R & B slow jam going in my head.
From It's Elementary
...I almost don't recognize her walking up to the stage. Her face is free of all makeup, and she's wearing a simple dress in a color that can best be described as dirty dishwater. With her bleached hair pulled back into a limp braid and sickly pale skin, she looks like some weird Instagram filter sucked all the color out of her.
From It's Elementary
The still-rising sun is behind him, outlining his broad shoulders and tall, sturdy frame in golden light. As he gets closer, stepping through the rainbow of mist reflecting off the sprinkler's spray, I take in the rest of him.....I can slmost see how a smile would spread across his face, the lift of his full lips...

Which i realize are moving right now. Oh shit. He's talking and may have been talking for a long time while I gawked and had a whole R & B slow jame going in my head.
From It's Elementary
My friend Jasmine says I have resting bitch face."

"Nothing wrong with that. Keeps away the annoying people.
From It's Elementary
Oh, um...thank you, Trisha." I choke out. "That's really nice of you."

See, no big deal. She's just being nice and normal and not creepy at all.

I need to get, like, whatever is the opposite of a venti latte on the way to work today and chill the fuck out.
From It's Elementary
..."I'll have the IPA. Thank you, Carl."

"No problem," Carl mutters, his tone revealing that he thinks we're all of the problems.
From It's Elementary
You just looks so young!"

....I barely belong here at these school events, single and Black, so every time I hear this, it's like they're confirming that, too. It makes me want to roll out my whole resume to justify my place, Like, I have a master's degree from UCLA, lady! I was eight month's pregnant with Pearl at the ceremony, but still! I'm grown, just like you! I use Sensodyne, and I have enough white hairs that I can't keep casually plucking them without looking like a "before" in one of those women's hair loss Instagram ads I keep getting, and I am pretty sure my back hurts more than it doesn't hurt now....
From It's Elementary
Ruth Gentry at six o'clock," I whisper.

His head starts twisting around, which also really isn't helping with the totally chill and not at all suspicious vibe. "Six o'clock? Where is six o'clock?"

"Actually...I'm not even sure why I said that, because I don't know where six o'clock is either. But it sounded like the right thing to say -- just --behind you. Ruth Gentry is behind you, and she's watching us.
From It's Elementary
Sorry for the holdup, folks." His voice is surprisingly deep and low, like Lance Bass's, whenever NSYNC let him sing a line.
From It's Elementary
Her voice is like a tinkling bell, bright and beguiling, but if you don't know better, it'll suck you in, like those sirens making a snack out of Odysseus's homeboys.
From It's Elementary
Nice to meet you, too. And thank you for ruining your pants for me."

His cheeks flush a deeper pink, and he runs his hand over his face. "Uh, yeah. Anytime."

"Oh, no. I didn't mean it like -- not that you were even saying..." I cover my face, too, which I'm 99 percent sure might actually be engulfed in flames.
From It's Elementary
..."Like -- there's that whole think they tell you on planes, about putting on your own mask first. Well, l've been putting on everyone's mask -- multitasking, all at the same time -- so none of these goddamn things are secured properly and we're all passing out in the aisles.
From It's Elementary
The still-rising sun is behind him, outlining his broad shoulders and tall, sturdy frame in golden light. As he gets closer, stepping through the rainbow of mist reflecting off the sprinkler's spray, I take in the rest of him.....I can almost see how a smile would spread across his face, the lift of his full lips...

Which I realize are moving right now. Oh shit. He's talking and may have been talking for a long time while I gawked and had a whole R & B slow jam going in my head.
From It's Elementary
...I almost don't recognize her walking up to the stage. Her face is free of all makeup, and she's wearing a simple dress in a color that can best be described as dirty dishwater. With her bleached hair pulled back into a limp braid and sickly pale skin, she looks like some weird Instagram filter sucked all the color out of her.
From It's Elementary
The still-rising sun is behind him, outlining his broad shoulders and tall, sturdy frame in golden light. As he gets closer, stepping through the rainbow of mist reflecting off the sprinkler's spray, I take in the rest of him.....I can slmost see how a smile would spread across his face, the lift of his full lips...

Which i realize are moving right now. Oh shit. He's talking and may have been talking for a long time while I gawked and had a whole R & B slow jame going in my head.
From It's Elementary
My friend Jasmine says I have resting bitch face."

"Nothing wrong with that. Keeps away the annoying people.
From It's Elementary
Oh, um...thank you, Trisha." I choke out. "That's really nice of you."

See, no big deal. She's just being nice and normal and not creepy at all.

I need to get, like, whatever is the opposite of a venti latte on the way to work today and chill the fuck out.
From It's Elementary
..."I'll have the IPA. Thank you, Carl."

"No problem," Carl mutters, his tone revealing that he thinks we're all of the problems.
From It's Elementary
You just looks so young!"

....I barely belong here at these school events, single and Black, so every time I hear this, it's like they're confirming that, too. It makes me want to roll out my whole resume to justify my place, Like, I have a master's degree from UCLA, lady! I was eight month's pregnant with Pearl at the ceremony, but still! I'm grown, just like you! I use Sensodyne, and I have enough white hairs that I can't keep casually plucking them without looking like a "before" in one of those women's hair loss Instagram ads I keep getting, and I am pretty sure my back hurts more than it doesn't hurt now....
From It's Elementary
Ruth Gentry at six o'clock," I whisper.

His head starts twisting around, which also really isn't helping with the totally chill and not at all suspicious vibe. "Six o'clock? Where is six o'clock?"

"Actually...I'm not even sure why I said that, because I don't know where six o'clock is either. But it sounded like the right thing to say -- just --behind you. Ruth Gentry is behind you, and she's watching us.
From It's Elementary
Sorry for the holdup, folks." His voice is surprisingly deep and low, like Lance Bass's, whenever NSYNC let him sing a line.
From It's Elementary
Her voice is like a tinkling bell, bright and beguiling, but if you don't know better, it'll suck you in, like those sirens making a snack out of Odysseus's homeboys.
From It's Elementary
Nice to meet you, too. And thank you for ruining your pants for me."

His cheeks flush a deeper pink, and he runs his hand over his face. "Uh, yeah. Anytime."

"Oh, no. I didn't mean it like -- not that you were even saying..." I cover my face, too, which I'm 99 percent sure might actually be engulfed in flames.
From It's Elementary
..."Like -- there's that whole think they tell you on planes, about putting on your own mask first. Well, l've been putting on everyone's mask -- multitasking, all at the same time -- so none of these goddamn things are secured properly and we're all passing out in the aisles.
From It's Elementary