You Make Me Feel...
I have three days until Valentine’s Day. I sit at my polished mahogany desk, Tchaikovsky thundering behind me, and ponder how to further woo Julie, the woman I’m falling in love with. I consider taking her out of town for the weekend, but a lack of funding precludes a trip. I could send her flowers if I hadn’t sent her roses a month prior. Maybe I should take her out to dinner-- no, a simple dinner reeks of simplicity. “Hmm,” I mumble, “what can we do that’s romantic and doesn’t cost very much?” It comes to me in a flash of insight: I can replay our first date. The plan crystallizes as our first date replays through my mind. We’ll journey to the beach in the afternoon. We’ll eat at that little pizza place. What did they call it? Oh, yeah; it’s named Felipe’s. Sentimental value increases the greasy joint’s romantic appeal. After dinner, I’ll offer her my arm and we will meander down the boardwalk preceding sunset. When our feet bring us below the Pacific Palms Hotel where our lips first touched, I’ll kiss her again. When our intimate embrace concludes, I’ll guide her farther along the boardwalk to the gray concrete bench we held each other on that beautiful night. Sitting on that too-uncomfortable bench, I will cradle her in my
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Cox Arena, Palms Hotel, Valentines Day, Andrea Huggins, Felipes Sentimental, Olive Garden, , write letter, arms watch, seventh grade, desk drawer,
Approximate Word count = 1261
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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