Ubertines '07: This Side of the Blue (927 hits)
Category: RomanceLabels: fiction
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (View user info) at 2007-02-19 13:36:22 EST
"If I could save time in a bottle..."
Daniel numbly hummed the haunting melody in his mind as he slouched on the park bench. Key in hand, he mindlessly scraped at the green, peeling paint that barely speckled the splintered wood after all these years.
Some might find it odd that he would still come here. Set against the pollution-stained hues of the city, it was hardly the quaint, verdant escape it had once been.
The never ending frenzy of the low-income neighborhood surrounded him. A row of now-dilapidated houses lined his horizon. Dirty, brazen pigeons that were not afraid of him picked at the discarded remnants that littered the ground. Dirty, brazen children who were not afraid of him ran screaming down the path.
But none of this mattered to Daniel, because this is where he would come to find Margaret.
***
"OK, OK, just let me finish these and we'll go." Margaret said, giggling. Daniel embraced her from behind. For once, he was not distracted by the hideous décor of the rented kitchen, with its avocado refrigerator and oily wallpaper and cheap red paneling. His thoughts were on the ring in his pocket and the woman in his arms.
"Knock it off, you're going to get me soaked!" she shrieked, as the dishpan rocked in the sink, splattering soapy water across the lovers.
"Well come on then- it's a beautiful day and we'll miss a good spot if we don't get there soon!"
Margaret dropped the sopping sponge into the sink as Daniel playfully spun her around. The park would wait. With a devilish smile, his lips met hers and her body met the table as he lifted her in his arms. They made love there, with the greasy aroma of breakfast hanging in the air, and the faint sounds of the Stones' "Sticky Fingers" drifting by.
***
"They'll get it to break...he's going to be fine...he's going to be fine..." Daniel made every attempt to reassure Margaret, and swallow his panic. He floored the gas pedal, rushing toward the hospital.
Tommy, at age three, was the spitting image of his father, and his parents' pride and joy.
The fever had come on quickly and had invaded the little boy's body for hours. They wouldn't know it for weeks, but the baths, the medicine, all came too late. He'd leave the hospital 2 days later. But Tommy would never hear his father read another bedtime story, or his mother sing to him her lullabies. He would never hear anything at all.
They'd seen couples estranged by guilt over circumstances they could never control, and Margaret refused to let her family break and fall victim to it.
Daniel was amazed at how quickly she had learned sign language. She'd spend her days teaching Tommy how to speak with his hands, and her evenings were spent with her husband, just the same.
The little boy seemed a happy boy.
***
"Yeah, that's it, Tommy!" Daniel yelled to his son, smiling and gesturing toward the now airborne kite.
He watched proudly as the boy trotted across the park, steering his new toy in the breeze.
Daniel strolled over to the blanket and sat beside Margaret, who patted his back affectionately and tipped a green bottle toward him, offering a sip of her lager.
"Do you love me?"
"I love you."
***
The nights belonged to them, and no one else.
"Do you love me?"
The room was lit in a perpetual dimness by the drugstore sign across the street.
The night was when Margaret turned effortlessly from mother and teacher to sweet seductress, all lips and hips. It wasn't a turn at all, really. That's why Daniel loved her. She was all to him, all the time.
"I love you."
Daniel would gaze as the fluorescent rays played off her raven locks, and threw sparkles of light that gleamed around her and the ring that never left her hand. He would taste her as the sweet scent of gardenia rose from her flesh. She would dance above him, until the two became one, lost in a trance of electrified bliss.
***
"She's going to be fine... She's going to be fine..." Daniel shakily typed into the TTY window, making every attempt to reassure Tommy, across the miles between them.
They both knew she wasn't going to be fine.
Margaret lay in the stark white room, the fluorescent rays casting a sickly halo around the sparse, wispy hairs on her otherwise bare head.
"Do you love me?" She smiled at Daniel weakly.
"I love you." He squeezed her hand gently, placing a kiss on her pallid cheek.
***
Daniel had lost track of time.
The sun blazed a golden glow across the urban landscape, and dusk's pink and orange hues cast a kind light on the nearly deserted park.
Daniel stood up. Out of the corner of his eye, the light caught a broken green lager bottle amidst a pile of broken glass. The flash reminded him of the ring he'd made a promise with, right here, so long ago.
"Do you love me?" he thought.
Walking slowly down the path toward the car, Daniel resumed his humming.
"If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do, is to save every day 'til eternity passes away just to spend them with you..."
User Reviews
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-03-27 21:33:14 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-03-05 16:56:05 EST (#)
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The girl in the picture has a big man hand kthxbye.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-03-05 16:55:28 EST (#)
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When I read that he embraced her from behind I thought of dog sex that probably means I have problems and I couldn't help but think of "Do You Love Me? (1...and 2 come to think)" when reading all the call and answer "Do you love me?/I love you"s you should really write more damnit kthxbye.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-03-05 16:51:38 EST (#)
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You know I missed this while I was away and have meant to review it for some time and never got around to it so here's something I should have done a while ago sorry kthxbye.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-02-28 01:40:13 EST (#)
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<B
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-02-27 20:12:17 EST (#)
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edthezombie!
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-02-22 21:10:33 EST (#)
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no need to be catty.
i'm sorry. i forgot that ratings mean everything to you. well, more than you really admit to anyway.
i'm not the one leaving rude remarks on other peoples posts though, am i?
i hope this +2 will earn me forgiveness
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-02-22 20:39:39 EST (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/98887#2323859
whatever, drama queen
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2007-02-22 02:59:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-02-21 23:57:32 (#)
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I got your box today, Coley. I opened it in front of everyone like the slut that it was. First, I saw the sweet stuff up top (stacked!), and further down in its soft folds, the intoxicating nectar. Then the animals and that gang of men..
You know me so well. I've spent all night with it and it keep on giving. You're the best valentine a girl could have.
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OMG
I knew I felt something tingly earlier.
I totally <3 you, so hard, in teh face.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-02-21 23:57:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by coley (user info) at 2007-02-19 22:31:08 (#)
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No, Lish, thank YOu for sending ME *YOUR* box. I tore right into it initially, with such excitement and fervor...then, after awhile, I realized all of the goodness it contained and I probed its red, soft depths in search of every treasure it had to offer.
Your box was great, thanks. I'll be enjoying it for some time.
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I got your box today, Coley. I opened it in front of everyone like the slut that it was. First, I saw the sweet stuff up top (stacked!), and further down in its soft folds, the intoxicating nectar. Then the animals and that gang of men..
You know me so well. I've spent all night with it and it keep on giving. You're the best valentine a girl could have.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-02-21 19:58:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2007-02-21 13:29:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-02-20 19:59:36 (#)
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Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2007-02-20 16:42:52 (#)
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One time I was talking to an arabic friend about the location of the ark of the covenant, and he was secretly about to feed me poison dates, but then his monkey ate one and died so I didn't eat them. Then he took off my blouse and fondled me, even though I told him not to. I've never told anyone about this until now.
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You.
Me.
Babies.
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They're in the mail
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-02-21 12:19:06 EST (#)
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Thanks for getting Croce stuck in my head.
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2007-02-20 16:28:59 EST (#)
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you rule
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2007-02-20 16:28:49 EST (#)
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And another another for being you
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2007-02-20 16:28:34 EST (#)
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Have another for that emo fuck
Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2007-02-20 16:18:42 EST (#)
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Well written.
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-02-20 03:23:30 EST (#)
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I like it.
A lot!
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-02-20 03:13:27 EST (#)
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awesome
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2007-02-19 22:31:08 EST (#)
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No, Lish, thank YOu for sending ME *YOUR* box. I tore right into it initially, with such excitement and fervor...then, after awhile, I realized all of the goodness it contained and I probed its red, soft depths in search of every treasure it had to offer.
Your box was great, thanks. I'll be enjoying it for some time.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-02-19 21:21:39 EST (#)
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Thank you, guys.
Coles- Thanks for sending me your box.
I look forward to work tomorrow for once- maybe I'll show them ALL my box!
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-02-19 21:11:43 EST (#)
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Well the image of a hairless Coley aside, I actually DID like this post.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:59:53 EST (#)
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I did really like this, too.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:54:43 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:51:18 (#)
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Submitted by DesolateMisanthrope (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:11:30 (#)
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A riveting story of love and hardship. It is a shame that your life consists only of the latter.
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Aww, what's the matter, tough guy? Having a tough go of it this week? I wonder what made you stop by this post when you completely avoided my tribute to you? Still going to mangle my face, you sweaty mongoloid?
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hehehehh.
It was awesome, Lish. I hope you get my package tomorrow...er...your box...er...no matter what I say it comes off sounding perverse.
Or maybe that's just me.
It's probably just me.
:)
~n
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:51:18 EST (#)
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Submitted by DesolateMisanthrope (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:11:30 (#)
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A riveting story of love and hardship. It is a shame that your life consists only of the latter.
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Aww, what's the matter, tough guy? Having a tough go of it this week? I wonder what made you stop by this post when you completely avoided my tribute to you? Still going to mangle my face, you sweaty mongoloid?
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:38:25 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:21:01 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by DesolateMisanthrope (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:11:30 EST (#)
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A riveting story of love and hardship. It is a shame that your life consists only of the latter.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-02-19 19:02:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-02-19 17:29:53 (#)
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For the image Coley just gave the drake.
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Coley- I'm glad you enjoyed your bath. mmm.
And The Drake- Agreed..it's the same image I had when I went shopping for her.
But just rating the post fairly is appreciated, since it's a comp and all.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-02-19 18:48:15 EST (#)
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guilty
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2007-02-19 18:24:17 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-02-19 17:29:53 (#)
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For the image Coley just gave the drake.
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heheheh. Now we know what it takes to get a +2 from this guy.
Submitted by sweetcheebs (user info) at 2007-02-19 17:49:11 EST (#)
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thoughts = words
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-02-19 17:29:53 EST (#)
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For the image Coley just gave the drake.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2007-02-19 17:28:10 EST (#)
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I used your cinnamon bubble bath and bath fizzers last night and shaved every inch of my body before moisturizing in strawberry lemonade lotion and wrapping myself in a white fluffy bathrobe and retiring to my bodouir for some "me" time.
Just thought you should know.
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-02-19 17:13:13 EST (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-02-19 15:57:23 EST (#)
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i refuse to choose
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-02-19 15:40:25 EST (#)
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Sweet and petite, like you.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-02-19 15:09:34 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-02-19 15:09:25 EST (#)
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This was good, but I liked your opponents just a little bit more.
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2007-02-19 14:45:59 EST (#)
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Dooby
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2007-02-19 14:26:48 EST (#)
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Damn.
-Dave
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-02-19 13:48:28 EST (#)
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good
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-02-19 13:41:33 EST (#)
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CROCE
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-02-19 13:39:06 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-02-19 13:37:33 EST (#)
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Ubertines '07
http://www.ubersite.com/m/98774