Bonhomie

Avatar Author: lastsyllable Who wants to be a writer? I do! Read Bio

He’d asked for someone easy-going. Pleasant. Good-looking, any ethnicity. Oh, and with at least a master’s degree in physics, preferably a PhD, specializing in optics. Neil gave the agency his credit card information, trying to be hopeful after what had happened with the last girl.

And then she had arrived. She wore a short dress, black hair pulled back, coffee-colored skin making her white smile look brighter.

“Hi, I’m Rachel,” she said. “How can I help you today?”

“Well,” he mumbled, “I could maybe take you down to the lab?”

“Sounds fun! Let’s go.”

They descended a staircase hidden behind a bookshelf, into a huge underground cavern filled with electronics. At the center was a giant laser attached to a computer. Rachel’s eyes lit up and she ran over to inspect it.

“This is amazing!” she exclaimed.

“Want to help me work on it?” Neil asked shyly.

“You bet I do! Let me get changed.”

Sometimes it pays to be an evil scientist, Neil thought, watching Rachel’s shapely backside bounce toward the bathroom.

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  1. Avatar Anonymuncule

    Penny Arcade Writer’s Block?

  2. Avatar stargazer1960

    The story is engaging, but the dialogue is a little bit flat.
    I am a female with a physics degree and I think we have more colorful language.
    I would like to see where the story might lead.

  3. Avatar lastsyllable

    stargazer, I am good friends with many physics types and I am well aware of their awesome vocabularies. I will do what I can to spice this up but I think it’s a case of brushing up against the confines of the Ficly character limit. It may be that I’ll have to make it a regular old short story, good for my blog but not for here, if I want to do female physics majors any justice.

    DH, I think I was actually the person from PA who sent you here. I’m Quoth over on the forums. From what I’ve seen, this place has done wonders for your writing and I’m really glad it worked out. :-)