Welcome to the A to Z Challenge! I am excited to share with you some meet cutes (and maybe some sexy scenes) throughout the month of April! Richard is going to be chiming in with a few of his characters from his Hallmark story, too! Here is the next installment, but stay tuned every day (except Sundays) this month for a short scene! Like and comment, and maybe I’ll continue the more popular stories in May!
– Jayden
“Shit! Shit shit shit.” I just fell, and I’m pretty sure I broke something. I check my watch and it’s after 9 at night. That means the urgent care is closed and I have to go to the actual emergency room. I really don’t want to do that. I really, really don’t, but my wrist hurts a lot. A lot a lot.
I’m really not even sure I should be driving, but whatever. I certainly can’t afford to pay for an ambulance.
I struggle to get myself presentable enough for the emergency room and get in the car. “Ow, ow, ow,” I keep saying over and over again. This is just not what I wanted my night to look like.
Two hours later, I’m sitting in the waiting room, cradling my arm, trying not to whimper. It just sucks all around.
I can’t stop my foot from tapping. The pain is so bad and they haven’t given me anything. I just want to go to sleep. I’m so tired. I try to watch the people who are coming in and out just to give myself something to do. A single woman with a baby. A teenager and his disgruntled dad. And a guy on his own. Looks to be about my age (thirty). Just as my gaze falls on him, he catches me watching him. Oh crap.
He smiles a little, and I smile back. I watch in fascinated horror as he gets up and walks over to me. “Hi, I’m Xander.”
“Hi, I’m Xara. I’m just waiting for an x-ray,” I tell him, indicating my cradled arm.
“Me too,” he says. “May I sit with you while we wait?”
“Sure,” I say. He sits down in the chair across from mine so we can see each other.
“So, what happened.”
“It’s a long story,” I say.
“It looks like we’ve got time,” he responds with a smile.
I suppose we do…
Check out what’s going on with other A to Z Bloggers on the Master List, and come back all month long! Leave us a comment if you’re participating, and I promise to visit your blogs, too!
J R Vincente 
Two days left… two more days? I can still do thi–no, no I can’t! I’m going to spend it trying to visit those intrepid souls who have kept up with it. I just couldn’t, this month. Well done, though! (You actually had me a little worried with your blog’s genre – I almost backed out quietly. But nothing I’ve read so far makes this old married woman blush, and you write well.)
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Thank you! I often write more blush-worthy stories, but for A to Z, it’s fun to tone it down a bit. Thanks for sticking with me! There have been days that were a struggle, but I’m going to finish on time!
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