Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors! This is one of several successors to Six Sentence Sunday. I also post it as part of Snippet Sunday:
As mentioned before, I have a new release coming out around April 30th called Purely Relative (The P.U.R.E., #1.5). Weekly eights from that story between now and release date!
Setup: Gayle survived the Thanksgiving meal at Jon’s parents’ house—barely. There was a sort of unfortunate finale in the powder room caused by Gayle’s snooping in the cabinet over the toilet. To her horror, a crossword puzzle magazine fell out and into the toilet. But something slipped out of the book and fluttered to the floor—a receipt from a jewelry store. Gayle has just confessed about the puzzle book to Jon on the way home, but he’s assured her it was no big deal because the book was his. She has not mentioned the receipt to anyone.
On the other hand, if it really was his puzzle book, and the receipt fell out of it, did that mean Jon ordered the ring? OMG, OMG, OMG! I stole a glance at his expression. He didn’t have one. What a time for a poker face! Fine. I’d just have to sniff around the edges a little.
“You do crossword puzzles in your parents’ powder room?” I asked, my arms crossed.
Finally! Not a ‘poor Gayle’ moment, but it’s still a typical nosy Gayle moment.
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Claire Gillian 
Hey Claire! Congrats on the upcoming release! I smiled while reading your eight. Because of the set-up and scene, I felt like the crossword puzzle event is ‘an itch’. Both Gayle and the reader have to scratch, but is it a good idea or should we leave well enough alone and dream?
Hey, Aheila! Great question and observation!
lol–snooping in the cabinet! Great way to infuse humor, Claire! Your dialogue is very realistic. Nice 8!
Congrats on the release. If you tweet me @teresa_willow I will retweet it for you. 🙂
thank you, Teresa! That’s very kind of you. 🙂
LOL…how many of us has done exactly that? *raises hand…guilty as charged* Though I admit nothing ever fell in the toilet. Nicely done. Hmm…is there a ring? Makes me want more.
**sheepishly raises hand, too** LOL
Can’t wait to see if there IS a ring LOL. Excellent excerpt and congratulations on the release!
Ah…a ring or not a ring and if so, for whom…that is the question. Thank you!
Oh, come on, Jon, give us a hint. I’m trying to turn the page. 😉 I enjoyed the set-up and the snippet.
All is and is not as it seems. Gayle is best advised to always remember that.
Boy, the cabinet must have been a lot deeper than mine.
The book was shoved in there, almost guaranteed to come tumbling out the next time anyone opened the cabinet. Hmmm…
This was a funny scene! Gayle’s a trip.
Thanks, Sandra! 😀
Something tells me it’s not what Gayle thinks it is…only because Jon’s poker face could never stay that way if she’d just spoiled his surprise.
Congrats on the release!!
good observation and you’re right…he’s not that good with poker faces where Gayle is concerned, not now that they are involved.
Very cute! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thanks, Vivien! 🙂
Great dialogue and I love her indirect way of getting what she needs! Lots o’ fun.
Gayle thinks she’s being indirect, but Jon’s no fool. He’s learning fast from her. Her days of shocking him are waning.
Snooping in powder room cabinets can be dangerous! LOL!
It sure can! I’m always afraid those cabinets are booby-trapped…and maybe the Cripps’ was…hmmm….
Hehehe. Hopefully she’s not about to spoil his surprise! Cute snippet!
Spoil his or spoil her own…maybe… or maybe not… we’ll see. 😉 THanks, Joanne
My advice to him, “Deny, deny, deny!” LOL
Nice 8!
Yeah…Jon really has no idea of some of the snooping Gayle gets into. He’s learning…but not fast enough.
I sat here grinning as I read your 8. I get a kick out of your heroine.
Thanks, Karen. Gayle is definitely one of my favorite characters.
I think she’s getting herself into trouble just by asking. Good snippet, Claire. 🙂
Thanks, Siobhan! She’s pretty shrewd…but so is he. Still…he’s kinda got a lot on his mind at the moment. 😉
Love the set-up. Trouble’s brewing, no doubt!
Heh…yeah, you could say that. 🙂 Thanks for reading and commenting, Ann.
Lol at her spunk and spirit! Well done 🙂
THanks, Zee! Gayle is indeed that in a pint-sized package.
Having it fall in the toilet is a great touch–the kind of thing that would happen to me. Great snippet!
I know, right? This would totally happen to me, too. Karma likes to pay back bad guest behavior. LOL
This was delightful in every aspect! Gotta have more. 🙂
Thank you, Joyce! 🙂