Her name was Charlese, she went by Charlie.
That was probably the most daring decision she had ever made, to defy her overbearing mother and go by something drastically less suitable.
She worked as a librarian. Its not that she wasnt a people person she just didnt care enough to try. So she replaced people with books, books were rarely wrong and alot more reliable. Plus they never ran out of stuff to talk about, and better yet they did all the talking and didnt expect anything back.
Charlie had only ever been on one date in high-school and it had ended in one torn dress and a garbage can full of tissues. Sure she had been asked on a hundred more since then but she had gotten rather good at saying the word no.
She wouldnt mind settling down... someday... but she was content to live her life how it was at that moment.
Her days went more or less the same with the exception of a few minor fluctuations
7: 13 - wake up
8: 10 - open the library
8:15- 7:00 - help helpless people find books about subjects they cant even pronounce because this is the only time they have even bothered to walk into a library.
7:30- 10:00- read in one of her recently loaned books about someone elses life, all those perfect adventurous, loved characters. people she wasnt. She was content to see through the eyes of these characters. she told herself that this would have to do until she had adventures of her own someday.
10:00- Go to bed.
This was how her life went until one day everything changed at around 6:48 that evening.
Charlie was getting ready to close up the library so she could make get home and dive into a new book she had gotten when she heard a deep clearing of a throat. She slowly looked up to help what she suspected was another lost soul in a sea of books and was surprised at what she saw.
He was not her regular customer. She knew he was different somehow. And with that one look she knew her whole gosh dang schedule would be totally thrown off kilter... and she didnt care.
questions:
1. who is this mystery man?
2. where is charlies family, why is she alone?
3. how is this man going to change her life?
I really like how this is a story! I actually wanna read more and can't wait to find out more:)
ReplyDelete"...another lost soul in a sea of books..." Love it! I like how you created a whole world- you did a really good job of really getting us to see what Charlie's life is like.
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