This is another one written for a story workshop at www.superwomenmania.com with a 1000
word limit in early 2006. The theme was “An ubergirl’s romantic evening”. I had
the idea for the character already (see the 21st Century Magic prologue
and her guest appearance in The Fairie Visitor), and knew I wanted to write
more about her, but this was never intended to be the first chapter of her
story. More like a preview chapter that I wrote first so I could submit it to
the workshop contest. I did start writing another chapter at one point, but didn’t
get very far, so this is all there is to her story so far.
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Kate knocked on the door. She could have used the key he
gave her. Or just teleported inside. But she wasn’t sure Jason wanted to see
her.
The door opened.
“You know”, he began, “watching the president’s speech on TV
last night, I wasn’t expecting some super-powered guy to attack him, or to hear
him tell the world that magic is real, and I certainly wasn’t expecting my own
girlfriend to be the one to save him.”
“I know.”
They stood there, looking at each other in the doorway. He
wore jeans and a t-shirt, his short hair messed up, the way she found so cute.
She flipped back her long, brown hair self-consciously. Maybe she should have
changed into something more casual, or sexier, before coming here from work. At
least this skirt suit with heels and pantyhose showed off her shapely legs to
good affect.
“Can I come in?”