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?”
