Her best friend set Bella up to meet her cousin, Jude, for a date. “He’s very good-looking and a real charmer. In fact, if he wasn’t my cousin, I’d want to go out with him myself!”
“OOOhh, I can’t believe it, I’m finally going to meet him! What should I wear? How will I do my hair? Where do we meet?” Bella bubbled over with anticipation. She desperately wanted to impress this guy.
“I suggest a short skirt and hair down, softly curled. He will be waiting for you in the park, on a bench near the fountain. I’ll drop you off and you can call me later.”
That day, Bella walked up to him and said, breathlessly, “Hey, Jude! To be pretty for you I have dropped two seeds of turnsole in the dark of both eyes. Now I am truly blind.”
Prosery for dVerse prompt must be 144 words and include this line from Isabel Duarte-Gray’s poem, Garden: “To be pretty for you I have dropped two seeds of turnsole in the dark of both eyes.”
a poem in my pocket 
Sep 12, 2023 @ 10:09:59
Wowzers… Talk about dark humor, Lynn! Well done!
Sincerely,
David
Sep 12, 2023 @ 19:19:20
Thank you!!
Sep 12, 2023 @ 09:25:45
He really was Jude the Obscure! Very clever, and I agree, both she and the friend who set her up seemed only concerned with appearances.
Sep 12, 2023 @ 19:19:58
I appreciate your comments, Jane!
Sep 13, 2023 @ 11:18:03
xxx
Sep 12, 2023 @ 03:37:09
Blind dates, blind love – loved the humour!
Sep 12, 2023 @ 19:21:20
Thanks! 🙂
Sep 12, 2023 @ 02:09:44
Blinded by love they say… and maybe one way is to blind yourself.
Sep 12, 2023 @ 19:23:32
I think it’s possible.
Sep 12, 2023 @ 02:02:13
I like the ambiguity of the title, Lynn, which is only revealed in the twist at the end of the story. I was already worried about the fact that Bella ‘desperately wanted to impress this guy’. Too much.
Sep 12, 2023 @ 19:24:23
Thanks, Kim! I appreciate your comments.
Sep 13, 2023 @ 01:55:07
You’re welcome, Lynn!
Sep 11, 2023 @ 20:06:46
Oh no 🙈 say it ain’t so 😂😂😂 great story my friend. Truly had me laughing 😂
Sep 12, 2023 @ 19:25:15
I’m glad you liked it, Brenda!
Sep 11, 2023 @ 18:38:26
Very well done…love is truly blind lol!
Sep 11, 2023 @ 18:43:50
thanks 😉
Sep 11, 2023 @ 18:29:09
I am interpreting this as she wants to know what is beyond his good looks? Good descriptions in your story, Lynn.
Sep 11, 2023 @ 18:42:59
I like your interpretation, Lisa! (I was actually thinking her words were a Freudian slip which reveal her shallowness.) 🙂
Sep 11, 2023 @ 18:47:51
Ah! Cool!
Sep 11, 2023 @ 18:09:26
Very nicely done, Lynn. Love your humorous twist at the end.
Sep 11, 2023 @ 18:43:24
Glad you liked it/got it 😀
Sep 11, 2023 @ 18:44:55
:>)
Sep 11, 2023 @ 17:29:40
This is gorgeously rendered! I can picture her bubbling with anticipation as she readies herself for the date. Thank you so much for writing to the prompt, Lynn ❤️❤️
Sep 11, 2023 @ 18:44:27
I enjoyed your challenging prompt, Sanaa!