HERE’S THE THINGI’m your person?*“First glance, last thought. You’re etched in my soul. *It’s just a fact, the same way the sun rises every morning. It’s like God made my heart for one purpose and one purpose only. To love Tallulah Hawkins.. *Admit it. You’re attracted to him. All these digs you take at each other are simply a cover for what the rest of us call flirting. *Of all the events in the history of the world that I could’ve been witness to, this was the very last one I wanted to see. *It was twenty-seven degrees outside and you’d created your own steam bubble it was so hot. If that thing had lasted another sixty seconds there would be another baby Dupree on the way.*
I’m your person?*“First glance, last thought. You’re etched in my soul. *It’s just a fact, the same way the sun rises every morning. It’s like God made my heart for one purpose and one purpose only. To love Tallulah Hawkins.. *Admit it. You’re attracted to him. All these digs you take at each other are simply a cover for what the rest of us call flirting. *Of all the events in the history of the world that I could’ve been witness to, this was the very last one I wanted to see. *It was twenty-seven degrees outside and you’d created your own steam bubble it was so hot. If that thing had lasted another sixty seconds there would be another baby Dupree on the way.*
Nine years isn't such a big gap... unless you're still grading her papers.
Tally’s semester checklist
✔ Finish thesis
✔ Graduate (finally!)
✔ Figure out why my boyfriend of four years suddenly feels like the wrong puzzle piece
✗ Do not fall for Professor Dupree
Too bad my heart didn’t get the memo about that last one.
When my thesis advisor suddenly bows out, I’m devastated. My friends are right: these messy, intense feelings are not for my boyfriend of the past four years.
I’m in major trouble.
Professor Dupree’s Semester Checklist
✔ Grade midterms
✗ Stop noticing how beautiful your student is
✗ Maintain professional distance
✗ Do NOT become her best friend
✔ If all else fails, resign as thesis advisor
Four months. That’s how long until Tally Hawkins graduates. If I can make it that long, I can finally tell her how I feel.
But when Tally accepts her boyfriend's very public proposal, I think my chance is gone. Then I run into her at the restaurant after and she has tears in her eyes. When she tells me I’m her person, not her boyfriend…
Well. Maybe it's time to write a new checklist.
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Thanks for stopping by. I’m Susan and I’m a sucker for any story if love’s involved. When I’m not writing, you can find me trying to get my adult children to text back, my teenage daughter to eat something not coated in chocolate, or cowgirling on my family’s farm in rural Virginia (pictured below).
(This was taken by my brother, Neal. Look how the mist curls. It’s my favorite. I wish you could see the fireflies or hear the bullfrogs in the river bottom. So dreamy.)
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I live on a farm in Middle-of-Nowhere, Virginia, where everything is a drive. So, I’m pretty much in the car, radio blaring, singing my heart out, daily. And I’ve certainly enjoyed compiling and listening to these playlists as I wrote One Last Thing, Not A Thing, and All to Pieces.
I hope you’ll enjoy them too and find them a welcome addition to your reading experience.
*If I can ever stop writing long enough, I’ll make a list to show which chapters go with which songs.
