Spaces, faces and places
Gather around the fire..
They both changed into their skates. Eve had dragged a protesting Danai to the Festival mall rink, her cries of being unable to skate falling on deaf ears. ‘There is a first time for everything,’ Eve had told her sternly, ‘you can’t live forever in …
Eve’s sister, Aya, invited her for dinner Friday night, hinting on the fact that she had a few friends over for her to meet. Eve knew from past experience that when Aya used that tone of voice, she in most cases was trying to hook …
They met at the Open Closet party in Melville. Danai looked stunning, Eve checked her out again from the corner of her eye, taking in her shabby afro, long legs in tights and cleavage all in one swift look. ‘She looks good,’ she thought to …
Eve was surprised to find Azania breaking up with her didn’t leave her as sad as she initially thought it would, perhaps she had sub-consciously known it wasn’t going to last. She found herself somewhat glad that it was over. On reaching home, she had …
Eve knocked tentatively on Azania’s door and stepped away. She had come straight from work without calling first and hoped Azania was home. She impatiently tapped a pump on the tile and looked into the distance after another knock. Far off in the distance, a …
Eve couldn’t concentrate on work today, no matter how hard she tried. She fought the urge to pick up the phone and call Azania, literally pulling her hand back. She had left yesterday in anger, as soon as they had walked through the door, neither …
‘This tastes almost as good as you look,’ Danai said, giving Eve a long slow look as she licked the bar one chocolate milkshake off her lips. They were seated in a booth at a Panarottis. ‘You are too sweet,’ Eve smiled shyly. ‘I’m just …
Eve watched the outline of Azania’s face framed by the moonlight, she wanted so much to reach out and cup her cheek in her palm but stopped herself because she didn’t want to disturb what looked like a very beautiful sleep. How so lovely she …
This day wasn’t going very well for Eve, not at all. Talk about waking up on the wrong side of the bed, whoever first said that must have had one exactly like this. She’d woken up with the mother of colds coming on, her throat …
‘Hey,’ Fez wrote and sent a rose. ‘Hey stranger, where did you go?’ Eve sent a kiss. ‘Been around, it’s you with the busy life. I’m married, it gets dull,’ Fez wrote, with the rolling eyes emoticon. ‘Lol, you know you love being married, how’s …