FlashBacks by Shelby Alexander (reading women .txt) 📕

you.” look. It was really hard for Anna to keep a straight face. Her sketch was horrible and when Rhonda came over to take a look she put it behind her back and shook her head.

“No you can’t have it.” She said.

“Why not? It’s of me isn’t it?” Rhonda said trying to grab it from behind her back.

“But it’s horrible.” Anna said holding the drawing away but pushing her body closer to Rhonda’s.

“Oh, come a little closer.” Rhonda said smiling and putting her arms around Anna’s waist. Anna smiled and she got a coy expression on her face. Then everything stopped. There was Rhonda holding Anna, something very wrong. They just stood staring at each other. Rhonda stopped grinning and got really serious. Anna looked at Rhonda and then defying everything she’s been taught she put both of her hands on Rhonda’s face and kissed her. There was no awkwardness at all.

7.

It had been the next summer before they had there first date. Not that they hadn’t been dating the entire time anyway, neither just didn’t have the time. Rhonda had found a job on someone’s farm looking after the animals while they were gone for business and Anna picked up another shift at the diner to help pay for college because her parents never would. Of course they couldn’t go anywhere in public but Anna found this little stream back when she was a kid and they packed a lunch ate and cuddled the whole time. Anna was laying on Rhonda’s chest while Rhonda leaned against a tree.

“So, what made you like me in the first place?” Anna asked snuggling closer to Rhonda.

“I don’t know. Maybe the way you threw an attitude my way when you first decided to talk to me. Or maybe it was the way you blushed and go shy when you were around me.” Rhonda responded and Anna shied away. “See like that.” Rhonda smiled and kissed Anna’s forehead. “Well, what did you see in me?” Rhonda asked.

It took Anna a second to answer. “Well it was this undeniable attraction, the way you held yourself. It was just I wanted you before I realized what was happening.” Anna said looking up at Rhonda. “It was like we were destined to be together.”

“Like we WERE?” Rhonda asked starting to frown.

“Yeah, were. Now that I have you I don’t think it so much.” Anna smiled and Rhonda pulled away trying to hide a grin. “Aww, sweetie I’m just kidding with you. You know I love you.” Rhonda kept struggling for a second and then gave in and told Anna that she loved her too. “You know, I never thought I would feel this way about anyone. Even if my parents hated it I was getting out of this small town. Now that you’re in my life I’ve never been more driven to do so.”

Rhonda sat there speechless for a second and then said “I’ve never been such a goodie two shoes for this long before. You bring out the best in me. I guess that’s why I love you so much.” Rhonda shifted her gaze to the sky and Anna sat there speechless. Ten minutes went by and then Anna sat up turned around and looked Rhonda in the eyes.

“I don’t care if this goes against God and all I’ve been raised to believe. I am in love with you, completely in love with you.” Anna caressed Rhonda’s face and then gently kissed her on the lips. They both looked each other in the eyes and then began kissing more passionately. Rhonda’s hands slowly went up Anna’s skirt and Anna began undoing Rhonda’s belt buckle. Everything went in slow motion after that. They were completely naked under a tree making love. The aura around the area was very intense and full of emotion. It was the first time for Anna and the first time Rhonda ever felt something this amazing.

8.

That December they had their first big fight. Anna was feeling a little hesitant with her emotions. She had confessed everything that has been going on with her a Rhonda and she felt terrible. She was a disappointment to her church. She drove over to Rhonda’s house to break up with her.

Rhonda came out the door smiling the smile she always got when Anna was around. It slowly faded when she saw that Anna didn’t smile back but was looking at the ground. They stood in front of each other Anna looking everyone but in Rhonda’s face and Rhonda staring directly at Anna. “We need to take a drive.” Anna said finally looking up and seeing the concern in Rhonda’s face.

“Okay.” Rhonda said simply. They both got into Anna’s car and then Anna drove off, clenching the steering wheel with both hands and looking very intently at the road. When she finally got to the barn she stopped the car, turned it off and sat there hands still on the wheel.

“I’m a disgrace to my church.” She finally said.

“So what? You didn’t think so before.” Rhonda replied.

“I just confessed everything we’ve been doing. I feel terrible.” she said looking out the window.

“So this means what for us?” Rhonda said slowly. She really can’t be thinking what I think she’s thinking she thought.

“This means… I don’t know what this means.” Anna said looking at Rhonda with her eyes full of tears. Rhonda let go of all the anger she felt and put both hands on Anna’s face.

“Sweet heart, don’t do anything you’re going to regret. I love you. No look at me. I love you with all of my heart. You are my everything. You are the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. Please, don’t do this to me. Don’t do this to us. We are great for each other. More than great. We are meant for each other. Yes, that means that your God wants us together. If he didn’t we wouldn’t be right here feeling the feelings we are feeling.” Rhonda said, feeling tears in her eyes but pushing them back.

After a couple seconds looking each other in the eyes Anna said, “I need to take you home. I need to think.” Rhonda let her hands fall, she turned around and stared out the window. Her eyes watered up and the colors began to come together. Everything was disorienting.

Anna got to Rhonda’s house and parked the car. She finally chanced a look at Rhonda and Rhonda just sat staring out the window. “Hey, I’m sorry.” Anna said with her heart going into her throat. Rhonda finally looked at Anna, a tear rolled down her face she quickly whipped it away and got out of the car. Anna tried reaching for her hand but within a second Rhonda disappeared.

She sat all night in her bed crying, getting angry with herself and then finally made the decision to go get Rhonda. She had loved her with all her heart. So what if she were a disappointment. She slid out of bed, not worrying about what she wore, and went out her window. When she finally got to Rhonda’s house she knocked on the window lightly.

Rhonda had still been up hoping waiting for her to come, like she had so many times before. When she heard that light tap from the beautiful hands that made them she jumped out of her bed and ran over to the window to open it. Before she got it all the way opened Anna jumped in and was hugging her and kissing every square inch of her.

“I’m so sorry. I love you. I love you!” She kept saying kissing Rhonda.

“I love you too.” Rhonda said grabbing her face and giving her a really big kiss. They fell on Rhonda’s bed kissing and then they stopped, looked at each other and laughed.

“How did you know I was coming back?” Anna asked.

“I just did. We are meant for each other Anna.” Rhonda said smiling. Anna laid her head against Rhonda’s chest and they laid there playing with each others hands and eventually falling asleep together.

9.
That next morning there were cops out looking for Anna. They had went through the whole town searching and then they finally came to Rhonda’s house. They heard the knock and they both woke up. Rhonda walked to her window to see who it was and then turned around wide eyed and scared.

“It’s the cops!” Rhonda exclaimed.

“No way! My parents. They called. I can’t believe them!” Anna said in a loud whisper.

Rhonda heard the front door open and then she ushered Anna out of the window and she jumped out herself. Anna grabbed Rhonda’s hand and they made a run for it. Just then the cops came out of the house, saw then running and yelled. Only Anna heard them.

They got to Anna’s house and ran into her room. They were completely out of breath. When everything got back together Rhonda started laughing. “I haven’t been that close to the pigs since the last town I was in.” She said.

“They saw us.” Anna said.

“No, they couldn’t have. We ran too fast.” Rhonda said still bearing a smile.

“They saw us, you know what that means! My parents are going to find out and you should also know what that means! We’re going to have to break up!” Anna said yelling. Rhonda got quiet and the smile faded off her face.

“You can’t be serious. After what happened yesterday?” She said and when Anna didn’t answer her she walked over to the window.

10.
Anna opened her eyes and she was back in her yellow room. She was jittery, she couldn’t keep still. Her thoughts were scrambled, she wasn’t normal she was never going to be normal again. She still wouldn’t talk and she still wasn’t cured. After all the pain she endured she wished she were. She couldn’t think that, she started crying. She couldn’t disgrace Rhonda’s memory like that.

Meanwhile the doctor was holding a conference with her family. They were both sitting in his study like office and he was smiling. “Well, she is showing some signs of improvement. I think this treatment is really starting to work.” He said, “But we are going to have to up the shock.”

“What will that do?” Her father asked.

“It’ll cure her completely.” He said simply.

“Go for it.” Her father said giving him full control.

They gave her a couple days to cool off from the last time they gave her the full dose. Her mind could not concentrate, there was nothing there. She just pounded her head against the wall, foam coming from her mouth. Finally they came for her. They picked her up by her arms and drug her to the electrocution room. They strapped her down and put the heart monitor patch on her wrist. Other wires were coming from her head. They left the room and went behind the glass to watch.

“Start out low and then gradually go up.” The doctor said. They turned it on and she started to have a mild fit. Her thoughts went to Rhonda and the last day they were together.
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Rhonda walked out of the room bumping into Anna’s parents on her way out. She didn’t even glance over her shoulder. They