It’s been a busy week with deadlines and migraines and missed blogging opportunities, so I’m going to just share one of my all-time favorite Simini Blocker pieces — this kissing scene from “Eleanor & Park.” It lifts me up and brings a smile to my face and makes me think of how Eleanor thinks of Park as the sun and Park thinks of Eleanor as the only person he ever wants to kiss. Sigh. There are plenty of more intense kissing scenes further in the story, but this first one took so, so long, and it’s just perfectly them.
“What do you want to show me?”
“Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a minute.”
He pulled her to the back of the driveway, where they were almost completely hidden by a line of trees and the RV and the garage.
“Seriously?” she said. “That was so lame.”
“I know,” he said, turning to her. “Next time, I’ll just say, ‘Eleanor, follow me down this dark alley, I want to kiss you.'”
She didn’t roll her eyes. She took a breath, then closed her mouth. He was learning how to catch her off guard.
She pushed her hands deeper in her pockets, so he put his hands on her elbows. “Next time,” he said, “I’ll just say, ‘Eleanor, duck behind these bushes with me, I’m going to lose my mind if I don’t kiss you.'”
She didn’t move, so he thought it was probably okay to touch her face. Her skin was as soft as it looked, white and smooth as freckled porcelain.
“I’ll just say, ‘Eleanor, follow me down this rabbit hole…'”
He laid his thumb on her lips to see if she’d pull away. She didn’t. He leaned closer. He wanted to close his eyes, but he didn’t trust her not to leave him standing there.”
Whoa! That is freakin’ beautiful.
WE LOOOOOVE THIS. (And were planning to blog about it too, haha, oh well.) we even made it our iPad screensaver, hehe. So gorgeous. She’s got some other great ones too, including Anna from ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS.
I saw this on Rainbow’s tumblr and it is just amazing. So beautiful.
Wow, I can’t stop looking at it. And it makes me want to read the book all over again. Thanks for sharing.