Tagline: When work buddies Andy and Melissa got together outside the office, would friendship turn into something more romantic?
In a nutshell: Andy listens as Melissa bemoans the fact that her ex-boyfriend is now getting married. After work they walk in the park and then decide to go out for dinner together.
Observations: Melissa hasn't thought of Andy romantically, but there are a couple of subtle turning points which show her change of heart. Many aspects of fiction which are more pronounced in novels and novellas are understated in WW stories. The HEA is one of them. Obviously in romance novels, the Happily Ever After ending is tremendously emotionally fulfilling. At least, it's supposed to be. In a WW story, it is often much more mildly so, Like in this story, they end up just about to go on their first date.
But I've wandered away from those turning points... Here's the first one.
"Now I realize he just wasn't interested in marrying me."
"The guy must've been crazy," [Andy] said.
Andy's comment surprised me, and I blushed.
Here is the second:
Although we were sitting in the shade, I felt a warmth spreading through me.
Third:
I noticed for the first time how his eyes crinkled slightly at the corners when he smiled--and I suddenly couldn't remember ever feeling so at ease with a man.
Even with only 800 words to work with, Shannon showed Melissa falling for Andy, not in a huge way, but very subtly.
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