Fell In Love With A Girl

Last time with Helene Troy: http://lancemyblogcanbeatupyourblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/down-with-the-sickness/

Heat assaulted Helene as she climbed the steps of the train station to the street.  Her hands were covered in sweat from carrying the guitar case and dialing Ramona several times. She’d come to the final digit then shove the phone deep into her frayed left front pocket. The landlord was paid, the kittens were comfortable, but she was in turmoil. Her stomach ached from the distraction of not knowing how Ramona thought about her. She felt like a fool and she was being treated like one, too. Ramona was much older than her. She was a fling to an intelligent, experienced woman like Ramona Fucking Gallery, she thought.

“I can’t believe I’m falling in love with her.”

Helene dug out her phone and texted Ramona.

“I really hope you come tonight. I miss you already.”

She hit send and immediately hated herself.

“She’s going to think I’m out of my damn mind.”

Helene breathed in the thick summer air. Her throat tightened and she felt her backpack, unsuccessfully, for a bottled water. She tossed her wet, sticky brown hair away off of her neck and strode into the Soho Loft. She bounded up the stairs and spoke to no one as she dumped her belongings near the door.

Her bandmates, Sadie and Mara had delivered her electric guitar and amplifier. They attempted hellos but Helene ignored them and grabbed her instrument, plugged it in then shouted to Mara, the drummer.

“Stripes Girl on three!”

Her sweaty fingers barely held her favorite purple pick, dug out of her bra. With an overwhelming force she hit the guitar chords.  The stress of the relationships with Darcy Bridges and Ramona Gallery fought with the heat surrounding her. Helene’s voice sounded like it had been struck by lightning. It was wicked and dangerous.

“Fell in love with a girl, fell in love with a girl, fell in love once and almost completely, she’s in love with the world but sometimes these feelings
can be so misleading…”

This is a new story episode of The Ballad of Helene Troy. You can read the rest of the story, so far, here: http://lancemyblogcanbeatupyourblog.wordpress.com/the-ballad-of-helene-troy/ There are two prompts inside this story one is “Fool” from Trifecta Writing Challenge, which also require I write mo more than 333 words: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/ and For the IndieInk Writing Challenge this week, Supermaren challenged me with “struck by lighting” and I challenged Sir with “tall, dark and handsome”

The White Stripes’ two minutes of guitar awesomeness provides today’s song. Enjoy….