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My Little Fictional Romance Excerpt
Part I
Something happened but not to this extent. I have a creative imagination, and I just need to write it down. This fictional piece explores the dilemma of our self conscious thinking, doubts, and confusions as an American woman in modern day; this story follows two characters — the American woman narrator and an Italian photographer.
It felt like I involuntarily inhaled a mysterious drug that kept me smiling all day.
“Why am I convincing myself otherwise?” I am currently thinking to myself while sitting in the back yard of mom and pop’s 20 acres field. I am thinking about my last day in Italy last month. It was my first solo trip prior starting medical school in a few days, and saying it was incredible is an understatement. That trip was a momentous month of my life. I started this trip as a conversational au pair with my friend Karoline, but her assignment was delayed a week later, and she ended up staying at a city that was four hours away from me. Nonetheless, I made the best of my time.
The one thing I can’t quite understand was my last full day before I flew back home to the States. I had a photo shoot booked, one where the photographer captured me with a few of the city highlights backdrop. It lasted for a couple of hours, and I planned this out ahead of time since I thought it was such a…
