I'm
here today with another bloghop hosted by Jaycee
Delorenzo
and Victoria
Smith.
In a follow up to their 'Oh, My Hero!' bloghop, they're hosting the
'Girls
Just Wanna Have Fun!'
bloghop.
Here's
what Jaycee and Victoria have to say about the bloghop:
Interview
a heroine of your manuscript, novel, or WIP by a fellow female
counterpart also from one of your written works. Your featured
heroine can be interviewed by her best friend, a heroine from another
one of your written works, a sister, the opportunities are endless!
- Have your heroine answer at least three of the questions recommended below or make up your own!
- Post a picture of your heroine, the interviewer, or both!
- Post a song for the theme of the interview or a song that reflects your featured heroine's personality.
- Follow Victoria and me on our blogs.
- Post our hop button! (Though not required, feel free to repost on your blog about the hop!) Post your entries on June 22, 2012 and hop around the other blogs through the linky!
For
this hop, the interview will have more of a "girls chatting"
type feel because after all, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! So feel free
to write it like a short scene in a book!
Following
on from my
post for the 'Oh, My Hero!' bloghop - in which I interviewed the
hero of my WiP Perfect Ten, Nick
Braxton – I've invited Perfect Ten's
heroine, Rainie Dalton and her best friend Kiara Thorpe to have a
little chat. (Though you met Rainie in the First
Fight/ First
Kiss blogfest, this 'scene'
falls a little before the aforementioned first kiss.)
Take
it away ladies! (warning slightly NSFW conversation)
Kiara
bustles into the room, simultaneously trying to yank down her
miniskirt, and hitch up her cleavage revealing top, as she carries an
armful of alcohol.
"Make
way! V.I.P coming through!" Her voice is as loud as her make up,
which is neon orange, and contrasts strikingly with her dark skin.
Behind
her walks Rainie, who, while in no way overshadowed by her best
friend, is dressed more demurely in a wraparound paisley print dress
that accentuates her ample curves. In her hands is a tray laden with
delicious home-made snacks, and the house is filled with the mouth
watering scent of baking.
Kiara
plonks herself down in the centre of the couch, propping her feet up
on the coffee table, and flashing her four inch, glittering heels.
Rainie
places the tray of snacks down on the coffee table beside the
ingredients for Margaritas, and makes herself and Kiara cocktails.
Kiara
takes a long drink, smacking her lips together as she finishes. A
devilish grin spreads across her face. "Okay, let's get this
party started. I''ll start with an easy one; when was the last time
you had sex?"
Rainie
nearly spits her drink across the living room. "I'm not
answering that! Ask me something else."
"Nu-huh.
You agreed to answer anything I asked you. That's the deal."
"Remind
me again when I agreed to this?"
"You're
my best friend and you can't refuse me anything. So, spill it Rainie.
How long has it been … Six month? A year? Eighteen months?"
"Three
years, eight months, three weeks and twelve days. Not that I'm
counting."
"What?
You haven't had sex since before you divorced from Michael? How have
you possibly lasted that long?"
"I
have Bob."
"Bob?"
"You
know, my battery operated boyfriend."
"Say
what? That ain't no substitute for a good man. At least tell me
you've been on dates?"
"A
few, but none that have gone any where. It's hard, with the kids and
work. If I'm not at the studio, I'm with the boys."
"You
need to get laid."
"So
you keep telling me," Rainie comments dryly.
"All
that's about to change now that you're dating Nick Braxton, innit?"
"I'd
hardly call it dating. We've been out for lunch, once. We haven't
even kissed."
"But
you want to, don't you?"
"No
… yes … I don't know. God, I hate this. I'm acting like a dopey
teenager, over some guy."
"And
some guy he is! He looks like a Greek God! For those out there
not lucky enough to have seen Nick in the flesh, why don't you
describe him for us?"
"He's
gorgeous! Like you said, he looks like Adonis, and he knows it. He's
tale, blonde - even if it is from a bottle - and blue eyed. He's got
a chiselled jaw, and these biceps … god, his biceps … " A
blush creeps over Rainie's cheeks and she fans herself with her
hands, before taking a gulp of her Margarita.
"Nicky-boy's
quite a catch, that's for sure. I'd be jealous, if I didn't have my
own Italian heart-throb waiting at home for me! I met him on my
birthday, and he swept me off my feet. He's an Italian Stallion, I
tell you!"
"Kiara!
You can't say that!"
Kiara
cackles with delight. "Come off it, don't tell me you haven't
thought about taking a ride on Nicky-boy's disco stick!"
"You're
a perv!"
"You
say that like it's a bad thing." Kiara flashes an impish grin.
"Okay, if you don't wanna talk about his ding-dong, what about
your first date with him. Did he put the moves on?"
"I'm
not drunk enough to answer that question yet." Rainie refills
her glass and takes a large gulp. "Next question … "
"Alright,
if you don't wanna talk about Mister Lover-lover, how about back in
the day, before my fabulousness entered your life? What's the worst
date you've had?"
"Oh
that's easy," Rainie answers in an instant, sitting forwards in
her seat, her eyes focused as she recalls the details. "Back
when I was sixteen David Fellows asked me out. He was a boy in my
class, and I'd liked him for the longest time. We went to the
pictures to see Return of the Jedi. Halfway through he tried
to grope me, missed, fumbled, and then knocked cola all over my lap.
We barely spoke for the rest of the date, but when he dropped me off
at home that night, he still went in for a kiss. It was sloppy,
awkward and like being assaulted by an over enthusiastic Labrador!"
Rainie laughs and shakes her head at the memory.
"Na-stee,"
Kiara agrees. "Is that your biggest turn off? Sloppy kissers?"
"It
was when I was sixteen, but I've learned a few harsh life lessons
since then. Now I avoid liars and game players like the plague. Aside
from two beautiful sons, if there's one thing my ex-husband taught
me, it's not to trust a man when he says he's working late, and then
comes home smelling of cheap perfume."
"That
man was never good enough for you," Kiara huffs. "He
deserves that tart he's with now, innit?"
"Well
they certainly make each other happy, that's for sure." Rainie
takes a long swallow of her drink.
"You
ain't gettin' all down and depressed on me now. We've heard your
worst date, tell me about the best day you've been on."
Rainie
leans back in her seat and pops a mini sausage roll in her mouth, as
a dreamy look crosses her face.
"You're
thinking about Nicky-boy again, aren't ya?"
"Maybe."
Rainie lets out an uncharacteristic giggle. "I think I'm a
little tipsy."
"Wicked,
you're more likely to dish the good stuff if you're drunk,"
Kiara says, punctuating the sentence with a maniacal laugh.
"I'm
going to live to regret this, aren't I?"
"Uh-huh.
Now come on, spill."
"It
was perfect. He was perfect. He took me to this beautiful country
house. The food was amazing. We had a few bottles of wine, spent the
afternoon chatting, strolled around the grounds, and found one of
those giant chess sets to have a game on."
"But
no first kiss?"
Rainie
shoots Kiara a death glare. "You don't need to kiss on a date
for it to be fantastic. I had an amazing time with Nick. If you've
got a connection with someone that's much more important necking on a
first date."
"So
you say. Personally I like a little action." Kiara sticks out
her tongue and wiggles it around.
Not
wanting to cause an argument, Rainie shrugs. "Each to their own,
I guess."
"Will
Nick be getting a second date then?"
Rainie
smiles coyly. "If he asks nicely enough I might agree."
"You're
a hard woman to please, you know?"
"I
can't help it if I have standards."
"Are
you saying I don't?" Kiara raises a perfectly plucked eyebrow.
"No,
I'm just saying you're … erm … more easily pleased."
Kiara
huffs and throws a cushion at Rainie. "You're saying I'm easy,
innit?"
"No!
Of course not, you're just more laid back."
"Okay,
laid back I like. Horizontal even, that's where all the action is!"
Kiara says, wiggling her eyebrows.
All
Rainie can do in response is shake her head and laugh with
amusements.
"So
Miss High Standards, what does a man have to do to get a second date
with you?"
"Not
much, actually. We just need to have a connection. I'm not going to
want to see a guy again if we barely had anything to talk about.
Basic manners don't go amiss either, but I'm not looking for an old
fashioned gentleman either. Just someone on the level. Someone who
isn't playing games."
"Is
that what you're most drawn to in a man?"
"Yeah.
Honesty is very important to me. They've got to respect my life as a
mother too. I'm not looking for someone to come in and play daddy to
my boys. They've got one, they don't need another. But any man who
wants to date me has to know they come first," Rainie insists,
before adding with a wink, "Rock hard biceps don't hurt either!"
"Ah,
now we're getting to the crux of it. What woman can turn down a man
with a hot bod?"
"I'm
not going to lie, I can appreciate the male form. But it isn't all
about sex."
"For
you maybe," Rainie said, pouring them both another drink, and
hoping that it would serve as a distraction. "Okay, next
question."
"Alright.
This is the final one, so I best make it good … how big do you
think Nicky-boy's ding-dong is?"
Rainie
raised an eyebrow. "That's seriously your question?"
"Nah.
I'm just kidding. No one's will ever compare to my Italian
Stallion's. What's the one thing
you believe you can tell a lot about a person from?"
"Oh,
Kiara, I'm impressed. A thought provoking question with no mention of
sex. I didn't know you had it in you."
"I'm
not just a pretty face, innit?"
"Brains
and beauty, that's my best friend."
Kiara
beams, and raises her glass to Rainie, "Hear, hear!"
Rainie
raises her own glass and clinks it with Kiara's. "To answer you
question, I think the most telling thing about a person is their
ability to cook. If they can whip up a Sunday roast for eight,
without breaking a sweat, they're obviously family orientated,
grounded and down to earth. If their version of 'cooking'
entails finding the takeaway menu, then maybe they're a bit more free
and easy."
"Like
me?!" Kiara grins inanely.
"And
I wouldn't have it any other way." Rainie climbs off the seat,
and joins Kiara on the sofa, wrapping her arms around her best friend
and kissing her on the forehead.
"You
know, Nick and Marco are lucky guys."
"I
think you might be right Kiarai, and we're lucky ladies to have
them," Rainie says, resting her head on Kiara's shoulder.
**
I
think I will leave Rainie and Kiara to their Womance.
Thanks for reading, and remember to check out the other blogs in the
hop. A list of those participating can be found here.
Kiara's sure got a bit of a one track mind hasn't she. ^_^ Great piece and love their names.
ReplyDeleteThanks, glad you enjoyed it. And yes, Kiara certainly does have a one track mind! ^_^
DeleteHaha!!! Your girls were HILARIOUS I was busting out laughing and really, disco stick???? Too awesome, girl!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Glad you found it so amusing! ^_^
DeleteHa, excellent job on this! Kiara is an interesting one, isn't she? :D She sounds like a blast to hang out with!
ReplyDeleteI love Rainie's maturity. She's not all about getting to the dirty stuff (not that she isn't thinking about it :p), instead she is cool with letting things happen instead of forcing them. I like her a lot! :D
Thank you honey. I think they make good foil for each other. Kiara is interesting indeed, I love writing her. Glad you liked Rainie's maturity - I think you summed her up perfectly.
DeleteKiara is quite the character - I love her.
ReplyDeleteits hard to be good with a fun friend like kiara around. i bet they get into lots of trouble together!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I think Kiara is the one getting into most trouble ...
DeleteIt's going to take me the rest of the day to remove Bob from my head...
ReplyDeleteLOL Sorry! ^_~
DeleteThanks for commenting.
Oh- I especially loved the interaction, dialogue and the interesting friendship between these two here. Very funny, good stuff Clare!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jay, glad you enjoyed it a liked the different elements of their friendship. :)
DeleteLoving Kiera! Great interaction! I laughed several times. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteThanks for hosting, you're doing an excellent job.
Hah! The terminology in this one...
ReplyDeleteNice work! :)
Thank you. Glad to know you liked it.
DeleteWell, I guess they got the point across. No hiding their personalities!!! *grin*
ReplyDelete*hehe* thank you. Pleased to hear you liked it. :D
Deleteoh my gosh, I love Kiara, she is gutsy and doesn't take no for an answer. Perfect!
ReplyDeleteThank you, glad to hear you enjoyed it. :D
DeleteGreat dialogue between Kiara and Rainie. Nice job with this!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Kiara sounds like a blast to be around. She was cracking me up!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D
DeleteKiara is so much fun to write, I enjoy her a lot.