NaNoWriMo Warm-up Snippet #3

I begin:

... "Oh come on! You've never taken a picture with me before, let's just do it now," she said as she was lightly tugging at his sleeves.

"Uh, okay, sure, why not? Let me get my camera first," he said as he fished out his digital camera from his pouch.

"Hey dude, could you do us a favour and take a picture of us?"

"Sure, why not?"

He handed his camera to the bystander and gave some simple operating instructions. Then, he walked towards her and took position.

Instinctively, the two of them stood close together, afraid of not being in the view of the camera. Her arm was lightly touching his chest, her head subtly tilted, and she smiled. He stood slightly behind her, angled slightly, and trying to look as macho as he could to match her apparent feminine charms. His heart increased its rate ever so slightly from the warmness of her arm.

"Smile!"

Her smile grew radiant; his was wrily hinted with a slight upmovement of the side of his lips. At that moment, he, who had rarely been photographed, felt both ecstatic and proud that he could have the honour of having a photograph taken with her.

Click.

"Alright, it's done."

"Hey thanks a lot!" He said as he took the camera back from the bystander.

"I'll send you the picture once I get home."

"Sure, why not?" She smiled sweetly as she replied.

His heart melted there and then. ...

Inspired by photo taken with Nicole