A Matter of Perspective

23 - Joe and Dianne

Okay what I'm about to type is probably not going to be well received...BUT...this is my last planned chapter of this book. 

(I'm currently hiding behind a wall dodging the things you're throwing my way!!)

I am so, so, so honored by all of the feedback I've received - honestly you're all so lovely! And it makes me believe you've all enjoyed reading this series of chapters just as much as I've enjoyed writing them...it has truly been a wonderful outlet for my imagination and a way to hone in on writing skills that had been laid dormant for way too long before I started writing on this site. 

I always like to end things when I feel good about them, and if I'm being completely honest, I felt my ideas and imagination slowly slipping away a few chapters ago. While I am still happy with the way the last few chapters played out, it was more of a struggle to think of a creative way to write these people that we watch on our screens every day. Although it may not seem it, since you're reading them days or weeks apart - I felt that the chapters were beginning to become very similar. 

To everyone who had suggestions for other perspectives - I'm sorry that I didn't get to them!! I appreciated every single suggestion, and if I didn't use yours, it's honestly because I just wasn't creative enough to come up with a good story line.

Before you start chucking more things at my head, I AM working on another story idea and have been working on it for a few weeks!! It's still based around Joe and Dianne (for some reason they just inspire me to write...it's weird) but it is more "alternate universe" - think along the lines of "Tonight" - and different than my other stories...so I want to be able to put my full focus on making it better before I hopefully release it to you guys. 

 I'm putting this note at the top because I don't like when stories end when I wasn't expecting it or when there's no warning that a book won't be updated anymore - and hopefully so that you can all read this and soak it up with full knowledge that I mean it to be a conclusion to this fun journey.

So - with all those boring justifications aside - this is going to be the last chapter of "A Matter of Perspective".  I think this is a fitting way to end this series of stories - with Joe and Dianne's own perspectives.

Enjoy - and I'll see you all soon ;)

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Dianne sighed happily as she gazed out the car window, the fields and hills outside of London whirring by as Joe pressed the gas, speeding them toward their destination.

"You alright?" Joe asked softly, clearly picking up on her sigh as he took his eyes off the road for a split second and reached over to squeeze her thigh while shooting her a concerned look. "Feeling okay?"

Dianne resisted the urge to giggle, squeezing his hand and shooting him a smile. 

"Because if you're still feeling poorly, we can just go home..." Joe trailed off nervously, and the giggle Dianne had been biting back finally escaped.

"What?" Joe asked, realizing she was teasing him.

"I feel great," Dianne finally spoke. "Perfect, really."

"Perfect?" Joe's eyebrows raised, his voice now returning to his normal teasing manner.

"Yeah," Dianne lifted his hand and kissed his palm. "Perfect. Because I'm here. With you."

She giggled again as she watched Joe's strike face, a slight blush climbing up his long neck. She loved how she still had this effect on him - that she was able to make his cheeks heat up more than a year later.