Tilly and Elmer FlashbackX (2) - Falling for a Kiss

By Gene Clements

If you’ve read any of the short stories in the Tilly and Elmer series, you may have wondered how much more adventuresome Tilly and Elmer must have been as teenagers. Now it can be revealed! In the Tilly and Elmer FlashbackX series, our favorite sexagenarians describe, in sometimes hilarious and sometimes scandalous detail, their slow motion coming of age in the Midwest in the early sixties. From their clumsy first date to the first time they go “all the way” (on the second try), you’ll gasp at Elmer’s inexperience, smile at Tilly’s (real or faked?) innocence, and perhaps shed a tear of empathy at the blundering beauty of their first time.

Book 2, Falling for a Kiss, describes Tilly and Elmer’s third date which, by tradition, meant their first kiss. Elmer knew it would be a pivotal moment in his life, but he didn’t have a clue about how to manage it. When he picked Tilly up for the Halloween dance and found her dressed as a vampire, his task suddenly seemed even more difficult than he expected. And what happened after the kiss was even more surprising - to both Elmer, and the author!

“Thanks for taking me to the dance Elmer.” said Tilly. “I had a good time.”
“Yes.”
“Weren’t the costumes wonderful?” Tilly asked.
“Yes.” said Elmer.
There was a pause in the conversation. Elmer looked down at his feet. His legs were beginning to shiver noticeably.
Tilly looked up at him expectantly. Elmer looked over her shoulder and watched a car’s headlights move past her driveway out on the road.
“Um... Tilly?” he said.
“Yes, Elmer?”
“Um... Tilly. Uh.”
“What is it Elmer?” she asked.
“The decorations were nice too.” he said.
“Yes, they were.” said Tilly. “The cornstalks were very appropriate. For a fall dance I mean.”
She looked down at her feet and noticed Elmer’s bare legs.
“Elmer, you’re shivering. It’s cold out here isn’t it?”
“Not too cold.” Elmer lied.
“I shouldn’t keep you out here in the cold too long.” Tilly said.
“That’s OK.” said Elmer, his teeth beginning to chatter.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gene Clements
• Release date: Jun 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311235466

Gene Clements

Gene Clements is an artist, architect, and educator. He began the Tilly and Elmer series by writing a couple of paragraphs about a frisky older couple. His friends thought they were funny and wanted to find out what was going to happen if he finished the story. Now they know, for better or worse.Gene grew up in a small town in the Midwest although he now lives in California. He thinks he’s eighteen, but he’s really the same age as Tilly and Elmer. These stories aren’t necessarily autobiographical. Gene knows a lot of interesting people and has a prolific imagination; a dangerous combination.

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Falling for a Kiss

Tilly and Elmer FlashbackX

Book 2

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Falling for a Kiss

Tilly and Elmer FlashbackX

Book 2

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This is a work of fiction. Events, places, characters or names are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events, places, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Any references to historical events, places, or real people are used fictitiously. All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.

Copyright 2014, 2015 Gene Clements

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Table of Contents

Author’s Note

Falling for a Kiss

About the Author

Tilly and Elmer’s Web Site

Other Titles on the Tilly and Elmer FlashbackX series

Titles in the Tilly and Elmer Series

Author’s Note:

The fictional stories in the Tilly and Elmer FlashbackX series chronicle the romantic, sometimes erotic, and almost always humorous, adventures of Tilly and Elmer, a Midwestern couple in their late sixties. They’ve been married for close to fifty years, and would appear to the casual observer to be the definition of an old married couple. But while they ARE a couple, AND married, they don’t