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forth factor, which was getting out of my own way. But all the time you're programing your subconscious mind, you have to keep reminding yourself not to aim."
She bent over the table and sho t the cue ball, sending it slowly down the table to graze the object ball, which trailed along the end rail at a snail's pace and dropped into a corner pocket.
"I want to see you do th at again," Josh said, his voice a blend of challenge and impatience, a man who didn't like not having all the answers, Genie concluded.
"Fine then, place another ball."
Josh took an inordinate amount of time to place the ball, but when Genie bent down to shoot, she felt a little ripple of doubt. She'd managed to tune Josh out on every other shot and allow her subconscious mind to take over, but now she was all too aware of the man standing not more than a few feet from her. It was almost a pulsating thing, feeling his presence. To counter it, she sighted in, taking extra time to align her cue stick with the cue ball, which went against everything she'd just told him about not aiming, and when she shot, the cue ball hit the object ball off mark, sending it rebounding off the rail at the wrong angle and rolling to a halt a few inches from the pocket. When she looked at Josh, he was smiling.
She shrugged. "I told you it wasn't 100%. One trap you can fall into when applying subconscious competence is to suddenly start doubting it and try to control it instead of letting the mind take over. That's what just happened."
"Wh at made you start doubting?" Josh asked.
"You r presence," Genie replied then wondered why she'd admitted it.
The glint of understanding had Josh asking, "Me in particular, or anyone?"
As Genie looked into a pair of dark, perceptive eyes, she found herself saying, "You."
Realizing she'd revealed more than she'd intended, and not wanting to explain further, she placed a ball on the table, and said, "In a nutshell, mentally draw a line between the object ball and the pocket—" with a shaky finger she indicated an imaginary line "—then extend the line past the object ball and imagine where the cue-ball needs to hit and draw a mental line from that to the center of the object ball."
She hoped she was making sense, but her mind was divided between what she was trying to say and the fact that Josh had a slight smile on his lips, and his eyes held a gleam that told her he knew he was rattling her, which made her heart quicken.
Returning her attention to the table, she continued with, " Then the next thing is to umm… line both feet and the… umm… cue along the line of the ball—" which she thought she did "—then go down for the shot. If you're … lined up correctly you don't have to… have to… adjust your aim any further. Just look at the cue ball and the object ball and make the shot…"
Before she could shoot, she felt the cue stick slipping from her hands, and Josh was around behind her where he took her arm and pulled her around and kissed her.
When their lips met , Genie was too stunned to do anything but kiss him back, all the while wondering what on earth was happening to her that made her want to kiss him the way she was, while also questioning how his lips could feel so familiar and comfortable on hers, like maybe they belonged there, and she had no will to dislodge the muscular arms from around her, and the whole untimely kiss should not be taking place in the middle of the lodge because…
Guests! She broke the kiss immediately and looked around the room.
"They're all gone," Josh said. "They left some time ago."
Genie scanned the empty room and wondered how she'd failed to be aware of the guests leaving. Looking at Josh, whose hands were clasped together behind her waist, she said, "Why did you do that?"
Josh eyed her with amusement . "Because you wanted me to."
"How could you possibly draw that conclusion when I was playing pool ?"
"You weren't playing pool just before I kissed you," Josh said. "You were
She bent over the table and sho t the cue ball, sending it slowly down the table to graze the object ball, which trailed along the end rail at a snail's pace and dropped into a corner pocket.
"I want to see you do th at again," Josh said, his voice a blend of challenge and impatience, a man who didn't like not having all the answers, Genie concluded.
"Fine then, place another ball."
Josh took an inordinate amount of time to place the ball, but when Genie bent down to shoot, she felt a little ripple of doubt. She'd managed to tune Josh out on every other shot and allow her subconscious mind to take over, but now she was all too aware of the man standing not more than a few feet from her. It was almost a pulsating thing, feeling his presence. To counter it, she sighted in, taking extra time to align her cue stick with the cue ball, which went against everything she'd just told him about not aiming, and when she shot, the cue ball hit the object ball off mark, sending it rebounding off the rail at the wrong angle and rolling to a halt a few inches from the pocket. When she looked at Josh, he was smiling.
She shrugged. "I told you it wasn't 100%. One trap you can fall into when applying subconscious competence is to suddenly start doubting it and try to control it instead of letting the mind take over. That's what just happened."
"Wh at made you start doubting?" Josh asked.
"You r presence," Genie replied then wondered why she'd admitted it.
The glint of understanding had Josh asking, "Me in particular, or anyone?"
As Genie looked into a pair of dark, perceptive eyes, she found herself saying, "You."
Realizing she'd revealed more than she'd intended, and not wanting to explain further, she placed a ball on the table, and said, "In a nutshell, mentally draw a line between the object ball and the pocket—" with a shaky finger she indicated an imaginary line "—then extend the line past the object ball and imagine where the cue-ball needs to hit and draw a mental line from that to the center of the object ball."
She hoped she was making sense, but her mind was divided between what she was trying to say and the fact that Josh had a slight smile on his lips, and his eyes held a gleam that told her he knew he was rattling her, which made her heart quicken.
Returning her attention to the table, she continued with, " Then the next thing is to umm… line both feet and the… umm… cue along the line of the ball—" which she thought she did "—then go down for the shot. If you're … lined up correctly you don't have to… have to… adjust your aim any further. Just look at the cue ball and the object ball and make the shot…"
Before she could shoot, she felt the cue stick slipping from her hands, and Josh was around behind her where he took her arm and pulled her around and kissed her.
When their lips met , Genie was too stunned to do anything but kiss him back, all the while wondering what on earth was happening to her that made her want to kiss him the way she was, while also questioning how his lips could feel so familiar and comfortable on hers, like maybe they belonged there, and she had no will to dislodge the muscular arms from around her, and the whole untimely kiss should not be taking place in the middle of the lodge because…
Guests! She broke the kiss immediately and looked around the room.
"They're all gone," Josh said. "They left some time ago."
Genie scanned the empty room and wondered how she'd failed to be aware of the guests leaving. Looking at Josh, whose hands were clasped together behind her waist, she said, "Why did you do that?"
Josh eyed her with amusement . "Because you wanted me to."
"How could you possibly draw that conclusion when I was playing pool ?"
"You weren't playing pool just before I kissed you," Josh said. "You were
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