His question throws me off guard, why would he possibly want to go walk around Washington square park with me? We barely know each other.
I turn over at him and it seems that it threw him off guard too, so I just go with it and say "yeah, why not" His confusion is evident, but he snaps out of it and we exit the coffee shop.
Walking around New York is something I'm not sure I will ever get used to, it is so different to everywhere I've been before. "You're new here?" he says breaking the silence and snapping me out of my thoughts "In New York, I mean"
"Yeah" I simply say with a smile, "It's easy to tell, you look so amazed by everything" He looks down at me, His 6'4 frame could easy cover my petite one."I came once, when I was little and I completely loved it" I say as nostalgia takes over me, it had been a family vacation with my parents and my sister, we had stayed in New York for a week and they had taken us everywhere we wanted to go, it was one of the best memories I had, though it made me sad to think about it, it was the last time my life had seemed normal.
I wan't to distract myself from the topic which is very sensitive so I ask instead "Have you always lived here?" as we step into the park surrounded by trees, "Yeah, I grew up and have lived here all my life" he explains with some nostalgia in his voice "must be nice, it looks like everything's constantly moving here, new things happening all the time" I say as I admire all the diversity of everything in the park, "Yeah but sometimes I wish I could just stop and look at everything around me you know?" he looks down with his hands on his pockets.
He looks so good.
Until that moment I hadn't realized there were people staring at us, specially a group of girls, looking at him with adoration and at me with despise, it's then when I remember what Daiz and Gen had told me of him being 'popular' as if we were still in High School.
"Yeah" I finally answer him with a sigh "Can I ask you something? it's completely fine if you don't answer" I say against my better judgement, he looks to me and raises a brow "Sure what's up" he says and I finally say what had been stuck in my mind since we were working on the project "Why exactly you don't believe in love?" I say and after he stays quiet for a second I continue "I'm sorry if I'm overstepping, I was just curious, sorry" And this time I'm the one looking down, but for my surprise he answers.
"Because love is just an illusion, why enter a relationship that you know will eventually end?" he says seriously, and I realize we have completely different views about love so I say "but what if it doesn't, what if it lasts forever?" His face completely changes but before anyone can say anything we get interrupted by a blonde, well he gets interrupted because she just ignores me.
"Hey Kalen, what are you doing" she says and gives him the eyes. I look up at Kalen and he surely doesn't share the same enthusiasm as her.
YOU ARE READING
At one step
Romance❝why enter a relationship that you know will eventually end? but what if it doesn't, what's if it lasts forever?❞ Charlotte moved to NYC once she was accepted into her dream school, Tisch, and her dream of becoming a dancer is getting closer with...