Entirely Different Person [PETER]

Chapter 2 - Meeting him.

I wake up today, feeling a little better than I usually do. Today is my day off. Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. So I get to calm down a bit! I won't have to worry about extra shifts because Lucy is finally gonna pay her half of rent! This feels nice! Maybe I should dress up? Actually no, maybe I just need a break! A mental one.

I decide to go to the park. It's the only place I actually can get away from all my problems. I sit down on this bench, away from the jogging track. I sit back to recite my life.

My life has been chaotic. My family broke out into another fit of drama. So, I left the nest, ran straight to college, and got an apartment and a job. But lately my job at a greasy spoon diner has been unbearable. The job doesn't pay the best, so that means I had to find a roommate to afford an apartment. And now my roommate is always bringing some drop out for late night "study sessions". My sleep schedule is wrecked. Me and my roommate's friendship gets strained thinner as they keep on making excuses of why they need me to pay their half of the rent. At least in this park I have some alone time.

Closing my eyes, I rub my face and huff out the tension in my lungs so that I could calm down enough to enjoy the peace and quiet.

Just then I feel someone sit down beside me.

Startled, I turn and look towards the interloper.

"Woah! Take it easy, it's just me."

Who's this? I don't think I've seen them before.

"You're a jumpy one, aren't ya?"

Oh, I did jump, didn't I? "Well that's because you startled me!" I stutter in my sentence. "Haha! Sorry..." It turns into silence.

"Soooo, are you waiting for a family member of a friend? Just seems kinda odd for you to be sitting out here, all alone, like this... So far away from the jogging track."

"I just find it peaceful, that's really all."

"Oh."

. . .

"Um, look, I know this is sudden... VERY sudden, but if you're free tonight, can I take the pleasure in taking you out to dinner?"

What? This guy can't be serious... we just met not even 3 seconds ago!! Then again, he's pretty cute...

"What? Why?"

He looks puzzled.

"Well, I'm your boyfriend!"

What?

"Isn't that why you're here..?"

I don't know who this guy is, but why was he assuming he was my boyfriend? It was cute... wait, why am I thinking about that? No! He's a stranger, a cute one...

Fuck it, what do I have to lose?

"Um... sure.."

"Really? Okay!! Um.. how about that old diner down town?" Oh that's where I work! "Oh yeah! Sure!" I chuckle.

"Alright! Cya at 5!!"

Why was that so cute?? Damn, what have I gotten myself into..?

478 words, sorry for such a short chapter TvT