Olive Green [GxG]

CHAPTER 14

CHRISTMAS WAS OVER. The slightly awkward family time ended with a part of my family going back to their home earlier today, and once again, it was just my mum and me and our almost empty and quiet home.

  Sitting down on my bed, I sighed. I was supposed to meet Ava in a bit, and I was already getting a little nervous about it. However, I got all of those thoughts out of my head as I found some clothes to throw on myself, took a few necessary things like keys, grabbed my coat, and left the apartment.

  Once I was outside in the street and the cold weather hit me in the face, I stopped as my hair blew all over the place. And I sighed again, brushing my hand through the nest which came into existence. I should get a haircut... I was without a change for too long, or maybe I started getting tired of my current one.

  Looking around the street, I started walking again. There weren't many people around, which was pretty understandable as it was the so-called family time. Or maybe no one really wanted to be out in this weather. The cold wind wasn't very friendly, after all.

  Not much later, I reached my destination. Again, there were only a few human beings around, mostly with their dogs, as I walked a few metres into the park. I touched my phone in one of my pockets, but I didn't want to look at the time just yet—in case I was early.

  "Hey," I heard a voice almost whisper behind me, which made me turn and face the person.

  The dirty blonde girl stood here in her dark green jacket, looking like she didn't know what she was doing there. Even though she was the one who initiated this... encounter? A meeting? This... talk we were supposed to have now.

  "Hi."

  Then we just awkwardly stood there, facing each other almost in the middle of the park path. Coming here, I thought maybe she knew what she wanted to say and everything, but it seemed like that wasn't the case. Or perhaps she got nervous—which would be understandable.

  Thinking about the harmless way, I jerked my head in the direction where the path was heading, to which she nodded. And so, we just walked. Side by side in total silence—well, in the silence that could exist in a park in a big city.

  "So," I started after a few steps, "you wanted to meet up..."

  "Yeah..."

  Even though I was facing the path in front of us, I could be almost one hundred percent sure that she still had that nervous, conflicted expression on. Although this time, I stayed quiet, waiting. I couldn't just take the lead on this when she was the one who wanted to talk, right?

  "I—uh...," this time, it was Ava who started—finally—taking a deep breath in between what she said, "at the party... we—uh... have you told anyone?"

  "No."

  I may have been confused about the whole thing, but from the way she was looking around us back there on the stairs like anyone was going to see us, I didn't feel really good about the image of talking about it with anyone. My friends from home didn't know her, though, and I still kept it to myself, thinking that she maybe wanted to forget. That was until she liked my Instagram post and texted me.

  "Me neither."

  I glanced at her, "But we should talk... Well, you wanted to."

  Unless she wanted to meet only to be sure I didn't tell anyone. In that case, this conversation was over, and not really meaningful.

  "I know."

  She went silent again. I turned to look at the scenery in front of us. My eyes fell on the branches that were moving in the winter wind. It looked weirdly comforting. I almost smiled to myself, but then I felt the cold breeze on my cheeks and sighed. It would be more comfortable to watch the winter nature from somewhere warmer.