(Un)perfect love

Part I. Chapter I

Suddenly, a rattling sound of the vibrating alarm clock was heard in the room.

Christopher woke up abruptly, picked up the phone and turned off the alarm.

The clock showed 7:30. There's only half an hour left before class starts.

Getting out of bed, he washed his face, brushed his teeth, had breakfast, got dressed and quickly left the house.

Going out on Färjestadsvägen Street, Christopher headed for the subway. After going down to Ängbyplan metro station and paying for the fare at the ticket office, Christopher headed to the platform. A couple of minutes later, the metro carrige pulled up, several people got out. Christopher entered the carriage and took an empty seat near the entrance.

It was rush hour. After a couple of stops, the carrige was crowded with people - there was not a single empty seat. People were standing, jostling, making remarks to each other. Christopher was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't even notice anyone around.

The carrige passed several stops. Christopher's attention was attracted by a slim blonde girl of average height, that got in the carrige at the Sankt Eriksplan station. She was wearing a dark gray coat with a white scarf, a dark cap and sneakers. She had a huge open book in her hands.

Christopher decided to give her a seat.

- Excuse me, girl,- he turned to her, getting up from his seat, - sit down on this seat.

- Thank you very much - she said, sitting down on the vacant seat.

Cristopher stood near the entrance. He looked at her carefully. He was struck by the perfect features of the stranger's face. Her oval face was framed in long strands of blond hair that descended in light waves over her shoulders and back. Almond-shaped deep and ocaen blue eyes were framed by long eyelashes. Light, elegantly arched eyebrows stood out on her low forehead. A straight small nose,  high cheekbones and a small narrow chin gave a special grace to her appearance.

Christopher continued to stare at her intently. He tried to find at least one flaw in her face, but all his attempts were in vain. It seemed as if she had just stepped off the cover of a fashionable glossy magazine.

"Irresistible, dazzling beauty" , — run through his mind.

She suddenly looked at him, as if she sensed his gaze. Christopher quickly averted his eyes and looked down in embarrassment. The girl's attention returned to the page of the book.

Christopher put on his wireless headphones and played a song loudly on his phone.

The carrige stopped at the Hötorget metro station. The girl quickly put the book in her bag and headed for the exit.

Christopher watched her go away.

The carrige started moving.

After listening to the last track, Christopher quickly took off his headphones and opened the metro map on his phone to find out in how many minutes he would reach his destination.

"Damn", — thought Cristopher, realizing that he had passed his stop.

He got off at the T-Centralen station and crossed to the other side.

Soon after reaching the Hötorget metro station, Christopher walked out onto the busy Kungsgatan Street.

It was a nice clear spring weather in Stockholm. The snow had already almost melted. A light warm wind was blowing, and the melodious singing of birds sounded. There were no clouds in the sky— there was a clear horizon.

"I just want to walk and enjoy the beautiful weather and the beauty of this city"— he thought.

 Christopher looked at the time–twenty minutes past eight.

"So, I was late for the first lesson. The next one starts at nine o'clock sharp", — thought Cristopher.

Christopher decided to take advantage of this great opportunity and just walk through the streets of Stockholm.

Going out onto Johannesgatan Street, Christopher saw a bright five-storey building of an international school. Finally, when he got to the school door, he opened it and went inside.