Age is nothing but a number

4. A past

Hanni

I pulled up to the house. The two story house with no sign of life. I looked back down at the old phone I burrowed from Danielle. Am I at the right place? I parked my car and decided to get out my car. Maybe she isn't home? But why would she say she'd be here if she wasn't even home to begin with? I let out a sigh as I was about to call my phone again.

But then a car pulled up next to mine at the entry. It was a brand new BMW, I've only seen a few on the road. The door opened and the familiar figure stepped out the car. "Sorry if I kept you waiting! Traffic was horrible." She said, giving me a formal bow. I bowed back and waved her off. "It's fine, I just got here." I said and she let out an awkward smile. It looked funny.

"Would you like to step inside? It's kind of chilly out here." She said with a slight chuckle. White flashed before me as a warning. I needed to get my phone and get far away as possible from her. I hated to admit that I was attracted to her. So attracted to her. It scares me so much because I've never felt so physically and somewhat emotionally attracted to someone, much less someone I didn't know.

"Yeah, sure." I surprised myself. I didn't mean to agree! Crap. Hanni, what have you done. She gestured me to follow her as she slammed the car of her door shut and walked towards the front door. The wind blew, and the slight glow of the moon made her look so beautiful when she looked behind her to make sure I was following her. In which I was. She's probably a serial killer and is leading me to my own death but fuck it, if a woman this beautiful kills me then whatever man. I died with honor. 

Once we reached her door and unlocked it. She invited me in. Her home looked cozy but solitary, it's obvious she loved here alone. "Would you like some hot chocolate? You know, for the cold." She asked as she headed in to the kitchen, turning on the light on her way there. "Yes!" I felt bad denying her kindness, so I had no other choice but to accept. I looked around the house, it literally looked so empty, as if she didn't live here. There was no life whatsoever.

The grey walls seemed to reflect her in a way.

"You may take a seat on the couch." Her voice behind me, startled me. I didn't even know for how long I zoned out while I was looking around. I only nodded as I went to the couch inside the living room. Fancy. It's all I could say. The more I look, the more obvious it is that she's a person with a great amount of money in her pocket.

She followed behind me and handed me a cup of steaming hot chocolate. She sat in front of me, looking directly at me. Now that I see her again in the bright light, I notice little things. Like the wrinkles forming on the corners of her eyes.

"Can we talk about what happened last night?" And at the mention of last night I felt myself get a little embarrassed. "I just want to clear some stuff out between us, because if not, it'll just be awkward any time we bump in to each other. And I don't want that for the both of us. I don't want you running away from me." She said, there was this sad glint in her eyes and it made me feel slightly bad. She's just so nice and it makes my heart beat like crazy. I don't mean to just run away like that. I just get nervous.

"Yes, of course." And in an instant her hand reached out for a handshake as she spoke. "I'm Minji Kim, what's your name?" She asked, I hesitantly took her hand for the handshake. Her big hands wrapped around mine almost completely. Making some thoughts run through my mind. "I'm Hanni Pham." I said, she let go of my hand as she came in to deep thought. "Vietnamese?" She asked and I nodded. "I figured you weren't from here. And that's pretty cool, Hanni." The way my name slipped through her lips had me wanting to get on my knees for her.

"I just want to apologize to you about what I did, the alcohol took over and I had no control of my actions, I'm so sorry." I said, looking at her with pleading eyes to forgive me. I can tell she's also awkward about all this but is trying to keep a normal flow between us. "It's okay, you don't have to worry about that. I also wanted to apologize for the way that I acted at the end." I looked at her confused.