What if...? Moonvale

Chapter 4-A good first impression

꧁Eric꧂

    I had arrived at Greenside just as Adam had left me in his voicemail. Once again, Winston had broken down and he wanted me to pick him up. He could retire from that car if it gave him so much trouble, but once he gave it a name, it was like part of his family.

    When I get to Greenside, I don't see Adam or his car anywhere. It's strange, he usually waits here for me to pick him up, so where has he gone? Is he playing a joke on me?

"Did someone help him?'' I asked myself, taking out my phone to send him a message.

    But he does end up connecting. And the strange thing is that he doesn't send me any message telling me if he's okay, or if he has someone with him, or if maybe the tow truck has picked him up... A contact. Just a contact. It's probably the person who helped him.

    "He might be running out of battery and he might have sent me his number so we can talk,'' I whisper, looking at the photo. 

    She's a blonde girl, she must be around twenty-three, twenty-six years old. She's not looking at the camera in the photo, it seems that she was caught looking somewhere else at that moment. And if she has it as her profile picture, it's because she doesn't care too much. Her eyes are warm. Brown. And she seems to be wearing a red sweater. The truth is that she looks familiar to me... But now I can't remember where she's from? Where have I seen her?
    I must also admit, she is...

    "Okay, let's stop looking at her or I'll look weird,'' I shake my head. Yes, I thought she was pretty, but it's not like being a good man to start thinking about flirting with her at the first opportunity, and I'm sure someone like her already has a boyfriend.

    I just write a 'hey', something friendly, something innocent as a greeting, so that it doesn't seem like I'm weird.
   Instead, her response...
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Sorry, the complaints service is closed, please come back in the morning
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    I burst out laughing. Complaints service? Maybe it's that...

    "Oh, man, don't tell me that...'' I smack myself in the forehead, maybe she's "busy" with Adam. But I'd rather not say it, maybe it would be too much to theorize about someone I don't know.

    Our conversation continues for a bit and she thinks I'm joking and she doesn't know Adam.

   <<What do she mean she don't know Adam?>>

    I go to my friend's chat, clearly seeing the contact he sent me. It is her, it is clearly seen in the photo, right?

    She ends up calling me an 'asshole' and I try to figure out why she's insulting me. Maybe I've gone too far in talking to her? I think I haven't said anything wrong, I'm just annoying her and it must be some kind of mistake.
    Since I see that she hasn't blocked me yet, I decide to say goodbye to her in a polite manner.
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WAIT!
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    I don't know her tone of voice, but because of the capitalization, it's like I can hear her yelling at me.
    It's the next thing that surprises me.

    Adam called her.

    We got into a conversation about her contact and that if it's a joke on her, he'll have to apologize. But... Isn't that weird? Adam wanting to make fun of a stranger, why would he do that?