Beyond Those Eyes. ঌB.K

꒰ა Understanding Silence ໒꒱

The next morning. I had just finished breakfast and needed something to keep my mind off of Bill. I had picked up my acoustic guitar and started strumming the chords to the song "No Surprises" by Radiohead. "Ill, take- a quiet life~" i said humming peacefully until i was interrupted by a phone call.

I placed my guitar pick and picked up my phone. "Hello?" I asked the caller. "Hey Audri! It's Bill." I couldn't believe it. My heart was beating faster as i tried to think of a response as fast as possible. "Oh, uh, hey Bill! Is Georg late to any practices again?" I asked Bill. Assuming it was about my brother.

"Oh actually we don't have band practice until later on at night. So i was wondering if i could take you out?" He responded. I froze in my seat almost making my guitar fall. "Hello?" "Oh hey uhm sorry! My guitar fell out of my hands but uhm, yes! Of course ! Sure, anytime! Wait, gosh sorry. Yes id love that!" I said a bit rushed out of excitement and nervousness. "Okay! Dress comfortably for the weather alright? Im taking us to the park we used to go to as kids." Bill said in a sunshine voice. "Oh um alright then! What time do i get there?" I asked him with a smile on my face. "Oh im picking you up, don't worry. All you have to do is get ready before lunch so we can have it together, alright? And bring my jacket please." Bill responded. "Copy, thank you! I'll see you later." I said in an even more joyful tone. "Bye audri!" Bill said before ending the call.

My face turned red after he said my name. 'Why was this so sudden? Why was i falling for the most random guy?" I asked my mind. I got ready and did as Bill said, i dressed comfortably.

I was wearing a black fitted sweater, with a red leather jacket on top of it. Along with a plaid beige skirt, paired with black stockings along with boots and leg warmers. My hair was in braids and my bangs were wispy and most importantly i felt comfortable.

Finally after doing my makeup Bill texted to tell me he was on the way. Just on time! I brought my black purse and put my phone in it. I usually would have it out along with my headphones so this was a first for me.

As i walked downstairs Georg asked me "Where are you going and with who?" I froze on the last step. "Uhm, with Bill to the park we all used to go to as kids.." i responded afraid of getting a scolding from my older brother. Instead he laughed and whispered "Whatever" under his breath. I sat in my living room waiting for Bill and just a few minutes later there was a knock on our front door.

"Bye Georg tell mom for me!" I said running to the door. I opened it and Bill was there, wearing a white fitted shirt with creative prints on it, paired with a leather jacket and low rise jeans strapped together with a punk belt. "You look good." He said smiling at my eyes, my eyes. "Thank you, oh uhm! Heres your jacket." I responded closing the door and giving him the jacket. "You're welcome, and thank you also." He said holding the jacket and opening the car door for me. "Buckle your seatbelt alright? I want you to be safe." Bill said before closing the door. Gosh "I want you to be safe." made me melt..

We parked at a cafe which was right across from the park. "Oh i thought we were going to the park?" I asked him. "Are you complaining?" Bill said with a smirk and chuckle. "Wait, what? No no I'm not! I just thought- never mind. Im sorry" i said panicky. "Hey hey, calm down its fine! Im just messing with you. We're just gonna get some food so we have something to eat when we get there." Bill said caressing my shoulder for comfort. "Oh, okay okay." I responded unbuckling my seatbelt.

After buying food, we headed over to the park. "I forgot how good they made sandwiches over here." I said biting into a croissant sand which. "Me neither! I also forgot how beautiful this place was." Bill said with a smile. I nodded in response. A few minutes of silence i spoke. "Im sorry, im not that much of a big talker. I feel like im making this awkward for you." Bill smiled at me after saying this. "Don't apologize for it, i like it. I can be silent together with you. It feels like i can be, me." "Really? I've never noticed, well i have but i thought you didn't enjoy that." Bill chuckles after i say this. "No no. But have you heard of the famous cliché saying of "can't explain it in words?" Bill said as we headed to a playground.

"Well uhm, yeah i am actually!" I responded with a bright smile. "Well sometimes silence can explain better, more than words. And most of the time eye contact does the job also." Bill said as he threw away the wrapper for his sand which. "Oh, I've never thought of it that way." I responded. Bill nodded in an "I see" manner. "Oh wow!" Bill sighed in excitement. "May i?" He asked to hold my hand. I was shook but i nodded and said "yes." He lead me to the playground the whole group would used to play at. "Oh look its the slide Georg broke!" I pointed at it. "It's still the same position we left it when we tried to fix it before, wow!" Bill said with laughter.

I went on the swings, they were rubber and they were where i always used to have competitions of who could swing up higher with Gustav. "Its barely rusty, it's unbelievable." I said looking up handlebars of the swings. "It is!" Bill said sitting on the seat of the swing besides me. "I've never had a more nostalgic feeling before.." i told Bill as i looked down stepping on the fallen tree leaves. "Wait! I remember we used to engrave silly drawings into the rubber." Bill said standing up. He was kneeling and checked the seats. I remembered also so i checked mine. "Oh gosh my old signature is still here!" I pointed to the engraved signature i had written when i was younger. "Yeah?" Bill said looking at it. "I think people wrote more on this one! Especially me." Bill said pointing to his. "Ohh, i think this was the promise chair?" I asked Bill. "The what?" He said with a big smile on his face from laughing. "Its where we put our initials then + then the initials of the person we would promise to try and marry or something like that." I responded. "Wait B+A?" I said turning my head and pointing to one of the paired initials. Bill was the only one with the initial of B in our group meaning he had wrote it and i was the only one that had A. "Oh uhm, never mind that." Bill said covering it up as soon as possible. I could just be seeing things but his cheeks turned red after. 

Bill sat back up on the swings and tried to change the topic. "So, do you have your own band yet?" Bill asked me. "No actually. It was my dream when i was little but..i think i want to be more of an actress now." I said with a smile on my face kicking the fallen leaves. Bill nodded and it was like he was hesitant to say something yet again, so i asked instead. "Bill why did you take me out on this date so suddenly?" I asked him. Bills eyes went from facing down to straight ahead then onto me. "I think i like you.." he told me. My eyes widened and a smile came onto my face. The next thing i know he brought my swing closer to his. He held the back of my neck and kissed me quickly.

My favorite song Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer played in my head immediately, especially since there was a broken treehouse right above us. I leaned in for a second one and we both smiled in between.