𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃

04

Song:
dangerous woman- ariana grande
slowed

LEENA

As I walk to the trash can to empty my tray, I lose sight of my footing and I slightly trip over.

"What the hell?"

I look up to see that the milk carton on my tray slipped off and onto the person's hoodie.

Why am I so clumsy? It's like I've got two left feet. And of course, my legs decide to act up when I'm in the middle of a crowded cafeteria.

"Shit. I am so sorry." I take the unused napkin on my tray and use it to dry the person's hoodie. Once I finish drying up the mess as best as I can, I finally look up.

Dark brown eyes connect with mine and it feels like time freezes for a moment. Conversations in the room begin to drown out and fade into a background noise.

Divine. That's how I'd describe him. His black hair looked darker than the night sky. His eyes, the color of ancient woods, drew me in like a moth to a flame. Like an iron to a magnet, like a bee to honey, like the waves to an ocean shore. He was beautiful.

And his face? One look at it and it makes me want to drop to my knees.

"You made the stain worse," he says as he looks down at his hoodie.

Even his voice sounded beautiful. My ears were very much blessed.

Something was definitely wrong with me.

I watch as he clenches his jaw. I debate on saying something but he walks off before I can speak again.

"Are you okay?" Lilith walks up to me as I make my way back to the table.

"Yeah," I lie, letting out a breath that I wasn't aware of holding.

"He always acts like that. Just ignore it. Mitch, you should really get your friend in check." She stares at him as we all exit the cafeteria.

"I don't even have the energy to defend him right now," he mutters, walking off to his next class.

"Well I'll see you guys later," Reyna says as she also heads off, and soon we all go our separate ways.

***

"Little boy, where are your parents?" I stare at the kid in front of me. He decided it was a good idea to steal five bucks from me but luckily I caught his slick ass right in the act.

"Leave him alone. I'm sure he really needed the money. Aww he's so cute." Lilith reaches to pat his head but Reyna smacks it away.

"Leave it to you to find a thief cute. He tried to steal five dollars from her and you're ogling at him?" She sighs as she rubs her temples.

"I'll let you off the hook just because I don't feel like dealing with your parents." I barely finish my sentence before he runs away and I lean back up.

This is not how I expected things to go. We planned to go shopping at the mall after school and here we are. Today is just not my day I guess.

Lilith's phone starts to ring and she quickly answers after looking at the caller id.

After she finishes talking to whoever is on the other line, she puts her phone back into her pocket.

"Do you guys mind if Mitch and his friends hang out with us? He just called me and told me that he's here with them."

"Friends?" I look at her confused as we walk towards the food court.