Halfwizard

TWO

"Can I help you with something?", asked Asian pot girl after she caught me staring at her for the third time- Great one Troy, you have finally earned yourself the title of Creepy stalker.

"No", I replied, "You just look like someone I knew before".

"Ex-girlfriend?", she asked with a certain funny smirk on her face- No one likes to look like an ex.

"No", I replied, smiling, "The truth is, I can't actually place who or where". I couldn't very well tell her that she looked like a witch- That even sounds more offensive than when I was thinking it.

"I'm Kendra", she said, extending a handshake.

"Troy", I replied.

"Well, if you are done being cuddly, you can actually sell her something", cut in Mr.Andrews- Why does that man have to be such a killjoy?

Kendra didn't seem to mind him as she bought two Asian pots and a necklace from the Victorian era.

"I'm going out for ice cream, would you like to come?", she asked as she got to the door.

It was a really awkward moment for me. No girl had ever asked me out before, even if it's just for ice cream. That's supposed to be a guy's job, right?

"Thank you but I can't", I replied as politely as I could put it, "I'm at work right now and I don't close until about 4 p.m".

"No worries", she replied, "I know a place that opens till midnight, that is, if you are up for it".

I gave her a thumbs up to signify affirmative. That girl is really unrelenting, reminds of a certain beautiful girl I love. Oh boy! What will Vic say if she hears about this? She will probably say it's okay, I hope. I just hope like hell this won't come back to bite me in the ass.

Mr.Andrews worked me to the bones throughout the day so you can understand my relief when it was time to punch out.

"I'm leaving", I said to Mr.Andrews and as if on cue, Kendra walked through the door- Talk about real punctual.

"Ready?", she asked.

"Ready", I replied.

Mr.Andrews was barking some orders at me but I wasn't paying attention as Kendra and I walked out; She telling me stories about the Ice Palace, her favorite ice cream store.

It wasn't until 6p.m that I drove Kendra home in the black convertible grandpa Blake gave me.

"It was a really lovely outing", she said as I pulled up outside her home.

"I couldn't agree more", I replied.

I can swear I had never had as much fun with anybody as I had with her, except Victoria of course. We had tried out every flavor of ice cream they had, even resorting to combining flavors later on. Kendra made the whole outing more fun as she always add funny comments to everything at every chance she gets and she also have a lot of game ideas- That girl is really likable, believe me.

"We should do this some other time", she said, snapping me out of my thoughts. She was already outside the car and judging by her tone, she must have repeated herself many times over before I caught on.

"I really wish we could but I can't", I replied, summer's just three days away and I have to get ready for Firewalt.

She looked kinda disappointed but she said "Okay" anyway. She was about to start walking into the house when I said, "You just got here recently, didn't you?"

"How did you catch on?", she asked, her face full of surprise- It could be fake, I'm not sure. An average human is supposed to be able to recognize a newbie immediately, not over five hours later.

Anyway, I decided to go for the less stupid reason. "I've known the Westons for years and I'd never met you".

"I'm their niece, just came to visit before summer starts", she replied, "How about I get your digits? "

She gave me her phone but I gave it right back. "I can't. Besides, it'd be useless because you won't be able to get a hold of me all summer". It will definitely bring a lot of questions if she calls me and I don't pick up.

"Also because you have a girlfriend, right?"

"That too", I confessed. It'll be weird to explain how I met a pretty girl like her to Vic and, believe me, I'm so tired of weird.

"The cool guys are always quickly taken", she said which prompted another laughter from me. This girl's really new around here so no one had told her my humiliation stories, we'll see how 'cool' she thinks I am after that. I was already lost in my thoughts again so I couldn't react before she suddenly kissed me.

"Why did you do that?", I asked, a lot perplexed- People are not supposed to kiss you after telling them you have a girlfriend, remember.

"Just something to remember you by", she replied casually and left. Okay, can someone explain to me why pretty girls always have a crazy mysterious side to them?

I watched her enter her house and blow me another kiss before I got into the car and drove away. I drove around town for a bit to rid myself of the crazy feeling residing in the pit of my stomach before heading home.

"Where were you?", asked Mom as she opened the door, she seemed to have been waiting for me for a while now.

"I went out with a friend", I replied but she still blocked the way, expecting more details. When she saw none forthcoming, she finally allowed me entrance.

"Your other friend had been waiting for you all day", she said.

I was about to ask her what friend when I saw him, Roy Henderson. He was still dressed in his jogging outfit from earlier and Boy! He was looking a lot far from happy.