A Changed Life With A New Girlfriend Plus A Ghost

Meeting Her

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: I decided to put the story in Jack's point of view for now on)

I was at the train station waiting on the bench. The gift was wrapped and on my lap. I was playing on my tablet for the meantime, trying to escape the feeling of being around tons of people. I am getting paranoid already. A big guy sat next to me on the other side of the bench and I decided to move. I just can't wait to get out of here. It seems as if my problem just became something worse, and I just don't want to be around people anymore. Hopefully I won't feel this way towards Ivory.

Ivory's train would be here in 20 minutes. It was a nice day and I felt as if I might be able to overcome this hang out session. Hopefully. I received a message from Ivory.

"Where are you gonna be?"

I replied that she'd see me once she exits the train. I brought sunglasses with me so I wouldn't have to make eye contact with her. How sad can I be? Anyways, I hope she'll be able to recognize me. I only had like three pictures on my profile.

The train arrived and I sat up from my leaning position. Lots of people exited the train and so far none of them were Ivory. Starting to get anxious I stood up to see if she was buried in the crowd of people. Finally I saw her. She was at the very back, almost the last person. She looked around and her eyes passed me, so I waved my hand and removed my glasses a little.

She showed me a really big smile and rushed towards me giving me a big hug. I was extremely thrown off by this sudden act but it was such a nice feeling. I hugged her back and she was the first to speak. "Jack! Oh my goodness, Jack, it is so nice to finally see you in person!" All I could do was give a little weak laugh. I cleared my throat and gave her her gift. Her eyes widened and took the gift instantly. Oh her eyes. Her eyes were so much more beautiful in person. I would need to ask her if they were contacts later. She looked at the gift in awe and looked at me, "This is for me?" I smiled a crooked grin and nodded without saying anything. Without saying anything. Say something next time, me! She gave me another hug and said to follow her to where there is not a lot of people. Oh I hope she likes the gift, because I made a few flaws on there. What if she thought it didn't look like her? I better prepare for the worse...

We went to an empty table near the train station where people would hang out and she opened her gift. Flipping the canvass over to the painting she screamed. "Oh my gosh, Jack! This is the best thing ever! It looks so beautiful! I never knew you could paint so well. And oh my gosh look at your use of colors. It's beautiful, thank you!" I finally croaked a sentence, "Y-your welcome. That was the reason I..I asked what your favorite colors were in order." I successfully made a sentence but I was staring at my hands. I wasn't sweating but I was trembling a bit.

Ivory looked at me, "Again, thank yo-oh my god, Jack, are you alright?" I guess I looked horrible, but I felt pretty good that I'm not as scared as I thought I would've been. I looked at her through my glasses but didn't move my head. I didn't answer her so she asked again. I nodded my head and added "I'm okay." She removed my glasses and I was about to snatch them but stopped myself. Oh wow, her eyes are more vibrant now.

But Ivory's vibrant eyes looked really worried. Was I that bad? "What?" I asked a little bit abruptly. "You look really scared and pale and you're shaking." She was talking about my hands because indeed, they were shaking. And was I pale?

"I don't feel that bad. But yea, I'm kinda nervous...." I said quietly. She placed the canvass safe next to her purse on the ground and asked me a question I never wanted to get to.

"You said you had a problem with conversations right?"

I took in a shaky breath. I don't want to tell her yes, because then she'll ask why and then I'll have to tell her that experience that caused all this.