Chapter 3: A Beautiful Stranger

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-Luna'sPov-

I turn on the TV and watch the news. A picture of the fourty something asshole from the other day pops up. "Last night a man named Pete Jonsie was found dead in a alley way. He had been strangled.." As the reporter talks more about his death I take a minute to process this, my heart rate got faster.
Yes he was an asshole to a lot of people. But that didn't mean he needed to die. Who the hell would do something like that?!

I thought about this all day. I wonder if he had any family out there that's missing him right now I sat on a bench and started smoking. It was a bad habit that I had trouble stopping.
I saw a cute couple walking by. The girl looked similar to me and the guy looked like my ex. Brad, he was my highschool sweetheart but months back I caught him cheating. That was it, he didn't want to be with me. I can understand why.
So I decided that dating isn't really for me...I still missed him from time to time. I frowned a little at the memory I had of him.
"Hello Luna" at the sudden sound of his voice I got startled I jumped a little. I looked up to see John he laughed a little at my stupidity. "You scared me half to death!" His expression seemed to soften as he grinned. "Sorry about that. I was taking a stroll through here and I saw you sitting alone so I thought I would say hello and see how your doing. You seemed kind of sad" he sat next to me and leaned back on the bench, looking at me.
"Oh, yeah. I was lost in thought and I was spacing out. I'm doing pretty good and how about you?" I meet his gaze. The way he was looking at me I could tell in his eyes that he could see through my bullshit lie.
"Somethings bothering you. You don't have to tell me what it is. I mean you don't know me I don't expect you to but I'm just letting you know, I'm a good listener and we might have a lot in common. More than you think" with that he smiled at me. His charm irresistible. I couldn't help but smile. "It's just that...I miss someone I know I really shouldn't be, someone who's hurt me" I sigh lightly. "I have that same problem, Luna. You are not alone"

-Griffin'sPov-

"It's just that I miss someone I know I really shouldn't be, someone who's hurt me" she gave a little sigh, I looked at her and saw the hurt look in her eyes. "I have that same problem, Luna. You are not alone" she looked at me and our eyes met and this made it easier for me to lie to her. "I was with a girl..she had me believing we would be together, in love.."
I thought about Elaina Orbison, how she was tied up on the floor, the tape on her mouth, her dark eyes watching me, widened with fear.
"I gave her everything, I did so much for her to make sure she felt loved and cared about..." I continued. As I thought about how I wanted to dance with Elaina but instead she began to sob and tried to scream, I felt hurt and angry.
"But she had been leading me on..she's no longer in my life, she's off with some guy who's way better" I finished, looking at my hands.
Ad I thought about how I quickly strangled her and left her dead body for Detective Campbell to find.
"oh my god...I am so sorry. I know what that's like. It's one of the worst feelings ever I know" I smiled a tiny bit. I'm too good.
She puts her arms around me giving me a hug. Taken by surpise I hugged her back, I took in her scent, it smelt sweet and her hair smelt even better. It's that sweet coconut shampoo she wears that I love so much the scent drives me crazy. Her heart beating faster as I rub her back for comfort. I wanted her. We pulled away and I smiled at her. I stood up and stuck my hand out to her. "Do you want to dance with me?" I asked. She smiled and her cheeks became light shade of pink. "I can't really dance.." She laughed a little. I just smiled. "Come on, I'll lead"
She takes my hand and gets up, I honestly didn't care who was around to see us. I pulled her close and we started dancing, a huge beautiful smile was on her face and for once in a long time, I smiled hugely too and it actually had some meaning behind it.

-Luna'sPov-

As we danced I couldn't help but smile, he was still such a stranger. But at the same time he was making me feel almost safe, and I was happy. His charm was hypnotizing. He looked back at me, smiling. He then twirled me and our fingertips lightly brushed. That's when I realized people were standing around watching us, I laughed a little and we stopped dancing. Most of the people standing around began clapping for us.
Once they scattered I turned to him. "Can I ask you something?" He looked at me then nodded. "Is John really your name?" I walked up to him, looking up at him, the butterflies were tearing away at my stomach.
He hesitated and shook his head no. "No..my name is Griffin" I smiled. "Griffin, I like that name" he looked at the time. "I have to go.." He said. "Well do you want to come over to my house and have dinner?" I asked. He slowly grinned. "What time?" I blushed. "9:00" he nods. "I'll be there" he says before walking off.

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