Flamingo Paradise

Chapter 2

     She felt something shaking on her shoulder making her slowly awake. It felt something soft like a hand.

      Her eyes slowly open up, adjusting to the brightness of London sunlight, the figure seems to be kneeling on her side. She turns her head to face the figure beside her. It was the guy from Starbuck.

"Hey." He whispered. He have a deep voices which suit him.

"Uhm. Hey?" Amirah reply with smile. She wasn't expecting to see him but she felt warm.

     "You seems so peaceful when you're asleep. Sorry I woke you up." The guy apologies, still kneeling on her side. "I just need to talk to you."

     "It's not a big deal. Would you like to take a seat?" Amirah politely ask, she doesn't want him to kneel beside her any longer, it seems very uncomfortable in that position. It's better to offer him a seat next to her then not.

He gladly took his seat beside her with a smile then let out a soft sigh. "So. I have heard a lot about you. Amirah, right?" She was very surprise that he knows her name, but what really surprise her is that people in her town talked about her.

"Yeap, that's me. What do they even talk about?" Amirah was really curious of what the town had thought of her. Could it be something good or bad?

"Nothing bad, just something positive like your attitude; friendly, confident and kind." He answered sweetly.

     They had a long and relaxing conversation about almost everything about themselves. They laughed at their bad joke, have some things in common, sharing their personal life. Amirah found out a lot about him; his full name is Sir Alexander Flamingo, he works as a scientist and he was the one who discovered the effect of penicillin on bacteria. It was an interesting story when he told her; those equation are difficult to understand, so Amirah just nodded just so she doesn't seem rude or dumb in front of him.

Alexander sends tingling feeling inside her heart which make her smile brighter like her day usually are. She never felt that weird feeling in her heart for a long time. The last time it happened, it was with her ex-boyfriend.

    Amirah zone out on their conversation because she was distracted by Alexander's brown eyes. You might think it's a boring colour but for Amirah, it's like the colour of her favourite coffee. It reminds her where they first met, Starbuck. She never knew it would become her memorable place; if they get stay in touch with each other.

     Snap. Something sounds off. Snap. Amirah suddenly realised Alexander was snapping his fingers in front of her faces to catch her attention. She blush, feeling embarrassing for her silly action. Alexander chuckle at Amirah's reaction making her blush even harder.

     "I'm so sorry for zoning out on you like that." She apologised, covering her red face with both of her hands.

"No worries, besides you look so beautiful when you do that." He admitted, making her heart tumbled with many emotions that she can't define. She removes her hands from her face once her hard blush was gone, Alexander's eyes went wide when he checked the time from his watch on his wrist. Probably late for work.

     "It was nice meeting you, I hope we could meet again." Standing up then dusting off his pants. "I gotta go, I'm already late. We should hangout sometime." Then he left, not giving her any time to respond but he left with a smile plastered on his face. Walking down the path in a quick pace as Amirah waved goodbye. He may not saw it but it doesn't matter.

     I knew he was late. She giggles at her own thoughts. Hangout? Sure, why not?