365 Days | H.S (ON HOLD)

365 Days | Chapter 21

''So here we have the famous Temple Squere, or Salt Lake temple or whatever you want to call it'', Liam laughed.

The birds chirped in the trees above me, Louis, Amber and the father with his child in a stroller whose wheels almost mashed the gravel we walked on.

''Between 3 to 5 million visitors a year, and it's the most popular tourist attraction in Utah'', Liam continued as he observed the building we passed, ''It's a lot nicer at night, since the lights are all over the place and such. It was build 1856-''

''1953, actually'', Amber corrected and we all slowed down in surprise as we looked at her, and she awkwardly smiled.

''..Yeah exactly, anyway..'', Liam continued as we all listened.

All, besides me. I found myself walking slightly behind them all, trying to avoid the fact that the baby girl in the stroller was simply staring at me. I tried to think about anything else but the fact how lucky Liam was. I couldn't help but feel some kind of jealously, since.. this was what I wanted. And the fact of being aware of that I had lost the photograph, made me realize that I would never be able to find the girl on the photograph, her. At least not in time before she starts a family. Maybe she already has. And here I am, still young enough to party and live my life to the fullest, but can't help but feel loneliness as I think of having a own family, which was something I truly wanted and probably needed the most.

''How do you know all of this?'', Louis chuckled, which made me look up at them as he laid his arm around Amber.

''I- I've been here on a school trip when I was younger'', she spoke, ''I'm from Wyoming''.

''Oh! Where in Wyoming?'', Liam kindly asked.

''Oh.. Uhm, it's like a drive through town, no one pays attention to it anyway..'', she spoke shrugging.

I looked at the girl in the stroller and her eyes was still glued on me. I looked away, before looking back again and at some point I frowned towards her, which made open her mouth in a big smile. With a frown on my face I smiled to myself as I kept on walking behind Louis Amber and Liam. After a while we stopped, Liam informing us that there were toilets we could go to, and before I could say anything I was left alone on a bench, next to the stroller.

''Phiff''.

I looked down at the blonde baby girl in the stroller as she with a serious frown on her face pointed up at the sky, my eyes following on what she was pointing on. A plane.

''Phiff!'', she exclaimed again and I looked down at her with a chuckle.

''Plane'', I said pronouncedly, ''It's a plane''.

''Phiff!'', she argued, grabbing the small blue teddybear next to her, ''A phiff!'', I could only smile. She raised her teddybear towards me, and I was unsure of what to do, ''Teddy'', she pointed at him, ''Phiff'', she pointed up at the sky and then fell in silence. She began to gently shook with her teddy as she continued looking at me and I carefully grabbed the teddy from her.

The next second made me just as suprised, as she began to cry.

''No no no.. I'm sorry here here's your teddybear'', I panicked and placed the teddy next to her but she continued crying and kick with her small feet, ''Shh, Wendy, shh'', I tried to calm her down by calming myself down as people looking strangely at me.

''You really are good with children'', a voice laughed and I looked up, noticing Amber walking towards me with a smirk on her lips, ''What have you done?'', she chuckled as she settled down at the bench and looked at the baby.