The Bite ((On Hold))

Chapter 2: The Park

Chapter 2: The Park

The one thing I hate about my job is my boss. Today, Mack is in his yelling at everyone, especially me, because I am disagreeing with the clothing he wants me to wear for tonights show. Every night, I perform for the "Mack Shack" resturant, the place is a small grill and bar and used to have horrible entertainment here. Stand up comedians would be booed off the stage. It was pretty much every night was ameture night. So, now, it's all up to me to entertain this place.

When I first came here, I was thirteen and I was the "garbage girl", or normally but tables. Mack caught me on their stage after my first shift was over, where specifically been told not to be. I was singing and playing with the electric keyboard that was set up. I was just fooling around until he found me. He said if I wanted to keep working there I wanted to keep singing and work then I have to sing here and only entertain for their audience. So, of course, I agreed.

So, I'm still here and Mack is getting on my last nerve.

"I'm taking my lunch brake." I said, leaving not caring what he has to say.

The fresh air soothes me even though my life becomes more wasteful as each day passes by. I stop by the park that I used to play at. Children laughing and screaming fills the air in the background. Really I'm just pacing until something exciting hits me, yet, there's nothing. I continue to watch kids play, something I never did as a child.

"Hey, give it back!" A girl screamed behind me. I turned and saw two boys picking on a little girl. All three were maybe about seven or eight years old. One boy with fire red hair was taking away a blue stuffed animal and teasing the girl with his height and the other was playing with her hair. "Stop it! Give it back!" I started to walk towards them as the girl continued to fight for her doll.

"Give it back or I'll make you." the little girl said as I approached.

"Yeah right." One of the boys said.

"I'd listen to her if I were you." I said behind them. Both boys turned toward me, the girl looked up at me and had a suprising look on her face; it was between shock and confidence. "If you don't give it back, that would be a sin," I had no idea what I was talking about, "and God doesn't allow people to go to heaven if they sin." Both boys looked at me scared. The little girl was trying very hard not to laugh. They dropped the stuffed animal and ran.

I think they bought it.

I bent down to pick up the toy which I saw that it was a blue monkey. "Here you go, sweetheart." I hand it over to her.

"Thank you," she says in a sweet voice. "Those big doofs," she mumbles, "they sure can run fast." I smiled. She looks down at my wrist, "I like your braclet, its really pretty." she said.

"Thanks, my parents gave it to me." As soon as its been said, I think of them. "Speaking of which," I cleaned my throat and head. "Where are your parents, anyway, shouldn't you be with them?"

"Why?" she asked cocking her head to the side.

"Well, haven't your parents taught you not to talk to strangers?"

She sticks out her hand to me. "I'm Emma," she says.

"Avery." I replied and took her little hand and shook it.

"See, we're not strangers now," she says. She's very sly.

"Well, still, you should be with them."

"Um, well, my parents? I don't have parents, they died when I was a baby." She seemed worried for telling me, because she started to look around and avoided looking me like she was guilty of something.

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." I know how she feels.

"Yeah, well, my big brother takes care of me, anyway." she says proudly.

"Well, then, where is your brother. Shouldn't he be watching you?" Isn't there anyone watching this kid. How irresponsible can you get. We started walking together towards one of the benches in the park.

"He's around. He said he'd be back and I told him I'd be in the park, but then I bumped into those knuckle heads." she says squeezing her doll tightly to her chest as we sat on the bench.

I thought about that. What idiot leaves his little sister, alone, in a park? "How old are you, Emma?" I asked.

"Eight. How old are you?" she asked so sweetly, but by the tone, I think she meantf to be sarcastic.

"Nineteen." I smiled. "Well, I think it would be responsible if I stay with you just until your brother comes and gets you."

"Oh, don't worry about me. I can take care of my self." She says standing up puting her little hands in a fist and placed them on her hips with the monkey clutched tightly at her side.

"Yes, but what about those boys you ran into, they might come back. And then what would you do if your brother nor I was here to save you?" She took the time to think about it.

I smiled. For an eight year old, she's very sociable.

Avi. It sighed.

I shot my head up quickly and searched the grounds to see where this voice is coming from.

"Luke! Lucas! Over here!" I looked over and see Emma standing on the bench waving her arms in the air, flagging someone walking this way.

Then I saw him. Emma's brother, I believe. The one she was calling for; Lucas. He was tall with short shaggy brown hair, a perfect bed-head style. He walked with a very strong stride. As he got closer, I noticed he was wearing a V-neck sweater that nicely shaped his broad, muscular chest. He works out. I thought. Instantly, I felt an unusual pull towards this stranger. I thought it was those natural feminine hormones catching up to me because every other good-looking male that takes a wink at me, I felt nothing. Here, this crashes on me. What's going on?

"Lucas," Emma runs to him. He spread out his arms to greet her with a hug. Both, continue walking towards me.

"Where have you been, I've been looking for you." he says to her. His voice was so hypnotizing clear, it was as if he was singing. He looked up at me. Me sitting here like a bump on a log.

"I was where you left me, but then these two boys started picking on me and started taking 'Herman'," I believe that was the blue monkey, "and they played with my hair but then Avery came and scared them away." She pointed at me smiling.

That was my signal, I stood up and walked the rest to them. I lifted my hand to him. "Hi, I'm Avery." We looked into eachothers eyes. I saw his, they were beautiful. They were the most unique irises I've ever seen. They were liquid blue, I would have melted if I'd stared too long. He took my hand. I felt an electric current that went right up my arm, causing pressure on my heart. I let go of his hand quickly. I stared at my hand and looked up at him slowly. He stared back, blankly. Did he not feel that?

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yep." I snapped out of it. "Sorry, static electricity, ya know." Okay, no matter how stupid I've must have looked, I probably sound even more rediculous. I kept on smiling to keep it natural.

"Yeah," he smirked. "I'm Lucas. Thank you for watching Emma." He rested his hand on her shoulder. She smiled up at the both of us. He kneeled down to her, "Are you ready to go kiddo?" he asked.

"Yeah, I guess. Can Avery join us for dinner?" she asked sweetly. I bet she gets away with that adorable tone with her brother all the time.

"Emma, I don't know, she might be busy?" he said. I was disappointed for reminding me.

"Yeah, actually," I interrupted, "I have to get back to work." I said. "It was nice meeting the both of you." I started to walk back to the resturant leaving both Emma and her brother behind. In the back of my mind, something told me I've seen those blue eyes before. I can't remember, but they seem so familiar.

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