Branches cracked and leaves rustled under my sneakers. I was going out to meet her, same place, same time. Just like we said yesterday. I was anxious, I always got nervous when I was going to see her. Or just seeing her in general made me nervous. My palms began to sweat, I noticed they were clenched shut, closed tight, like I was trying to keep someone out. I opened and closed them to get some air in between them.
I strayed off the path, following the sound of the stream, but nothing else. That threw me off. For the past couple of days I would follow her voice, that would lead me to her, but today there was only silence. I heard nothing, no one but myself, my steady breathing through my lips. I pushed through the leaves and vines falling from trees, approaching my tree, the tree I used to hide behind. The giant oak tree at the end of the clearing, a half smile stretching across my face. I was hoping to sneak up behind her, give her a little scare. I slowly rounded the tree, preparing to jump out but I stopped when I saw her rock. It was empty. Without her on it the rock felt like it was missing something vital, it was missing her. My smile dropped. I was confused, she said she'd meet me here, but she wasn't. My heart felt down, like someone was tugging down at it through my shirt. Then all the negative thoughts came in. She probably didn't like me so she lied about meeting me here, probably thinking I was just a creep who watched girls from behind trees or a guy who finds random girls and chases them through the woods back to their houses. Stop thinking like that, my mind told me, but I couldn't help it. They were the only reasons I could think of as to why she's not here. Maybe we didn't click like I thought we had, maybe she was just trying to get me to leave her alone.
Or maybe she's just running late and you're getting all sad for nothing, you ever thought of that? I didn't think of that actually. Maybe that was it.
I decided that if she was running late I was going to wait for her. She didn't live that far. I walked over to her rock, sitting on the spot I had yesterday, just waiting. I pushed my knees up to my chest, much like she would, my hands crossed in front of me. I tossed pebbles into the creek, listening to each different one make its own unique plop before sinking to the bottom. I would look in the direction of her house every few minutes if I heard something coming from that way, but it was usually just a lizard running across the leaves or just squirrels scurrying across the ground. I sat there, seconds turning to minutes, minutes rolling into hours. Time flew by while I waited. I tapped my foot against the boulder until I figured she wasn't coming and she probably never was.
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I trudged up the stairs after making the walk back to my house. It wasn't so late in the afternoon by the time I got back, I wondered if Alex was awake. He was asleep when I left and my mom had gone before I did, so the house was quiet enough to sleep forever if you wanted. I made it to the end of the hall, opening my door to see Alex at my computer, scrolling through his Twitter timeline, relaxed and kicked back on my chair. I faceplanted onto my bed, wrapping my arms around my head.
"Where have you been?" Alex threw an empty fruit punch container at my head, sneaking a laugh in there, "You left me here bored outta my mind."
I flipped over and threw a small, plastic basketball at his head, "I went to meet someone, you would've been fine."
"That girl?" I nodded, he slowly nodded back, turning to me, "How'd it go?"
I pretended like it didn't bother me, faking a smile and a laugh before I answered, "I wouldn't know. She never showed."
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A/N: I'm sorry it took me so long to update I've been kind of busy and kind of bored and lazy at the same time! Agh, sorry nothing really happened but I'm gonna be updating a lot more from now on. Oh yeah, sorry if it's bad! I tried! Vote? Comment what you think? Share?(: Thanks for reading! AND don't forget to vote for Austin for the VMA's!! Now, go! xo
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Fallen (Austin Mahone Short Story)
Fanfiction"Well, let me tell you a story About a girl and a boy He fell in love with his best friend When she's around, he feels nothing but joy But she was already broken, and it made her blind But she could never believe that love would ever treat her...
