Nice to meet you

The One And Only

            We stood next to each other neither of us speaking.  I struggled to find words that would come out but nothing did. He gave me a warm smile trying to alleviate the atmosphere but it didn’t. He didn’t know about this plan, or my past, and there was no way he was finding out. “I….I…umm, I have to go!” I kind of yelled. There was no way this was happening to me. I picked my bag up from the floor and started running. I had no idea where I was but I just couldn’t stay in that room. Moments later I heard footsteps behind me. I knew it was probably nothing but my heart started pacing really hard. I took a deep breath and started running faster. The speed of the person behind me increased to and I could hear a distant breathing. I was running full speed now, with tears strolling down my face. I stopped at my tracks and knelt down, just giving up on life. I felt someone pat my shoulder but I didn’t bother looking. I heard the footsteps coming in front of me and squatting. When I finally decided to look up, it was not at all what I expected. I saw ocean blue eyes reflecting back at me. Concern was written all over his face. “It’s just… I can’t…I don’t” I couldn’t form a proper sentence. I knew I had to explain this but how?

            “Hey, don’t worry about it for now.” Jace said. He reached his arm out to give me a hug but I flinched. He frowned at my movement and dropped his hands to his side. He looked down not sure of what to do. I moved a little closer to him and embraced him. At first he was unsure of what to do, but then he put his arms around me. I laid my head in his chest listening at his heart beat increasing but I knew it wasn’t for me. It was probably that run, I thought to myself. Who would want a worthless piece of trash like you? I took a deep breath and closed my eyes just savoring this moment. I let go of him, not wanting to make the situation awkward and cleared my throat. “My name is Jessica” I said. “Jessica.” He tried it out, seeing a feel to it. “Can I call you Jess” he said. My heart took an overdrive at this. He said my name. What if he figures this out? Maybe I should forget about this plan. It’s not like a guy like him would actually like me. I mean look at me.

Jace P.O.V

            She stood there looking at me vulnerable. I knew my best friend just got out of a relationship with a girl named Jess but I really liked the name Jess. I looked at her waiting for her to answer my question but she was really deep in thought. I took this opportunity to just look at her. I know it sounds creepy but she’s the most beautiful girl I’ve seen. From the moment I saw that pervert whispering to her, I got jealous. I wanted to rip him to shreds. She had the most gorgeous green eyes I’ve ever seen. Her lips looked so kissable. Her face was blushed from all the crying she did. Looking at her like this just made me want to hold her and never let her go. I guess I was so focused I didn’t realize she had answered. “Huh?” She blushed and repeated “Yeah you could call me Jess.” She was looking around trying to figure something out. “Where are you headed?” I asked.

            She looked uneasy. Could it be she didn’t have a place to stay? I thought to myself. “I’m staying at my grandma’s house. It’s not too far from here I’ll walk” she told me. I felt uneasy about letting her go but this really wasn’t my decision. At the end of the day she was just a random stranger I helped. As she took her first steps away from me, I knew I wouldn’t leave her alone not with this many people and it was getting dark. “Hey wait up” I hollered. She turned around so fast I don’t know how she didn’t get a whiplash. “Can I take you home?” I offered but she refused. Something seemed sketchy but I didn’t want her to think I’m a creeper so I let it go. “Fine” I said. “But if you ever need anything call me at this number.” I took the pen from my jacket and sloppily wrote my number on her hand.