I See You. (Camren)

Chapter One.

Lauren.

"Lauren, what are you still doing here? Go home" My boss says to me, standing next to my cubicle.

"I just wanted to finish this design, and then I'll leave" I explain.

"Lauren, you were supposed to leave nearly an hour ago, you can finish it tomorrow, go home" He says.

"But Sir" I start.

"Go home Lauren, you're young and an apprentice, you shouldn't be working over time, go on, go home" He tells me.

I wanted to protest again, but he was staring at me with that firm look of his, the no nonsense face, so I just sigh quietly and nod my head, this seems to satsify him because he throws a smile in my direction and makes his way back into his office.

I pack up all of my things and slip my blazer jacket back on before switching off my desk lamp and making my way out of the office, I step outside and allow the Miami evening heat to caress my skin, there's a slight breeze, but not much of one, there never is in Miami, but it's home, and it always will be.

I hike my art case further on my shoulder and stroll down the side walk not ready to hail a cab ride home, I think I might even walk, it doesn't take too long.
I glance around me, there's two young teens, they both look nervous, and their hands look awkward holding onto each other, must be their first date, I can't help but smile as I think back to what it felt like going on your first date with a boy or girl you like, as I glance in a restaurant window, I see an old couple, the husband has a straw pressed to his lips and he blows the wrapper at his wife, I watch as the both laugh silently, acting as if they were the young couple, not acting the age that they are.

I want that, I want to fall in love with someone and be with them for the rest of my life, I hope that me and my partner, whoever they may be, will become that couple one day.

I turn my head as I hear a car honking, then I heard a scream and people shouting, and that's when I saw her, the little girl standing in the middle of the road, she could have only have been three years old, her eyes wide open as she stares at the car racing towards her, I glance at the car and see the panic on the drivers face as they try to slow down, and without even realising my actions, I have dropped my bag and art folder, I'm racing out into the middle of the road, my eyes focused on the small child, a look of horror written on her face, then she is in my arms, her body protected by my own, as the car skids to a stop, hitting my back slightly and pushing me to the ground, not hard enough to do any real damage, but there will definitely be some bruising.

I held the girl in my arms, she is crying hysterically now, I hear a car door slam and a male voice asking if I'm okay, then a woman is kneeling beside me, pulling the child from my arms and bringing her into her chest.

"Don't ever do that to me again" I heard her sob quietly and knew that this was the girl's mother.

"Are you okay?" I heard the male voice asking me once more, a lot clearer now.

I pull my eyes away from the young mother and child and turned to face him before glancing down at myself, checking that everything was as it should be, before turning back around to face him.

"I'm okay" I nod simply.

"Why did you do that?" I hear the young woman ask and turn to see her facing her daughter.

The young girl looked down and sniffled, hiding her eyes clearly to ashamed to give her mother an answer.

"You scared the crap out of me" The brunette snobbed pulling her daughter back into her arms again.