Literary Pieces

First Time is Her Last

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FROM: Nina
Sorry Eereen I can't come to our sister/best friend date today, Josh and I have a date. I hope you don't mind sweetie xoxo I'll make it up to you next time. love yah!!

ME
Grr! witchie you will treat me tomorrow!

I turned off my phone and throw it in my bed, as I look at Awake my baby pussy cat and asked him why o why? now what to do? since Nina can't come it doesn't mean I will make myself miserable here at my room. Right baby? The cat just meowed.

10 minutes had passed

Ready to go.
I'm trying my best not to be noticed by mom. As I walk slowly towards our front door. Yes!! I yelled in my mind, I'm almost over there. When I heard her Saying, sweetheart where are you going? my mom asked, she is now peeping in our door looking at me suspiciously.

Just going to buy something, I say that as I smile to my mother sweetly, hoping she'll let me. Thank God she smiled it means I can go.

Okay just be back at 6 in the evening.

I checked my wrist watch and see that I only have three and half hours left to wonder.

Exactly 3:30 I arrived at Pavilion Mall

I decided to stroll and checkout new shoes in Red 7, accidentally as I glanced at my back I saw a guy at the other store looking at me. Or just like me he just glance and unexpectedly we had an eye contact. I felt something as he look at me, something stirring up it so intense. Suddenly my stomach growled, gosh!
I felt so embarrassed and to regain myself, I just joked and said while smiling that looks like some tummy wants food. Since I'm a little bit charming the passer by and the people in the store just laugh and smile. Thank Goodness!

After that I immediately went out of the store and didn't look back. Then it hit me it's been more than four hours, when I took my lunch and I need to stuff something to stop the madness in my small tumms.

I'm to confuse where to eat when I saw my cousin going to Figaro, I got curious so I followed him. He is the kind of person who is thrifty to the bones, then I saw him with a girl, looks like my cousin have a date. I will tell this to Aunt and checked out the reaction. Since I'm already there I decided to order mango shake together with egg pie my favorite,. and sit at the corner, a two Seats table so that no one will bother. I called my Aunt and informed her, just to hear she already knew. I also called Nina to make Josh irritated. Then just surf in the internet, when someone sat in the chair in front of me. I'm about to tell who ever it is that it's not available, when I saw that it's the guy at the other store. I blushed, maybe because of being ashamed by the incident earlier. I got silent. we stared to each other for awhile, he broke the eye contact and the loud silence by informing me as he say, look there's no available seats, I hope you don't mind if I sit here, don't worry I will not bother you. My eyebrows started to frown and look at the cafe and see that the tables are all occupied so I just said OKAY.

He's checking me out I'm sure of it.

Josh POV

She's cute, I'm having that thought as I look at her intently when she looked back. She's frowning and still she's beautiful, so I teased her saying don't you know it's rude to stare while smirking. Her eyebrow got so high that made me laugh so much .

Eereen POV

The nerve of this guy! Why is he laughing! Seriously, rude to stare. So I speak up my mind. Rude to stare, I believe you are the first one to look at me intently! He just replied while smirking. How did you know? it means you are looking at me?

That started our conversation, at first we just have a petty arguments. Slowly the topic changed, we talked about him and me. And some stuffs, laughed with each other when he received a call.

As he answers it, I'm left pondering, asking myself why do I feel so closed to him already.

Because you liked him, my crazy brain said.

Oh no! I said loudly, people looked at my way and again I felt embarrassed. And for the first time I felt so nervous and excited. I don't know why, maybe because he's the first guy who made me feel so easy, comfortable and safe to show who I am. I silently talked to myself saying I had a crush for the very first time. Crazily, to a guy I don't even know the name. So I come up with a decision I will ask him his name when he get back. But to my dismay when I looked outside of the cafe he's gone. I felt so sad and betrayed. I don't know why. Maybe this ain't the right time for me to know his name.

I looked at the time and got surprised 5:40 in the afternoon! Mom don't like unpunctual people, so I immediately stood up even if I feel bad, because I didn't get his name.

I'm about to stand up from my seat when masked guys came in saying, "It's showtime fuckers! together with three loud bangs of gun shots . I can't move bad thing about myself every time Im aghast I froze. At first they didn't notice me because I'm at the corner. I'm still like a mantis not moving when a big guy glanced at me and smiled evilly, I got scared so I screamed. I heard a bang, I felt like crying then the tears started to escape in my eyes, I didn't expect that I will end up dying like this, single at least for the first time I had a good memory of the guy I first had a crush on. Somehow those are the thoughts I want to remember.
Whats taking so long, there is nothing. I mean, I still don't feel anything hitting my small frame. My eyes are still closed when I felt a heavy thing landed on me that made me collapsed on the floor together with it. A warm liquid started to flow, I can feel it in my chest, but it's not from me. I opened my eyes to see him looking in pain but still smiling at me saying I'm glad your alright.
Right then, my tears started to flow out of my eyes. I burst out crying . I didn't know how he ended being in front of me, but one thing is for sure he saved me. Im still crying as I try to sit him up. I successfully did that when the goons grab my hand and stand me up so hardly that made me bump to himself who smelled cigarette. He look at me like he want to do something. He speak to me his lips touching my right ear asking for my things. I just cried and shut my eyes I don't know what to do! when a hand grab me pulling me away from the dirty man. I felt so relieved and safe when he hugged me, I know that we just met but I feel that I'm already safe since he is there. I opened my eyes and glance just to see that the masked guy is aiming to struck a knife to him so I used my body to shield him. Before I closed my eyes I saw it's already 6 o'clock in the evening, for the first time I felt so desperate, brave, sorry, sad and glad.

Desperate to save him, I don't know what I felt, but Im brave enough to save him just like he did a while ago. And feel sorry for my mom. Sad, because at this very moment I realized that life is such a tease. For more than 3 hours I had experienced and gained the best memories that will add color and make the story of an 18 years old young lady's life glad and phenomenon, cause the first time I felt it is also my last.