As Real As Inception Gets

Chapter 2

"I met a girl," Ash said, feeling his heart go heavy at the very line itself. He bit his lower lip, looking at her. Her eyes were intent clearly signifying him to go on. "And I guess that I ...uh... kind of liked her. She gave the vibes of a person I would be happy together with, you know?" Ash went on.

"Interesting. So shouldn't that be a happy thing?" Quinn asked, tilting her head to the side.

"I guess it would be, if she gave any signs of reciprocation. Every time I try to approach her... she seems to just push me away..."

On hearing those words, Quinn placed an arm on Ash's shoulder, as if to comfort him.

"Ash, in life, if things are meant to be, they will happen. The right people will fall right into your lap without you begging for them," She said.

"Oh god, I must have come out to you as some kind of person who just instantly assumes to fall in love with a person he just meets and clings on to them," Ash exclaimed, giving a small disappointed look and turning back to the face the brook.

"No...I can understand why you feel this way. I have had people come and go in my life as well," Quinn said, looking away now, her eyes reflecting some sorrow. "It's why I know about emotions a lot more than people generally do," her eyes shimmered in the light, not just out of their beauty but due to the tears now welling there.

Ash knew that he had to change the topic, he could not see a girl like Quinn crying. "So well uh... what do you think I should do about this girl?"

"Just be yourself. If she likes you, she will come for you herself and you will know it," Quinn said as she wiped her tears. "But it's about to get dark now. Who knows? We may meet again...if that is what fate wishes."

With that, Quinn left. In Ash's mind was one thought, " God! She believes in fate and stuff too much! Do people forget logic? She is a nice person though..." He took a deep breath as he too, left; heading in the opposite direction.