lotus

1; the beginning of everything.

    As I ran up and down the damp green grass hills, adrenaline filled my body, inch by inch. there's a part of me that wanted to scream, another part of me wanted to keep running..so I did. "get back here!" I shouted at my sister, she looked over her shoulder, right at me and laughed as she darted past groups of people.

   something came over me, and I felt like I had to look on my left. and there she was; a beautiful girl with porcelain skin, forest green eyes and lilac hair. I shuttered in utter amazement.

   and then it happened. I didn't even realize till it happened..I came tumbling down. I watched my feet as they went over the rest of my body. and then I thought to myself..well, that's the end of my skating career huh?

  "hey, you alright?" I hear an angelic like voice say. the birds stopped singing, the kids stopped screaming..it was as if the entire world stopped for her, for us; here and now.

  "shit a-am I dead?" I asked and flutter my eyes open. I hear a laugh, one like no other. it was better than any song I've ever heard. my heart beat a hundred times a minute, or at least it felt like it. maybe I was dying...

  "you fell. I think your ankle is broken. here, I have this icepack from my lunch bag." I lift my head and some of my upper body. I find the girl with lilac hair tending to my wounds. and I smile. "th-thanks."

  "you okay, it looks like you've seen a ghost." she joked. I had heard that joke about seventy billion times in my life time..but this time it was the funniest thing ever. maybe because it escaped her lips and I wanted to hear more.

  "no, but I am looking at an angel." I say, trying to flirt.

  she blushes and brings her long sleeve to her lips, trying to hide her prominent smile. "what's your name?" I ask her. "you go first" she says and sits down next to me.

  "my names Steven." I say and lean in closer to her.

  "I'm lotus. my family calls me lottie." she beams.

  "lotus? that's a beautiful name-like the flower, right?" I ask and she nods, grinning. "I like your hair by the way, it suits you." I comment.

  "you're too kind." she chirps and smiles widely.

  "no, I'm just honest." I say.

   after a while of looking at each other in the eyes, full smiles, we realize that I'm still injured. "let's get you home." she says.

   I wrap my arm around her shoulder as I hopped. we stopped at this old red and white Toyota truck, a two seater. I fell in love with it. "fucken wow. so, you really take care of her?" I ask, referring to the truck.

   she nods proudly. "a real beauty huh?" she says and looks over at me. I nod in agreement. I open the passenger door and hop inside. she gets in soon after and starts up the car. she turns on the radio as we wait for the truck's engine to warm up. the song playing is In Bloom by nirvana, I can't help but smile.