A Summer Of Songs.

chapter 2

“what do you want to eat? What did you have before?” blaze was asking me after we had walked in silence for a while his arm still over my shoulders

“marmite and cheese rolls”

blaze stopped “you had what?”

“marmite and cheese rolls, don’t tell me you’ve never had marmite and cheese!”

“don’t tell me you like marmite!”

“marmite is food of the gods”

“the god of disgusting foods?”

“NO marmite is amazing”

“marmite is horrid its like eating acid its so strong” he put his finger on my lips and smiled “shh now I don’t think there are many places that sell marmite and cheese rolls, so what else do you want?”

“but I have no money”

“I do”

“ive just met you I cant take your money, anyways how would I pay it back?”

“all the more reason to meet me again, kfc?”

“vegetarian”

“HOW? How do you live without the goodness of meat? and the amazing taste of fresh chicken from kfc”

“if you’re just going to be mean about my eating habits then I shall find someone else using the marco polo technique” I said with a smile shrugging off his arm that was still around my shoulders, and starting to walk off slowly, I noticed some people from my school at tables around the food court

“ohh hope my darling hope wont you come back to me if I buy you risotto balls that are 100% vegetarian” I turned around to see blaze on one knee arms out stretched grinning at me, he caught my eye and winked. People were starting to stair at him. “oh please hope come back into my out stretched arms they long to hold you again, shall I sing you a song to lure you back to me?” he was enjoying this way to much I just looked at him daring him to make more of a fool out of himself when he started to sing “hope my darling of glorious beauty wont you come back to me” he shuffled forward still on one knee

“Doesn’t your knee hurt?” I asked wondering how long he would go on like this

“‘She speaks: O, speak again, bright angel!’ I quote from the greatest love story of all time Romeo and Juliet”

I walked back to him giving him a push as I reached him for good measure

“ahh my love returns to me” blaze said hugging me

“shh your mush you big freak show you” I said pushing away from him “what were you saying about risotto?”

“she returns not for love but for food” I put my hand over his mouth

“you sir are such a loud mouth”

“and you miss need to pick how you would like your risotto ball, wrap? Box? Salad? Just on their own?” blaze was grinning at me again

“as if that’s ya Blaze long time no see mate” said the short haired girl behind the counter of the risotto balls stand

“alright Tone how you doing?” he said turning to the girl

“yeah alright you? This ya new gurl?” she asked

“who hope here? No just met her like half an hour ago”

“your kiddin me right?” the girl- Tone- looked shocked “an’ your already singin to ‘er in the middle of the food court? You be carefull of this boy ya hear?” she said the last bit to me

“yeah okay, I will” I said smiling at Tone.

“Tone theres no need to scare her of yeah” blaze said

“if singin to ‘er hasn’t scared ‘er off I don’t think much will”

“im only still here because he is buying me food” I said with a laugh

“you will go far in life kid” tone said smiling at me “ ‘ave a risotto wrap ‘alf price” she handed me a wrap over the counter and blaze handed her some change

“keep the change for yourself Tone, look after yourself cya” blaze was ushering me towards a table

“bye Tone” I called as I glanced over my shoulder to see Tone smiling at us “how do you know her?” I asked when we sat down

“ohh so you’re the jealous type are you?”

“what? No! im making convossation that’s all, but seriously who is she?”

“who Tone?”

“no the invisible woman next to you”

“ohh” blaze said turning to the empty seat next to him “this is meg and she’s my invisible friend from when I was a child she decided to come visit me today from the darkest corners of my mind” I chucked my empty water bottle at him “so you’re the abusive type to” he said pretending to get out a note book and pen and write it down

“get lost, no wait don’t leave me”

“and your indecisive”

“stop analysing me darn it” I said with a laugh “please tell me who tone is”

“she used to live next door to me, she pretty much grew up with me and my sisters”

“you have sisters?”

“yeah 3 and you have work”

“ahh no what time is it?”

“1:20”

“no no no no” I said picking up my rubbish and chucking it in the nearest bin

“slow down woman you are always in rush” blaze said following me

“do you really have nothing better to do than follow me?”

“you are an interesting person to follow”

“don’t you have work?”

“its my granddads shop he wont mind if I go back late I think he would prefer it really”

“okay well I have to go” I said when we were standing outside work-it Halle was looking at me from inside I gave her a wave she just smiled back

“tomorrow same time same place?” blaze said

“how much do I owe you?”

“another meeting”

“money wise”

“meet me again and we will call it even”

“fine, tomorrow same time same place” I said as he reached down to hug me and I found my self hugging him back. When the hug had finished he turned and walked away without looking back no good bye or exchange of phone numbers, that was it.

I walked back into work-it wondering what on earth had just happened in my lunch break

“who was he?” asked Halle standing behind the desk

“I don’t even know, Halle, I don’t even know”