Colourise

Chapter 2

HI AGAIN.

So I'm creating chapter 2 (by popular demand).

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Chapter 2

'Do you need me to walk you home?' Ryan carefully chose his question at the right time. He and Tammie have been hugging for quite a while, and he shouldn't be selfish about time.

Slowly, Tammie pulled away from him, and Ryan realised how cold he felt. He didn't usually felt his way before--he have hugged lots of girls, and fans, before, but Tammie was different. She was the only one who made him want to keep her by his side. His arms, which was previously wrapped around Tammie, felt as empty as ever.

Tammie wiped her tear-stained cheeks with the back of her hands and looked at her watch. 'It's 1.45!' She exclaimed,'I need to be home by 2am!' She looked up at Ryan. 'Do you mind?'

By the sound of her voice, she must have been quivering. Ryan understood; being almost molested by a crazy man getting drunk in Redbull, she must be feeling very scared.

Ryan nodded, and they walked in silence.

And then something clicked inside him. He shouldn't be here.

As much as he wanted to get to know her better, he didn't want anything or anybody interfering with his career, something that he had taken plenty of time and effort to build up.

And she was out of his league anyway. His band was leaving the town in a few days, so he shouldn't waste his time on a girl that he wouldn't be committed to.

He decided that once he took her home, he wasn't going to mess with Tammie ever again.

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I think I must be going crazy, Tammie thought to herself.

First, she broke her curfew and escaped her house. She had brought a plain jacket so that she can blend in well in the dark.

Second, she attended the stupid concert with Mindy. Sure, Goldenrod wasn't bad, but every now and then Tammie would turn around, worried that her father might have found out that she went missing. But throughout the concert, she didn't see a big man in ridiculously thin FBT shorts. She couldn't even remember what songs Goldenrod sang, nor the band members' faces. While everybody was shouting a mix of Non and Ryan, her mind was elsewhere.

Third, she let herself go home through a route she knows was unsafe, and ended up getting stalked by Henry Hong.

But the craziest thing she did was hug a stranger in the middle of the road without thinking.

She couldn't make out the stranger's face in the dark, but by observing his reflexes when he hit Henry, she could tell that the stranger who saved her was young, and around her age. She could, however, see that his hair was styled at the top to add texture, and he was wearing rectangular black-rimmed spectacles on his round face. And he seemed taller, too.

She blushed--it was alright to blush in the dark anyway--because she wasn't thinking straight at all. She was hugging a boy. The stranger felt so warm and comfortable to hug with, and she could still remember the rise and fall of his chest even when he was just walking a couple of inches beside her.

Even though their walk back to her house was silent, it didn't feel awkward at all. She felt like she was just walking with a close friend like Mindy. At least, that was what it felt on the first half of their walk.

Soon, they arrived at Tammie's driveway. She turned around to face the stranger.

'Thank you. For saving me.' She said, but the guy was turned his head away, his face forming what seemed like a frown. 'Is that all?' he snapped.