Just To Have You

Chapter Four

A/N: Another chapter done! I didn't think I'd have this out today, but I got inspired by a song, which I'll post to the right, and I had to get this out. I know I still dont have many readers but if you are reading, please do comment and let me know what you think. I really want to improve however I can. And ya know...I also wouldnt horribly mind if you voted...ya know that'd be pretty chill too... ;)

ok i'll shutup now. Enjoy :)

I remember the first time I ever laid eyes on Parker Evans. It was in tenth grade, while I was still slightly awkward (socially and physically). I wasn’t too bad; I never went through braces, or the really bad acne. I had a few pimples here and there, but I haven’t changed drastically from then to now. But I had also never been in love, or had a serious relationship, or fought with a man until tears ran down my face. You know, the things that mature you and make you more comfortable in your own skin.

So meetings with strangers didn’t usually flow too smoothly for awkward little me.  

It was a grey morning, especially cold for Los Angeles, and it only kept me in the sleepy haze I was stuck in. I was walking towards my locker, headphones in my ears and eyes cast towards the ground, when I was slammed back into the ground. The force, as well as the surprise of the fall, was slightly shocking and it took me a couple moments to realize what had happened until I was wise enough to look up and search for the cause.

That was the first time I experienced the pleasure of looking into his eyes; the first time I was close enough to see the circle of dark green that surrounded the teal sphere, with just a little bit of baby blue and yellow thrown in there for good measure. They were the most enticing and fascinating eyes I had ever seen, and I found myself stunned, yet again, but for a different reason entirely. I felt like I was trapped inside a vast ocean, as cheesy as that sounds.

But it’s true; in that moment, all I saw were teal, navy, and light blue waves, lapping around me and sucking me in. I quickly realized that this person with the oceans for eyes was speaking to me, and the water that was surrounding my mind quickly disappeared, swirling down my minds metaphorical drain and forcing me back to reality.

“Umm..uh, sorry, what?” I managed to stutter and mumble out at the same time.

“I saaaaid…areee youu okayyyyy?” He asked me slowly, drawling out the words as if I was mentally incapable of understanding what he was asking.

My cool, which had momentarily abandoned me, came rushing back(thank god) and I swiftly smiled up at him, saying,

“Oh yeah, completely fine. Just shocked, that’s all.” He looked taken back, probably not expecting me to actually be…normal.

I stood up quickly, wiping off my legs and butt, averting my gaze the whole time so those waves wouldn’t come crashing back.

“Are you sure? You seemed pretty out of it,” he said hesitantly.

“I’m perfectly fine. Really.”

With that I bent down to pick up my iPod, noticing that we both had dropped ours. I picked mine up and handed him his, while quickly saying,

“Sorry about that.”

Before I could embarrass myself even more, I turned around, completely forgetting about my original plan of going to my locker.

It was later that day as I attempted to listen to music when I realized I had grabbed the strangers iPod by mistake. A frustrated sigh left my mouth, angry that I had done something so stupid. Now he was sure to think that I was mentally handicapped. I didn’t even know why I cared so much, it was just that his eyes were burned into my memory, and anytime one of the many colors found in his eyes showed up- in the color of a pen, or the shirt of a peer- those eyes flashed into my head and stayed for quite a while.