Bench Buddies

viii.

"well?" he snapped and she bit her lip in surprise.

"oh,..um..i was wondering if i could..s-sit there?" she asked, fiddling with her fingers and shifted from foot to foot.

he raised an eyebrow. "sure," he finally said, after 10 long excruciating seconds.

although Winter could sense some hesitation in his answer, she sat down on the opposite edge of the bench, careful to be as far away from him as possible and to not disrupt him in any way.

after a minute or so, she dared sneaking a glance at him, only to find him staring right at her.