Gray Skies

Starlight

I felt his touch on my hand for a few moments before he walked away.

I watched as he swung his leather jacket over his shoulder, he gave one sneaky look back towards me and lifted one corner of his mouth. Before walking back towards the car park. I don't know why I felt the way that I did... I just knew that I shouldn't let my guard down. I couldn't get hurt, but why do I feel hurt at the thought of not seeing him. I heard the slight rev of an engine in the distance and I knew he was gone.

When I turned to the changing room, I felt myself grow warm on the inside. I went in and saw that everyone were around doing different things. I waited for most people to leave, before I started getting changed. Lucy and I were the only two left by the time I went for a shower. Once we were both changed I heard her ask "Why do you hide your scars?". I stopped for a moment letting the water run down the back of my neck, "I'd ask you the same question... ". She huffed for a second with a corner of her mouth raised. "I was done with the pitying looks. Everyone looked at me like a charity case" "What does Connor think?" I asked hoping to divert away from me. She looked down to the ground, "He thinks I'm beautiful. What about you? If I didn't take my time to leave, no one else would never have noticed the one behind your neck" she says. It made me flinch a little bit. But I had to start opening up a bit "Yeah. Well, it is one of the worst. I just don't like the memories that comes with it".

She got up asking "Who was the Scottish guy you went to on the sideline?" "He's Irish actually and that was Eric... My Dad" I say. I thought she would give me a judgy look, I thought anyone would as soon as they found out. But when I looked at her, gear bag slung over her shoulder she simply asked "How are you doing? Are you okay?" Just like that I knew. I knew Lucy was a true friend, she didn't freak out about the situation... She asked me if I was okay. "I'm still having a lot of mixed emotions at the moment. Don't get me wrong I'm happy that he's here but..." I begin to say, "But you don't know if he'll stick around long enough for you to get a better idea on who he is" she said, almost as if reading my mind. "Don't worry I won't mention it again, until your ready to talk about it. That includes whatever is going on between you and Rebel, but give it a chance you could be surprised..." she said surprising me more and more by the day.

We left the changing room and I looked at my phone. 3 missed messages from Bethany. 2 Messages from Rebel. 1 from Terry.

Terry: Good Luck for your game today, Anora. I know you will all do amazingly. See you early some morning. Terry.

Rebel: It was nice seeing you play today. Sorry I didn't stick around too long I had things to take care of.

Rebel: But I'll see you later tonight

I smiled reading these messages. Terry may have been someone that I talked to on chance, but he still had a genuine interest in how I was doing. Rebel as annoying as he can come off, is a decent person. I would rather have someone that's decent over someone that just pretends to be. Okay, and I sort of think that there could be something there. I didn't want to talk to Bethany at all. I was disinterested. When I looked to where Lucy had gotten to she was only a few meters away, Connor was right beside her. He stood in front of her tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, something was obviously bothering her and he obviously knew exactly how to cheer her up. They gave each other a light kiss and hugged tightly. A few moments later I heard Connor say "Anora, I'll give you and Lucy a ride to work". He threw me the keys and gave me a look I knew all to well on him. It was the 'I need a moment' look. I gave a slight smile and nodded my head before heading towards Connor's run around car.

I chucked my things in the back, and slowly started to do my hair and make up for work. By the time I was done, Connor and Lucy had gotten back. They were so suited to each other it was surreal. But I was happy for both of them. "Sorry for taking so long..." "Please, you don't have to explain until you're ready... But right now we have a half hour to get to work" I say offering her the same courtesy that she offered me earlier. We all laughed and sung our hearts out all the way to The Rooftop. It was funny how much I felt normal in the car with these two, we were just having fun. We didn't need the alcohol or drugs to be happy, we were in our own little world and weren't really interested in that sort of thing.