Danger

chapter 1.

I go back to the time in my life where my life changed for what seems to be like a huge, but honest mistake.

As I sit on the balcony of my building complex, I pull out a white and red cardboard box from my coat pocket alone with a lighter. I flip open the cap to reveal a half-empty box of cigarettes with just enough to get me through tomorrow afternoon. I slide my finger across the top finding the last one from the corner of the pack fishing out a cylinder like tube from it. I place the cigarette between my full lips as I place the pack back into my pocket and putting the lighter in my hand. I bring the lighter up to my lips as I begin to light it. I watch as the flame connects with the cigarette waiting for the paper to light. Within a few seconds, a flame finally appears and the cigarette was then loosely hung from my lips. It takes me around four to five seconds before I can feel the smoke ignite into my lungs. I slowly blow out the smoke into the cold, summer night thinking about who I currently was talking to.

I was emailing this really nice-looking guy that I found off this dating website. I don't really use dating websites very often, but I was sick and tired of guys in this town and I really don't like the way I am treated here by guys. I had enough of it.

*Are you into younger men?* He responds first, giving me a warm feeling inside. 

*Nope. Into older guys. No games.*

*So what's your story? Single?*

*Yeah. I'm just a typical girl. I like art, movies, museums, paintings, that sorta stuff. I'm Jae.*

*Caspar. Nice to meet you.* I smile at his name. It was unique. I had never really heard that name before, except Casper the friendly ghost, but in that case he wasn't a ghost, but he sure as hell was friendly.

*We haven’t yet :-)* I reply back. I send a smiley face just to lighten up the mood a bit. Although we have only been talking for less than five minutes he already seems to be a pretty interesting guy.

*Then let’s work on that.* He replies and shivers are sent down my spine. This never happens.

We start to talk for about thirty minutes when I finally find out that we will be attending the same college. Small World huh? We both are attending Santa Barbara in California. We plan on meeting tomorrow afternoon, which will be the day we both arrive on campus.

Caspar told me there was this really nice coffee place right on campus too and he said that is where we should meet. I guess he discovered the place when he was only a freshmen in college, but now he is working there. He is currently a senior and twenty five. I really didn’t care about his age because he was hot, and I was surprised for once in my life I could get a good-lloking, funny and smart kind of guy.

*It’s a date.* He says.

*It’s coffee. LOL.*

As much as I would love to think that it is a date, I hope that it reminds him to be a little easy on me since I am totally new at this. I haven't dated anyone in a long time.

*Haha, see you tomorrow.* He types and I give him my number.

I lean back in my chair and sigh at how beautiful not only he is, but how beautiful Boston is right now. I take a drag from my cigarette and sigh, looking down at the noisy, but busy city below me. Boston was a pretty place to be outside during the day. Even with the cold breeze gently knocking into you as it almost hits you towards the other direction, it was a perfect place to live. And as I smile to myself and remember how lucky I am to be finally getting out of this hell hole place, the breeze starts to pick up causing to send a few shivers down my back and throughout my body. With the large army jacket I was currently wearing, it still wasn’t warm enough to be sitting outside. 

My name is Jae by the way, I’m currently twenty years old and almost a college student. I guess that is really all you should know about me.

After a few more drags, I put out my cigarette in the ash tray next to me and walk inside into my bedroom to finish packing. I only have a few hours before I have to be at the airpiort and get ready for my plane to leave. Even though I’m excited about college, I’m more excited to see Caspar. I could feel we really clicked when we talked about little things about ourselves. It all just seemed natural.

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I finally arrivein sunny California where I'm now getting a cab towards the college campus that was now waiting for me. I start to get butterflies in my stomach. I don’t know if it was because I was nervous to go to college, or because I was finally meeting this mystery guy who I've breifly met thorough a comouter screen.