Trash: A Collection of Stories

Chapter 31

My fingers were intertwined with Sting's as we walked around the market. There were stalls and vendors in every direction. We stopped at a few every once and a while, but most of the time we were on the move.

Sting grabbed a small flower from a stand, when the vendor wasn't looking, and stuck it in my hair. I giggled and we moved on towards the fountain in the middle of the plaza. I sat on the edge, running the tips of my fingers through to clear water.

"Everything here is so pretty," I sighed.

"Yeah, but nothing here could compared to your beauty," Sting grinned. I playfully slapped his arm and blushed. He chuckled and shook his head.

I looked around and a tent caught my eye. The vendor was staring right at me, and once she saw I was looking she ran over.

"Please, come with me, miss!" She grabbed my wrist.

"What? Excuse me?" I stood up.

"Sir, you wait right there, she will be back in five minutes!"

"What is this?!" She dragged me into the tent and the flaps were yanked closed. There was a circle in the middle of the tent made out of small candles, and one big on in the middle. The lady sat on one side and motioned me to sit on the other.

I did, still confused. We sat in silence, her eyes closed, she looked like she was concentrating.

"You are torn, child," she finally spoke.

"What do you mean?"

"Give me your hand," I gently placed the back of my hand in her palm. With her other hand, she took her thumb and traced over the creases. "Something happened in your childhood, death." I shivered, she was spot on.

"Ok, and?"

"You are lost, you keep getting further off of your path, and if you don't find your way back you will end up hurt."

"I don't understand.."

Her eyes flew open. "That boy you were with, are you in a relationship with him?"

"Yeah, we are dating."

"You guys don't fit well. There's another one you are interested about."

"I'm sorry?"

"That's all I can say, leave now before you are too far from your path. Go!" She blew you the candle, and the rest went out in seconds. I quickly stood up and got the heck out of there.

"Who was she?" Sting met me back by the fountain.

"I have no clue, but let's go somewhere else."

"Uh, ok." I took his hand in mine and we left, I couldn't get what she said out of my head. We don't fit together? There's another person I'm interested in? "Hey, let's go get ice cream."

"Sure." We were in front of the shop. He went in and I waited outside, sitting on the curb. How did she know about mom and dad? Was she just spewing crap?

"Here," Sting handed me a cone and took a seat next to me. I licked the side and stared off into the sky. "If that lady said anything that's bothering you, tell me. I'll deal with her.."

"No, it's fine, she just threw me for a loop. I wasn't expecting that."

"Hey," he squished my cheeks between his thumb and fingers, turning them so my face was to his. "I love you."

"I love you, too," I leaned over and kissed him.

"Then get out of this funk, you just got back and we were having fun. Ever since you talked to that chic, you've been in a bleh mood."

"Sorry, I don't know. Let's just call it a day, I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, sure," we stood up and I kissed him. He kissed back and we parted. I faked smiled and turned away to head back to the hall.

"Remember, I love you!" He called out.

"I know, and I love you, too," I spun around, waving then continued on home.

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