[short story] Bravery

saturday morning - 10am - at the park.

my friend Mark invited me to come over and hang out. He said it was gonna be our last bonding time together. since after today. they would be moving. not that they wanted to but cause of their parents' work that they needed to.

it's already been 45 mins since i got here and yet no sign of them. 'the hell?! this is freaking boring!' i looked up and saw a girl looking at me. shocked that i suddenly shouted. i didn't notice her standing there before.. she kept on staring at me so i asked 'what do you want?' maybe it came out a little harsh but i was in a bad mood. what can i do?

'uh.. my brother wanted me to come and get you. he said you we're waiting here but i got lost so ... i'm sorry!' she apologized lowering her head. brother? did she mean Mark? well.. this was awkward. so i stood up. 'no need to apologize. so where is he?' they said to meet up and what do i get? a lost girl instead. 'uh.. they're packing right now. said we should get some snacks and head home so you can help him with packing his stuff..'

What The Hell?! he asked me to come over and hang out just to buy him snacks and help with the packing?! i was just about to back-out when his little sister tugged me a little on my shirt. she seemed a little scared so i looked at where she was looking. there was a group of thugs loittering around.

'they we're trying to get me to come with them but i ran.. so that's why i got lost' she said. so that's what happened. well how do we get pass them? its not like that's the only way in and out of the park. but that would take up too much time and she already wasted enough trying to find to me. i know that by noon they need to have packed everything.

i held her hand and said 'don't worry. just hold on to me and they won't hurt you anymore'. so i took the risk. i thought nothing bad was gonna happen. but what did i get? they stopped us. tried to grab her. and i tried to fight. i didn't know i was so weak.. good thing a passerby called the police and the thugs ran leaving us.

still i got what i deserve. trying to be brave. right now i'm at the hospital laying on my bed and thinking just how much of an idiot am i. still it was a good thing that she was okay. she told her brother what happened and he stayed with me for a couple of hours before the move.

but what i really look forward to. is the promise she made me.. she promised to come back and visit. and after all these wounds heal. i plan on confessing my new found love for her. hope it goes well. wish me luck.