Orbs

15.

Skater Boy

Mia

I explored the whole city looking for the clinic where Dr. Brady worked. I gave up as the sun was setting and the whole town was buzzing with people walking home from there busy jobs to go to their families and children. wait, I had nowhere to go and had come to a small skatepark surrounded by rusting playground items and weeds and plants. There were a few guys on the oval opposite the skate park who looked my age and were just mucking around I ignored them and sat at the top of one of the ramps my knees up and leaning against the fencing on the top of the ramp. I rummaged through my bag looking for my book and turned to my bookmark, even though some may think this book was bad I was obsessed or maybe it was just the fact that I had nothing else to do I didn't have my phone or headphones, I was living in the dark ages.

The group of guys was growing closer and closer their deep voices and chuckling creeping up on me and then a rolling of skate wheels on the concrete going over the bumps and ridges they went quiet and dispersed themselves over the park doing tricks and flips over the rails and ramps, including the one I was sitting on. My cap was down covering my face so I don't think they noticed me but one was the guys slid up the ramp propping himself onto the edge and then looking at me.

"Hey,"

He said lifting my cap by the tip and I looked up at him. It was him, 'Brady' kid. His dark red firey hair glistening in the sunset he smirked at me and so did I.

"Hey,"

I said after a minute of u just staring at each other's orbs.

He grabbed the book out of my hands till leaving my page I was on open. What a gentleman.

"Mia, you get even more interesting every time I run into you,"

"Mr. Brady you didn't run into me I fell into you, off a train,"

I reply grabbing my book back and putting the mark in and back in my bag crossing my legs and looking at him sheepishly.

"Ooh Mr. Brady I prefer Flynn," He tells me gesturing his hand out and I shake it his hands were muscular and warm it was comforting in this cold weather.

"Whats your story Mia, why are you here in the big apple"

"Well Flynn, I ran away from the circus and decided I hopped onto a chair and let it take me away,"

"Mia what did you do in the circus?"

"I grew a beard and jumped through flaming hoops and tiny pools I was the main act!"

I say throwing my arms up and sliding down the ramp jumping up and twirling at the end he claps and I give him a bow laughing and then slides down the ramp on his board down to my feet looking up at me. I lean down to him propping my hands on the edge of his board our faces getting closer and closer orbs staring into orbs his orbs drifting between mine and my lips. It was magical.

"Hey, Flynn,"

One of his friends say from behind me I close my eyes and he drifts to the side of my shoulder looking at him.

"I have to go,"

He says and I flutter my eyes open and we both stand up him helping me. We smile and I stand there as he takes a few steps towards his friends.

"Hey, Mia we are going to a party, want to come?"

He was holding his hand behind his head-scratching his head looking at me inquisitively. His friends didn't look worried they kinda looked excited.

I ummed and awwed and then his two other friends one looks tough and had a buzzed head and the other had bleached tips and looked like he belonged on MTV, to be honest, they all looked like belonged on MTV with some crazy edits skating around new york. His friends leaned on each side of Flynn making puppy dog eyes pleading me to go.

After a minute of this, I agreed and one of them ran up the ramp to grab my stuff another came up to me putting his hands around my shoulders and Flynn looked chilled skating out of the park. The bleached tips boy had his arm around me leading me behind Flynn gestured his other hand out to me.

"Bobby,"

He says I shook his hand and he continued to lead me to were we were going.

The buzz cut guy ran to my side with my bag and ran in front of me and turned around running backward greeting himself to me then turned back away still running.

"Rat,"

"A rat once jumped on his head as a kid and now his name has just stuck,"

I giggled at this.

"I really hope you guys aren't kidnapping me and I should even be talking to you, stranger danger is real you know"

"Its a party at this guys apartment, nothing major just a few people,"

His smirk wasn't reassuring.

We got the street was a dusty rusty bus stop was and I sat down next to Flynn and Rat me and Rat being separated from my bag.

We waited awhile giggling and chatting while we waited it was strange how did I just meet these people and I wanted to know more but I was still thinking of Luca as the stars came out I wondered what he was doing and if he too was looking.

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