Soulmate

His girlfriend

After my first school day came to an end, I sat down on a bench in front of the building and waited for my dad to pick me up.

All the other students left school and walked to their cars, and talked with friends.

I haven't made friends by now, but I talked quite a lot with Grayson, and a girl named Allie.

My phone rang, and I got a message of my dad, saying, that he'll take longer, because of work.

Great...

So I had to wait for another like half an hour, really dad?

I heard some foodsteps on the stairs behind me, but why would I care, right?

Until these footsteps stopped behind me, and someone touched my shoulder.

I jumped up, and looked behind me, only to see Grayson grinning.

"Ey, you scared the hell out of me!"

I laughed.

"Sorry, that wasn't my intention. What are you doing here, isn't school over for you?"

"Yes, it is, but my dad was supposed to pick me up, but he's coming late..."

"Where do you live?"

"Eh, like 20 minutes from here"

"Should I drive you? I have a car"

He smiled kinda tempting.

"Sure, why not", I replied.

"Alright then... come with me"

He came closer and put his arm around my shoulder but just before he laid his arm down, he stopped, looked frightened and took it down quickly.

What the hell was that?

He cleared his throught

"Sorry, eh, for a quick moment, I somehow thought, you were my girlfriend... That's... I don't know, sorry."

"Oh, you have a girlfriend?"

"No!"

"Huh? I don't understand"

"Eh, so, I had a girlfriend, but she passed away..."

"Oh, god, that is terrible"

I touched his arm, to comfort him.

"What happened to her?"

"I... I don't want to talk about it, okay..."

"Sure, you don't need to... but can I ask, how long is it ago?"

"She died on the 26th of September."
He said quietly...

Oh god

I stopped walking, and began to stutter, then my view went black and I stumbled.

His arms grabbed my shoulders, and held me, until I could see clear again.

"I'm sorry", I said

"For what? Are you okay, or do you need to see a doctor?"

"No, no, I'm fine, let's get in the car."

His truck stood a few meters behind the gym so we had to still walk a bit.

While we were walking, I felt, that he was constantly looking at me.

A small smile appeared on my face.

Then we arrived at his car, and I quickly wrote a message to my dad, that he should stay home, because I was getting there with a friend.

During the car ride, we listened to some music, but it was more of an awkward silence...

I linked him to my house, and he stopped in front of it.

"Hey, Lexi..."

Surprised by his nickname for me, I turned around.

"Yes?"

"I live like 5 minures from here, and since you don't have a car... I can pick you up, every morning, and when we have the same amount of lessons, I can also bring you home, then your dad doesn't need to drive you to school everyday..."

"That would be amazing, if it's okay?"

"Sure, I wouldn't have asked, if it wasn't okay", he smiled.

"Oh, äh, and Lexi?"

"Yes?"

"Are you sure, your fine? You seemed pretty messed up earlier..."

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just... that date remembered me of something..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, of what? Can I ask?"

"Sure, ehm, of... it was the day, the ambulance took me to the hospital..."