"So where do you want to start?" - Lisa asked playing with the food on her plate.
I looked at her. "I have no idea" I said with a mouth full of food and she made a disgusted face at me.
She sighed. "Well it's not like we can go through the whole town asking for him, he's not a missing person after all."
"He is to me" - I winked at her.
She stuck her tongue out at me.
"Hey" - I grabbed her hand. "Let's just have fun today, okay?"
"You sure?" - she asked grinning like an idiot.
I nodded. We need to enjoy ourselves and I know she's dying to go to the mall, so as soon as we finished our breakfast we called a cab and went to the mall. It was huge by the way. Lisa went to every single store and looked like a little kid squealing at every cute thing she found. I sat down in the nearest bench and let out a big sigh. My legs hurt and I'm thirsty. I've never been into shopping which is weird considering that I'm a girl. As soon as Lisa sat down next to me I felt the buzzing of her phone and I looked at her as she flushed and answered it. Must be Angel.
"I have to ask Faith though" - she looked unsure as she glanced at me.
I raised an eyebrow at her.
"Ok, give me a sec." - she looked at me. "Hey Fay? Is it okay if I go out with Angel tonight? There's an art gallery he wants to show me" - she asked.
I laughed. "Hey Lisa?" - I reached out and grabbed her shoulder. "You can do whatever you want, you don't need to worry about me. Tell him to pick you up here. I'am heading out." - I said getting up and heading to the nearest exit before she could protest.
I closed my eyes once I was outside. It was so peaceful even though it was the city. I looked up at the orange sky. Instead of going directly to the hotel I stopped by a coffee shop that looked very cozy and ordered a hot chocolate. I wondered if the waitress thought I was weird for coming to a coffee shop to order something other than coffee. I laughed at my stupid thoughts and the girl behind the counter looked at me like I was crazy. Once I finished I paid and headed out again. It was already getting dark and I considered taking a cab but the night was so beautiful I couldn't possibly miss a night walk like this.
"Hey there pretty lady" - said a very drunk and young looking guy.
I rolled my eyes and kept walking.
"Don't ignore a man in need" - he shouted as he caught up to me.
"Can you please stop following me? I don't want to have to call the cops on you" - I said
"Oh wow, American" - he stumbled towards me. I'am amazed that you can speak and think at the same time.
"God, can I help you!?" - I shouted irritated.
He nodded. "I'm sorry, I'm creeping you out. But, Can you heal broken hearts?"
- he asked while he grabbed my shoulder and looked at me with the saddest looking eyes ever.
I knew I should have pushed him away and kept walking, but it was the way he asked that question that made me feel bad for him.
I ran a hand though his hair. "Dang, you're really drunk how old are you anyways?" - I asked him.
He just smiled and passed out on the sidewalk, I almost screamed but I knew better, I didn't want to start a scene. I thought about my options.
a) Walk away, you don't know him.
b) call for help
c) take him back to the hotel room with me and take care of him until he was no longer drunk.
But of course only someone irresponsible would choose option C, but then again I was never known for being a responsible person. So of course I went with that option.After dragging him all over town and ignoring the crazy looks from everybody in town I made it to the Hotel. I pushed him on the bed and collapsed next to him. He was heavier than I thought. I didn't know I was so tired until my head touched the comfy pillow and just like that I drifted off to sleep. I woke up to Lisa staring at me freaked out.
"Do I even want to know?" - she asked raising one of her eyebrows at me.
I looked next to me and saw the guy from last night still sleeping cuddling with one of the pillows. "I swear nothing happened between us" - I raised my hands to each side of my head.
"Who is mister yummy over there?" - she questioned still looking at 'mister yummy'.
I explained what happened last night and that made her relax a little bit. She even felt bad for him and got him some pain relievers and water.
"Hey" - I said poking him with a pencil i found in my purse. I felt embarrassed and didn't feel like touching him.
He groaned and ran a hand through his hair. When he opened his eyes I noticed how blue they were. "Where am I?" - he asked in a sleepy tone.
"In our hotel room, you were following me last night and passed out in front of me, I freaked out and brought you with me" - I explained.
His cheeks turned bright red and his eyes widened. "I-I'm so so-sorry" - he stuttered.
"Don't worry about it" - Lisa handed him the glass of water and the pills and he shyly accepted them.
I cleared my throat. "Um so, how old are you? You look a little young to be drunk." - I said.
He chuckled. "I get that a lot. It's my baby face right?" - I nodded
"I'm 18" - he replied.
"Wow" - I said.
"What's your name?" - Lisa asked.
He gave her a tired smile. "I'm James"
James. I got a feeling that this was not going to be our last encounter.
