Forbidden Love

Part One

Lincoln was making his usual trip tothe comic book store that he frequents in the mall after a long dayat school. He had made this trip to the store a million times before,but this one particular time would be special. He was nose-deep inanother issue of his favourite comic book series Ace Savvy, avidlyinvested in what his favourite intrepid hero was up to, so much so infact, that he was not aware of his surroundings. He was walkingaround the shop with his nose in the comic book, until suddenly...

SMACK!

He rammed into another patron of theshop. This had happened before with various other contestants, butmost of them were isolated incidents and then after picking up thestuff that they dropped, they would go on their own way. But thistime was a little different. Prior to actually getting a comic toread in the shop, Lincoln had his eye on an older lady, probablyaround 15 or 16, that day. She had light blonde hair and a bluestreak in her hair. She was noticable because most of the people whowould frequent this particular shop were a specific clientele. Surethe kids section where Lincoln was had it's fair share of kids, butmost of the other people were men and women who... well for lack of abetter, left something to be desired, so seeing a radiant beauty likeher in the comic made Lincoln drawn to her.

After they hit each other because eachone was avidly involved in their comic, Lincoln said, "Oh my Gosh,I am so sorry".

"Oh Gosh," she said, "I did notsee where I was going."

Lincoln started to pick up the comicand he happened to notice the particular comic that she was lookingat.

"What is it?" she asked the youngman.

"You are reading Ace Savvy."Lincoln mentioned.

"Yeah."

"I've never seen someone like youreading this comic before."

"Well, I like it."

"Get out." Lincoln said surprisedbut excited, "I love Ace Savvy!"

"Really? That's cool."

"This issue is a great one."

"Really? Hmm, I am only on page 14so please don't spoil it."

"Oh sure. What is your favouriteissue?"

"Ooh, I am not sure. I am only up toWave 3." There were 6 waves of the comic published so far.

"Wave 3 is excellent. You willreally like the surprise ending at the end of the issue. It will keepyou on pins and needles."

"Oh okay. I will keep that in mind."Lincoln could not help but stare at this girl. Normally, he wasn'tinto older girls, but there was something about this one that waskeeping him under a sort of a trance. He tried to "keep it cool"and not let her in that he liked her, but he had a feeling that sheknew from her adorable smile and giggle that she let out.

"I see you in here a lot. You mustreally like comics," said the girl.

"Yeah. Well, I was drawn into AceSavvy from a young age. Since then, I have been reading it a lot."

"I like Ace Savvy. It provides anescape from me."

"Yeah, wouldn't you rather be in theteen section?" Lincoln asked, pointing to a section of the storefull of teen comics and the typical clientele.

"Nah. Those comics bore me. Allboring and lovey-dovey and dull. Blech. I would much rather readthis."

"Yeah, same here."

"My name is Sam by the way."

"Uh... I'm Lincoln Loud."

"Loud... hmm... are you related toLuna by any chance?"