Give up.

  'Have I seen you somewhere before?', a very nice and beautiful woman asked me. Her face the color of almonds, her smooth black hair slicked perfectly down which rolled over her developed body, her black eyes piercing through my body.... but her hand was linked to that of another's.  

Why did it end this way?

'Uhmm, I don't believe so', I forced my self to say. My hand clenched underneath my heavy cloak which had been smouldered by the smell of smoke.

How could you forget me?

'Oh, well my bad! Have a good day!' she awkwardly threw a smile as she carried her mans with her---heading to the lit Christmas tree where every family and couple were gathering together at.

I kept walking with my head down, on this frigid winter night.

***

Part One-Children.

Me and my best friend were called Beauty and the Beast. We would walk around the neighbourhood hand-in-hand, we would gallop into stranger's lawns, we would swim, we would do everything together.

'So, You are saying I won't jump of this bridge?' I asked, overconfident in my abilities as a man.

'HA! I know for a fact that you won't even survive the impact', my friend said as she laughed, her strghait black hair bouncing with each immature snarl.

I took this opportunity to climb on the edge of the bridge, the distance from here towards the pond was at least 2 stories. As pushed myself to my feet a cold breeze made itself welcomed, almost throwing me of balanced.

'H-Hey! I was joking you don't need to jump', she came towards the edge and held on to my thin brown shorts that were a size to small. For some reason at this moment I had what might be the best idea in the world.

Beauty and the beast were a couple, right? So why aren't we?

'Serena, lets make a deal'. I said above her, she looked up with those black eyes of hers. Cute.

'What are you talking about! Just get down before the next breeze kills you!'

'Lets say I survive this jump, I want something in compensation'.

Compensation. Know that's a bug boy word.

'W-Wait I ain't even forcing you to jump! Why do I have to pay something in return?'

'I want', I turned around facing the small pond and with the last burst of adolescent courage I jumped.

'A KISS!'

Next thing I knew I was in the hospital with heart monitor stickers connected to my body. With blurry eyes I scanned the white room to only see basic hospital stuff---except for the cute girl sleeping on the small green couch in the corner of the room.

'Serena?' She didn't respond.

Hmmm. I did what my brain told my body NOT to do---I disconnected the stickers and like a drunk old and lonely man I stumbled her way barely landing on the couch. I sat down silently only adoring her. Just her.

Her.

'Jeez. You are beautiful'.

Silence.

'Y'know you can't just blurt out those things to a girl. She might get the wrong idea?'

'Pretending to be asleep to avoid this conversation isn't very lady-like either, though', I know this statement pushed her to a corner, but I really wanted that warm sensation of her lips on mine. I don't know if this sounds perverted but that is what my 12-year-old self wants at this moment. Man, I am a terrible human being.