The magic keeper

Chapter 1: Lebanon

"Hurry up! We're gonna miss the plane!" I heard my mom shout from downstairs.

I was in my room making sure I didn't forget anything. We were returning home after spending two years in New York.

First, my family and I thought moving to a big city would be comfortable, unlike

living in a magnet for disasters like Lebanon, but we were proven wrong enough to return to the life we were living two years ago.

To everyone's surprise, there wasn't a little bit of traffic, so we made it to the airport in fifty minutes.

When we were eating in a restaurant at the airport, the flight was about to take off in thirty five minutes.

I just ordered a milkshake while David, my older brother, ate dinner for the third time this evening.

"Dude, you eat like a pig!"

He just rolled his eyes and took another bite of his hamburger.

When I finished, I went to the bathroom. On my way back, I tripped over someone and dropped a bag they were carrying.

"Sorry! Didn't see you coming." I said as I picked up the bag.

"Oh it's okay" A man's voice said.

I stood up and slowly examined him. He was a young man, maybe in his early thirties, blue eyes, brown hair, and, in a way, beautiful.

He shot me a kind smile and said:

"What a brave young boy."

Brave? What?..

Then his face became serious.

"Listen carefully."

What the hell does this stranger want from me?

Then, like he was answering my thoughts, he said:

"I want you to do me a favor."