Knot The First Time

Chapter Three

She hadn't expected to see Jedrek that much in town at least for a whole and she was right. It would be almost a week later when she'd ended up running into that red and black dragon again, this time at a park. The town had a nice park with swings and exercise equipment and a few other things for kids here and there. She had planned to head there for a day of relaxation and maybe some exercise, but as she walked up on the park she noticed a swing with a familiar figure laying atop it. The closer she got, she made the connections in her head, it was him. She walked up to him, facing him as he lay there. He was sprawled out and sleeping she guessed. "Jedrek? Hey Jedrek, that you?" She leaned down close to him to see if he was even still breathing.

One of his eyes cracked open, "Nella, right?" He yawns and stretches a bit. "Hey. Weird seeing you here." He sits up and looks around "shit, I must have been out a while." Then he laughs with a shrug "guess I was tired" he had came to the park today by accident. He went on a little walk this afternoon and didn't really have a destination in mind, he let his feet lead him and he wound up here at the park of all places. He ended up finding a swing to rest on, but didn't quite remember falling asleep.

"Seems so." She stood back up taking a step back. "You up for a getting a drink with me? I was hoping to try that pub sooner or later, and who knows. You just might wake up before we'd get there." She chuckled, taking more step back and turning around. Her mind was definitely screaming at her from messing up her already scheduled day but she didn't care. Maybe a resident of the town could be fun to have along. And he didn't seem that bad when he walked her to the crystal shop about a week ago.

He laughed, "Haha, real funny there. But, sure, I'm always up for a drink. Just under one condition, I'm buying." He may have been a rocker type, all leather, tattoos and metal music kind of man, but he still prided himself as a sort of gentleman. He didn't have anything planned today, which was a first so he didn't mind killing some time with this mysterious girl who seems to keep crossing paths with him. "Did you happen to find a rock," he quickly corrected himself before the woman decked him "uhh I mean crystal, that you liked back at that store?"

Nella huffed, but couldn't help giving the guy credit. He's trying. "I did. A nice spire blue and green one. It's quite beautiful actually." She kept her step in time with his as they headed to the local pub. "So is this all you have planmed today? Anything else?" She looked to him and raised a brow half expecting some cocky or douchy response.

"In all honesty, I didn't have anything planned today. I just took a walk and wasn't really paying attention to where I was going and ended up at the park. I found that swing and I guess I fell asleep" he chuckled a little bit. "And I'm glad you found something that you liked at that shop. I didn't even know we had one of those stores here in town. Guess I haven't paid enough attention on my walks around town."

"You don't have a good sleep schedule, do you?" She hummed. It was quite the peaceful day for once. Nice breeze intermittent with the warmth of the sun. Quite a beautiful day for a drink.

"You got me there" he chuckled nervously "I have a nasty habit of staying up way to late and then sleeping up until I absolutely have to get up for work."

Nella just hummed in acknowledgement, chuckling a little at the thought of Jedrek tried as hell at a desk job or something. They walked for a bit longer until they hit the pub. Walking up to it's doors Nella grabbed the handle, opening it and gesturing for Jedrek to go through. "Well? Shall we?"

He nodded with a small smile, "You bet. I love this place, seems like I'm here on almost all my days off." He chuckled embarrassed. "Ehh.. perhaps that's not a good thing." When they walked in, the place was already pretty packed. It was a friday night so it felt like the entire town was there. Jedrek took note of all the people and shook his head. "Might be a bit hard to find a seat, we might end up having to stand a bit. It gets like this some nights."