Fate

#06

Jackson's P.O.V (in the shop)

I get to the shop and the first thing I do is pick up a basket as I know I'm not going to buy a lot. I get all the things I needed plus some extra snacks and I make my way to the checkout. I walk behind one of the shelves and right when I walk past it I feel something hitting me. It didn't hurt but it was still a hard hit, so I get myself ready to shout at the person (I really needed to release the anger in me) but when I looked at the person all the anger disappeared. My heart was beating really fast and I could feel my boiling blood rushing around my body. It was the girl from yesterday. Unlike yesterday, she looked completely healthy, which made me happy. I was just staring at her and I could see her talking to me but I couldn't hear anything. Suddenly, I saw her  looking around for something and a few seconds after I heard her groan in pain.

''ARE YOU OKAY?!!'' I said worried. She had a big bruise in her hand.

''I'm fine'' she says. ''I'm the one to say sorry, your nose is bleeding because of me, I'm really sorry''she bowed at me. 'My nose is bleeding?'

''nononono, it's not your fault!'' I say waving my hands around. ''I was already bleeding before'' I lie.

''but still, I hit you with the trolley'' she said embarrassed.

I look at her and I see her looking into the air, as if she was thinking about something.

''are you okay?'' I ask.

''Yes, I'm fine'' she looks at me with a smile. Then suddenly, she shouted.

''AAAHHHHH, THE BOY FROM THE BUS!!!'' I get startled and I look at her surprised, 'boy from the bus?, have we met before?'. Then I see her face turning red which made remember about yesterday. 'does she have fever again?' I ask myself. Just as I was about to ask her if she was okay she quickly pushed her trolley to the checkout and payed for her things at the speed of light, and walked outside the shop. I quickly go to pay for my things to follow her outside. While I was waiting in the cue I remember about the bruise in her hand, so I ask the lady behind me to look after my things for a second and I quickly go to grab a pain relief spray. When I finish paying my things I run outside hoping for her to still be there, so I look around and I spot her just a few metres away from the door. We make eye contact which made me a bit nervous.

''oohh, you are here'' I go in front of her, and I leave my bags on the floor to hold my knees, trying to get my breath back. ''you are quite fast'' I say.

''I'm sorry'' she says once again. I look up with a serious face.

''It's fine I told you it wasn't your fault'' I say smiling, but she started laughing.

''what!!! is there something on my face?!!'' I say touching my face.

''well, you are still bleeding and your nose...'' she says while chuckling. I look at her and she looks...cute.

''let's go there, I can help you clean it'' she says pointing at a bench and I just nod accepting her help. I see her trying to take a bag with the hand she hurt before but she can't pick it up.

''Should I help you?'' I say and she smiles.

''sorry...'' she says and I take the bag straight away.

We sit down on the bench and she takes out a pack of tissues from her pocket.

''Here let me help you clean it'' she says and wipes the blood of me. I just stare at her, 'she's too close', we were literally a few inches away, I could feel my face going hot and my heart reaching some unbelievable number of beats in a few seconds, but then she moved back and looked around looking for something. I see her run to a fountain to wet a tissue. Then she runs back to the bench but she trips on her knees, before I could go to help her stand up she was half way there, but I still go to her.