Secrets Told By Lies

Chapter 1

"You have heard the song Lovely little world by LYcafe and now we will play..."

Emma turns the radio of and continues to the front door ready for a new day to start.

You know that feeling when you just feel happy for no reason. That's how she feels right now. Happy and feeling like this day is going to be a good day. Not that anything good has happend to her lately. It's more of the other way around. Nothing's been good so what ever will happen can't be worst than it already is.
Walking out in the sunny weather and looking at the blue sky only makes the good feeling this day even better.

She walks to the nearest bus stop and pick out her bus card ready to scan it. Then picks out a seat in the far back and sits down beside an elderly woman who smiles at her and then continues with her own business.

She gets of at the stop by the little shop she's heading to. A place she's been coming to for the last 3 months, ever since she first moved out from her parents to live on her own.
She found this little shop who has the best sweets you can eat even trough that's not the only reason for her coming here.

There is this place up on the hill where she can sit at the end of a cliff in the middle of the city and look out over the town going by it's duties.
She also likes the place for it's seclusion.
It's as quiet a city can be but a good place for her to work on her next project for her dream to come true.

Her dream to become a songwriter is still very slow going but she hopes she will have a breakthrough soon.
She loves to write songs and music has always been her life and she just hopes an opportunity for her to come soon.

While she sits there and think over her music so comes a man and sits down beside her without saying a word. She feels a bit uncomfortable about it and begins to pick up her stuff untill the man speaks.

"Please don't get up because of me, if I'm disturbing you then I should be the one to go."

He rises and turn to the way he came from.

"No please stay, I didn't mean to be disrespectful I just have a lot to do." She says and gesture for him to also sit down again.

"Oh thank you." He says and sits down and thankfully without getting to close to her personal space.

She begins to write again and lays her guitar at the side for a while and he just sits there looking in another direction for a while.

After a while can she feel the presence of someone close to her. He sits just by her and looks at her lyrics.

"Good, very good" he says and nods.

"You have a talent for this, I would most certainly listen to that."

She looks a little confused over has proximity to her and he's straight out words.

"Than you will be my first fan for this song if it ever makes it." She says, laughs a little and for some reason feel pretty calm by this strangers words.

"You know, my brother is a really good singer maybe I can show it to him and see what he thinks of it?"

"Oh I don't know, it would be very embarrassing." She says and wonder if she can trust this person.

"Uhm can I ask what your name is?" She asks.

"Oh of course, I'm Mark. Can I ask you the same?"

"Emma, I'm Emma."

"Then Emma what do you say about meeting up here again at the same time tomorrow?"

She gets a little baffled at first but nods after awhile. "Yes why not."

She picks up her stuff and puts the pen in her bag while giving the lyrics to him still hesitating. Can she really trust this guy? But what does she have to loose. It's not like she has had any luck with her lyrics yet.

The both of them became awkwardly silent after that. Non of them knowing what to say.

"Ehm... than Emma hope to see you here tomorrow. It was very nice meeting you. Same time tomorrow?" He asks.
She nods and they both stands up.

He strolls away and she just stands there for a while seeing his shadow disappear behind the corner of the street.

That was a little bit weird right?
He was like showing up from nowhere and why did I trust him with my lyrics? She thinks as she walks back to her own home again.

She gets in her house with a feeling she doesn't recognise but at least she's pretty sure that it is a good feeling.

Right, she just have to meet him tomorrow and...
Yeah what?
What is she even doing with a complete stranger!

Okay she can say that he looked good and reliable and like he was a nice person. But what if he is some kind of creep just smooth talking her and waiting for an opportunity to...
To what exactly?
It wasn't like it was her he was interested in! It was the lyrics he liked.

Then he shouldn't be a bad person right?

She continues to think about Mark and what will happen the next time.