This story is about a girl named Kiara, who grows up as an orphan. She always remains lonely and broken all her childhood. She is an introvert who never mingles with other kids in the orphanage. All she likes to do is sing all day. Her love for musi...
Sandra gets a call and she leaves, Joe joins her. Kiara and Alan are left alone now. Awkward silence surrounds them. Alan breaks the silence "Shall we have ice cream, what say?" looking at his watch. Kiara is surprised "Ice cream? In this weather? It's cold today". Alan excited "Yea!! it's gonna be fun. Come on". Kiara hesitates later agrees with him. They start walking, their shoulders rubs against each other. It's awkward for both of them. They find a ice cream parlour nearby. "Welcome ma'am, sir. What would you like?" The person on the other side of the counter asked. Kiara orders "2 scoops of chocolate ice cream with almond topping". Alan's turn. He utters with a smile "2 scoops of strawberry ice cream with chocolate syrup please" Kiara chuckles. Alan is surprised. "What, I like strawberry ice cream!" Putting his arms in air, embarrassed. Kiara tells "ok ok chill". They smile at each other. Alan's phone rings. He checks his phone "oh, it's Sam my sister. Kiara excuse me for a bit. I'll be right back" and walks away. In a few minutes Kiara's phone beeps. It's a message from Sandra "Hey Kiara, it's actually Alan's birthday tomorrow. So Joe and I managed to leave so we could do party arrangements. It's at Joe's apartment. Be there in an hour or two. Cya there!" Kiara smiles and puts her phone down. She looks at Alan who is standing at a distance. He is laughing over the phone. He looks even taller from a distance. She observed an anchor tattoo on his wrist bone. A voice interrupts her thoughts "Here's your orders ma'am, have a nice day". She smiles at the girl "Thank you". She collects the bowls and walks towards him. Alan takes the bowl from her hand and whispers "I'm sorry give me 2 minutes" Kiara nods her head and takes a spoon full of her ice cream. Alan balances his phone with his shoulders and tries to eat his ice cream but fails. He looks at Kiara with a puppy face. Kiara chuckles. She takes the bowl from him, he is surprised. She takes a chuck of the ice cream and brings the spoon to his face. He gives her a smile and eats it. She smiles back. After a couple of bites, he finally hung the call. "Sorry, my sister wants to share everything to me at the end of the day". Kiara's face starts to turn pale. Alan diverts the topic, he takes the ice cream from her "hey anyways thanks, I'll eat it by myself now". Both of them chuckle. They reach Kiara's apartment. Alan smiles "Ok then, see you tomorrow I guess" while rubbing his hand on the back of his head. Kiara smiles back "yea bye".
She opened the door of her apartment and heads to her room. She drops the bag on the floor and falls on her bed all tired. "Alexa, play me 'on my way'". She was happy after such long time. She was glad she got such good friends more like family. She looks at the clock this ticking on the corner of her room "oh shit! It's 9 already". She hurried and washes her face. She checks over her wardrobe and picks a dress. Sandra calls her "hey where are you!". Kiara breathlessly "I'm almost there. See you in a bit" and she hung the call.
-- At Joe's apartment --
Joe has made up something so Alan come there. In a few minutes the door bell rings. Sandra opens the door. "Supriseee!!" Everyone screams. Alan is shook. "It's all for you my buddy, enjoy your day" Joe winks at Alan. Everyone wishes him with a hug. He looks at Kiara, she is silent. She was dressed unusual. Her hair is left loose where as it is always put up in a messy bun. Her earring dazzled in the dim light. She is wearing a blue lace dress and looked prettier. She wishes him "happy birthday Alan" , he thanks her. The party goes on. Everyone were enjoying the night except one. Kiara was sitting on the sofa all by herself where as others were dancing. Alan's eyes starts looking for her. He find her sitting and walks towards her. He sits beside her " why are you bring conscious, just enjoy yourself" "No it's ok" Kiara smiles. He goes on "ok come on, will you dance with me?" She hesitated. Before she could say something he drags her to the dance floor.
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He directs her hands to his shoulder, maintaing eye contact. She looks at his bright grey eyes, his messy hair that fell over his forehead and that innocent smile. He could see that she was nervous. All of a sudden everyone starts to applaud. They got away from each other and looked around in suprise. Joe is proposing Sandra on his knees. The crowd started cheering " say yes, say yes, say yes!" Sandra is in happy tears, she says yes and jumps to hug him. Everyone cheers. Alan and Kiara smile awkwardly at each other.
"Get closer to people who make you feel less far away"
