By the time we rented a room, we decided to share one, it was almost 5 and thus we decided to skip sleep, since all the lattes and cappuccinos we drank kicked on and sleep had become a distant memory.
Edward had changed into a pair of black jeans and a baby blue shirt that complemented his ocean eyes.
I also chose to change and also went for a pair of jeans, but blue, and a thin, long sleeve white shirt. Anyway those were the only clothes I had in my backpack since my luggage was transferred directly. Internally, I also debated whether to leave my lens or switch to my glasses.
I chose to simply refresh my lenses and leave them in, but took my glasses with me just in case.
"So what shall we do now?", Edward voiced my thoughts.
I thought to myself that breakfast would be highly appreciated now and said, "Let's go eat some breakfast and also catch a sunrise on the way. According to my phone, the sun is to rise in approximately 30 minutes, give or take a few."
After thinking it over, Edward agreed and we decided to get a cab.
"So when and how exactly does your experiment begin?", I asked curiously while waiting to reach our destination.
We found a hill that had a perfect view of the city and was the best place to catch a sunrise. And a bonus to that, it had an IHOP restaurant a few minutes away.
"Well, let's start. Question number 1: Would you like to be famous? And in what way?", Edward asks while staring at me.
It's only then that I really take in the details of his face. He's got dirty blonde hair that looks like it belongs to the sea because of the way it lies in perfect, messy curls.
His eyes resemble the purest ocean that you'll ever find, that dare to drown you inside if you look a little too long into them. And that was one of the reasons I made a mental note not to look him directly in the eyes.
"Earth to Juls.", Edward said while waving his hands in front of my face like a maniac.
I smacked his hands down and said after a minute not wanting to expose my whole self to a person I met a few hours ago,"Depends."
"Depends on what?", he asked while knitting his eyebrows together.
I wish I knew I thought to myself.
"Well, sometimes I do and sometimes i dont.", I answer shortly without giving further explanation.
"You know Juls these questions are for you to open up because that's the only way we can get to know each other and possibly fall in love.", he said and I caught a glimpse of concern and sadness his eyes.
But as I blinked, it was replaced with a cheesy grin that he always wore accompanied with a light dimple.
He might have sensed the discomfort in my eyes or my tone, or maybe he noticed how I played nervously with my fingers or bounced my knee.
Whatever it was, I was taken aback at his statement. I always thought I was good at hiding stuff, but maybe I'm not as good of an illusionist as I thought I was.
"I grew up reading and believing that the world was a good place and that I could be a hero and change the world.", I paused while looking outside the mirror, watching the trees pass us by.
"Every once in a while this innocent girl appears and wants to be famous in order for her to change the world. But as that girl grew up, she saw that there is bad even more than she expected and bad guys unfortunately dont wear masks. She outgrew that innocence and decided to stay under the radar.", I forced myself to stop because I didnt want to spill myself to him.
After a moment of silence Edward said, "You know, changing the world doesnt mean influencing millions of people and persuading them your idea, it's as small as making a person smile. And at an angle it seems so small, so insignificant but you never know you might have saved his life.", he smiles and takes my petite hand into his not so petite.
"I mean who's to say he wasnt going to jump off a bridge. Let's say he wasnt going to, but imagine that he was upset and he was going to cause some hurt but with your seemingly insignificant smile, he might just as well save someone's day.", he paused and I sensed what he was going to ask next.
To my rescue, we arrived at the hill and I got out of the car before he got the chance to ask me what had happened.
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Teen Fiction"What if I could make you fall in love with me in 24 hours?" I sat across him with my eyeballs out of my eyes and my laugh filling the airport. "You're kidding, right? You cant be serious?" He looked at me as if what I said was out of this world whe...
