Guardian

“Can I get one of those from you?” A deep voice from behind me spoke.

I turned around to see the boy with the almost black eyes. Except his eyes were no longer black, they were hazel and very bright. It brought out his curly dark brown hair, I liked it.

“Sure” I pulled another one out and handed it to him.

“Thanks” He said with the cigarette half in his mouth.

He covered the end of the cigarette and lit it; he inhaled then blew out a big puff of smoke. He squinted his eyes and licked his lips.

“So what’s your name kid?”

“Kid?” I said with attitude in my voice.

He laughed “Yeah. Your way younger than me”

“Athena” I said ignoring his obnoxious words.

“Eric, nice to meet you”