"Hey it's you!" I shouted at the brunette, recognizing him from the week before.
He stared at me for a minute, trying to remember who I was, before breaking out into a huge grin. "Hey I remember you! You nearly ran me over!"
I laughed while I quickened my pace to get to where he was. Once I got there and our laughter died down, we settled into an awkward silence. I wanted to break it and say something, but my social anxiety kept getting in the way of that. So instead, I let myself get distracted by the tulips in the bark, swaying in the breeze.
The guy said something, but because I was so focused on the tulips, I didn't hear what he was saying. Didn't help that my brain registered the other people's footsteps, the bird calls, and the cars passing by at the same volume as his voice.
"Huh?" I said looking up from the tulips.
"I said that was a pretty nasty fall you took. Are you doing alright?" he asked.
I blinked, blanking out for a second, before remembering what he was talking about. "Oh, yea. I'm fine. A few bruises won't kill me. It was a miracle you grabbed me off my bike before I went into the roadway." And once again, the awkward silence blessed us with its presence. I looked around, trying to avoid making eye contact with the brunette.
In an attempt to break the silence, I took a breath and said, "So... nice weather we're having, isn't it?"
"Yea, I guess so," he responded, and the silence took hold once again. All of a sudden, he bent down and ripped a tulip out of the bark and awkwardly handed it out to me.
"F-for you," he said, a light shade of pink dusting his cheek. My eyes widened, at the unexpected action, and I giggled, taking the flower from his hand. Where was that charismatic ladies' man I saw a week ago who rescued me off my bike?
"Um, wow, uh, thank you...?"
"Kai. My name is Kai."
I smiled and said, "Thank you, Kai."
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I was walking to the grocery store when I thought some one was following me
I turned around and saw no one there so I brushed it off by the way my name is Lara and I was being followed by someone my whole life!
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I WAS about to turn the corner when someone grabbed me and used their hands to cover mt mouth. I struggled and managed to push the person off and started sprinting down the street, yelling 'HELP'. I turned back to get a glance at the man who attacked me.
I saw his face and it was Der!!!
"What the hell Derek!"I shouted " I was scared shit-less that it was a kidnapper or murderer or gang member" It was NYC, who knew what happens at night and what kind of dangerous people are out there.
"Shh"he said and covered my mouth. I bit his hand and he removed his hand from my mouth.
"Ah, what was that for?" he yelled, his eyes getting darker as he pouted and rubbed his hand.
"I don't know what you're up to but you're so being dumped"I told him. He was acting crazy and it was driving me insane because he wasn't telling me anything.
He growled and ran towards him with his hands out wide to try and grab me, but I turned and kicked him in the leg as he fell to the ground.
"Ha take that I took karate" I said proudly as he was groaning. I was a black belt student. I started sprinting when I turned the corner I saw Derek again with his eyes as dark as the night sky. What happened to his blue eyes?!
"But you w-we-were- right there and n now you're here what? and w what happened to your eyes?"I kept stuttering. He seemed so brooding and dangerous and he didn't seem like the Der I knew and loved.
Before I knew it, darkness succumbed me.