Two years ago
I never gave it a thought that jogging in the moonlight can be so relaxing. As I ran on this bridge, I feel like, with every step I move on, a part of me forgets the traumatic experiences.Usually, being a morning runner, I make it a habit to at least run for an hour or so before I begin my hectic day. But for some reason today morning, I felt myself laying in the bed rather than doing my chores.Now, when the day got over and it was time for people to drift into the peaceful slumber, I decided to get rid of my worries. Not that it was something permanent but maybe for a while, I will get over the harsh memories. Or I should say my own past personality which was the sole reason for this loneliness and constant throbbing in my chest.The wind slapped me hard on the face, and taking it as a cue, I pulled up my hoodie over my head, running faster and stronger. I didn't know what I was trying to achieve then. All I knew was that I was running away from the reality which was thrown at my face every day whenever I sat in the office watching families, lovers, and friends walking in the restaurant: The Price Inns.The restaurant was a constant reminder to me of my father since he created it with his hard work and dedication. And indeed, when I saw it gaining popularity in Times Square, I couldn't help but feel guilt stricken. He wasn't here to see the fruits of his overtime, his extreme positive belief that one day his restaurant is going to be the most popular place of the entertainment spot of New York City. And there again his reminder brought back every memories of my parents, siblings and… A sigh escaped my lips as I feel sweat covering my forehead. Realization crawled up my mind that...Now, all that I had were a few shreds of haunting recollections of my past which won't let me be in peace for even one night.I didn't blame anyone because it was my own doing. I was the reason my family wasn't with me. If someone comes and puts me behind the bars for the rest of my life, I won't complain, yet I wasn't blessed enough to reach that stage.In fact, I wasn't blessed to have anything.I was cursed to die with this pain and loneliness.I was reaching the end of the bridge when I felt the buzzing of my phone. Shifting my attention to the side pocket of the hoodie I started searching for my phone. My eyes fixated downwards in my pocket as I continued to run, trying to pull out my cell. Before I can halt or see the person running towards me, I felt myself bumping against someone making us fall back on our butts with a thud."Holy shit!" I cursed as my cell now lied on the ground, broken into pieces. Gritting my teeth, I turned my attention to the person in front of me. As soon as the person flipped their hair around now mumbling something under their breath, I got lost in the beauty that was scrunching up her nose in front of me."What the fuck are you? Man of Steel?" Her angry voice boomed bringing me back out of my trance.Rubbing her head, she stood up while I kept on sitting there, perplexed.After years, for the first time, I stared at a girl with some odd feelings. If that was not enough, then once again I found myself staring at her 5'7 figure. She was dusting her black tracks while glaring at me. She glared at me with her chocolate brown eyes, pushing away her long curls which were disturbing her view as well as mine."What the hell do you think you are staring at, Mr.?" She yelled at me again and this time I finally gathered myself up, towered over her, making her step back from me.I stared at her deadpan. Her eyes roamed over my face in confusion. Having enough of my blank look, she burst again, angrier than ever. "Are you deaf, Man of Steel?"I gave her a look which said that I-was-really-not -interested in her queries. I would rather be smelling a rotten egg instead of quarrelling with a female. Okay, that might be harsh. But I wasn't really fond of females anymore due to...I couldn't dwell further in my perceptive world as I felt a strong punch right in my abdomen. In normal circumstances, I wouldn't have moved from my place. Since it was quite unexpected, I stumbled on my steps in utter disbelief.'Did this woman just hit me?' That surely was another first. 'But why the hell did she just punch me? What did I do?'"Ah," she cried holding her fist bringing me back from her daze.I smirked. "Now you know what this Man of Steel is actually in real! And by the way, Man of Steel is too cliché phrase, why don't you try Metallic Man? Will help me boost my ego a little more than usual!" I sounded sarcastic to myself.My brows raised at her as she was still caressing her fist. As soon as my words registered in her brains, she straightened her posture peering right through me. And all of a sudden, I felt exposed. It was like she was peeking a look at my soul through her captivating eyes which held so many emotions in them."First you stare at my cleavage like a shameless jerk, and then have the audacity to boast yourself and your worthless ego. You Wolf Face, I'll sue you for lusting over me!" Her angry outburst took me by surprise.I was least bothered about her threats. They were empty as usual as any other girl does. She seemed harmless."Oh hello, get over your self-obsession, Ms. Cow Face! And if you are intelligent enough, then you would know that with a face as yours, a man like me won't ever be lusting over you or your assets but cringing with disgust.” On purpose I insulted her to rile her up more for some reason. Now I may sound creepy, but there was something about her that was fascinating as well as infuriating. The more she got irritated, the more her nose flared and her cheeks, were becoming red."You Wolf Face! How dare you?" She busted, grabbing my hair in her fist pulling them like a spoilt brat who couldn't handle one wrong word against her beauty.'Did I just say beauty?' Oh yes, she was one hell of a beautiful girl. Man! Her hold was hurting my hair and I was so sure I might become bald if she did not stop her maddening activity anytime soon. "Hell woman, leave me.” I tried to push her away from me. It was like some ghost of a wrestler took over her body and she was shaking me up like an insane person. My scalp hurt."Dammit!! Leave me, You reincarnation of Satan!" Pissed, and tired, I yelled. In the heat of the moment, I grabbed her hair too. 'Wow, twenty-one-year-old Daniel Price is pulling a girl's hair to get rid of her! Kodak moment of the day!'"You asshole, leave my hair. I swear I'll murder you and dump your body in this ocean!""Too bad you witch. First, you need to get a weapon to murder me, and then you might need some help to throw me down from here which I am sure you are not getting so your plan is a complete failure!" I boasted as we both went around in circles, glaring at the other.Our hands were still in the other's hair, as the need to revenge was clouding our minds."Stop it!"We heard chorus voices, yet we continued to fight."First, you walk like a blind mutt and bump into me making me fall and breaking my cell. Now you are after my hair, is there any end of your madness, Ms. Cow Face?" I ignore the voices coming from behind as she growled at me."I swear I will kill you the first thing if I get any weapon!" She threatened. I simpered, pulling her hair more. Just then a bullet was fired freezing us at our places, and the man behind me declared, "You both are under arrest for causing an unnecessary nuisance on the street!"The color drained from our faces as we stared at each other enraged. 'Who called the cops?And before anything could make sense, we both screamed, "I will kill you!"Warmness! Swept right into me when I held Nathaniel's hand in mine. It was something I was missing since the second Serena declared her decision to step out of my life and my home. After spending several minutes with him, I couldn't make myself strong enough to leave him, unguarded. Let's just accept it that after being dependent on someone for keeping me calm I no longer can accept this sudden loneliness. And I knew I can't abandon Nathaniel. He doesn't have a shelter to live in this cruel world. Maybe, now I can save someone's life like Serena saved mine. ‘But then if she saved me from my demons of solitude, then why did she think pushing me back into those doors again was sensible? Why?’‘Why?’ One word that held so many answers. Only, if she’ll even consider me worthy enough to explain her actions. I guess I was a material to get discarded without even being used. ‘Isn’t it weird the outside world thinks that only girls get messed up in relationships but here, look at me, I’ve bec
Flashback ContinuedIf it was anyone in my situation currently, I was sure they were going to use the word, "Shock" to describe this sudden assaulting kiss. But since I am not an ordinary man, but a simply complicated and an extreme downright confusing person, I will say I am "Clean Bowled" with this stranger girl's audacity to kiss a mere stranger whom she has met just few hours back.Never for once in my entire day, err scratch that it should be the entire life I thought that someone will just leave me speechless with this frustrating as well as seductive kiss.It wasn't actually seductive but a very warm kiss, which was being given to me by this spoilt brat who was completely dissolved in my lips or that's what I felt when I felt her licking my lips with her tongue.I still stood deep rooted on my spot while Serena's hands now went behind my head pulling my hair a little. I didn't know why I was so caught up in the moment that my brain refuse to function so did my body.Thus, when
The morning rays touched my face alerting me of the another day. I straightened my body for a while gawking at the ceiling but then as realization dawned on me that this was the first morning In these two years when I was alone on my bed. As I felt that loneliness caging me, small hands wrapped themselves around me. Nathaniel!! My mind reminded me of my companion now and as I turned to look down at his petite frame hugging me on my side, I felt my heart clenching in pain. My hands raised on their own to caress the little boy's head as a feeling of belongingness surrounded me. A connection that was gone was resurfacing. I don't know why I felt so much connected to him but I was glad that he was here near me, in my time of agony otherwise I was sure last evening, that alcohol will only become my friend now but now that I have someone to take care of, I think I can last a little while without it. "Hey little bud. Good morning". I greeted him as he lazily opened his eyes, rubbing them.
The amount of anger that was radiating from my body, I was sure it was enough to terrorize anyone but Serena! She just stood there unaffected smiling at my Nathan as if she had known him all her life.She knew I was burning holes in her face, but the audacity of this woman always left me in state of shock. If I will have to rate my own yelling, I will definitely rate it as the world scariest yelling, but Serena just remained unfazed by me. Like I didn't affect her now in any way!Can this really be possible in one night? Was my love so weak that she had managed to throw me out of her life in every way possible to not even flinch at my angry tone?My body was becoming stiff with every second, not because I felt any love for at the moment but because of the fear. Fear that she might just take my Nathan away from me! And I was sure if she decides to become a hurdle in my way now, she will face the worst that she could have ever imagined.She left me hanging, and I bared that but I will n
"I hate the time I spent with you," I whispered. Morose, I sounded to my ears, though this time I didn't allowed the glumness to take a hold over me. It invigorated a sense of self-loathing of what the treacherous word, 'love' did to me. Despite my denial I gave into that sadistic feeling and the outcome was right infront of me. Serena Waldorf eyed me with menace but now, I was done being a fool. I was done trying to figure her out or expecting an understanding. My broken self had begged her, but the hostile look she gave me made me change my mind. Instead of trying to deal with her with in a calm way, I gripped her shoulders tight and yelled taking control of my life back from her, "You are wrong Ms. Serena Waldorf. It's you who broke up with me not the other way round. And why are you so disgusted with me? What have I even done to you that you have the gall to say that you regret us. Didn't you ever loved me? Didn't you ever felt anything for me even once? How can you even think of
Few years back!!Mornings!! Always made me crunch my nose in annoyance because if after High School classes I hated anything then it was waking up early in the morning.I never got the theory of these stupid early risers, who shout their lungs out about fitness due to early wake Up's. Like seriously!! Now just imagine, how would it keep you fit if you sleep at Three in night, and wake up at Six in the morning?Irritating! Right! And just think from a teenager's perspective, who was locked in those sexy arms of his girlfriend for most of the night. Then certainly, can you even blame that guy for not waking up early after such a hot night at his girlfriend's place, err now ex girlfriend's place.But yet as this blasting music pierced in my ears, I so felt the need to beat the shit out of the person who dared to disturb my slumber. And who else it can be other than my annoying, frustrating yet adorable younger brother, Josh Price.He certainly was four years younger to me, but his behavi
There was a pin drop silence in the room as I thought of million reasons to explain my sisters, the unhealthy and obsessive vibes I got from Carolina. I chased girls too, but what I did was more of a play fun while what she intended looked like a conspiracy lurching around me. Even from miles away I felt a hostage to her vile presence. I should be the one dominating her, turned out, I am intimidated from Carolina and her voice which felt nothing but a gunshot in my ears. "You both were saying," my sisters urged in unison and I scratched my nape, hesitating in elaborating the discomfort I experienced from their closeness with the girl whose the weirdest creature to have walked on this planet. Thankfully, Josh beat me to it and gave a sensible argument, "Well, she hasn't done but with the way she looks at Daniel at times, I find her way too creepy and not to forget wherever Daniel goes, she is present there. Like she is always on the run, following him. Doesn't it indicate stalking to
The ride of thirty minutes to Midwood High School was the most awkward ride ever of my life. Carolina kept on stealing glances at me from her peripheral vision and I tightened my hold around the steering wheel. I feared one of these days I might brutually hurt her which is the last thing I want to do in my waking life. She tried to open her mouth to blabber gibberish but I showed my hand pausing her midway and all I heard was a distressed heavy breathing sound. The mouth freshener I began to chew after scolding Carolina suddenly felt the most poisonous thing I ever tasted and I spit it out from the window, shocking myself for I'd never done that. The things this girl made me feel were not only horrendous but worth causing a lifetime of bafflement. Sighing, I finally halted the car outside the campus to greet the sight of various students fooling outside on the long open greenish corridor of the campus waiting for the bell to ring while a few sat on the stairs, reading, chatting and an