BEEEEEP!!!
BANG!
SHIT. Did I just hit someone?
I pulled out the handbrake and jump out of the car. There’s an old man on the asphalt, wincing in pain while holding his leg. I ran towards him and squatted down to check if there’s blood. Luckily, there’s none.
“Oh my, I’m sorry, Sir! Are you okay?”
I was about to help him stand up, only for me to feel a cold metal on my neck. A knife is being pressed lightly against my skin, making me freeze. I gulped and try not to make any moves. Move an inch and my throat could be sliced.
“Give me all your money.” The old man stated calmly. I see no cars nor people around. It’ll be useless to fight back.
“I-I have some cash inside the car.”
“Don’t try to fool me.”
“No! I didn’t! You could check it yourself!”
“You know what will happen if you lie to me?” The knife moves to the left side of my neck. I feel like its peeling a bit of my skin. I grimace in horror. Sure, I’m afraid of dying, but I’m more afraid of seeing blood right now.
“NO! NO! I swear I have money in my car!”
“Take it. Don’t do anything foolish because you could die in any moment. Got it?”
I stand up carefully with this practical robber behind me. We walked towards my car and I slowly opened the door. I saw my wallet on the dashboard, but I’m not sure how much cash I have. What if I only have ten bucks? Will he still kill me?
As if a cue that God still loves me, I heard a loud, high noise, sounds like a siren. This old man pushed me hard, causing my head to bump onto the steering wheel. He really have to hurt me in any way possible.
“You okay there?”
I pushed myself back and turn face this soft voice, which is likely coming from a girl. “Yeah, I’m fine. Thank you.”
As I looked up, my eyes almost pop out. There stands a certain blonde who is looking back as shock as me. I swear she is literally everywhere! If we run into each other again in the future, she might be my potential soulmate. Cliché but fuck it. I feel like I’m the main character in a drama now.
“I’m starting to think you are the one who stalks me?”
“If I know it’s you, I would’ve just let you got robbed.” This blonde scoff and starts to walk away.
“Wait, Ms!”
Of course, she didn’t listen and keep on walking. She didn’t even bother to look back. Geez, this damn woman. I hastily hop into my car and starts the engine, following this blonde. I rolled down the window as my car is on the same pace as her. “At least let me thank you for saving me?”
“No need. I won’t help if I know it’s you.”
“Please? Or let me just treat you some dinner?”
“Don’t bother. Just treat your own wound.”
Wound?
I immediately step on the brake. My neck stings but I don’t think that old man really sliced my skin. My hand moves towards the left neck cautiously. I feel some fluid, not that much, but still, it makes me panic.
Stay calm Alex, you can handle this.
I slowly reach the tissue. Once I grabbed it, I closed my eyes and cautiously wipe any fluids around my neck.
“It’s just a small wound. Stop overreacting.” I heard the blonde says. I’ll deal with her later. I just need to wipe the blood here and I’ll be good.
After a few moments, the tissue in my hand got snatched. I could feel it being softly tapped on my neck.
“Do you have any aid kit?”
“Inside the compartment.”
“Hold the tissue.”
I slowly opened my eyes and saw the blonde getting inside my car. She pulled the compartment opened and grab a rectangular red and white box. She faces me right after tearing the adhesive bandage opened.
“Lift your head up.”
The same lavender scent is getting stronger as she moves closer to me. She carefully placed the bandage on my wound.
“What’s your name?”
I know, I should be thanking her. But she’ll just slip away if I thank her right now. This blonde gives me an ‘are you serious’ look. I just shrugged and wait for her answer. It’s our third meeting and I haven’t known her name. Ridiculous.
“Why are you so desperate to know my name?”
“I can’t just keep calling you Ms. Blonde for my whole life.”
“Bold of you to assume we’ll meet for your whole life.”
I chuckled, “why is it so hard for you to tell me your name? We’ll probably meet again in the future.”
This blonde scoffed. “Yeah, because you stalk me.”
“I will really be your stalker if you didn’t tell me your name.”
“You are so goddamn annoying!” She clicked her tongue, “I’m Rosie.”
I smile, probably way too wide for her liking. She immediately shot me another death glare.
“I’m Alex, incase you forget.”
“Are we done? Because I want to go home.”
“Let me drive you home?”
Rosie heave a deep, long, and heavy sigh. It’s like she’s trying not to explode in front of me. “First my name, then driving me home. What’s next? Taking me out for dinner?”
I grinned, “sounds like a plan.”
As I step on the pedal, I heard Rosie muttered ‘unbelievable’ before slumping to the passenger seat.
“So, are you up for a dinner or go straight to your home?”
“Shut the fuck up and keep driving.”
“You fucking whore!”SLAP!“Mom!”I sprinted to where Ayle is. She was hugging her knees on the floor. Her body is shaking as I wrapped her into a hug.“Stop protecting your sister! She needs a really good slap to wake her up!”“Mom, stop! It won’t get you anywhere by hitting her!”Mom was breathing heavily. She threw the baseball bat she was holding to the floor. Ayle flinched because of the loud thug as the baseball hit the ceramic. Did mom just hit her with that?“Be honest with me. How many has she brought home while I’m away?”“What are you talking about? Ayle didn’t bring anyone home.”“You know I can check everything through the CCTV, right? I’ll ask you one more time, Alex. How many boys has she brought home?”“No one, mom.” I answered straightforwardl
It’s half past six and we are still at the newly opened bookstore across my office. Ayle wants to spend time as much time as she could by staying far from the house. I’m not against her idea, but it’s kind of tiring after a long day at work. It would be great if I could go straight to bed after work. Or maybe, I could pay Rosie a visit. Should I ask for her number if we meet again?“Are you in a relationship or what?”I flinched as Ayle slammed her books to the table. I glared at her because some of the visitors are staring at us.“Why the fuck are you so loud?!” I asked in a whisper-yelled tone.“Stop acting like this is a library.” Ayle rolled her eyes and proceed to sit down. “You’ve been daydreaming for the past…” She glanced at her watch, “ten minutes?”I folded my arms and stare at her unbelievably. “Since when did you become a paparazzi?”
“We’ll have another social experiment?”“Sales department said public has a great feedback about it. Most of them are asking for another experiment.”I haven’t got over the first social task we had. Let’s just hope there’s no certain participant that attracts my attention. Or better, there’s no certain blonde suddenly appears in our booth.“The topic is either the most painful thing you’ve been told or you’ve told. The management is taking votes for that.”“It’s… kinda interesting?”“I know, right. I definitely choose the painful thing you’ve told someone.”I take another bite of my burger. I almost let out a moan since it’s my very first meal for the day. “Why?”“I have listened to many stories where people being victims. I want to see the sides of villains. Ho
“Shit! I’m sorry!”I quickly kneel down and pick the scattered papers all over the floor. I’m in a rush and didn’t watch my step, causing me to bump onto the new intern girl. The meeting with Maggy took longer than usual. Of course, she has lots of complaints. All the way down from works to the tidiness of our office.It’s a little over seven, means I’ll be meeting Rosie in a bit. It’s embarrassing because with just the thought of seeing her tonight, makes me giddy all day. Bryan even notice my unusual behavior and keeps on bugging me today, but I just brushed him off. I’ll tell him when I think I stand a chance with Rosie.“Here,” I handed some of the papers I picked, “I’m sorry, I didn’t watch where I was going.”“It’s okay, I didn’t watch my step too. Thank you.” She bowed politely and avoid eye contact with me. She keeps her eyes on the fl
“Are you sure you don’t want to eat at home?”“I swear if you ask me one more time!”I quickly zipped my mouth and follow this blonde who is walking in front of me. I’m carrying a box full of chicken and two drinks, while Rosie has snacks on both hands. We are currently walking to the rooftop of an abandoned building. Since we parked at the 8th floor a.k.a the last floor for parking lot, it takes forever to reach its rooftop. We area on the last stairs and I can feel my legs go jelly.This building used to be a bar years ago. But its business went bankrupt and the owners probably hiding somewhere, leaving this place unoccupied. But it doesn’t mean this place is unused and haunted. Most of the time, the rooftop is occupied by youngsters to chill and stuff. Its night view is breathtaking, thus worth the effort to reach the rooftop.Rosie pushed the metal door opened. Its creaking sound makes several heads
“AYLE!”As soon as they heard my shout, both pairs pulled away.The plan was I came home to a quiet and peaceful house, since it’s almost one in the morning. But no. I have to witness Ayle and a random guy make out in our front yard.I could see Ayle urging the guy to get inside his car as I fasten my pace towards them. The guy is fumbling around his pants, maybe looking for the car keys. As I walk closer, there’s a strong reek of alcohol coming from both of them.As soon as I grabbed his collar, I waste no time to punch this bastard in the face. Now the intoxicated guy fell headfirst to the ground.This guy grimace in pain. I could see bloods flowing through his mouth. Although it stings, my knuckle doesn’t seem to be stopping soon. I land another punch, and punches, on this bastard.“Alex! Stop!”I felt a harsh tug on my back, thus making me left another kick on him before getting pulled awa
“So, the rumor is true?”“What rumor?”“You are seeing someone here?”I just laughed it off. Bryan has been way too persistent since I asked if he wants to go to the club. And I guess meeting Olive here last Friday, make it worse. The interns are quite active in spreading news.“Tell me, which chick keeps you here?”I ignored him as I pushed the door opened. Shake it off by Taylor Swift was being played out loud, yet no one seems to complain. If anything, the crowds get even wilder when the chorus came. I look over the counter and found Rosie bobs her head, jamming to the diva’s song.“Shit! That’s the blonde?!” Bryan shouted behind me, as we made our way to the counter.As she knows someone is watching her, Rosie turned her head towards our direction. Her lip curls slightly upward, giving me a dominance smile, as we made an eye contact. I wink and in an instant,
It’s been awhile since I feel this nervous. I’ve been inside my car since half to seven. And it’s almost seven now, yet I can’t bring my leg to walk and knock on Rosie’s door. I grinned widely over the rear mirror, just in case I have some food stuck between my teeth. Don’t want to give Rosie a bad impression on our first date.For the last time, I inhale a deep, and long breath, before finally deciding to step out of the car. I’m practically dragging my feet to Rosie’s front door. I didn’t bring anything either, because I don’t think Rosie is the type who likes flowers. Oh, maybe I should bring her fries and ice cream. Stupid me.“I thought you wouldn’t get out from the car.”I jumped back a bit.There’s a guy who folds both hands while leaning on the wooden frame door. Is this Bonnie? I don’t remember his face since I’ve o