Chapter 2- Watch your step
She needed to find a payphone. The loud coffeehouse was getting crowded and here and her friend Claudia were getting restless. She told her friend to wait there for her as she proceeded to look for a phone. She went outside…the splash of rain that hit her face shocked her. The rain was somewhat comforting. She soon forgot what it was that she had to do and just began to wander around, getting lost in her thoughts. She must have been more lost then she realized because she soon bumped into something and fell. When she looked up she realized that the something was a someone. Hypnotized by his bold brown eyes, she almost didn’t notice the kind offer of his hand to help her up. She grabbed his hand and stumbled slightly bringing them closer to each other. He began to speak in an angelic voice…
"Hi my name is Zac,"he said.
"I’m Tatum, sorry about that I didn’t see you there," she said.
"That’s ok" he replied.
"Hey, you look pretty young, what are you doing out so late?" she asked.
"I am looking for my brother Tay, and I’m not that young." He shot back.
"I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it like that. So just how old are you?" she questioned.
"I am 12….Ok maybe I am a little young" he replied.
"Uh…That is a little young," she said w/ a smerk.
"And how old are you miss maturity?" he asked sarcastically.
She giggled slightly and replied "I am 16."
"Oh well that’s not that old….wait!…I see a gray hair" he giggled softly.
"Very funny, I know I’m not that old, so anyway…Are you from around here?" she asked
"No…I’m from Tulsa" he replied as his eyes wandered.
A white van suddenly pulled up and Zac told her he had to go….And maybe they would bump into each other again…Then a short giggle and he was gone. She stayed in the same spot and watched as the van rolled away. She wondered if she would ever see him again….he was the first person to put a smile on her face in a long time. She turned around and saw her friend Claudia walking in a daze and she began to run over to her to tell her about her new mysterious friend.
Chapter 3- Wishful Thinking-
Claudia was walking with her head down, she was thinking about her new friend, wondering if she’d ever see him again.
"Claudia, Claud." Tatum yelled to her friend as she ran up to her. Claudia looked up and Tate was standing right in front of her with a smile set on her face.
"what’s up?" Claudia asked.
"Uh, nothing, we gotta go soon, let’s go call my Mom." Tatum said, she wanted to tell Claudia about Zac another time, she knew if she talked about him, she’d regret letting him go, so she kept quiet, she didn’t know that Claudia was doing the same.
"Ok." Claudia smiled at her friend. They girls walked back to the coffee house, both keeping a secret happiness inside. They walked into the building.
"Stay here." Tate said. Sam giggled to herself, that’s what she told her before they both wandered off, and met Taylor.
"Ok, but hurry." She said. Then Tatum went to the phone near the back of the coffee house, she called her Mom, then returned to Claudia, they waited outside under the over hang, till her Mom came…
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Claudia and Tatum, returned to the hotel the were staying in and went up to their room, that was connected to Tates parents room. They were tired from the long they had had. Tate got into her pajamas and into the hotel bed, Claudia on the other hand sat at the window, the view was amazing, she looked out at the ocean, the waves crashed onto the shore below, she looked at the stars above and was reminded of the boy she had met, a vision of him was locked in her memory, she closed her eyes, she heard Tatum said ‘Goodnight,' but was too lost in thought to answer, she pictured him standing in the rain, the way his eyes met hers and the connection she felt between them, she was carried into a deep sleep, dreams of him played in her head…
Chapter 4! Coming SOON!!!
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