"Dora, did you hear me? You are completely spaced out. What's wrong with you?" Darren questioned me for the second time.
"Umm... Why were you in front of me? I was so sure you were next to me a minute ago." I questioned him a little confused with the whole situation.
"See that pole behind me. If I didn't stand in your way than the next thing you fit would be something cold and hard and I am sure that would hurt a lot more than something soft meaty body like me. I didn't want you to get a big bump on your head, what would your mum think if she saw it." Darren replied as he guided me back on to the right path.
" To be honest, Darren. You hurt just as much with that hard muscular chest you have there." I joked with him hoping he would avoid questioning me about what was on my mind however after a few chuckles he questioned me a third time whether I was ok. I stared at the ground for a few seconds struggling to get words out of my mouth. After a couple of minutes, I finally opened my mouth but instead of answering his question, I ended up avoiding it again.
" Darren, why don't you go home first I want to go to the café store across the street and get a drink." I explained to Darren however he insisted to stay with me. After a long disagreement in whether he should stay or not, I finally convinced him to go home without me and watched his figure slowly disappear from sight.
At the coffee shop, I order the same thing I had the first time I met Patrick in hopes that he would come around here so that I get a chance to found out why he was avoiding me so much. After 2 hours of customers rolling in out until the store manager had to ask me to leave as they where closing for the night. I slowly began walking home pondering on reason why he would avoid me so much. As I reached the playground near my house I decided to take a detour into the park as I rested on the swings, watching the skies and sun setting in the distance. My mind started the space out and unaware of my surroundings or the dangers that was moving closer and closer towards me. I could hear mumbles in the distance as it grew slightly loud however I choose to ignore them.
"Hey isn't it that our leader's girlfriend's friend sitting on the swings?" Boy A whispered to Boy B.
"I think it is, I don't know what the group did but he is a like a different person." Boy B replied
"I know right he this keeps up, our gang would become vulnerable. I got an idea, lets eliminate the threats of changing the leader." Boy A stated while Boy B agreed.
Meanwhile, I hadn't heard a single word that spoken between the two boys as I slowly noticed two bulky shadows becoming extremely close to me. I knocked myself back into reality and noticed two boys around my age stood in front of me. From there looks, I could tell they weren't hear to have a nice chat with me. I got up from the swings and slowly inch away from them however, they kept coming closer and closer until the cornered me against a wall.
"What do you guys want from me?" as I tired to show a tough side of me. The two boys said nothing but chuckle among themselves as they were beginning to pounce on me, I closed my eyes and was ready to scream for help before I sense another figure standing in front of me. It was then when I heard a very familiar deep voice.
"Is there a problem here?" The deep voice questioned boys, as I opened my eyes I noticed the two boys back away from the guy right in front of me. It finally hit me who had came to my rescue but I need to make sure. I rushed in front of him and stare at my rescuer face as I felt a smile beginning to form as I finally saw him for the first time today.
"Patrick, Why. . . How. . . Thank you for helping me." I smiled at him as I noticed a small smile on his face as he watched me thank him.
"You shouldn't be out at night alone, it isn't very safe you know." informed Patrick as he walked me home. At that moment, I felt unexplainable happiness overwhelm me as it felt as though he was concerned and worried for me. I quickly snapped out of this sensation as I need to found out the reason he choose to avoid me today. I questioned about how I barely saw him and it sort of seemed like he was avoiding me today. For the next couple of minutes, he was silent and I was began to feel uncomfortable with how long the silence was lasting. Finally, he let out a deep breathe and he opened his mouth to explain to me how he was worried about getting to close to me but somehow he couldn't stay away. I stared blankly at him not understanding his struggle and I knew he understood how confused I was.
"Dora, you just have to know that things are a little complicated with me and I don't want to get you involved in anything. . . All you need to know is that I won't be avoiding you anymore." He smiled at me reassuring me. However, from his explanation made me feel uncertain and confused not knowing what secrets he is hiding from me. On the other hand, he had promised that he won't be avoiding me which alternatively means that we would be like the day before talking and laughing and that was what I wanted in the first place.
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We started talking normally after his explanation all the way until I reached my home where I noticed my mum was outside looking for me. I ran up to her and hugged her while she asked if I was ok as she was getting worried.
"I'm fine now, thanks to my friend here Patrick." I explained. My mum was a little confused however invited him to have dinner with us. Darren didn't seem very excited to see Patrick however when he saw me he hugged me and was kept asking if I was ok. He had felt so bad for leaving me alone even though I reassured him I was fine and that it was I who wanted him to go home first. Meanwhile at dinner, I noticed that Patrick had something on his mind however he still seem to enjoy himself. As I watched him leave for home I felt something strange about him somewhat lonely, it makes me curious about him as he has so much mysteries and so much I don't know about him. From that night, I felt the need to uncover his secrets and hoped to make him feel as happy as I did with him that night.
*again didn't edit it so sorry about the mistakes which there is probably a lot. Also sorry for not posting this in a long time. I have been really busy and to be honest a little not bother uploading more about this story but we'll see.*
