Chapter Two. The Start of Something New.

He pulled away. He looked ashamed, he turned away from me. "I'm sorry." He whispered. 

"It's okay. I didn't mind. Shocked me, Allen." I got up. He looked up at me, He gave me a hug.  I didn't understand. Then again, there was a lot of things I didn't understand. He was the closest thing to a friend I had ever had. I grabbed his hand and explained how I hadn't ever had a friend. A real friend. He looked at me with a loving look. He whispered at me while looking at the ground.

"I'll be here for you." A smile slowly spread across my face.

Later that day when we were back at my house, we started arranging things. We started painting, which ended up in a paint war. We arranged the furniture. When we were done, it was probably 3 in the morning. He started looking through boxes of my things. Pictures I regret taking, cds, drawings, small things. "I hate almost every single person in those pictures," I confessed. "They're fake, they lie. Can't trust people in a world like that." I saw him nod as he started picking some up. "What are you doing?" 

"Pick out the ones you want to keep." Want to keep? What? I pulled out my family pictures and a few with good friends. 

He motioned me to follow him. I walked with him, confused and awkwardly. We walked to his house. We walked through his gate into his backyard and a fire pit was right there. I silently laughed to myself. He lite a fire, and slowly one by one, burning away every mistake with people I made. He burnt away the past. It felt good. It felt like there was a cure for your past. The scars in and on me were still there, but memories were to fade. I felt a chill outside and got closer to the fire, still smiling to myself. Allen rubbed my back, I looked over at him. "Maybe this is a place to settle." I said to him with a smile.

"And if not, it's a start of something new." He gave me a soft hug. Life was in place for now. No troubles. 

I walked home and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning I realized that Allen wasn't just a friend, he was kind of my companion. Or a therapist. I still wasn't sure about the town. I've only interacted with one person..

(Allen's Point Of View [P.o.v.])  

I let Farah go home around 3:45ish. I walked up to my room. She just moved here, but for some reason I could tell she wasn't like any other girl. 

When I woke up I looked out my window and I could see her lime green curtains open and her balcony doors open. She was awake. I thought to myself, Don't go over there to soon, she'll think you stalk her!  I then got dressed and ate breakfast, whatever my "routine" was. Soon enough after about an hour on playing piano, I heard a doorbell. I walked downstairs with a smile on my face. She came here I thought. I opened the door to see my friend Tyler standing there. My smile fell and he looked awkwardly at me. "Hey, me and a bunch of guys are getting together today. You gotta come." I shook my head at him. 

"Not today Ty, I got plans," then I whispered to myself, "I hope." 

"Whatever." He seemed kind of mad when he left. I felt a little bad. 

It was 2:00 now and she hadn't come. I decided to go out walking. I walked outside and it was a bright day. I walked to the store. I went into the card aisle. Searching throughout hundreds of cards I found one I liked. It was blue and it said "I found something new." Then the inside was blank. It was the color of eyes. I purchased it and walked home. Once I got inside I sat down thinking of what to write on the card. It finally came to me,

Dear Farah, 

I know you just moved here. But you're different from other girls. I like it. I seem to get a long with you. I was wondering if you would meet me at the movies tonight for a date. My treat.

Sincerely,

Allen.

I walked across the street stuck it threw her mail slot in her door, knocked then ran around on the side of the house. I heard her walk to it. With a sigh of relief I walked back home.

Reviews

[Melody]

This is cute. XD It's different.