Underground - Chapter 5

Yet, another love triangle.The heart is such a misterious place...

UnderGround
- Chapter 5- Misguided Hearts

Lance Roberts was a rather charming young man. He was tall, handsome and polite. He had long blonde hair, deep blue eyes and very light skin. A shy but open-minded gentleman, anyone could easily see that his heart was in the right place.
“Again,” Elise said, with her eyes fixed on the dirty sidewalk “ Thank you”
“No problem, Miss Jones. It was my duty as a fellow citizen and friend…”
Elise’s heart stopped as she heard the word “friend”. She just made a new friend, she had two friends now!
She suddenly found the courage to look at him. He’s perfect face, his tender lips and his pure eyes…such a perfect creature. A quick glimpse at him was all it took to make Elise shiver and look at the ground again. “How embarrassing!” she thought to herself.

They sat there a couple of minutes, in complete silence admiring their surroundings. They had been at the city park ever since they left the grocery store. It was raining. Every bit of ground was covered with water or mud. The sky was dark, and a slight breeze ran through the air. Still, the strangest thing was that despite all the sadness and darkness around them, Elise felt safe and satisfied with Lance, under that small ranger cabin. Even though her feet were wet and her hands were “frozen”, there was no other place she would rather be, than in that smelly old place with him.
Every now and then, during those 2 everlasting minutes, she would take a sneak peak at his peaceful face, with those weary eyes of her. She desperately wished that those blissful minutes would never end…
“ You know Miss Jones,” he began , turning to face her “ finding you in that shop…was no coincidence…”
Elise turned to face him as well. She couldn’t help wondering what did he meant, by “no coincidence” but instead of asking, she simply nodded and waited for him to carry on…
“What I mean is…”
Bingo! She thought to herself, biting her lower lip.
“I feel like I know you since…ever! And that we have already met, sometime ago…”
Oh.
“This may sound strange…but I think we’re… meant to be…”
Ooooh ...right.
Elise’s heart stopped once more…but this time for a longer while.
“Hummm…” was all she managed to say… then she swallowed hard, and felt her voice fail on her…the words wouldn’t come out. Her throat was sore and her lips were trembling. She desperately reached her cold hand to her throat, and continued to make odd sounds. Lance smiled, and gently removed her hand placing it in his…it was soft and warm.
“ I can understand it’s a bit of a shock for you…but”
His words were interrupted by the sound of someone opening the old cabin. The person was in fact a teenage boy, around 15 years old wearing a football sweater with a number five on the back. He was tall , had dark brown hair, but Elise couldn’t see his face properly because of the dark environment. Then, he came closer and closer…Elise’s jaw dropped open, as soon as she realised that the tall dark boy was in fact…
“Brian?”

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