"I'm sorry Ib, I really am" Garry says, his eyes full of pain.
"You promised you would take me to the Macaron Café today, you promised!" I know Im being childish but i were really looking forward to this. I were supposed to buy a hazelnut macaron and give it to Garry, as gift to show my appreciation.
It's been six years since I and Garry escaped the Art Gallery.
Im no longer a little girl, Im 15 years old and Garry is 26.
After the incident at the Gallery we started hanging out, the first time we met was when Garry asked me out to the Café just around the corner.
I was ten so it wasn't really a date, more like he was babysitting me.
My parents started liking Garry more and more, said things like "What a handsome young man" and "It's cute how much he cares about Ib".
When I got older it grew more serious and we had sleepovers and we played games and listened to music.
I often thought it was strange that Garry, that was the dubble my age, wanted to be with me. Maybe he felt guilty about what happened at the Gallery? Maybe he just cared about me. Everytime I thought about him I got all warm, he really was an handsome man.
"Ib, are you even listening?" Garry looks at me, worried.
"What?" I say dazed, trying to regain my focus. Apparently the conversation had gone on without me.
"I said we could go the Macaron Café tomorrow, is that okey?" He says warmly, smiling now.
I throw myself around his neck, hugging him hard.
"I dont want to leave" I say in a grumpy tone.
He puts a hand beneaht my chin and slowly raise my head until I look him in the eyes.
"Im sorry Ib but there is nothing I can do! But we will eat so many macarons tomorrow that you'l never look at a macaron ever again!" He says, laughing happily, like there was not a single problem in the world.
There is, he just doesn't know about it yet, my age is a problem, he is 11 years older then me! How would it look if he started dating a 15 year old? The word pedophile would probably be brought up. From people around my age it would look cool, I would be dating a much older guy.
When im older it won't look as weird that he is so much older then me but I can't wait until im older!
Either you're too young or too old, why can't the world just be simple for once?