It had been a long day and I was just about ready to curl up in bed and sleep. I checked my watch, 4:06pm, crap! I only had 4 minutes to get to the bus stop otherwise I'd have to wait an hour. Quickening my pace I bent my head to protect my face from the wind (side note, I bloody hate the wind, it does nothing but mess up my hair!) and stepped out into the road. A car horn blared at me and my head snapped up in time to see a car hurtling towards me, I heard the screech of brakes as the car desperately tried to stop before it hit me. Fear froze me to the spot and despite my head screaming at me to get off the road my feet refused to budge. I closed my eyes, bracing myself for the impact when I felt a fist close around my jacket and yank me out of the road. I stumbled and would have fallen if the person's hands had not steadied me. Turning around, I opened my mouth to thank the person that had just saved my life but no sound came out. In the distance I heard the driver of the car screaming at me but I didn't care, my attention was completely taken by the girl stood in front of me, she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She was looking at me with a rather puzzled expression and it was then I realised I was staring at her with my mouth gaping open, idiot that I am. Say something Sian! She just saved your life for God's sake. Don't just stand there! My mind screamed at me.
"T-t-thank you." I managed to stutter, oh well done Sian, nicely put. I cringed internally. The girl flicked her long brown hair over her shoulder and let out a low chuckle that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, god she was gorgeous. Wait, what? Where did that come from, I wasn't gay! I pushed that thought to the back of my mind and refocused on the brunette.
"I couldn't just stand by and watch ya get squashed now could I?" she said, smiling at me. Her smile was contagious and I found myself beaming back at her. She had amazing eyes, if I had the chance I would gladly spend all day just gazing in to them.
The brunette reached out and touched my arm, it felt like I had just been zapped with a thousand bolts of electricity and I jumped back, startled.
"Are you alright? You seemed to have spaced out a bit, was worried you'd gone into shock or something!" She asked sounding concerned. I felt myself blush a deep red and tried to form a coherent sentence so she didn't think I was a complete idiot.
"Erm, yeah I'm fine thanks, sorry, I'm Sian by the way" I replied, sticking my hand out in front of me. She looked at my outstretched arm, clearly amused by it, just when I thought I was going to die of embarrassment she took my hand in her own and lightly shook it.
"I'm Sophie" she told me, I realised we still had hold of each other's hands and a part of me didn't want to let go, holding Sophie's hand just felt so, natural. This freaked me out; before today I had never thought holding a girl's hand would feel natural to me, I've had boyfriends before, there was no way I could be gay, could there? Sophie beamed at me again and I felt my stomach doing flips… No! It was not possible that I was attracted to Sophie. Her voice cut through my internal babbling.
"Are you gonna let go of my hand sometime soon, or were ya just planning to stay like this all day?" She teased me.
I again blushed and quickly withdrew my hand, letting it hang at my side. Sophie intrigued me and although my reactions to her scared the hell out of me I wanted to get to know her. Acting purely on instinct I blurted out;
"Seeing as you just saved my life how about I buy you a coffee, it's the least I can do." Wow where the hell did that come from? I was confused by my sudden burst of confidence.
"Coffee, would be great, especially if you're buying." She replied, nudging me playfully. I grinned and nudged her back.
"Come on then, before I change my mind" I winked at her as I said this. I started walking down the street and she had to jog to keep up with my quick pace.
"Don't walk so bloody fast!" She panted, clutching her side. I let out a laugh and almost without thinking linked my arm through hers and pulled her along. It was as if we'd known each other for years.