"Science Doesn't Have All the Answers"
His hair was the color of a beautiful young tree's bark. His build was large and muscular; like a strong fortress she could run into. From the back, he resembled a grizzly bear, but in a cute way. A very cute way..
"Ma'am? That'll be four dollars and fifteen cents." The cashier's voice flooded into Casiphee's head, stopping her mindless rambling of the man that was just leaving the grocery store.
Casiphee drifted her large, hazel eyes back to the cashier and gave an apologetic smile. She handed the cashier the money and grabbed her brown bag of groceries. Putting the bag in the crook of her left arm, she headed out of the grocery store in hot pursuit of the man. As soon as she stepped outside, she felt the frigid air of the ending winter seep through her skin, chilling her to the bone. Shivering, she pulled the hood of her leather-like jacket around her head and used her free hand to pull her jacket closer as she walked off in the direction she had seen the man go earlier.
While she tried to dodge the mobs of incoming people and look for this man she soon became smitten with, Casi had time to think:
"Wow..What a cute guy! Maybe, if my thoughts are right, he'll be the perfect guy for me! I just need to 'accidently' bump into him and talk to him for a bit. If all goes well, I'll ask him to come with me to come and feed the ducks while we talked about ourselves! Yes!! This will sure make Pop's happy too! He always wanted me to settle down since I was old enough to get married! This wi-"
Her thoughts were interrupted as she collided abruptly with a person in front of her. She lost her balance and fell over backwards, dropping her bag of groceries onto the walkway. The bag of bird seed mix broke open, spilling all of its contents out.
"Oh my! I'm sorry!" A voice said in front of Cassie.
"Great..just great!" She mumbled, finding that the smitten guy was no where to be found.
"I'm really sorry, miss. Really." The same voice from before said, breaking Casi out of her trance.
Casi stopped her pointless looking for the man and looked in front of her. There, there was guy around her age down on his knees, making her realize that he was the one she had bumped into. He had medium length golden blonde hair and bright green eyes. His face was creased into a stressed frown as he fumbled to scoop up the massive amounts of bird seed in the walkway.
Casi shook her head. "It's not your fault. I was..just to excited about feeding the ducks."
He scooped up a majority of the seed back into the now crumpled brown bag and gave Casi an apologetic smile. "Well, I hope that'll be okay. I'm really, really sorry."
She gave a shrug and crumpled the bag and put it under her arm. "It wasn't your fault. Thanks for helping me clean it up, anyway."
He gave her a cheery smile and got up. Noticing that she was still on the ground, he extended his hand out to help her get up. Casi took his hand with a thankful smile. As she got up, her hood flew off exposing her chestnut colored hair.
He stared at her for a moment, as if he was trapped in a memory. Casi, feeling odd under his stare, coughed, bringing the young man out of his trance. He looked at Casi and gave a shrug. She smiled and gave him a quick nod. "Well, thanks again. I've got to be going!"
Before he could stare or answer back, Casi ran off away from him. Once she was sure that he wasn't in view, she stopped running to catch her breath. She leaned against a lamp post and gave a sigh.
Man, what a weird day! First, I couldn't talk to that hot dude from the grocery store, and then I embarrass myself! God!
Huffing, she threw her hood back on and coninued walking. After about a block, she had the strangest feeling; the feeling that she was being followed. She looked behind her, but practically no one was there. She pulled her hood closer to her and walked faster.
"Sheesh! Why would someone be following me? It's so freaky! I guess this was how those celebrities feel when they have a serious stalker. Well, I'm almost home, where I know I'll be safe."
She turned the corner and ran onto the now empty street. She ran down the street until she got to the large old gray house on the corner. It's lawn was well kept and even though it was an old house, it was perfect to live in.
Casi walked through the path she had made and took the long way to check on her garden. The spring flowers were becoming to come out of the dirt, and it made her smile. She watered them with the hose and walked back onto the path and opened the door to her house.
Dropping her bag off at the door, she took off her coat and boots as she smiled. Afterwards, she stepped into the main hallway and yelled "I'm home, guys!!"
Soon, a multitude of footsteps could be heard from above and soon the sound of happy barks filled the large house. A beagle and a black lab puppy bounded over to Casi, covering her with slobbery kisses. She laughed and petted each of them on the head.
"Hey Potato and Eb! I'm sorry I took so long!" She cooed, stroking each of their fuzzy heads.
They barked and nuzzled her to get up. Laughing, she did. "Come on guys, let's go eat! Everything that's happened today made me hungry!" She called, trying to forget about the weird feeling of being followed and the two men. Little did she know, she wouldn't.
AN: Yay! First chappie up! Please R&R!! (No flames, but criticism is allowed) I know there's no ties to FMA just yet, but there will be in the next chappie!