Ren Tao and Jaden Takahashi
First Meeting
I was sitting on a bench at the park, just watching the happy couples go by. I never understood why there were so many couples here. This is a park, not some fancy romantic place, I thought jealously. I always wanted what they had. Love. Knowing that someone cares about them must be the best feeling in the world. I let my tears roll down my face silently, hoping that no one would notice me, the quiet girl just sitting on the bench, taking up space.
I suddenly felt a warm hand on my shoulder. Great. Someone did notice me, I thought. Wiping the tears from my eyes, I turned around to find a boy standing behind me. He looked like he was about fifteen and he had the most beautiful green eyes I ever saw. What does he want from a girl like me? I'm not pretty or anything, I thought but I coldly said "can I help you?". He sat down next to me and said "Why are you crying? I see nothing wrong". I was about to say that I wasn't crying but it was allergies but I doubted he would believe me, he seems smarter than that. Instead, I told him it was nothing important. He disagreed with me saying that he thought it was important so I told him why I was crying and that I feel stupid for crying over nothing. "It's not 'nothing'. I know how you feel". He looked away when he said this.
Suddenly he turned back to me and said "Hey! I have an idea!". He stood up and took my hand. I wasn't sure what he was doing, but I followed him. He took me to a bridge and he walked off. I wasn't sure if he was abandoning me so I stood there waiting, looking into the water. It was about a half hour later when I decided he wasn't coming back. I turned around and walked away from the bridge thinking I can't believe I fell for his trick. As I was walking I saw him walking towards me. "What do you want from me? I don't even know your name." He held out a black rose and said "I am Ren Tao and I am also curious about your name". I took the rose and said "I am Jaden Takahashi". He looked at the sky and said "It's getting dark. Would you like to...um...stargaze with me?" he blushed. I wasn't sure what to say to him, I wanted to say yes but I wasn't sure whether or not I should.