A Maze to His Heart
I know for fact everyone has a soft spot. Even Vaughn and I am determined to see it.
"I'm Vaughn, the animal dealer. I'll see you around town." It was nice of him to introduce himself, but his eyes looked annoyed and he sounded like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. We all know what that's like. I watched through the window as he left right away.
The next week I find out that Vaughn comes to the island about 2 maybe 3 days a week. Today was Wednesday. I was on the beach searching for some algae to sell. Maybe even cook a meal with.
It was quite early, and peaceful too. I looked along the shoreline and saw a boat docked. Then the cowboy hat and silver hair popped out from behind a couple crates. Vaughn.
He met my gaze so I smiled and waved a bit. His response was a simple wave of two fingers with the same annoyed look on his face. 'Crab.'
So far my day wasn't so great. Turns out Gannon found all the algae yesterday. To make it worse I feel like I upset Vaughn in a way. 'Why is he so grumpy around me?'
After the beach I went STRAIGHT to Mirabelle's. My poor cows are probably starving their tails off by now.
"Have a great day dear!" Mirabelle said when I finished paying for the fodder. I'd call Mirabelle my other mom, and of course Felicia, also. Everyone on this island I'd consider family. The bell on the door put me out of thought.
I spin around to see who opened the door. Holding two twine ropes in one hand and a crate under the other arm. The cutest little calves and chicks just came into the room and then there was Vaughn.
A shrug of her shoulders and a shoo of her hands to go get to know him. That was the response I got when I asked Mirabelle why Vaughn was such a crab. It turns out its normal for him to act this way.
So being the child that still lives in my spirit, I decided to have some fun. I went over to Vaughn and mimicked his facial expression and body movements. He didn't notice at first and continued handing over the animals to Mirabelle. She saw me and started to smile and giggle.
I put my hands behind my back and a cheesy smile on my face when he turned around. He stared, and then tried to walk around me. I moved and blocked his way.
After repeating my movements a couple more times he finally said, "Go away, your distracting!" A famous line? Who knows, we'll find out eventually.
"I can't, I want to talk to you!"
"What? Y-you want to talk to me?"
"Yeah! Bad thing? I want to know your story."
If this is what Mirabelle wants, then so be it. I want to know about him. Maybe see a smile for once. I know I just met him, but who doesn't smile when you first meet someone? Vaughn is the answer to that question.
'Oh my gosh! He just smirked! I'll take that as a smile in my point of view!' A tilt of his hat and a smirk on his face was the icing on the cake I tell you!
"My story, eh?" I nodded and smile. Am I really getting words to come out of his mouth? His "smile" suddenly faded and his annoyed look shown.
"Hmph, don't have one." My face just fell as I heard those words.
I looked over to Mirabelle as Vaughn stalked out the door. She just shook her head and made a disappointed face.
It takes one guy, just one, to make your day and in two seconds ruin it.
Well, this one person just made it my goal to make him smile. To smile for real, and to make him open up. To make conversation with people. To take that annoyed, woke up on the wrong side of the bed, crab butt look off his face.
Something about him triggered me, I want to see what that trigger was.
