Their green eyes locked from across the room. The boy put his book down and the girl stopped talking to her friends.
"Who's that?" she asked her friends.
"That's Hiccup. He's a nobody," one responded.
But the girl couldn't take her eyes from his. They were deeper green than her own and his copper-colored hair was draped over one of them. The boy gave her a lopsided grin before returning to his book.
"Coming Punzie?" a friend asked.
"I'll meet up with you later, alright?"
"Whatever."
Then, the girl stood and began to walk through the crowds towards the boy.
"Hello," she said.
The boy turned his freckled face up towards the girl's.
"Hello," he responded cautiously.
"I'm Rapunzel."
"Hiccup."
"Mind if I sit?"
"What? Oh, not at all."
The girl absently brushed a stray strand of blonde hair from her eyes as she smiled at the boy. The boy looked at her curiously as she sat down next to him on the wooden bench. She stared at him with large green eyes. Eying the girl's extraordinarily long hair, purple dress, and bare feet, the boy asked,
"You're not from around here, are you?"
"No, I'm not," replied the girl.
The boy gave her a shy smile and fingered the fur on his vest. The girl twisted a strand of her hair around her finger. Suddenly, the girl noticed a long gash running across the palm of the boy's hand.
"Hiccup, are you okay?" she asked worriedly.
"Yes, why?"
The girl took his hand in hers making butterflies erupt in the boy's stomach.
"You have a nasty cut."
"Ah, that. That's from a sword that slipped at the blacksmith where I work."
"Let me help you."
The girl took a knife from the table and cut a strip of fabric from the underside of her dress. Then, she dipped it into a cup of water and gently began to wrap the fabric around the boy's hand. He winced in pain but the girl's beautiful face numbed the stinging. Suddenly, thunder boomed overhead. The girl jumped and said,
"I have to go before it begins to rain. I hope your hand feels better!"
As she stood to leave, the boy gently squeezed the girl's hand.
"Goodnight," he whispered.
"It was enchanting to meet you Hiccup. I hope we meet again."
And then she was gone. The boy sighed. All he could think was,
"Please don't be in love with someone else. Please don't be in love with someone else. Please..."