The river sparkled as the sun's rays hit its surface. Another normal day as usual. There was a light whistle in the wind meaning that there was no interference intended today. I leaned against the old power plant's base and sighed. Slowly, I slid myself down to sit and listen. Quietly I hid in the shadows to assure that she didn't know of my existence.
"You know," I heard her say as I closed my eyes and focused. "It's okay to come out it's only me, Sin."
She said the same thing as last. Of course this wasn't directed towards me quit obviously. All I knew was she had a friend who lived here at the abandoned lot. I took thinner breaths as it answered," Sin, if you came with a friend would they accept me?"
"Of course Ren! I would never let someone see you and I wouldn't trust them!"
Everyday, at 7 to 9 in the afternoon Sin came here to see her friend, Ren. It made me wonder, did she know I was here? After all, I'm pretty sure she would notice after a month. Before I followed Sin my friend, John, tried to tell me that Sin's not my type. In hearing this I laughed and said I wasn't interested but he wouldn't believe me and I didn't blame him. What I had said and what I was doing had 2 different meanings but I doubt John would have taken the time to try and understand. I knew she wasn't talkative in public which surprised me when I first listened in on her conversation with Ren.
Somehow when she talked to Ren about her day she got so detailed even about the small things. To my own thoughts I grinned then sighed to let out some of my laughter. I felt like a stoker. Which I wasn't one, I was just curious. Again I smiled. I guess there was no way to deny that I was watching her.
"Oh," He said in depression. "Well Sin, I've been wanting to ask you this."
The sound in her movement indicated that she perked up. "What is it Ren? You can ask me anything."
A serious tone arose in his voice, "Do you have more friends then you say you do?"
Sin didn't tell Ren and I understood why. In fact Sin disliked most of the people who were around her. As for me, I'm not sure what she thought but all I knew was she tended to avoid me when I was around. She always tried to be positive around Ren though so she enthusiastically replied after she had shown a frown.
"I do have many friends Ren! They just don't have time to spend with me that's all!"
"Then why? Why don't they come with you Sin? Aren't they all friendly?"
A few times before I wondered around the abandoned power plant just to see what the place looked like because I never was interested until a month ago when I first saw Sin go threw the gate. I had gone at different times so she wouldn't know of my presence. Quite obviously, Ren never showed himself while I was there but one day I went to where she would meet him and I spoke indirectly to him. In response he made the river flow faster and the wind stronger. My interpretation, he was trying to scare me but when I continued to talk to myself and mentioned Sin, he calmed down. I spoke in wonders as if I knew her directly. He listened and I started to skip a few rocks as I thought out loud. He didn't seem to mind actually, it felt like he enjoyed my attendance even though I made myself look crazy. Ever since then I never showed my face nor did I go to listen to their conversation that day.
"Ren," She said looking down. "I'd love for you to meet them but I don't know what they'd think about you. Truthfully I wish there were people out there who understood but this world just isn't like that."
His sniffles indicated that he was crying now. With tears, he spoke," Why? They accept you so why not me? Why is it everyone is so mean to me? Before he came I was perfectly normal but now that is gone I'm different? What did he do to me Sin and why? He was such a nice person! Why would he do such a thing?"
My eyes opened in response to a light vibration in my right front pocket. It was my phone and I had received a text. Cautiously I listened to Sin and Ren's conversation to see if it had changed but it hadn't. Sin was trying to explain to Ren that not everyone was like the way he described and was also trying to cheer him up. As for my text, it was from Benny, my older brother's best friend.
-Where are you kid?
-Nowhere near you. What is it?
-I've been looking for you for the past 2 hours kid! Your brother's not home and I need to get in!"
-Deal with it.
-What? Kid, are you kidding? My mom's drunk! I ain't going home!
-Well, neither am I.
I sighed as I closed the phone and slowly got back up.
"Bye Ren! Till' next time!"
Sin was smiling as she waved at Ren and was walking in my direction. "Damn it." I said under my breath as I tried to figure out what to do. It was only a matter of seconds before she would notice me and who knew what she would do to me. Looking around I managed to stop myself from panicking.
Ren and I had been friends forever and I hated leaving him but at least I could talk to him every day. He always managed to get me to smile and that's what I liked most. As I walked to the gate I thought about who exactly would want to meet Ren, or at least not make fun of him other than me? This question seemed to bobble in my head when I felt something under my shoe.
Curiously, I bended down to pick it up. It was a black mp3 cased in dark red and had a pair of earphones that were shaped as cupcakes with sprinkles on the top and a red cherry at the end. "Aw! That's so cute!" I said to myself. "But I wonder who's it is?" Taking a step forward I gasped realizing that someone was here and might have saw Ren. Quickly I looked around trying to find a place someone would hide. It use to be power plant so there was bound to be a place someone could hide. The electrical fence that surrounded the area was to my right and no one was behind me. As I stared at the building I found a ladder about 6 ft off the ground. I could jump it but I couldn't think of anyone else who could. Unless they were way taller then I was and even then they would have to have the upper body strength to pull themselves up. Bewildered, I stared at it and crouched down to jump. In the midst of jumping I lost concentration as my phone went off. Causing me to land on my on my butt. I almost had it! Shaking my head I reached into my jacket to pull out my phone.
"Hello?"
"Sin!" It was mother. "You said you'd be home by 9:30 today! It's 10:10 young lady!"
"I'm coming mom I'm sorry."
"That doesn't cut it Sin you can't go see your friend tomorrow just for that! End of discussion and get home!"
I looked back to see Ren but he went back into the river already. Depressed, I looked at my feet since I was already on the ground and sighed. After getting up and brushing myself off I put the Mp3 in my jacket pocket and my phone in the other. I thought to myself whoever was here, I had to find, and when I did I knew I had to punish them.
Silently I watched her walk away. The mp3 I could care less about although at the same time I felt a little embarrassed by the earphones. Somewhat relaxed but not completely I made my way back down from the small packed area I was in. Thankfully this was the first time she spotted me or, knew of my existence.
