Hello people of the Internet! I am writing a new story for TMI. Please comment and tell me how you like it. Leave reveiws for any ideas you might have of what happens next! I know this is a little different from what every body else is doing so bear with me. Please read on and enjoy!
I was walking along the cracked crowded pavements of New York. It was a windy day with over cast skies that looked just about ready to pour rain. I made a sharp right and walked into a small cafe. When I walked inside I took a deep breath enjoying the rich scent of coffee and books. It was small but cozy with plush velvet seats and round low set tables. I soon spotted my friend Simon signaling for me to sit down next to him.
I took a seat across from him. My feet barely touched the floor. I was a small, short girl with curly red hair,green eyes, and a face full of freckles. Simon has been my best friend since the third grade. I'm not quit sure how we became friends but my mom said it was when he stepped on my foot at the park. She claimed I yelled at him and told him off for being clumsy. He must have felt pretty bad about it because he apologized and asked if we could be friends. Apparently I forgave him, but I'm not sure why? All I can remember of that day is how much it hurt when he practically murdered my toes.
"So Fray" he said pulling me out of me stupor. I looked up at his smiling face. He had dark hair and large brown eyes behind his square framed glasses. "How's it feel to be finally free of school?" he said.
We had just finished our last year of high school. Simon is working at the Apple service bar and I was taking Art courses at a near by university. I also work part time at Barnes and nobles(sorry just had to add that! This is like my dream job!)
"it feels great! I have free time to draw on the week days and can hang out with you..." I kinda ended there because I noticed that that was all I ever really did. Its not that I have a problem with any of it, it's just feels like I'm missing out on something. Simon didn't seam to realize my dismay because he rambled on. I just watched him and smiled seeing how his face lit up when he talked about video games or the new iOS software that will be coming out. He was such a geek sometimes but thats why i loved him. He stood up. "I'm going to get some coffee want some?" I nodded. He walked away.
"wait Simon!" I called after him. He turned around raising an eyebrow. I always wanted to be able to raise my eyebrow but stopped trying when Simon started to laugh at my failed attempts. "make sure it's black! Like my..." "like your soul I know" he said finishing my sentence off with a smile. I snuggled back into the cozy seat with a satisfied smile playing at my lips. When Simon came back he placed a mint green ceramic coffee cup in front of me.
" thank you" I said happily taking sips. When I looked up I saw Simon typing on his phone. He had the newest i phone for half the price since he worked at apple. That lucky bastard I thought to myself.
He frowned at his phone."my mom said she needs me to help her with dinner. I have to leave but I can give you a ride home if you want." he said. I shook my head. My house wasn't that far from here.
"thanks Simon but I'm fine. I could use the cardio" I said smiling. Simon laughed at that.
"okay fray text me later will you?" I nodded and with that he walked out of the glass double doors and into the street.
I sipped on my coffee for an hour more. Once it was gone I got up and walked out onto the sidewalk. The cold wind blasted threw my clothes making me shiver. A droplet of water hit my face, then another. Soon it started to pour. I Pulled my scarf up higher and began walking/ boarder line running home.
I turned right on 135 walking through an alley way. I know your asking 'why couldn't you have used the regular street clary?' well I didn't because the street was to crowded with people trying to get out of the rain, and I didn't feel like being trampled today. I was about half way threw the alley when a sharp pang shot up my leg. I gasped and clutched at it. My hand came away red, the blood was washed away with the ongoing rain. I looked around me, trying to see where the anything could have cut me but everything was still. There was nothing in the alley but a few cans laying on the ground. I lay against the brick wall behind me trying not to scream out loud from the pain. My hair was dripping wet causing water to roll down my face. When I rolled up my pants I saw a long shallow gash cut across my thigh. I didn't dare touch it.
At that moment a large bang shattered through the impending silence of my thoughts. I looked around the corner of the brick wall to see a large serpent like creature with gnawing fangs and black eyes crash against a dumpster. Like a flash of light a boy came up behind it and stabbed at its chest. The boy was tall and handsome with gold hair. The monster screeched and charged at him. But before it could do anything the boy slashed at its neck in one fluent movement severing it's head from its body. The head rolled a few feet then came to a stop as it hit a wall.
At that point I couldn't take it, hysteria was starting to bubble up in my chest. A scream of pure terror escaped my boy looked up at me. His hair was stuck to his head from sweat and rain. He looked at me as if he was almost shocked. I backed away from him and ran as fast as I could to the street. Was i crazy?' Monsters arent real!' i thought to myself. My leg was burning in protest from the running and my vision was beginning to blacken around the edges, but I didn't care. I ran until I reached my house and bolted the door shut. By then the darkness closed in and I fell to the floor. The last thought that ran threw my head was of the mysterious boy and how I thought I saw a cut on his leg exactly like mine. Then darkness enclosed me and everything was quit.