Chapter 2. Ralph POV:
Ralph walks over to the girl sitting alone at the table 4 ¼ feet away from the door. He sits down in the chair opposite from her and she looks up at him. She has bright blue eyes; which also means that her parents had light colored eyes like green or blue. She also had brown and blonde hair that was covered her face as she looked down again.
"I'm Ralph." He tells her nervously. Ralph knows that he's slightly nervous because of his low EQ. Interacting with people wasn't his best skill, but this girl was intriguing for quite a few reasons.
"Alex." She says and Ralph notes at the Rubik's cube in her hands. Her hands flip and her fingers move fast over the cube. In seconds, the cube is solved.
"Can I try?" He asks and she wordlessly hands him the cube. Ralph remembers the many races that he, Sylvester and Walter had between them when solving Rubik's cubes. Walter always won by a fraction of a second. Ralph undoes the cube that she handed him and solves it again in 5.46 seconds. Alex did it in 3.27 seconds. She could've beat Walter.
"You're pretty good." She says and he hands the cube back to her. She rhythmically solved and unsolved the cube, once more.
"How old are you?" Ralph asks and she doesn't look up from solving.
"13." She says.
"I'm 10." Ralph tells her and she smiles slightly. She looks prettier when she smiles.
"Where do you live?" Ralph asks, curious. He'd like to see if his mom could have her come over to the garage sometime.
"1847 Maple Tree." She says emotionless and stares out the window for a moment. She still solved the cube, even when she wasn't looking at it. 1847 Maple Tree. That was 13 minutes and 36 seconds away from the garage, but that was only on good traffic days. It might be more like 14 minutes and 28 seconds when traffic is worse. "How about you? Where do you live?" She asks snapping Ralph out of doing calculations in his head.
"2895 Hickory." Ralph tells her. She nods and stares off into space for a few seconds. Ralph could tell that she was thinking deeply about something. He often did that when he was doing calculations, thinking of possibilities and many other things. He wondered what she was thinking about.
"Alexandria. Get up. We're going." A male voice says from behind Alex and he looks up. The man was 6 foot 2 inches. About 312 pounds. And even though Ralph knew it wasn't scientific or mathematical, he noted that the man looked very unhappy. The man gripped Alex's shoulder and Ralph saw based on the angle of his knuckles and fingers that he was hurting her. Alex showed no reaction and picked up her cube on the table and her bag from the ground. The man didn't let go of her shoulder and gripped harder. Ralph stands up and faces the man.
"Stop. You are hurting her." Ralph says and stares the man into the eye. If he had anymore emotions he would be quite scared at the idea of standing up to this man with the steely green eyes. But luckily, he didn't.
"No I'm not. Scatter, kid." The man says in a booming voice and Ralph notices a shadow over his left shoulder. His mom.
"I think you should let go of her shoulder now, sir." Ralph says without any fear. His mom wouldn't let anyone hurt him. Ralph notices the man look over his shoulder at his mom and back at him. He exaggeratedly lets go of her shoulder and starts walking towards the door, Alex right behind him. When Alex passes him she gives him the slightest of smiles and follows her father outside.
"Ralph, who was that?" His mom asks and he can tell that she was excited that he talked to her.
"Alex." He says still staring out the glass door at Alex's car. It had the licence plate BAER. Ralph instantly made the connection between the licence plate and a very popular company Baer. He must be an important person in the company.
"I didn't get a good vibe from her father." Mom says and Ralph nods. He didn't either; he wishes Toby was here to get some information on him. "Was she nice?" His mom asks.
"Yeah. She lives at 1847 Maple Tree and is 13 years old. She also likes doing Rubik's cubes." He says and Mom's eyes widen at his long sentence. Ralph usually doesn't talk that much. When he doesn't talk it gives him more time to think about math and science in his head.
"Cool…. Let's go, we need to get back to the garage." His mom says and opens the door. Ralph stares off in the direction that Alex went off into and hopes that today won't be the last time he sees her.
AN: Sorry it's such a short chapter, I'll update soon to make up for it :) How did you like the Ralph POV? It was fun to write is all I can say. A little tid-bit on the next chapter here will be some Walter POV. (I personally can't wait) Please comment, review and PM me, please! Thanks, you guys are the reason I love to write so much, it puts a huge smile on my face when I get a comment, review, ect. See you later ;)