Yey your reading Chapter 2!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Fang or any of the flock
The wedding itself was fine, a bit boring but ok. Debbie, my sister, looked beautiful with not a meringue in sight, and her partner, well, I can't say he looked as dashing, more the word penguin comes to mind. But he gave me a tenner for smiling for all of the photos so he's not all bad! After the wedding there was a party in the village hall just across the road.
I plonked myself on the table closest to the wall and got myself comfortable, I had heard rumours of the speeches which of course I was obliged to stay for but after then I intended to slip away, there are only so many relatives I can stand. Debbie's best friend was the first to speak, her talk was lovely, only mentioning the best about the couple, whereas, the best mans speech was funnier for the audience but by the look on Debbie's face, not for the bride and groom!
After the speeches I moved slowly towards the door ready to run when I heard the best man shout over the crowd "Dinner is now served", maybe I could wait just a little longer! The tables were lined with all sorts of foods ranging from the common sausage roll to bloody caviar or at least something of the fishy nature. I filled my plate then casually wandered out of the building, down the road and into the park, plugging in my MP3 player as I went and turning in to full blast.
I sat under a tree a little way from the rest of the gang and stared at the almost clear sky. There was just one cloud that I could see, I smiled, it reminded me of a sheep, a lone sheep. Lying back against the rough bark of the tree, still smiling, I glanced over toward the others who where happily playing in a clearing. They could almost pass for your average bunch of kids, Angel, Nudge and Max making endless daisy chains, Gasman and Iggy playing blind mans bluff with the obvious suspect as the blind man! I sighed, this was what life was all about.
My eyes drifted out of the woods and into the park, its unbelievable how much like paradise an open area of lush green grass can be when you have rarely had the chance to enjoy it. But hold up, who was this? A rather stunning looking girl, she looked like she had just come from a posh event of some kind, I noticed a wedding party depart from the church about an hour ago, maybe she was from that? Reddish hair tied up in a bun, tall, dressed in black and purple, listening to music of which I could hear even from this far away, deep baseline, impressive lead guitar, powerful drumming and a cross between singing, screaming and shouting for vocals, my kind of music! Now how to get a conversation started? I hadn't started a conversation, or at least a proper one, with anyone outside the flock before. I decided just give it a go, the worst that could happen is I'd fail!
I found a bench and put the plate down before starting on my hair, I had put up with it for hours now and I was now utterly fed up with the fact that I looked like I had a cat on my head! First, out came the ribbon, then the slides, 1, 2, 3, 4...13, 14, 15...21, 22, half way, 34, 35, 36... I felt like I was being watched so I span around and stared into the woodland behind me. I as far as I could see there was nothing there, I slowly turned back around, when I heard a rather loud and high-pitched voice shout "No Nudge, I said I wanted that daisy" from further back in the woods. I whipped round again only this time my hand knocked the pile of hair slides off the arm of the bench. I cursed my clumsiness and bent down to begin picking up the slides. Bloody clips, they had gone everywhere! 36, 35, 34…..22, 21... I was on about 20 when another pair of hands joined mine picking the slides up. I was not expecting that and fell over backwards, not a very good first impression for whomever it was helping me! Looking up I saw a boy, my age, tall, dressed all in black, dark hair, tan highlights, with a fringe that rested over his left eye, bloody gorgeous! He offered his hand and helped me up. I introduced myself while I was brushing myself off, he said his name was 'Fang' which I'm assuming is a nickname, and apologised for startling me. Ooh polite as well as handsome! I smiled awkwardly and glanced at the floor, he returned my grin which made me blush ever so slightly, increasing the awkwardness of the situation. Bending down to avoid eye contact I began to continue picking up the slides, again he joined me, only this time I didn't fall over!
When all of the slides where safely returned to my pocket he asked if I wanted to go for a walk through the wood. What to say? What to say? Argument one - He is rather hot, polite and just asked me for a walk in the woods! Argument two - I don't know the guy. Sod reason, argument one wins!
"That would be really nice" I said smiling, and reaching up to brush some hair out of my eye, my hand settled on the back of my head and I realised part of my hair was still half pinned up and the rest felt like it had just exploded! Crap! "Erm, could I meet you by the fence in two minutes, just to give me a second to sort that out" I gestured towards my hair. He grinned, asked if he could help, walked around me and then before I could answer began gently removing the slides. I just stood there gob-smacked! After removing the last clip he ran his fingers through my hair de-frizzing it.
"There," He said passing me the slides "good as new. Shall we go?" That's where it all started, in the woods on that Saturday afternoon.