You see, I never really got out that much unless I had to go to school. I was more into computer programming than socializing with people. Everyone at school pretty much just bullied me and made me terrified to leave the safeness of my home. Although one day, I had to get some groceries when my parents were at some sort of weird convention thing and my brother couldn't as well go. (I am not getting into that part right now.)
Alright, so I got my groceries from the store and that's when I saw her. She was sitting in the middle of an empty field, the breezes blowing her dark, long, wavy hair across her face as she stayed their completely silent with her eyes closed, just smiling. Now, no matter what you might think, this is not when I fell in love with her. This is the moment that I thought she was like the weirdest person of all time. Like, seriously, you should have seen her. A shovel was placed against a rock and it kind of looked like she was trying to get the shovel to move with just her thoughts or something. In that moment, everything in my mind just screamed, "Weirdo alert! Don't go near her!" But of course I ignored those thoughts and went up to her. Her eyes fluttered open when I stopped in front of her and she just looked up at me silently. "What are you doing?" I asked her curiously like the nosy teenager I was.
"Enjoying the moment." She spoke in a soft voice, in a tone that made it sound so obvious. I'll always remember the way she spoke those 'o's. Somehow, that girl managed to make them sound so hollow.
"Uh huh… Well whatever. You should be careful around here. More dangerouth than you would think. Ethpecially for someone like you." I then realized that the part of me that ashamed me the most had just been shown to her. That would have been my lisp. Although, her reaction surprised me. She didn't laugh or anything like that. Instead, she just perked up a bit and smiled a bit more.
"I'm Aradia Megido, by the way. I just moved into town. Also, what do you mean by especially someone like me?"
"Well, you know," I could feel my face getting redder the more she looked at me. "You're, like, pretty. Creepth tend to go after pretty girlth. Also, I'm Sollux Captor."
"Nice to meet you, Sollux." She didn't blush at all and instead just tilted her head slightly, confused. "I am? Thanks I guess."
"No problem." I swung my arms a bit, obviously nervous as I looked away from her. She just smiled though. That soft, small smile is actually the first thing that attracted me to her. I mean, sure, she was really pretty and all; long, dark, wavy hair that fell around her curvy shape and oval face in the best way, deep brown eyes that were more maroon than really any other colour, but that smile was just the prettiest thing I have ever seen. When she smiled, the whole world just seemed a little better, you know? It's amazing how much a young girl can change a troubled, young boy. With only three words, too. You want to know what those words are? Well, we'll get to that later. Back to the story now.
"Hey, you want to see something cool that I found, Sollux?" This caused me to raise an eyebrow in suspicion. Something cool? In the valley? Was this girl serious?
"Uh…sure?"
"Alright." She pushed off of the ground and took my hand, I was surprised to find that she was only a few inches shorter than me considering that she seemed to be a few years younger than me. Anyways, she walked me over to a spot where she had been digging for some strange reason and pointed down into the hole, smiling over at me. She let go of my hand and bent down on her hands and knees, peering over the edge of the hole. I joined her and looked down, surprised at what I saw; this girl, this…amazing, young, beautiful girl had found a fucking dinosaur skull. It was amazing.
"Woah. Cool. You found thith?"
"Yes." She smiled at me again. That is when I began to fall for her.