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It was cold and damp when I had finally stirred from my slumber. I pushed myself up on my forearms into a sitting position and took stock of my surroundings. Right. A giant alien crashed down into my plot of land. However, I did remember blacking out in the backyard. So how was it that I was lying in the middle of my kitchen?
I slowly stood up on wobbly legs that were still a little shaken from last nights encounter. My back was facing toward the home so that must mean that the sliding door to the outside was behind me. In all honesty I was afraid of what I would find out there. If I did look and the soil was still upturned that means that everything I saw was real and there was a giant sentient being out there. I couldn't take the anticipation anymore. Slowly, I turned my body and faced what was waiting for me outside.
Nothing. Everything looked just as it was. The sliding door was slightly ajar but, that could have been anything. I let out a soft chuckle. My mind was just playing tricks on me to make me believe that I was going insane. And I almost believed that too.
I walked over to close and lock the door then walking over to my fridge to find something to snack on. I was about to reach for an apple when my doorbell rung through the house. My brows furrowed and I stood away from the fridge. I lived alone and my friends all had work today. Who the hell was ringing my doorbell at, I glanced at my clock, 11:30? I made sure to close the fridge before walking toward my front door. Peeking through the curtains before opening was a habit of mine and what I saw was...damn.
Outside my door stood a man that was about 6'4 with striking neck length blonde hair that was tinted with black tips. He was adorned in loose fitting dark blue jeans the went perfectly with his tight black shirt that had some sort of yellow symbol right over the left pectoral. From the way the shirt stuck to his frame to could see the compact muscle that was under it, and let me tell you, this man was no wimp by the looks of it. To complete the look he wore a Letterman jacket the had a bright yellow 'B' Toward the side. I had to have been staring for quite a while because when I looked back to his chiseled jaw his electric blue eyes were on me.
I closed the curtain shut and took a deep breath. He was one of those men who made girls swoon at just one glance. I cleared my throat and tried to make my hair seen like it didn't just go through the eye of the tornado. I still had my clothes on from yesterday so it didn't really need to worry too much about my appearance. In fact, why was I worrying at all at this point? He's at the wrong house or needs some sort of directions to get somewhere. On the rare chance that someone did knock on my door, in the middle of nowhere might I add, that's usually what they were here for.
The doorbell rang once again jolting me out of my thoughts. Oh right, someone was at my door. I quickly made my way toward the entrance and turned the knob pulling the door open slightly enough so that I could step out. "Um, Hello, can I help you?" From the look on his face and his perfectly chiseled jaw he seemed just the tiniest bit shy.
"Uh, hi there, my name is Bu-Ben! My name is Ben and I seem to be lost." I called it. "There isn't another house in the vicinity that I can see and yours just happened to be here." I knew it. I swear it's like I'm some kind of tour guide and I can't have a break where a pretty stunning looking guy like this just wants to sweep me off my feet. "Are you okay? Your face is getting red." I took a deep breath and sighed.
"Yes of course I'm doing perfectly fine. Um, Come in won't you? You can tell me where you're trying to get to and I can print up some directions. And, it is blazing out I'm surprised that you aren't drowning in your own sweat.
At the request his smiled beamed gratefully and stepped in when I stood back. "Thank you..um, I'm sorry, what's your name again?" I mentally face-palmed myself before answering, "Sorry, I guess my brain isn't working as well as it should be. My name is Arabelle Harp but, you can call me Belle." I don't know why I let him call me by that nickname. I stuck my hand out for a shake but he only stared at my hand weirdly. "Don't you shake hands?" I asked trying not to sound extremely rude.
Without a second thought he took my hand in his and brought it to his lips kissing the back of my hand. I shouldn't have thought anything of it but, that was the sweetest thing anyone had done.
"Th-Thank you for that." I replied while slowly taking my hand away and placing it by my side. Was it weird that I never wanted to wash this hand off? That was probably me being romance deprived for almost all of my life.
"No, thank you. You offered to help me even though I am a complete stranger and you let me into your home. You are truly a wonderful woman, Belle." Somebody please pinch me and let me know if I'm dream, because if I am I certainly do not want to wake up from this.
"L-let's get you those directions shall we?" My voice failed me as I let out a stutter and headed upstairs toward my bedroom where I kept the computer and printer.
As I expected Ben willingly followed suit into the bedroom and gently sat at the foot of my bed. "Your berth is extremely soft, Belle." Berth? Oh the bed. Maybe where he was from that's just what his family referred to it as.
"It's a tempurpedic mattress so I do guess that it would be very soft. It helps me sleep at night and it serves it's purpose." I replied while booting up my computer to pull up the address. "So, where are you heading to today?"
"Tranquility Nevada. I'm meeting some friends there." That's a stretch. From Austin Texas all the way across the states. I guess it isn't really my concern at the moment.
"Wow, they must be some good friends if you're traveling all the way there for a meetup." At my words Ben's eyes seemed distant and I wondered if I may have said the wrong thing, "I'm sorry, did I go into a sensitive subject?"
"No. It's just that they're more than that. My friends are like the family I never had." I was about to reply when the computer all of the sudden let me know that it was ready for use. I quickly pulled up the mapping icon and typed in the two locations for his destination. Once done I printed out a sheet that was filled with different direction on as to how to reach his destination.
"And, we are done" I handed him the papers and which he took with the same beaming smile as before.
"Thank you so much, Belle. You dont know how much this-" He was quickly cut off by a short quick knocking at the front door.
Who needed directions now?
And there we are Chapter 2: Ben. Let me know how I'm doing so far and if you like this story be sure to give it a review and a fave! Thanks for reading, CrimsonGallade~