He got off his bike and hurried straight to the music store. He looked around at some old Aerosmith and billy joel

albums. He turned his head and peered around the room when something caught his eye. He only saw her from

behind, but he knew she was beautiful. Then she turned her head slightly, her eyes closed and her hand on her

headphones. She was crying as she lipped the words to the song. His hard, steady gaze settled on this woman, a

jaded angel. He slowly stepped closer to her, knowing that he was lucky to even get this glimpse of her. He reached

her finally, afraid to disturb her concentration to the song. The only thing that drove him to do it was her tears.

Jason: Uh, excuse me She jerked around with a start, she was embarassed that anyone had seen her crying. She quickly wiped the tears

from her face.

Courtney: Yeah?

Jason: What's the matter, I saw you crying

Courtney: I don't really wanna talk about it.

Jason: Are you sure? I'll try to help.

Courtney: I'm sure

Jason: alright then, what music are you listening to?

Courtney: Uh, right now? She motioned to the headphones at this

Jason: yeah

Courtney: this is jewel's peices of you

Jason: Really? That's cool. What else are you into?

Courtney: My favorite band of all time would have to be aerosmith, I love james taylor, I really like billie holiday, and I really love Billy joel

Jason: Do you really? those are all some of my favorites. I'm also really into punk though, not many people know that about me. anyway, what's your name?

Courtney: I'm such a dork, My names courtney, and you are?

Jason: I 'm Jason. You wanna go get some coffee or something?

She gladly accepted and they walked around the mall together, sipping their coffee and talking. Courtney was talking

and suddenly stopped mid sentence. She looked ahead, her gaze met with the menacing eyes of her fear