Kandy was working at the bowling alleys that Friday night. For days, she's been getting calls from Bradin and has been ignoring him. She didn't want to talk to him after he told her that he fell for her. She was hoping that he knew that she didn't want to talk to him after what he told her. She didn't want to...
"Excuse me?" someone asked bringing her out of her thoughts. She looked down the counter at a group of Bradin's friends standing there. "Can we have two lanes please?" a guy asked.
She nodded and typed information on the computer. "Lanes 26 and 27," she said.
As a few of them stayed behind to get bowling shoes, she saw Bradin in the group. He was looking at her hoping she knew what he was thinking. After she handed him his shoes, she went in the back and pretended to be occupied.
An hour passed and Kandy was done with her shift. She walked out to her car and saw someone standing near the driver's door. She squinted and saw that it was Bradin. She sighed and stopped walking.
"We have to talk," he said walking up to her.
"No, we don't," she said calmly.
"Kandy, look, I don't know why you don't want a guy to fall for you. But, I did. I really want to be with you. You've been on my mind for weeks now and I've always wondered why."
"Stop," she said, "I don't want to hear it."
"You need to hear it. Why don't you want to be with anyone?"
"It shouldn't matter."
"It does to me," he said placing his hand on her cheek. She backed away and shook her head. "Please don't leave," he said quietly as he stepped towards her. He saw her tense up as he placed his hands on her shoulders. He leaned down and kissed her. It didn't feel the same way as it did when they were kissing just for fun. He loved the way he felt when he kissed her and his feelings went into the kiss. He felt happy.
He felt her pull away and cover her mouth. "Baby, what's wrong?" he asked noticing tears down her face.
She shook her head and headed for her car. Bradin ran up to her and stood in front of her door.
"Don't go. Tell me what's wrong."
She shook her head and pushed him out of the way. She got into her car and drove away leaving Bradin standing there. As he turned to walk back in to his friends, he heard a crash. He turned around and quickly ran to the sidewalk. There, he looked both ways and his eyes widened. He ran up to the scene and saw Kandy's car in the center of the car wreck.
"Kandy!" he yelled running up to her car. Her window was gone and he reached in to see if her pulse was still going. It was, just very slowly. Tears began to fill Bradin's eyes as he saw her in this condition.