Chap2
Lindsay walked through the woods of Central park; dragging her feet in the various coloured leaves of fallen autumn. She sighed as she trudged over to fountain and sat on the edge looking at the ripples in awe. How can something so pure at the same time kill someone? She dragged her purse out and dug through it for a quarter. Standing up and closing her eyes she flicked the penny over her shoulder and heard it plunk in the water.
"Don't you think you're a little young to throw pennies in a fountain?" Danny said walking up to her with an amused twinkle in his eyes. She didn't even need to open her eyes.
"I guess wishes do come true." She said simply as a smile crept over her face and the bewildered look that quickly spread over Danny's. She gathered up her purse and tugged her cashmere jacket tight around her and threw her scarf around her neck. She walked off around the fountain and off deeper in the park.
"Why do you keep walking away from me?" Danny said as he pulled the lapels of his jacket up against the assaulting winds.
"It's good exercise." She replied shrugging as she kept walking; dragging her boots once more in the leaves like when she was a child. Danny looked at her curiously as he tugged on his leather gloves. They walked in silence through half the park when they came face to face with a concession stand operated by kids from 8 to 13.
"Hello sir, mam…would you like to buy something to support our figure skating team?" A little girl with bouncy red hair said wearing the telemarketers smile.
Lindsay looked down the menu as Danny got out his wallet and ordered of the bat.
"I'll have 2 cappuccinos and two hot dogs please." Lindsay looked at him confused he met her gaze and smiled. "You want anything?" Lindsay rolled her eyes and elbowed him in the arm.
They stood there quietly while the girls all hurried off to fulfill their tasks.
"That'll be 5,75$ please." The girl asked tending out her hand for the bounty she would receive. Danny took out his leather bound wallet and flipped it open and took out a 10 dollar bill.
"Keep the change." He accepted the drinks and handed a steaming mug over to Lindsay as well as a hot dog. The girl advised them that the condiments were on the other side of the building.
"Thank you Danny I appreciate it." She whispered looking at her feet while walking and slowly bringing the mug up to her lips.
"Don't worry about it; you can pay me back anytime." He said smugly as he put down his plate on the table and shovelled on the ketchup and mustard.
Lindsay giggled a bit and nudged him in the shoulder as she slathered on ketchup and relish. They both took a bite and headed towards the wooded area again.
"Are you still looking for a place to stay?" Danny asked as he took a gulp of his chocolate Cappuccino. Lindsay looked up surprised at the subject.
"No I don't I just might barricade myself in the lab or something. I hear Mac does it all the time." She took a bite of her hot dog, chewed and then swallowed.
Danny chuckled at the remark knowing he was the one who started it.
"Any way if you don't mind the mess you could stay over at my house." He took a big bite out of his hotdog causing the sauce to drip off the bun and onto his coat. "Damn." He took the back of his glove but it merely dug it deeper. Lindsay smiled and held a hand over her mouth and took a sip of her drink relishing the feel of the hot paradise gliding down her throat.
"I don't know Messer halfway threw the day we'll be at each others throats; ending with you on the ground and me walking away." She said smoothly and took the final bit out of her hot dog and throwing the lining in the trash.
"That's the beauty of it. We'll be both in each others business that we will be forced to improve our little problems." He said giving up on the stain and draining his drink and tossing it behind his back into the bin.
"Now that's an understatement Messer, world hunger is a problem. Poverty is a problem; what we have is a catastrophe!" She exclaimed throwing her hands n the air to emphasis her point.
"So that's a yes?" Danny said tucking his hands in his pockets and now started to drag his own feet in the leaves not meeting her eyes.
She took in a breath amazed at how he kept on the subject. She tucked a stray strand of caramel brown hair away from her face and behind her ear.
"I guess it does." She timidly said running through her head the scenarios that could and probably would happen. ((Damn I'm in trouble)) they both thought in unison as she sighed and followed hi out of the park. Both without saying a word to one another, but just staring at the greying movement of the clouds in the sky, the whistling of the wind through the yellow, red and orange leaves to their booted black feet in contrast to the green grass and rare leaf the littered flora's floor.
Author's Note: Thanks a bunch for all the reviews I was surprised it would be discovered so soon…if you liked this chapter as well tell me your thoughts…if not tell me anyway I'll try to accommodate all your desires…. –xox- Brixx