"Can I Walk you Home?"
The school bell rang. I stepped off from the last step and headed towards the sidewalk to start walking home. A storm loomed dangerously overhead as I started to set off at a brisk jog. Upon reaching the first tree at the edge of the forest, I felt a hand grab my shoulder. Jumping 5 feet in the air, I covered my hand with my mouth and stifled a cry. Zane-spike-cobra had grabbed my shoulder. I sighed in relief, and was wondering how I had thought that was a bear even though we don't have bears here.
"Hey Echo, can I walk you home?", the beautiful voice asked. Shaking the daze out of myself, I told him that was fine as long as he explained how he got his scars.
"That's a long story, as I'm sure I've mentioned before." He insisted on not telling me. " Well, we have plenty of time, but I respect your choice, instead we can talk." He threw an arm around my shoulders and guided me down the sidewalk, " we're going to be the best of chums aren't we?" he asked in a cute way. "sure, just sure" I mumbled, secretly wondering how I could be so attracted and be so mean to him at the same time.
" So, I think we're getting to know each other so much that I hope you feel comfortable with me calling you Flower don't you?"
"FLOWER? What kind of nickname is that? It makes me sound all delicate and soft, I would like a stronger nickname that suits me" I stomped my foot on the ground and demanded for a re-vote.
" well, you are most certainly not delicate, but you are soft", he said and stroked my cheek. I shivered in the cold and slapped his hand away. " could you mind my bubble please? Don't pop my bubble, only Angel does that."
"Oh, so only Angelus can hold you or take care of you, doesn't he have his own girlfriend to love? Can't you stop being so lonely and get a boyfriend of your own? Then you won't have to rely on him!" he yelled at me, and I got the feeling like I wanted to cry. I stomped off in the direction of home and left him standing there. He caught up to me and held my elbow. " I'm sorry, I just don't like seeing you hang onto Angelus when you could have someone who wants you."
"I just met you TODAY! I don't even know your middle name!" I yelled back, giving him some fiery spirit to show that I wasn't no flower. " I'm sorry, I'm sorry" he apologized over and over again. "So since you pointed out the fact that we don't know each other's full name, why don't we start with that. If I tell you my real (and full) name, you will tell me yours…alright?" I resultantly agreed, nobody knew my name except for Angel, but maybe that would change.
"OK, so my full name is Zane Cobra Aden silver. Yours is?" wow, he has a long name. " so that's where you get the Cobra from your name." " stop stalling", he demanded. " fine" I said, sighing. " only Angel and my parents of course know my true name. well, here is the big secret, Echo is not my real name, it's my middle name". I waited for a gasp or some other indication that he was surprised. Nothing came, so I continued on. " my real name is proikisménos-éna Echo Aster Sterling. I'm so ashamed of my first name, no one can say it, and they get it confused."
"Proikisménos-éna", he repeated perfectly. " It means the 'gifted-one' if I am correct in my Greek?" " Wow! Yeah that's what it means! How did you know?" " I'm skilled at many things, one of them is the language of Greece. I like your name, do you mind if I call you Isi? Well no, I guess not, you don't seem to mind anything I do."
We're back with the arrogance. One moment he's nice, the next he's mean. Wait how did he know to call me Isi? That's Angel's nickname for me! I wonder if he's been spying. I let the fact that Angel called me that, go, and I let him call me Isi. " Sounds good".
" Oh we're here at your house, are your parents home?" Zane inquired. " No, if you were listening, I had said before that they're never home". "Can I come in?" " S..ure." I opened the door and he stepped into the house.