That Girl

by whatthehufflepuff

Alex Day (nerimon) manages to get drifter, Cyndi, into his bed at long last. Alex is superman with the way he works her body but is controlling, to the point where it's scary. This is when she meets Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike) who is contrastingly sweet and romantic. But he doesn't seem to be prepared to give up his friendship with Alex or commit to Cyndi. Why choose

6. A Final Hero

My heart pounds as I run out the door, hurtling at an unnatural speed down the seemingly endless street. The thudding of footsteps can be heard from behind me but I daren't look to see who the persuiter is incase I don't like the answer. Though the problem is, I don't know who I want it to be chasing after me. Nor do I know who I don't want it to be.

It suddenly dawns on me that I have no plan. No home. No one. No one but the person chasing me. Their panting tells me that it's stop or carry on running away from my only hero. It's a no brainer. I stop dead in the middle of the street, causing angry commuters to change their linear routes to avoid collision with me.

'Cyndi,' the breathless voice says from behind me, his voice making my heart melt at the sound 'don't go.'

The simple gesture is so childlike I makes me want to run back into his arms and make sure we are never parted from eachother's embraces.

'How can I stay?' My choked up voice asks, searching in his eyes for any excuse to stay with him.

'How can you go?' My hero asks, grabbing hold of my hand passionately 'how can you leave me. How can you leave us?'

And that's all I need. I know now that there is no way that I can leave him. Not only would it be unfair on him, it would be unfair on me. Unfair in a way that would break my heart to have us part.

'I'll show you,' he says, twining his fingers around mine, smiling with tears in his eyes.

'Show me what?' I ask, all kinds of inappropriate things going through my mind.

'That I'm better for you than him,' he says, his face clouding over as he references his flat mate.

'You already have,' I say, my eyes wide in wonder as I realize that he doesn't know why I chose him 'you came after me.'

By this time, we are both chocked up and don't want to ruin the moment by saying anything else. However, the morning business people and pushing past us with agitated expressions to catch their trains so we have no chance of savouring this special moment.

Instead, we stroll back down the street towards the house, hand in hand as he sings to me.

'Remember the time when we stole the whole day, and nobody knows it, we took it away. And it will be forever mine. And it will be forever yours,' he sings to me.

Laughing quietly to myself, I whisper in his ear 'I love you, Alex.'