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Chapter 5 – The Conversation
"Are you feeling better? You seemed to have a pretty bad hangover this morning," Ryan told her slowly, unsure if she was actually following him. He watched her eyes wander around the room, taking notice as her gaze stopped on the broken TV and at the shabby kitchen, before he spoke to her again.
"Marissa?" Ryan hesitantly said, silently wondering if he had remembered her name correctly.
"Yeah…," Marissa said softly before snapping back into reality, "Sorry, I was just- "
"Daydreaming?" he asked. She nodded her head in response. "Yeah, I kinda gathered that. So how about I fix you something to eat? I have some bre-," he cut himself off what he was saying as he realised that he had just eaten the rest of the food in his house. "Actually I don't really have that much here…" his voice trailing off as he thought about his place and lack of necessities must look in her eyes. "But we could go for a walk down to the corner store to get something to eat? I think I need some stuff for here anyways," looking over to the near empty kitchen
"Okay. That'd be nice. I could do with the fresh air." She replied.
"Okay. I don't suppose you have a jacket with you," pointing to his jacket she was still wearing.
"Oh sorry, I don't," she said whilst taking off his jacket and holding it out for him to take, thinking he wanted it back.
"No, it's ok. You can wear it for now. I'm fine, I'll just go grab some cash and we can get going" Ryan said to her as he started making his way back to his bedroom, only to find Marissa push abruptly past him to block the doorway.
"That's okay. I'll pay for it, after all, you had put up with me being in your way for most of the day, I can see that you definitely have other things on your mind," motioning towards the areas that were clearly missing objects.
"You aren't in my way…you're what is making my day actually be worthwhile. I mean, you can probably tell my mum just left, not that it matters that much, she wasn't here most of the time, always out with that idiotic boyfriend of her's…" his voice slowly disappearing as he noticed the expression on her face. She looked shocked, so very shocked; she immediately rushed off into his bedroom to get her purse. She had acted as if she didn't know life could actually be this way, which she probably didn't. But she also looked stunned that he had just blurted all that out to her, just openly admitted it. It was true. He barely ever said two words to anyone, let alone spoke about his family but for some reason this girl was doing stuff to him, making him act completely different to his normal behaviour. He looked down at the ground, embarrassed. Why had he just admitted all that? He barely even knew the girl. Why was he acting so strangely today? After he realised that she had reappeared and was standing in front of him again, he looked up again. Their eyes immediately locked. The connection between them was instant. He already knew he was attracted to her. To anyone else, she would have looked awful, she clearly still had alcohol in her system, but for some reason, to him, she looked gorgeous. To Marissa, when their eyes locked, she knew that what she was feeling towards this guy wasn't influenced by the alcohol. He looked so…, she couldn't even describe it in words. The way he had shared everything just before, showed Marissa that the attraction was mutual, and that he trusted her. After keeping their eyes locked for what seemed like an eternity, Ryan finally broke their gaze.
"Well we should get going shouldn't we?" holding out a hand for her to hold. He knew she would need support to walk stably.
"Yes, we should," Marissa said, a hint of flirting evident in her voice as she welcomely accepted his hand.
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