Hey guys!
Sorry I wasn't able to update sooner, but school can be a pain in the ass when it wants.
I already have a bunch of ideas, I'm just trying to find the time to put them on paper, but until then, here is one I actually found time to write.
Hope you guys enjoy it, and as always, please leave a constructive comment, because again, English it's not my first language and everyone can make mistakes.
Kisses
Amanda.
Carlos had told the guys that he was going to look for her in the forest, what he didn't tell them though, was that he knew the exact place to look at. Going further into the woods, he walked through the already memorized path, heading to the place he knew she was. He was highly aware that he shouldn't have told his friends to look for her in other places – because she could be anywhere, he had reasoned – when it would be all for nothing.
The Enchanted Forest was know for having a gazillion of trees and a large amount of lakes on its extension; so it was no surprise that Dude had found, during one of their morning jogs - it might not look like, but he was quite an alethic person, mind you – a lake so deep into the forest, that one could have guessed that no human had ever been there before, if not for the little bridge constructed above it. He had showed her the place, and since them she had made it her own safe harbor.
Some would think that because of its location, seeing the sun was a rare thing, but now, the water glimmered with the light that came from the bright yellow star; and there, sitting on the bridge with her head on her knees and her petite body shaking lightly, was Jane , the pretty and shy brunette that had caught his attention a while ago.
He had noticed earlier that his girlfriend – it was still weird for him to call someone that – was looking a little bit disturbed, but had decided that it was better not to push it, if she wanted, she would share it with him.
It was only when Audrey appeared on their table, showing off a white rose bouquet that she gotten from a secret admirer – Carlos suspected that she had sent them to herself, just so she wouldn't look like a desperate bitch – that Jane had a real panic attack, she started to breath heavily, as if there was no air, and them ran away as fast as she could; it had only taken them a second to get up and go after her.
He approached her slowly, as if she was a defenseless animal that he didn't want to scare away; his heart ached seeing her so sad, and not knowing if he could do anything to help. Carefully, he sat by her side, letting her calm down at her own pace.
They stayed there, on this peaceful silence – her sobs dying down little by little – for some time, until the only sound that still lingered in the air, was their soft breathing.
The white haired boy sensed when his little fairy girlfriend lifted her head from her knees and rested on his shoulders, instinctively, he took her dainty little hand and begun tracing circles lazily over the back of it.
It was one of this moments where it looked like the troubles, the sadness an the bad of the world could never reach them; he didn't know what the problem was, she didn't tell him what made her sad, because in this moment it was almost as if never existed.
But that's the thing about moments: they were never meant to last forever.
- His favorite flowers were white roses…I tried holding it together, but… - Her voice cracked at the end, like it physically hurt her to speak about it; Carlos wanted to ask who "He" was, but bitted back his tongue and let Jane speak.
- Today it's the anniversary of his death, it's been 12 years, and I know it's ridiculous for me to feel like this, since I barely knew him…but… - She was back to crying her soul out; he simply putted his arm around her shoulder and let her cry, while he putted the pieces together; why Fairy Godmother was always so protective of Jane, why it had been only the two of them on Family Day…her father…Jane's father was the one who had died 12 years ago.
In a way, he understood how she felt, after all he never knew who his father was and would probably die without knowing. He would never tell her, but sometimes he envied her, because she still had a caring mother, a thing he never had himself. But then again, Jane was fragile, she hadn't grow up on the isle; he wasn't so sure if she would handle having no one.
- How? – He didn't want to make it worse for her, he simply wanted this girl, his friend above anything else, to open up to him, to see that she was not invisible to him.
- Back when dragons were still free to roam around, one of them attacked our house, my dad went inside the burning house to save me, but he wasn't able to save himself.
Her eyes, her oh so precious eyes, were filled with unshed tears; her lips a little more swollen than usual and her hair was a cute mess; and Carlos thought that she never looked more beautiful.
He noticed that they were both leaning in slowly – they never had had their first kiss, not with each other, or anyone for that matter – and stopped, giving her a loving kiss on the cheek instead. This was not the moment for that; it was going to be another time, maybe the same place, but definitely another time.
She looked at him, and then gave him the most beautiful smile he had ever seen, one that told him that she understood and agreed; that was everything he needed.
One thing was for sure: they were no Cinderella and Prince Charming; but they were two people who were experiencing what first love felt like, maybe it was not a for ever after type of love, or maybe it was.
For now, he just wanted to be able to drown in the blue of her eyes, and she just wanted to be close enough to count the freckles on his face. For now they just wanted to be them, a lost boy and an invisible girl, who both found and lost themselves on each other. Let the sorrows of the past and the future be damned, they were living the now, there, on that little bridge, in God knows what part of the forest.
It wasn't perfect, it was flawed, it was most definitely not Fairy Tale material, but it was their story and they wouldn't want it any other way.