3.
The next morning I woke up with a melody stuck in my head. It wasn't anything I had heard before and I have no idea how it got there. I hummed the tune on my way to work and when I got there I immediately wrote it down. It also didn't take me long to write the lyrics. I guess my days of being uninspired are over! I already have multiple ideas to write new songs and they are all about one person.
And that one person is called Danny Jones. I don't know that much about him. All I know is that he can fly, has saved my life twice and… that I have to see him again. I just need to! I want to see his gorgeous blue eyes, smell his woodsy scent and feel his strong arms around me. I crave nothing more.
'Well done on the new song!' Fletch said enthusiastic, breaking my thoughts.
'Thanks. You've read it?'
'Of course! I'm glad we have you back Tommy. Have you decided on a title yet?'
'I was thinking of "I need a woman".' I had to change the sex to make it more commercial.
'Perfect!' He gave me a proud look and a tap on my back before leaving my office. 'I'll go pass that on straight away.'
When work was over and I was walking back home I looked up several times to see if maybe I could catch a glimpse of Danny. But my efforts were in vain. Who am I kidding? Of course he isn't watching me. He said so himself that I would only see him again if I was in danger. Wait…
That's it!
I just have to put myself in a dangerous situation. But how? What will I do? I'm not the kind of person to ever get into trouble. Not even at school as a kid. I always did what I was supposed to do.
I was breaking my head while walking down the streets. Shoplifting maybe? No, I can't do that. Hmmm... something he will notice, something that only he will see. But what can that be?
I looked at the sky but it was starting to get misty and couldn't see high places where I could jump off from. Will he even be able to see me now? I guess it's a risk I have to take…
Then I saw the crossroads where he had saved me yesterday and it gave me an idea. I went to stand in the middle of the street while the traffic light was red for me and anxiously waited. Because of the fog, driving cars won't be able to see me until they are a few meters away from me and that's too close to really avoid hitting me.
I started to breath really fast when I saw lights coming closer from the distance and I had to ignore my natural instinct of running away. Every inch of my body was sending out signals that I had to move but I didn't. I stood ground. When the car came close enough to see me, it started slipping and swerving. It was about to hit me when…
All of a sudden some kind of bubble appeared around me and the car crashed against it. And I was left unharmed. I looked around me and saw Danny standing on a traffic pole , his hand was stretched towards me. He can create shields as well?!
The crashed car suddenly caught my attention when the driver stepped out. The shield around me disappeared. But when I looked back to see Danny, he was gone.
And even though I had only seen him for a few seconds, the hunger inside me had settled.