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'Sorry, we're closed due to a family emergency!', the sign taped to the door of the dentist's office read. Naveen let out a sigh of relief, he hadn't really been wanting to go to the dentist anyway.
He was ready to turn back around and go to school when he bumped into the prettiest girl in the senior class. Naveen had a major crush on her, but he was only a junior and he knew she was way out of his league.
"Hi," he said quietly, "I'm sorry I bumped into you."
"No worries," she said. Naveen really liked the nice sound of her voice.
Naveen steps around her and starts towards his car when he feels a hand grab his elbow and turns around to see Marina again. He gives her a weird look and asks, "Can I help you? Do you need a ride?"
She shakes her head and says, "No, are you going back to school?"
"Well, yeah," Naveen says.
Marina says, "Well, I don't want to go back to school, and if you go back to school, you'll blow my cover."
Naveen asks, "What do you want to do then?"
Marina's face breaks into a smile as she says, "Let's go to the arcade!"
Before Naveen can even open his mouth to respond, she has a hold of his hand and is dragging him across the street to the arcade. He hadn't been there since he was a little kid, but he wasn't going to say no to Marina.
He is surprised that she holds his hand until they are inside. Marina heads straight for the Pacman machine, and Naveen follows. He watches as she completes the first level in what must be record time.
Naveen notices that Marina is really good at this game so he asks, "You must have played this a lot, huh?"
Marina doesn't take her face away from the screen as she says, "I used to come to this place all the time as a kid."
Naveen says, "I would have never pegged you for the game type, I always thought you'd be more into books."
Marina shakes her head and says, "It was always too quiet at my house, I liked the noise and chaos here."
"Why was is so quiet?"
Marina sighs then says, "My parents died when I was little, so it was just my aunt and me. My aunt slept all the time and the silence just reminded me of how alone I was."
Naveen puts a hand on her shoulder and says, "Well, if you ever need noise and chaos, just give me a call, I'm usually pretty good at that."