Welcome to my latest! Not much to say at this point, but read, and please review! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rain fell rapidly onto the concrete sidewalks. Warm lights shone from the inside of houses lining the street. Water overflowed the gutters as the torrents of rain refused to give up.
The dark figure pulled his coat tighter around him, he looked at the house, so familiar, but so foreign. His breath came out in short puffs. Around the house was wrought iron fencing. The house itself was a Victorian Manor, large arched windows, a beautiful wooden door, stained glass. He watched as the faint cloud of his breath drifted up in front of his face.
Honestly, what was he doing here? He let out a small scornful laugh, he knew why, he had no where else to go. But the real question was he wasting his time? Would she think he was wasting hers? He sighed. This wouldn't be the easiest thing he'd ever done, he'd spent the last several years trying to avoid it, but everything he seemed to do seemed to lead him back.
A movement in the large window of the living room caught his attention. There she was, that beautiful blonde. He watched as she bent over to retrieve something, her golden locks beautifully cascading over her shoulders. Her perfect, soft, pale rose colored lips broke into a smile as she stood back up. She looked around the room, her hands placed delicately on her small hips. She was older and more womanly now, but other than that, time had had little effect.
He sighed as she moved away from the window. It'd been five years since they'd graduated, she was twenty three, as was he, what kind of emotional change had time had? He ran a hand through his wet curly hair. He wished he could have gotten a cab, but he'd been lucky to catch the bus and even luckier that the bus driver had taken pity and given him a free ride. He wished he would look better for this meeting, instead of soaked through clothes, his leather jacket offered no protection from the rain and was probably ruined by now. The rain had seeped along the neckline of his shirt. The wind had made sure his jeans were saturated and he could no longer differentiate between the slashing of the rain and the sounds his feet made inside his shoes.
He looked in the window one more time, trying to gather his courage. He didn't see her and the tiny rain pellets were starting to feel like ice. Briskly he shook out his hair then made his way to the shelter of the porch. Again, he tried to wring out his hair then shake some of the water off of himself.
Slowly, he took in a deep breath, the reached out and rang the bell. His heart pounded as he heard commotion in the house.
"Wait!" he heard Lizzie called, then the door slowly opened. His eyes went instantly to the small beautiful child standing in the opening. Her sandy brown hair framed her small round rosy cheeks and hung past her chin, then curled into small ringlets at the ends. Her bright blue eyes looked up at him in wonderment. Somehow, he managed to pull his eyes away from the child then up at Lizzie.
"Gordo," she stated. He was completely unable to read her voice, was she happy, was she angry? She stared at him as she leaned against the door frame. "What are you doing here?" *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Did you like? Did you hate? Do you want to know what exactly is going on? Please Review!