meckanical spider's Stories

Observance (funny how challenge)

2008-03-30T05:01:52Z

It’s funny how sometimes when you miss someone, you pretty much refuse to tell someone. Then when you see them, it’s always a coincidence. It becomes awkward. You just, “Hi, how are you, fancy seeing you here,” but you’re not planning on being there long, yet you don’t even make plans to catch up later on. It’s also funny that this happened with me and a friend of mine who I hadn’t seen in a long time, and that probably neither of us are planning on seeing the other for a long while again now.

The Sun and the Rainfall

2008-03-15T01:53:38Z

_{May 1995}

Veronica walked down Electric Avenue, her red hair fluttering in the wind. Suddenly a dark-haired boy came up behind her.
“Hey, Veronica,” he whispered in her ear.
She gasped in surprise and whirled around to face him.
“Johny! What the hell are you doing here?” she asked loudly.
He was supposed to be in college now, and as far as she knew, his summer break didn’t start until next week.
“I wanted to see you, baby,” he said.
‘Why is he acting like this,’ Veronica thought, ‘We broke up a month ago.’
When he spoke she could smell the alcohol on his breath, and it bothered her.
“Please, Johny,” she protested. “Don’t stand so close to me.”
He ignored her request. “Come on, let’s go down to the club. Let’s dance,” he said.
“Johny, I really can’t…” Veronica started, desperately trying to come up with an excuse. A silver car drove by, and the breeze it created made their hair fly around.
“You look so pretty,” Johny said. “You want to go see a film?”
She smiled, “Alright.”

Seaside Thoughts

2008-03-12T18:25:00Z

I looked at the little girl playing in the waves, and thought of how long it had been since I was that small and innocent. I walked further off down the beach, humming “brown-eyed girl” to myself. When I reached a point where I could no longer see any people on the beach, I took off my sandals and waded in. I closed my eyes, put my arms out to the sides, and turned slowly in a circle, enjoying the cool ocean breeze.
Suddenly someone came up next to me; I could hear quiet splashing: they were trying not to disturb me. I opened one eye, then gasped quietly. It was an old friend of mine from high school, someone I had often had a crush on but never told. I wondered why we were both here, neither of us even had ever lived in this country.
I stretched out my hands a bit further. Our hands bumped together…and then we were holding hands. Just simply standing there in the waves, alone, together, holding hands.
Simply enjoying the Australian ocean breeze. Calmly and beautifully.