Love Began with the First Meeting

The night winds blew gently. She didn't care if he was happy or not.

The tears she shed flowed like water.

She buried her sadness in her heart, and denied her own feelings.

Molly cried for a while. And sobs racked her body. That was when she realized that she and Eric were too close.

Angrily, she pushed him away. She turned to glare at him with tears in her eyes.

Eric was a little miffed, but he shrugged and put on a smile. "Done crying?" He pretended not to care so that she wouldn't be able to figure what he was really thinking.

Molly glared at him again.

"Wow. Ice queen over here!" Eric grumbled. Then he raised his eyebrows and asked,"Are you hungry?" Before Molly could answer, he added,"How does the South Street Alley sound?"

Molly looked at Eric suspiciously, a little surprised at his suggestion.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Eric sulked,"I'm bored of fancy restaurants and it's time for a change. Besides, the food there is quite good and delicious."

Molly breathed deeply to compose herself. After wiping tears from her face, she typed a string of words. "I'm exhausted and hungry and tired of crying."

Picking up the phone, Eric glanced at the screen and smiled. "I don't know what to do with you sometimes."

Molly blew her nose and typed on her phone again. "When I'm happy, I laugh. I cry when I'm sad. That's normal. No need to hide who I am. Unlike you, I can't smile when I'm not happy. You're such a hypocrite."

Eric smiled resignedly and thought, 'She would be so cute if she could actually say that out loud.' When he thought about this, he didn't feel upset anymore, but happy.

drove to the South Street Alley. He talked all the way through,

Eric was upset, but he kept this hidden behind an even expression. He wondered if Molly's throat would ever be healed. He felt extremely sad at

they were at their destination. Eric parked his limited-edition Jaguar XK R on the side of the road, attracting everyone's attention. People started to talk,

the car, stretched, and typed on her cell phone. "We couldn't get here the other day because of the accident. Wanna try

asked doubtfully.

and pouted,"Never mind. I'll eat it

pressed his lips. Seeing that Molly was still upset,

walked with him into the bustling night market.

visited the place. They sat in a stall, talking and

because everyone else was doing it too. They were quite happy. And it was a good thing to just laugh

full!" Eric leaned his seat back and burped

you think of sausage now? I thought you didn't like it? So

words meant. He handed her back the phone and said slowly,"The unknown scares people. So they say 'yuck' before even trying

would never admit

and pointed at the road, indicating

noticed the necklace around her neck. He reached

Eric cradled in his palm. The little shell was an antique. Right now

Eric looked Molly in the eye and said,"Have

and didn't answer. She

and asked,"Are you going

of this, she hesitated, but eventually typed,"Yes, I'll keep it with me. This is my first

as he looked at the words "You gave it to me." And he didn't know exactly what was going on, other than he felt something he had never felt before. He was a little happy, a little excited, a little hesitant and worried. The feeling was indescribable. Eric stared at the words on the phone. He didn't take his eyes off his phone until the screen dimmed. He just thought that Molly was funny, and wanted to make Brian unhappy, but he didn't want to fall in love with the same woman as his loathsome brother. No

turned his head to Molly and gave her an uncertain smile. "I'm glad. It's getting

didn't think about it too