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.

his head and drove to the South Street Alley. He talked all the way through, and Molly was listening to him, giving him some expressions every now and

wondered if Molly's throat would ever be healed. He felt extremely sad at the thought that she

People started to talk, reminded

out of the car, stretched, and typed on her cell phone. "We couldn't get here the other

Eric asked doubtfully.

looked at his suspicious expression and pouted,"Never

OK! You're the boss. Now let's go in." Eric pressed his lips. Seeing that Molly was

at Eric and walked with

they visited the place. They sat in a stall, talking and laughing, as if they had forgotten their unhappiness and

crowd they ate happily. No one paid attention to what they were doing, because everyone else was doing it too. They were quite

his

sausage now? I thought you didn't like

and pursed his lips as if he didn't know what Molly's words meant. He handed her back the phone and said slowly,"The unknown scares people.

her eyes. She knew Eric would never admit

straight and pointed at the road, indicating that it was

away, he glanced at Molly and noticed the necklace around her neck. He reached out his

shell that Eric cradled in his palm. The little shell

in the eye and said,"Have you

at the shell on the necklace and didn't answer. She didn't

you going to keep

thought, 'He has never been that serious before.' Thinking of this, she hesitated, but eventually typed,"Yes, I'll keep

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

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

but she didn't think about it too much. She