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.

right." Eric shook his head and drove to the South Street Alley. He talked all the

an even expression. He wondered if Molly's throat would

talk, reminded of the stir that Park Shin Chun caused a few nights ago. It seemed that there was a similar sports car

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

Eric asked doubtfully.

expression and pouted,"Never mind. I'll

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

looked up at Eric and walked with him into the

a few days, they were in better spirits than the last time they visited the place. They sat in a stall, talking and laughing, as if they had forgotten

too. They were quite happy. And it was a good thing to

leaned his seat

thought you didn't like it? So why did

didn't know what Molly's words meant. He handed her back

eyes. She knew Eric would never admit he was wrong, so she stopped trying.

her fill, sat up straight and pointed at the road, indicating that

Molly and noticed the necklace around her neck. He reached out his hand and

looked down at the small shell that Eric cradled in his palm. The little shell was an antique. Right now she wanted to do

talk..." Eric looked Molly in the eye and said,"Have you ever gotten

and didn't answer. She didn't know what she was feeling, but she wasn't going to let

you going to

earnest expression and thought, 'He has never been that serious before.' Thinking of this, she hesitated, but eventually typed,"Yes, I'll keep it with me. This is

"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

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

sounded a little off, but she didn't think about it too much. She