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 way through, and Molly was listening to him, giving him some expressions every now and then.

expression. He wondered if Molly's throat would ever be healed. He felt extremely

attention. People started to talk, reminded of

cell phone. "We couldn't get here the other day because of the accident. Wanna try the

asked

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

Now let's go in." Eric pressed his lips. Seeing that Molly was still upset, Eric gave her another ingratiating

with him into

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 without reservation, and just forget being

so full!" Eric leaned his seat back and burped loudly.

you didn't like it? So why did you

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

She knew Eric would never admit he was wrong, so

and pointed at the

noticed the necklace around her neck. He reached out his

at the small shell that Eric cradled in his palm. The little shell was an antique.

why you can't talk..." Eric looked Molly in

the necklace and didn't answer. She didn't know what she was feeling,

you going to keep

has never been that serious before.' Thinking of this, she hesitated, but eventually typed,"Yes,

was indescribable. Eric stared at the words on the phone. He didn't take his

gave her an uncertain smile.

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