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.

talked all the way through, and Molly was listening to him, giving

speak, 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 the thought that she might never utter

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

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

Eric asked

suspicious expression and pouted,"Never

let's go in." Eric pressed his lips. Seeing that

up at Eric and walked with him

They sat in a stall, talking and laughing, as

one paid attention to what they were doing, because everyone else was doing it too. They were quite happy. And it was a good thing to just laugh without reservation, and just

leaned his seat back and

of sausage now? I thought you didn't like

words meant. He handed her back

She knew Eric would never

fill, sat up straight and pointed at the road, indicating that it was time for

glanced at Molly and noticed the necklace around her neck. He reached out

was embarrassed, and then looked down at the small shell that Eric cradled in his palm. The little shell was an

looked Molly in the eye

then looked at the shell on the necklace and didn't answer. She didn't know what she was feeling, but she wasn't going to let him know that.

asked,"Are you going to

that serious before.' Thinking of this, she hesitated, but eventually typed,"Yes, I'll keep it with me. This is my first gift. You

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

gave her an uncertain smile. "I'm glad. It's

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