Chapter 1- Out Of The NestA Chapter by AWickedMoon
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Chapter One- Out of the Nest
So the
story begins…
As he made his way upstairs using the railing to
propel him up. When he finally hit the
last step he stumbled a bit but regained his balance quickly. “Coffee…Coffee…” He groaned. He walked over to the cupboard and pulled down
the biggest cup. He reached out and
grabbed the coffee pot and started to pour.
“S**t!” He
yelped as his left eye started to sear with pain, his grip loosened on the
coffee pot and it started to slip. He managed
to steady it just before it fell, but not before the hot coffee crashed on the
counter, like a wave hitting the shore.
He quickly placed the coffee pot back on the burner and removed his now
coffee stained shirt; revealing his muscular body and quite a few small scars. He started to wipe up the counter with it
when a tall woman with raven black hair tied up in a neat bun walked in. “Sahen!
What are you doing in here?!” She
yelled jokingly, looking between him and the coffee soaked counter. “You know if you didn’t like the way I made
the coffee you could have just made a new pot?” She said laughter in her voice.
“Sorry” he
replied.
“That’s ok just hurry up and make a new one before
your dad gets back in.”
“Were you working in the fields again? You look like a tomato.” He said.
“Well I never, don’t you know dang boy dat, dat
corn isn’t gonna pick its self.” His mom
said in her best hick impression. “Well
I must be moseying on down to town, gotta be setin up at the market soon.” She said well taking big steps out of the
kitchen.
When he had fixed up a new pot of coffee he
picked up his mug and started to make his way back downstairs, periodically
swearing as his coffee stubbornly tried to slip out of the rim of his cup. Once he had finally made it down the small
hallway and into his room he set down his coffee on the night stand. As he closed the door behind him it revealed a
small closet he opened it revealing a small old T.V. The only other things in his room were his
bed and a just enough room to squeeze from the door to his bed. He flopped down face first on the bed and let
out a loud groan.
“Ok two weeks? Three weeks?” He said his voice muffled from the blanket. He couldn’t remember when the; what he liked
to call “spasms’ of searing pain” in his eye had started, but it was getting
pretty annoying. Rather than trying to
figure it out he wiped his mind. Instead
he propped himself up on his forearm and reached in to his bedside drawer to
pull out a small purple box. He and Jamila had been hanging out for almost
three months. He thought as he
opened to box to look at the diamond necklace he had brought back from England.
He had saved up the last three months to buy a
bigger TV, but then he meet Jamila Saxon and shortly after that his parents
spent all of there savings to go visit family in England and he had spent most
of his money on the diamond necklace. It
had been almost two weeks since he got back and he hadn’t called her yet. Alright todays the day! Wow you sound stupid. Great now not only am I talking to my self
I’m actually answering to! He pulled
his severely cracked cellphone out of
his pocket and dialled her number.
-Ring, Ring…
-Click-
“Hello?” A girl’s voice answered.
“Hi, Jamila?”
Sahen questioned.
“Yes…. And I’m assuming this is Sahen?” Jamila said giggling.
“Yup that’s me!
Hey I was wondering if you wanted to see a movie or get something to eat
or something.” Sahen blurted out.
“Sure I could go for a bite to eat, when and
where did you wanna meet?” She said happily
“Uhhhh….we could meet at 7-11 at say 5pm?” Sahen asked.
“Sounds good see you then! Bye!
Jamila said quickly.
-Click-
“Uh!
Oh…bye?” Sahen said confused as
the screen said call ended.
Wow
why was that so awkward? He
thought. Sahen had always been good with
the lady’s in high school. Well it has been three year since I asked
anyone out maybe I’m losing my touch.
He thought before he rolled over to check his alarm clock 3:00PM it
said. “So an hour to get ready, an hour
to get there. That’s plenty of time!”
“F**k! Sahen said as he looked at the clock. Big red digits taunted him with the numbers 4:20. Let’s see the bus stop in to town was at
least a 20 minute run and then a 30 minute bus ride. If he left now he’d only be ten minutes late? He quickly buttoned the black dress shirt he
had picked out and carefully grabbed the small box he dashed out of his room
and practically flew up the stairs.
“Whoa! Exclaimed a very sunburnt man, as he just
narrowly avoided crashing into him.
“Where are you off to in such a hurry?” the man asked.
“I’m supposed to meet Jamila at 5 in town dad.”-He
breathed heavily as he spoke.
“Well, well you’re finally dating that
girl?” He said as a proud smile crept
across his face.
“No I was going to ask her out tonight if I can
make it” he said as he shoved his feet half in his shoes and headed for the
door.
“Wait!” his dad said blocking his path.
“What?” Sahen asked trying to move around him.
“I’ll give you a ride in to town I need some more
supplies anyways, and its pouring out there.”
“Ok, thank you!” replied Sahen.
“Now put your shoes on properly and grab a coat.” His dad said.
As they made there way down the road, his dads
truck jostled back and forth. They hit a
particularly big bump and his left eye started to sear as it had this morning. You are in danger----”He swore he heard
someone whisper something to him, but when he turned his dad was completely
focused on the road, so he shrugged it off.
“Well there you go, 10 minutes early, am I an
awesome driver or what! Wait before you
go take this.” He said as he fumbled to get his wallet and took out a fifty and
tried to hand it to him.
“No I can’t take that we need it for the farm or
for that new tractor you wanted.” Sahen
said pushing the money away.
“No you’re going to take it over to Kate’s flower
shop and ask her for the best flowers she’s got.” He ended his sentence with a big grin and put
the money into Sahens hand. Before Sahen
could object he quickly added. “Alright
phone the house when you’re done and I’ll pick you up, now get out. With that Sahen got out of the truck and careful
to leaped over the water that wa parading itself down the curb and right into
the sewer grate.
He made his way down to the flower shop, He
looked up and read the purple and yellow sign “Kate’s Crazy Flowers!” The doors chimed as he walked in and he made
his way to the counter and waited. He could
faintly hear someone talking “I’ll have
to call you back X I think someone’s at the front” somewhere in the back of
the shop.
Two minutes later a short girl with strawberry blonde
hair that seemed to go every direction and the brightest sapphire blue eyes he
had ever seen stepped into sight, she looked as though she was sculpted from
stone. She had a blue velvet choker
around her neck with a huge blue gem in the middle, silver patterns danced on
either side of it, on the bottom of the jewel hung a diamond tear drop.
“Hi I’m Sapphire!
How can I help you?” Her words cascaded gracefully of her tongue.
“Um hi I’m looking for flowers? My dad Jack Harris sent me here?” Sahen didn’t really know what to ask.
Did you say Harris? She said looking curiously at
him.
“Yes Ma’am” he said as he pulled out the fifty
wondering where this girl had come from he had never seen here before and it
wasn’t like the town was very big.
“So are these flowers for a special girl or?
“Yes, I’ll take whatever fifty dollars will get
me.” He said setting the bill down on
the counter.
“Tell you what you tell me your name and I’ll
give you a great deal!” Sapphire said
getting excited.
“Um... Ok
its Sahen…? He said confused. Sapphires mouth dropped open, realizing she
quickly snapped it shut.
“Alright you wait here I’ll be right back!” When she returned he couldn’t see her face
behind the mass of Red roses and White lily’s, she walked over to the counter
and set them down and started to wrap them in brown paper.
“Alright that will be $30.” She said appearing to have composed herself. Sahen handed over the fifty; she gave him his
change and he grabbed the flowers. He said
“Thank you.” Before quickly exiting the
store. “See you soon!!” She called out
as he left, looking as if she was about to start running in circles or something. Well
that was freaking weird he thought as he walked back to the 7-11. I
wonder why she wanted to know my name.
As he waited for Jamila under the gas pump cover
of the 7-11 the rain started to ease up.
Finally a small purple hatchback drove up and Jamila stepped out she was
a thin girl but not super skinny. He
watched as the wind tugged at her beautiful long sandy blonde hair. When she turned around she looked at him with
her clear ice blue eyes. She was wearing
what she normally did a plain T-shirt shirt under a knitted sweater, a long
light brown skirt that ended just above her ankles revealing dark brown ankle
boots. Her body seemed to sway as she
walked over to him. “Hi.” She said walking up to him giving him a hug
and eyeing the brown package in his hand.
“Oh. Hey! How have you been? Here I got these for you! You look really nice tonight?” He fumbled to find the right words to
say.
“Ha-ha. Slow
down! Thank you so much for the flowers,
now where did you want to grab a bite to eat?” She asked looking like she was itching to go.
“I...I was thinking Falcona’s fancy?” His words sounded as if they were water
spilling off of his tongue unsure of which direction they should go.
At that her smile started to fade. “Oh umm…I only have Twenty dollars to
spend?”
“That’s ok it’s on me! “ He quickly replied.
She looked warily at him then gave in. “Ok lead the way.”
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Added on December 13, 2012Last Updated on April 25, 2013 Previous Versions AuthorAWickedMoonCalgary, I am a fan of the egyptian gods, CanadaAboutIf you have time check out my Deviant account! http://jadepatterson.deviantart.com/ a> My name is Jade Patterson and I hail from Calgary, Canada. I enjoy dipping in to all genres and trying my h.. more..Writing
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