A Step Closer to Love

Arabella looked up to see unfamiliar lights It was as if she had been transported to a different location than the city she was living in.

She looked around as her eyes landed on a mysterious structure that resembled one that belonged to an amusement park. She tried to turn on her phone but she noticed that it was switched off.

After her conversation with her sister, she decided to take a walk around before getting home but her mindless walk soon landed her in a location that was dry like the desert. She could not even call a cab even if she wanted to. The ships with their street light that illuminated her path were all shut tight.

She found the nearest bench and sat on it. It was when she sat down that she noticed that her legs ached from walking around. She checked out her wristwatch and saw that it was almost ten. She sighed because she knew that invariably she was stranded.

She looked around as fear gripped her, if there were any passersby then she would have had someone to ask for help but as it was she was purely on her own.

“What were you thinking? Why are you so foolish?” she asked herself in annoyance as she began to offload her bag.

She did not keep anything there and neither did she think she would have anything there that might be of help to her but she could not help but check. She might be lucky enough to have something in her bag.

She sighed when her hand touched the end of the bag and there was nothing to bail her out. Her tummy rumbled in annoyance at not having dinner. “I don’t have a solution to the mess I am currently in so don’t be angry that I don’t have food for you” she whispered to her stomach and then threw her head back.

Even if she wanted to get back she had no idea how to do so since she did not take note of the direction she came from. She just kept turning from corner to corner. Was she going to sleep outside tonight? Fear gripped her soul as she prayed for some kind of miracle at that time.

She sniffled as she felt her throat get tighter and her eyes begin to water. She did not want to cry. She knew that crying would not solve the situation and that it would only worsen her hunger but she could not stop herself. Crying was the only solution she could think of at that time.

Suddenly bright lights from a car crept up on her. The lights were blinding and they slowly began to dim out. She squinted as she looked towards the car. The car seemed too familiar to her but she did not care about its familiarity.

She did not know the driver but she was grateful to finally meet a soul in this place. When the driver dropped from the car she could not believe her eyes but Kieran was walking towards her.

She stood up the bag in her hand dropping to the ground. She gasped as she put her hands over her mouth her eyes wide with shock.

“Kieran?”

“Kieran?” she said again as he came to a stop in front of her.

“What the hell is wrong with you? Why did you run off on your own and then proceed to walk off in the wrong direction when you don’t even know your way around here?” Kieran asked.

She watched his face as he spoke, his words made no sound in her ears because she was busy watching his face and how much the worry filled it.

“Thank you” she said throwing her arms around his neck with a sigh of relief. His body froze under her arms. Why was she on him? Why did he like the feeling?

“I was so afraid of what would have become of me” she whispered still holding on to him.

His hands went up against his will and began to gently and silently stroke her back. She must have been so terrified if she ignored his shouting spree. She just went in for a hug instead, who knows what was going through her mind.

Both of them stood there in each other’s arms as Kieran tried his best to somewhat comfort her in the way he knew best. After a while, Arabella sniffled and then moved back so she was no longer on him.

“I am sorry,” she said slowly before raising her head to meet his gaze.

“For what?” Kieran asked trying to dart his eyes all over the place so he does not look at her sad face.

“For making you worry and come here at this time” she said and he shook his head.

“I followed you out and thought I had lost you because I could not get a hold of you so I just searched the entire area instead” Kieran said.

His words sent a warm feeling to her chest. It was like in one of the many books she read when the male lead did something small for the female lead but she could not stop thinking about it because of how sweet it feels to her.

“Thank you,” she said again. She could not be any more grateful. She could not imagine what she would have felt if she was still alone up until this moment. Maybe she would have been bawling out her eyes.

“Shall we go?” he asked and she nodded. She rushed back to the bench behind her and took up her bag and then followed him to the car.

Kieran was kind and gentlemanly enough to open up the passenger side of the car and help her get into the car. She mumbled another thanks to him.

She could not believe how grateful she was to the same man she had sworn to avoid by all means.

“Do you want to get something to eat?” Kieran asked as he entered through the driver’s side.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

“No I am fine” she lied through her teeth but her stomach had other plans because it made a very angry sound right at that time.

“Seems like your stomach is saying something else,” he said as he started the engine.

“Let’s get something to eat”