Broken

Frozen Yogurt

I sat a a bench in the park, waiting for Annie to find me. I felt nervous, like my heart was about to pop out of my chest. I kept replaying that one moment I had with Annie in my head. The dance we shared. Maybe this was my ticket to getting better. To getting over... No, I don't want to think about that. Not now.

From a far distance, I could make out a familiar figure with wavy brown hair and porcelain skin. Annie Everlark. I started walking towards her to meet her halfway. Once I was in front of her I smiled down on her. I was at least a halfway there when I bumped into someone. Looking up, I saw that I had bumped into Annie. I ran my hand through my hair, chucking.

"Sorry about that." I mumbled, twiddling my fingers. Annie smiled.

"Its fine. What do you want to do?" she asked me. Awkward, I didn't actually plan for anything. I reached into my pocket to find a crisp twenty dollar bill.

"Do you like frozen yogurt, Annie?" I asked her.

"I love frozen yogurt. There's a Red Mango a few blocks ahead. And I apologize, but I don't have any money on me." she told me. I smiled.

"I can cover for you." and with that, we went ahead to get our frozen yogurt. It was about a fifteen minute walk, and when we arrived the place was pretty busy. Luckily, there was a few tables available. Annie led me over to where the yogurt was. Looking at the variety of flavors, I chose a coconut while Annie got half raspberry and half chocolate. After getting our toppings, we walked over to the register and our total came to $9.73. I handed him the twenty, got my change, and Annie and I walked over to a vacant table.

"So Alexander..." Annie began. "Why'd you want to hang out with me? Usually the guys who randomly dance with me never call back." she asked. There's many reasons why I called Annie. Yet the main one was that I wanted to prove to Sienna that Annie was perfectly fine. I really had no reason to want to call Annie. Maybe it was just my subconscious telling me that Annie could be an opening door into a new life.

"I just wanted to hang out with you, to be honest. You seemed really cool when we danced together. I thought if I got to know you, it would be even better." I told her. She smiled at me. "How sweet of you."

Half an hour later our yogurt was finished and we began to walk back to Daughtry Park. The walk back consisted of conversations about our favorite things. And when we got back to the park we decided that we'd hang out on Friday. As we said our goodbyes, Annie hugged me. I hugged her back, letting her hold me for a few moments before we went our separate ways.

Entry Six

Sienna was wrong in so many ways. Annie is beautiful. She won't hurt me, and I don't know what the future holds but I can tell its looking bright. Here's another fact about me; I'm afraid of bridges.