It was 4.00 am and your alarm went off.
"Oh my god!!!" Lily tossed and turned and put the pillow on her head. "What time is it, can you shut that off please! My gosh, must you jog now?".
"Lily, I am not going to start an argument about this with you now. You know why I do this, so please let me be".
"Ok, ok, ok" Lily said, while turning ."Please bring my pepper spray with you, it is still dark outside. Lot's of loco people here in Vegas". "Ughhhh" she pulled the blanket over her head. "Go! Now! and let me sleep".
"Ok" you whispered "I will bring your pepper spray, but you do know I did a lot of self-defence classes right?"
"Shhhhh" Lily said "Just go and let me sleep". She quickly took the blanket from her head " yeah bring the spray". Lily crawled under the blanket again.
"Ok" you whispered again and softly closed the door behind you.
You started jogging the minute you got out of the hotel. You were not really familiar with the area so you just started jogging in the direction ahead of you. Then you saw a bridge and decided to cross it. As you almost crossed the bridge you saw the Allegiant Stadium. "Ah so here is where we are going tonight". You thought. You decided to jog around the stadium, it looked beautiful.
There was a big billboard with a picture of a handsome guy 'Good luck with the concert JK' it said. "Hmm that must be one of the boys" you thought. Lily was right, he is handsome. As you looked up at the board you wanted to start jogging again, but almost tripped. "Wow" you quickly balanced your body and saw that one of your shoe laces were untied. You kneeled down to tie it.
Suddenly you heard a voice behind you. "Uh excuse me miss". You thought of what Lily said earlier 'Lots of loco people in Vegas'. So you pretended not to hear anything and kept on tying your shoe lace.
"Uh sorry to bother you miss, but can you help me quickly" the voice behind you went again. You closed and open your eyes again. You were still down on the floor to tie your shoe lace. You quickly held on to the pepper spray, while slowly turning around. In your head all the defence classes flashed by. You knew what you had to do if he tried to attack you. As you looked up, there was this tall man standing in front of you with shorts. He looked liked he worked out all the time, you couldn't clearly see his face, it was already getting light, but he was wearing a mask.
"I'm sorry" he carried on. He looked at the pepper spray. "I didn't mean to scare you, I just wanted to ask if you could take a picture of me". He held his camera in front of him. "You see I bought this camera, you know the kind that you still have to develop the film roll. I think it is a nice way of taking a picture, and I was wondering".
You didn't let him finish "Boy, you kind of scared me there".
"I'm sorry, perhaps I shouldn't have asked for help. Lots of loco people here in Vegas" He said.
You had to laugh at his words. "Yeah, my best friend said the same".
You tried to look at his face, but the mask covered his nose and mouth. You looked him in the eyes. Those were eyes you had never seen before. They kind of looked like dragon's eyes. He had silver hair, but he was still young. The hair color looked good on him. All of a sudden you felt a bit shy looking into his dragon eyes.
"It's ok, if you don't want too, I understand. I didn't mean to scare you, I am sorry" and the boy was about to jog off again.
You kind of stood there looking at his back as he jogged further. Those muscles, you thought. Those eyes, your mind wondered.
"Quick!", went through your mind, "Do something!" All of a sudden you could hear yourself shout: "Hey, wait! It's fine, I will take your picture". Boy with the dragon eyes, you thought by yourself, how could I not take a picture of you.
He turned around and stopped. "Oh great, thanks." He looked around "Ehm, how about if I stand here, can you see the Allegiant Stadium sign in the camera? Can you make sure it is in there?" he asked. "It is kind of important that I capture that".
You looked in the camera "Yes, I can see it" you nodded. "It looks great " and you gave an awkward thumbs up. "Man this guy is tall and broad" you thought "I wonder how many times a week he hits the gym"
"Do you mind if I take my mask off?" he asked.
"Uh what?" you kind of stared at him, that meant you got to see his full face and you were kind of curious what he looked liked. "Yeah sure, no problem, I am not wearing one either"
He slowly took his mask off and now you were able to see not only his eyes, but his whole face. . For a few seconds you were staring again. His face was so beautiful. You quickly swallowed and for one minute it became super awkward.
"Uh, do you live around here?" you asked, just to make a conversation and get the awkwardness out of the way.
He was giving a shy smile and looked at the ground. He looked up again with his eyes that somehow just pierced into your soul. "Uh no, he answered, I am just here for a visit. Are you from around here?" he asked.
"Nah" You answered "I'm from LA, my friend kind of dragged me here."
"Dragged you here?" he asked with a question mark on his face.
"Yeah, a bit of a long story. She wanted to watch this concert and her mom got sick, so she asked me to go. I don't really know the band that is playing but she has been a fan of them for a long time". You pointed at the billboard "I believe he is one of the members, that guy".
"Aw" he quickly looked at the billboard and tried to put on a serious face."That could be, it does say good luck with the CONCERT, JK"
"Yeah, so that's why I think he is one of the band members" You said.
"Are you excited to go to the concert?" he asked.
"Hmmm" you answered "I don't know, I don't really know the songs. So I'm not into it". My friend is crazy though, she said I have to learn all these chants or something. But it is not for me. I'm just going to join and be there for her. That's about it."
He started laughing "I see, you are not into it". He said with a smile that was so beautiful because of the little dimples that appeared.
"Quit staring!" you told yourself. "Nah, not really" you answered. "My friend bought tickets for 2 concert nights, so I kind of have to endure the whole thing twice"
"Ouch" he said "that must be painful" with this beautiful kind of teasing smile. "Learning those chants must be a pain too". "So what kind of music are you into?" he asked "What is on your playlist right now?" and he pointed at your phone.
You couldn't help but staring a bit at his face. Quickly you nodded and looked at your phone. "Ehm this is a bit embarrassing" you thought. "Well, it is Whitney Houston, didn't we almost have it all" you kind of whispered. It was the song you had been put on a loop ever since your break up. "Uh, do you know that song?"
He started laughing "Do I know that song?". He quickly held up his phone, look what I am listening too. You came a little closer to have a look, it turned out to be the same song. "No way you said" and started laughing too. After that there was an awkward silence for a minute.
You held up the camera and brought it in front of your eyes. "Ok let me take another picture". "My gosh, why am I telling a total stranger why I am in Vegas" you thought. This was the first time after your break up that you somehow felt like talking more than one sentence to someone from the opposite sex. Since the break up you did not feel making any conversation with any men. You rather avoided them than saying one word, let alone exchange a smile.
He was standing in front of the stadium "I'm ready". You quickly snapped two pictures. You rapidly handed the camera back to him "There you go". At that moment your hands touched each other and he deeply looked into your eyes. You felt a shiver through your body and you knew at that moment you started to blush.
"Thank you" he said. "I appreciate you helping a fellow early morning jogger. "Also you must be a very good friend to be willing to watch this concert twice. Who knows you will like the songs after all".
"I highly doubt it" You answered. .Anyways, no problem, enjoy your jog"
"Thanks" he answered "Uh wait" he said. "There is only one picture left in this camera, want to take one together?
You hesitated for a moment, but than you said "sure".
"Ok" he said "How about your stand in front of me and I stand behind you". As you came closer you realised, he was indeed quite tall. Your head reached his chest, but you had to look up to look at his face.
While standing in front of him, he held up one hand with the camera. His arm rubbed against your shoulder and you felt all warm inside. "1, 2, 3, smile" he said.
You smiled and moved away from him. "Thank you for that" he said.
"Yeah sure" you answered.
"NO" he carried on "You don't understand, thank you for this morning"/
Somehow you felt a bit overwhelmed standing so close to him for a minute. It has been a while that you have been standing closely to a men. It also had been a while that someone thanked you like this.
You quickly waved and said "No problem, enjoy your jog" and ran off towards the bridge.
While crossing the bridge you thought "Oh my god, Enjoy your jog?" How stupid! Why didn't I ask for his name or introduced myself. Why didn't I ask why he was visiting Vegas or why didn't you try to talk to this beautiful stranger some more?
You turned around to see if you could still catch a glimpse of him. But you couldn't see him anymore. The boy with the dragon eyes and dimples was gone forever.
As you entered the hotel room, Lily was already up. "Man" she said "you jog for a long time,I was almost scared some loco kidnapped you. How come you are not even that sweaty? Let's have breakfast, I am starving".
