Life became a bit boring , I began to live like ordinary people after I thought I was special with my football talent . I even sometimes wondered what was the purpose of life , I literally lived with no aim in life after my dream faded away . until I was 23 and I moved out of town . one day my life changed , I went to a café to have a drink . I saw a very beautiful girl working in that café . She had hazel eyes , red hair and was about 21 years old .
I have a very bad history with girls . I never talk to girls and I have never even been on a date before . so I wasn't intending to ask her out or anything but her beauty caught my eyes .
Until I saw a group of three dumb teenagers one of them was a girl with two boys annoying her and making fun of her . she came to take my order but tears were coming down from her eyes she was trying to hide it .
" what is your order , sir ? " she said .
I decided to intervene when I saw the girl crying and called out these three teenagers " hey , you , just leave her alone " .
" and who are you ? " one of them said .
" I am the guy who will send you to the hospital If you don't shut up " I replied .
" watch your words , man " he replied .
" I want you to leave now " I replied .
" show me what you are going to do about it " .
I punched him and he was knocked on the floor .
" you two , want a piece of this I have no problem " I said to the remaining two teenagers .
They said nothing and just helped their friend on the floor get up and then left .
I turned then to the girl and said " are you okay ? " .
" yes " she said it with tears still coming down for her eyes but she was trying to hide it .
" hey , it is okay , don't cry …. I will help you clean this mess " .
" no , don't worry about it , they always cause this mess and just leave " .
" they won't come again here I am sure , but I insist to help , I am mason by the way " .
" I am Ellie " .
" nice to meet you , Ellie " I replied .
" thank you so much , really , at least there are still nice people " she replied .
" no problem , I am so sorry for the mess and the problems I caused , I will take to the owner of the place and apologize to him in person " .
" there is no need believe me " .
" again I insist ….. this may sound awkward but do you want to go out and have a drink ? " .
" are you talking to me ? " she smiled .
" yes , who else ? " .
" I am sure you don't want to go out with me " she replied .
" why not ? , your eyes are beautiful by the way " I flirted with her .
" thank you really , that was the nicest thing I have heard for a long time " .
" I will take this as a yes " .
" fine , I will finish work in two hours " she smiled .
" great , see you here in two hours " .
I then left with lots of thoughts inside my head . why was a girl this beautiful being bullied ? , why was these idiots making fun of here ? , she seemed to be young for a job like this . I mean I am 21 and I am currently studying , she seems to be of my age . where are her parents ? . a lot of questions that I wanted to ask her .
I went home , had a shower , changed quickly and then drove to the café where she worked and went in to check if she is ready .
I didn't find her but I found another guy working instead of her . I wanted ask him where she was .
" hey , I am sorry , did Ellie finish her work ? " I said .
" yeah , she is upstairs now " he replied .
" does she live here ? " .
" yeah , who are you ? , anyways " he asked .
" I am a friend " .
" that is weird , she doesn't have any friends ….. she lives in the second floor in the third flat from the right " .
" thank you so much , Mr. ? " .
" I am Thomas " he replied .
" nice to meet you " .
" hey , If you do something bad to her , I will kill you " he replied .
" don't worry " I laughed .
I went upstairs and knocked on her flat .
" The rent is not ready yet , just leave " she shouted .
" I am mason " I replied .
She opened the door instantly and said " hey , mason … nice to see you again " .
" hey , are you busy ? , I thought you finished your work " .
" yeah , come in , I am sorry for this mess " she replied .
The flat was really messy . it consists of one bed room , a kitchen and a bathroom . there were food and clothes everywhere .
" looks like I came a bit early " I said .
" no , I am sorry I should have been ready by now but just had a lot of thoughts on my mind " .
" oh it is okay , if you want me to leave and come back in an hour " .
" no , just stay , I have been already rude to you , just give me five minutes so that I can change my clothes , I am sorry I won't wear anything fancy " .
" no problem , take your time I will wait " .
" mason , may I ask for something silly ? " .
" yeah ? " I replied .
" can we just sit on the ceiling ? , I don't want to go anywhere now , I am really sorry if that disappoints you " .
" it is okay , really , but let me go grab us something to drink until you change " I smiled .
" thank you so much " she smiled .
I went to grab some drinks but I wondered why she didn't want to go somewhere fancy like a restaurant , like I know she doesn't look financially good but that brings me to the question of where are her parents ! . I thought she may be annoyed or bothered by something so that is why she didn't want to go out . I was never good with girls anyways so I didn't know what to make of this situation .
I came back and went up to the ceiling to find two chairs and Ellie siting on one of them staring at the stars .
" hey , I am back " I said .
" hey , come join me …. What do you think ? " .
" it is way better than any other restaurant " .
She laughed and said " look how beautiful these stars are " .
" yeah I know " .
She turned to me and said " this is my secret place where I come to clear my mind when I get overwhelmed " .
" it is very beautiful , really " .
" thank you so much for helping me earlier but why though ? " .
" how was I supposed to sit there and do nothing " .
" the other people sit and do nothing " .
" I don't like to be like the other people , the majority of the people only think about themselves and don't care about the others ….. you wanted me to see you hiding your tears and not do anything ? " I replied .
" so I guess I was right about you " she laughed .
" right about what ? " I wondered .
" I kept asking myself why did you help me out there today . so I had two thoughts in my mind the first is that you are like the other people and you are going to use me sooner other than later but the second which I was leaning more towards is that you are not like other people and that you are different and you are trying to be nice " .
" and which one is the right one " I smiled .
" I think you already know " .
" okay , I will take that as a compliment ….. I have a question if you don't want to reply it is okay , but why were these kids annoying you ? " .
" my name is Ellie Jones , a young girl who came into this world all hopeful and happy . she had a lot of dreams until she was hit back into the reality world . her parents died when she was 13 years old in an accident . a nice guy called Thomas who was a good friend of her parents took care of her and gave her a job to support her . although her financial state is still not that good until this day but she kept struggling throughout her life not complaining with no one on her side . she had many panic attacks and nightmares . she went to a therapist . she used to take pills to keep her calm to be able to work . but sometimes these pills don't work so yeah . that girl does some stuff that normal people don't do . that is why people make fun of her " .
" oh my god Ellie , I am so so sorry to hear this " I cried .
" it is okay , really , I am used to it , I am fine now " .
I stood up and walked to her and hugged her .
" hey , it is fine but thanks " she laughed and hugged me back .
" if you really want any help just tell me " I said .
" that is sweet from you , now I want to know more about you , now sit and tell me about yourself " .
" I am 23 and I am currently studying at university , I will be an engineer " .
" that is so cool , now you can build me houses , right ? " she laughed .
" in two years , I can actually " I laughed .
" you know what I want to kill everyone actually , I really hate people " .
" I can already tell , but I am sure life will get better for you " I replied .
" I have lost hope anyways " .
" I have lost hope too , but you know why I am still alive because I am just curious about what will happen tomorrow , that what gives live meaning because you do not know what god have planned for you . you just have to wait for tomorrow to see , and you just hope life will give you a reason to live " .
" I have never thought of it this way , that is a very good point " she replied .