Adam stared at the girl who was sleeping in the bed peacefully under the blankets. With a smile he thought of the fact that she was all woman and yet he still referred to her as a girl. As he walked near the bed, he thought back to the time when he had first seen her violet eyes. He was tempted to caress her soft cheeks but held back. He had thought they had become friends. But now she showed no signs of recognizing him. What had happened since the time they separated that she turned out so differently?
Was he that forgettable. They had after all spent a while together..
Five years Ago:
Alice opened her eyes and immediately the events that occurred rushed through her memory. She looked around and realized that she was lying on a couch in the lounge. Blinking, she stood up. Her flight was ready to fly, she needed to rush. The act of sitting up made her head go round and she felt like throwing up. A kind looking old woman walked to her and said, "Dear child. You need to rest. You have a concussion. Please lay back down for now. And you need to call your parents to take you back home because you cannot travel anywhere with that concussion!"
Hearing this Alice protested, "No! I need to take the flight back. Please."
But the kind woman simply smiled at her and said," But child. You cannot go anywhere. The last flight flew out an hour ago and the airport is now closed for the next five days at the very least. So unless you want to be stranded at the airport, you need to go home. In case you do not have a home here, you need to make the reservation at the nearest bread and breakfast. But the airport has almost emptied and I doubt that you will be getting any place empty. You can try going to the town center but I doubt that you will be able to get there if you delay anymore. So tell me do you have any family who can pick you up? We do have a kind cab driver waiting who lives towards the town. He had agreed to wait until you woke up."
Feeling aggrieved, Alice nodded and answered," Auntie. My grandparents house is nearby. Please ask the driver to drop me."
The lady nodded and escorted Alice outside while talking to her about inane things and advising her to be careful for the night and having someone wake her up every few hours. Getting into the car, Alice was about to thank the driver when she noticed a silhouette in the passenger seat of the car. Feeling a gulp of fear, she almost screamed when the man said," Please don't be scared. I am sorry for making you miss your flight. This mister here was the only driver available and I did not want him to inconvenience himself to take me back and then come back for you. Please forgive me and we can drop you off wherever you want before I can check into the hotel."
As the driver heard this, he asked a little impatiently, "You can talk when I drop you off. I have waited enough. Give me the location. And then you can see what you want to do. I will not wait any longer. Girl! Give me your address."
Alice had frozen in shock at the first sound of the beautiful voice when the driver's rude voice woke her up. She absent mindedly gave him the address and then tried to see the man who had just spoken to her. His voice. For the first time in her life had she heard a voice that was described in the novels that she read. It was just the right amount of warm, husky, rough and soulful. She was suddenly curious what this guy looked like. Then she remembered that he was the reason that she was going to be spending the holidays alone. Scowling, she glared at the back of the head of the man and quietly leaned in the seat, having no intention of accepting his apology.
Soon silence reigned in the car and the driver slowly drove to the address given. Once there, the driver ordered grumpily, "Get off now."
K looked back at the girl sleeping peacefully in the backseat and got off, taking the luggage out of the boot. He then knocked carefully on the car window and smiled at her," We are here, my lady."
Alice blinked up at the beautiful face of the man who had opened the door for her and got off unsteadily. The face that stared at her was shaped like a heart. His eyes were big and rounded but the most noticeable were his eyes which had double eyelids making them look bigger and rounder. His eye lashes would make a girl feel inferior and inadequate!
In spite of his profession, K felt awkward after being stared at and cleared his throat softly and smiled at the girl. The girl in return gave him a glare and alighted the car with a scowl. She was about to snatch her luggage from his hand when he said, "I will leave you to your door."
Alice looked down at the snow that was high and the cold that was seeping through her shoes and nodded without arguing. Anyways her foot was aching because of this person. She angrily stomped towards the small cottage style house and walked to bright red door. Once there, she gave him a thin smile and said," You can place the bags here and leave. Thank you."
K smiled at the girl and placing the bags down, went back towards the cab, which was now nowhere to be seen. He rushed forward to where the cab had been standing and saw that the car was nowhere to be seen. His shoulder bag had been thrown on the ground. Looking around, he noticed that there were no houses in the vicinity or any sign of life other than the house behind him. He turned back to the house and realized that the little girl had already gone inside. It seemed fate was intent on harassing him. Fishing out the phone from his pocket, he noticed that it was about to run out of battery. Hoping that he could find a hotel nearby and a cab, he opened the 'ober' app but it was too late as the screen turned dark.
Kicking the ground in frustration, he felt the cold shivered from cold and looked back at the house. He would need to ask for help..