That Boy

I went walking today. I saw the strangest sight. I saw a boy of no older than 12 sitting on the pier to the river that leaked into the ocean. He sat there, his elbows on his knees, looking out to the disappearing sun, as it slid into the river and fell into the vast pacific ocean. Now as he did this, he would take a bite of food from some food I could not see exactly what, and HAND it to a seagull. They were so close to I'm, but they did not make any noise like they usually did when someone was close with food they might be able to have.

When one of the birds had gotten a piece, it would leave the boy and eat it, and another creatures would hop up next to him for their turn to eat. All this time the boy stared off at the sun like he may never see it again...not finding it strange that seagulls of all being were being polite.

If a fight broken out between any of them, he would get up, break the piece of food they were fighting over and hand it back to them. Even more surprising was when I finally realized he was done. He patted the last one on the head, and got up to leave. As his feet touched the ground, all of the birds got up at once and flew off to sit on the river.

The boy walked over to a sketch pad I had failed to see earlier and began to paint the picture of the sun sinking away, but as I watched the movements of his brush, I some how knew he wasn't painting the sun NOW but painting the sun as it HAD been, because the sun was almost gone, and there was little light left in the day if any at all.

One of the seagulls he had been feeding sat beside him and as he finished painting he held up his arm and the bird sat upon it. That was how I saw him walk off. A sketch book in one hand and a seagull on the other...

Loved for one night

Some love stories, are short stories....but love stories all the same. I was told that once, and I believe it to be true. When I was younger, around twenty or nineteen, I don't remember the age exactly, I went to a party at a friend's house. I knew them from work and I didn't know exactly what to expect. I tried to wear something to look nice but also still look like me.

I chose to wear a pair of dark blue jeans, the tightest fitting I had, which only slightly clung to my legs really, with a graphic tee. It had this tree which at it's base was almost-bright blue and slowly faded to white with white crows flying from the petrified branches. Over that I wore my favorite dark blue flannel and my perfect fitting leather jacket. A girlfriend I dated later told me it was the hottest thing I had ever owned.

Anyways, I drove up and  walked inside, music was blasting from two different rooms, people were laughing, having fun and just enjoying themselves. I met up with my friend who told me I could stay the night if I got to drunk and I nodded smiling but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay long. All around me were people I could easily classify as not people I fit with... Except her.

She stood in the corner looking as if she were listening intently on the guy she was speaking to, yet I could somehow tell she could care less. I remember everything about her style. She had blonde hair that ended at her shoulder, I could just make out the tip of pink from underneath. She had on this, knee-length red dress and a black leather jacket over it, like she could leave anytime but she stayed because who she talked to kept her attention. I decided to save her.

I walked up and hugged her "there you are babe!" I exclaimed, I kissed her cheek and put my arm around her shoulders. "sorry I'm so late, I just got caught up in my writing I didn't realize the time." she looked at me like she didn't know me, of course, and so did the guy.

"this is your date?" he asked.

"no I called her babe cause she reminds of that famous pig and I gave her a nickname." she giggled and covered her mouth as she realized I was trying to save her.

"sorry I forgot to mention him. He's a small time author and I've only recently...started dating" I looked in her eyes which were this watered blue (which is the best I can described the color).

"really you're a novelist? What do you write..."

"I started a new book, about a guy who was talking to someone else's date and didn't end up alive. Thrilling tale with some nasty pictures," I pointed to the girl beside me, " she's the one doing the artwork actually." I watched him leave shaking his head. "nice meeting you!" I said to him.

"smooth....and you would be" she turned towards me.

"nick, you?"

"none of your business just yet, how'd you know I drew?"

"you might wanna try washing your hands more thoroughly next time, not all the paint came off." I looked at her forearm which the jacket had showed for only a second, the deep purple seeming awkward.

"good eye." she scrubbed a little to try and get it off and I chuckled. "what?"

"you're cute is all. I'd like to actually get to know you and none of this...preppy crowd." her eyes met mine and I don't know how I knew but I just felt...perfect. If there was a better way to say it I would but. That night we talked, by four in the morning we had found our way in bed and after that...I woke up and she was gone. Replaced by a picture of us sleeping, herself wrapped in my arms and a slight smile on my face. On the back it simply said "thank you for a wonderful night, but I do have a boyfriend already and in a moment of weakness between us I let this happen. I'm sorry for leading you on,

Love with all of last night...and not an ounce more...

A girl in a red dress.

To this day I don't know her name. I loved her I know that, but remembering how much I knew, I don't think it would have lasted. Your mother on the other hand I can love forever and I plan to. Love is many different things, and can be done in an infinite number of styles. And this Romeo, likes more than one night stands.

Inspired by fictitious events....