New friend? [open]

[broegan]

Cat Power

I say goodbye to my brother quickly and walk out the door of my old beaten down house. It is a nice day in District one and I decided to get a loaf of bread in the market. I start to whistle a tune as I enter town, stuffing my hands in the pockets of my ripped tattered jean shorts.

[lifetocereal]

David Curran

I was walking through the market, looking for something that looked good to eat. I ended up walking over to the stew place. I went to buy some, but they were out. I then walked over to the bread stand, and decided to buy a sweet almond bannana bread. "I'll take that one." I said, as i pointed to the loaf I wanted.

[broegan]

While I make my way to the bread stand I see a younger looking boy. I don't think I've seen him around here before, then again I don't get out much. I let out a quick soft smile, not too sure if he catches it. I take out my changepurse to see what I can afford, and drop it, making all the change fly out of it. "Shoot..." I say quietly under my breath.

[lifetocereal]

I heard clangs, and instantly turned around to see a girl with a bunch of change goring everywhere. I quickly leaped over and began to help her pick up her change. After a minute or so, I looked up at her and said:"There you go." I saw her eyes and thought 'she's pretty cute...'

[broegan]

I hear the boy gathering up my coins. I wasn't too sure if he was helping me or stealing them, but I just kept picking up the change. "There you go." He says to me. I look towards him and we share eye contact. I blush and look away, grabbing the rest of the money he picked up. "Thank you." I say. I stand up and look at him. "My name is Cat."

[lifetocereal]

''David.'' I said and then I noiticed she blushed at me. That made me blush. "Well, I havent really seen you much around here. Why is that?''

[broegan]

David. That's a nice name, I thought to myself. He asks why he hasn't seen me around much, and I get embarrassed. "Well.. I usually keep to myself." I reply. I haven't really left my house lately due to my brother being very ill. But her needn't know about that. "Do you live here?" I asked the good looking boy.

[lifetocereal]

I blushed again. "Yes I do. I live a mile that way." I said as I pointed towards teh east. I wondered why such a beautiful girl would keep to herself, and actually contemplated asking her, but decided against it.

[broegan]

"Oh." I said dumbly as I shuffled the change in my hands nervously... Why was I so bloody nervous? I turn towards the ownder and said, "One regular loaf please." She hads me the loaf and I hand her the respected amount of change. I turn back to David and tilt my head a bit. He looked like he was a part of a gang.

[lifetocereal]

"Oh yeah. One of the almond bannana nut bread please." I handed her a small wad of bills. "So...." I said. "Are you, um, single?" I said as I began to blush again.

[broegan]

My eyes widen at his next words and then I start to giggle. "Yes, I am." I tell David.

[lifetocereal]

I continued to blush. "Well, um, would you like to go out to dinner sometime?" I asked shyly.

[broegan]

"Dinner?" I say. And as if it was on cue my stomach starts to gurgle. I guess I was a bit hungry. "That sounds very nice." I smile at David.

[lifetocereal]

"What day?" I asked nervously, I had never asked a girl out before. I was excited to take this wonderful girl out.

[broegan]

"Well what are you doing now?" I asked boldly. I didn't have anything to do tonight, so it seemed like a good day.