Realize (PUBLISHED)

Realize (32)

And so she decided to look for the blue rock instead.

“I’m going to take a walk,” she said as she walked toward the beach. “I need to find something,” she added.

“If you mean Todd, good luck,” grinned Peter.

She looked at him over her shoulder.

“I said something, not someone. Repair those ears of yours, Pete. They don’t seem to hear very well.”

“Nah. I think my hearing senses hear what the mind and heart refuses to say out loud.”

She froze, but she quickly composed herself and ignored Peter. She continued to walk by the shore. She felt sad and irritated at the same time. Worse of all, she felt alone.

She took out her little flash light and turned the light on. She continued to walk, and then pause for a moment to look for the blue rock. Suddenly, several feet away from where she found the blue rock, a boy was sitting on the sand. He appeared to be looking for something.

Maxine turned off the flash light and allowed the moon to light the dark night.

She watched the boy a little more. Then, she felt her heart skip a beat.

She recognized the color of the boy’s hair . . . the tousled style of it . . . the cool way of the boy sitting . . . the handsome clothes he wore . . . and she felt an unmistakable aura coming from him.

No way.

“Todd?” she called, leaning closer to the boy.

“So you finally spoke,” he said. “I thought you're going to stand there all night,” he added with a bit of smile on his face.

She pouted. “Why are you all alone?” Her eyes wandered around the area, looking for the two women.

“Because I’m not with anyone,” Todd answered dully, still searching for something.

“What are you looking for?” she asked.

“A rock,” he answered simply.

“Why are you looking for a rock?”

This time, Todd faced Maxine. He looked slightly irritated about being disturbed.

“Do I really need to give a reason for everything?”

She was taken aback. She was only asking a question. With an IQ like his, was it so hard to answer? Did he have to be such a snob?

She hated it when he did that, whenever he said those outsmarting words.

“How should I know?” she demanded indignantly.

“You always ask pointless things,” he muttered, turning away to look for the rock again.

She didn't satisfy him with a reply. Instead, she forgot about the blue rock. She simply sat beside him, feeling the moment.

“Finally,” he mumbled, after half an hour of looking. He laid back on the sand, staring at an astonishingly blue rock.

Maxine blinked. She couldn't believe her eyes. All this time, Todd was looking for the blue rock. Her blue rock.

She pointed at the rock, wide-eyed.

“How did you . . .?”

“You see,” he began, playing with the rock, “if I really want something, I never lose hope of finding it. And eventually, I find it. Here you go,” he added as he gave Maxine the rock. “I thought you wanted it so bad.”