Crying Lightning

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By this point, I was already running. Nothing, I thought, nothing ever goes right. Forst I forget to put on my perfume, then I forget my keys, and now I'm running late. Shit.

As I was about to pass out from running, I saw her. There she was. She was sitting on the bench 5 meters away. To say that she was beautiful would be an insult. Now, don't get me wrong, she still is beautiful, but my thoughts of her have changed, a lot.

I slowly walked over. She was sitting on the bench, two blue eyes tracking me every move, as she ate the last of her pick-and-mix. I walked over to her and sat next. She was even prettier this close. If I had a bit more confidence I would definitely knee down and ask her to marry me this instant.

"So, uhh..." She finally spoke, swallowing the candy.

"Alex", I said. Of course she didn't remember my name. Next to her I look like a prick.

"Oh, yes, Alex", she muttered. "Wanna go and buy some ice cream?"

"Oh, uhm. Yeah, sure." I was taken a bit back and I knew she could see it. She could read me like an open book.

"Don't worry, there's a truck right over there. There's also a bench"

She got up and looked down at ne. Her eyes were demanding that I get up. And so I did. We walked over to the ice cream truck.

"What flavors do you want?" The man asked, creeping me out a little. She, of course, noticed it and took my hand in hers. I could feel my heart beating so fast, that I thought it would explode.

"I want bubblegum." She said. She looked so cold, like she didn't even realize we were holding hands.

"Sorry girl, I don't have that one. There's oreo one, if you want though."

I looked over at her and, oh my god, her face just dropped. By her look, I could tell that she was having none of it. She let go of my hand and started tearing up a little.

"Hey, are you alright..?" Right then, she was full of tears. Her mascara was all over her cheeks. Crying lightning. I quickly shook up myself and started comforting her.

"Hey, hey. It's alright. Come on here." I pulled her in for a hug. "We can take another flavor, it's fine."

"No! I want the bubblegum!"

"Look, we can go over to my place. I can make you some ice cream. Any flavor you want!" I didn't know how to calm her down, but this seemed to work.

"Really? Any flavor?" I watched as her face lit up.

"Yup. Any." She started jumping around and giggling, like a little kid. To be fair, it was absolutely adorable.

* * *

She sat by the window with her cup of ice cream. Just then, I realized it started raining. She seemed to have noticed it before, though, because she was already staring outside. I looked over. I could barely make out anything because of rain, but I, for sure, did see the same ice cream truck.

I knew that, because I saw her smiling. But not the cute little ha ha smile. It was the devilish smile you do when you see karma getting back at people.

* * *

It wasn't until this fall that I heard of her again. To make the matters worse, once again it was the same rainy afternoon.

I heard the doorbell ring so I went to open it. Not gonna lie, I was hoping she wouldn't come, but at the same time I missed her eyes.

"Listen, Alex, I..."

"You've lost everyone now, haven't you? That's why you came back to me, right?" I stopped her. She was all wet, head to toe, and I could tell that she's been walking for a while.

"Alex, I'm so sorry-" she continued.

"No, you're just sorry because you're all alone. I'm not falling for your shit anymore."

"I swear, it's not like that!" She was screaming. I just noticed she was crying. I sighed.

"Listen, it's done. I don't want to see you ever again. And now you're back just because nobody wants to put up with you. Am I right?"

She was silent. Not a single word.

"Exactly. Now, goodbye."

"Wait, no! Alex, I love you!" I shut the door. She was getting very annoying right now. I am not a fool, not anymore.

Fuck her and her stupid little "crying lightning".

"Crying Lightning "
-Arctic Monkeys.