A Star In Your Eyes

(CH. 1) - Before The Storm

(Rosalina) POV

The ding of the serving bell brought me out of my daydreaming and I grabbed the two orders waiting for me on the counter, "tables five and seven" billy said, "thanks billy" I said and went to deliver the orders. Maria followed behind me as we walked by my sister Liz, she was showing the customers the photos our grandmother took at the supposed crash site, "our grandmother took the picture right before the government came and cleaned everything up" the customers stared in awe at the photograph. "I can take one of those off your hands girl" Maria said, I smile in thanks, "thank you Maria" Liz looks back at me in surprise and smirks, "you are so bad girl" I say to her as we walk with Maria "hey guess what Rose, Max Evans is staring at you again" she says to me, I look back and sure enough, he quickly looked away when we locked eyes and i felt the all too familiar pull. Ever since my last encounter with Max Evans I have felt a strange pull towards him, I hadn't told Liz about it because she probably would've went after him having gotten the wrong idea.

(Flash back three months ago)

I had just gotten out of my online classes and was taking a nice drive down the back roads of the town in my van, my music blaring I enjoyed the view while looking for a worthy canvas, I saw a huge rock formation and decided to pull off to the side of the road and check it out, something seemed to pull me towards that area. I hopped out of my van and grabbed my drawing supplies before grabbing my folding chair and umbrella with my scaffold, I walked to where I was a few yards away from the rock formation and set up before starting on my work, this place felt strange, I continued to draw as music on my phone played 'save yourself by sense field' blasted from the speakers. I concentrated and let myself fall into my art, closing my eyes to the point it was only my hand moving, it felt strange but natural, I was in a trance, it took me a moment but once I pulled myself out and opened my eyes I was more than pleased with the drawing, though I was shocked to see that I had drawn five people, and one of them looked very familiar. I went to trace the lines of his face, trying to remember who this person was, all of them looked familiar but this one...this one stood out the most to me, I felt someone tap my shoulder and I quickly spun around, coming face to...well chest with someone, but damn did he smell good, looking up I had to stop myself from my knees collapsing, the guy standing Infront of me was one of the guys I had drawn in my picture, specifically the one I was just tracing with my finger. I could feel my face growing hotter at the thought that he just saw me, 'he probably thinks I'm a freak' I thought, "are you alright I had called for you a couple times to get your attention but you seemed really in the zone with your drawing" he looked behind me and a look crossed his face before it quickly went away, too quick for me to properly read it, I internally groaned as he seemed to stare at the picture. "I apologize I didn't realize this was private property, I'll get off your land" I say as I turn and quickly start packing, his hand flies out and he grabs my arm, a strange surge suddenly shoots through my body from where he grabbed me, I wondered if he felt it too or if it was just my imagination, "n-no this isn't my land, I'm just no used to seeing anyone else here, I come down here from time to time, this place is strange, it almost pulls me towards it" I laughed and he looked at me in confusion, "sorry I'm not laughing at you, It's just that I feel the same way, when i drove up on this place today it felt like it was pulling me towards it". His hand pulled away and the tingling stopped, "I'm Rosalina Parker, my parents own the crash down diner in town" I stick out my hand, he nods and shakes it, "yeah I know, I go to school with your sister Liz, I see you at the diner all the time" I instantly felt bad, how could he have come into our diner and i never noticed him, "I'm Max Evans, that's an amazing picture you have drawn-" I cut him off "I'm sorry I didn't really know what I was drawing I was drawing with my eyes closed" I finished grabbing my things and started walking them back to my car, once everything is thrown in the back I hope in my driver's seat and start the van, looking back I see him staring at me before I start driving off down the road, trying to get as far away from that place as possible.