Love Bites!

To Be With You (1)

Ali - Neil, are you even listening to what we're saying? - Ali spoke bringing Neil out of his trance. 

N - Uh, yes, yes! I heard how Rhea spilled coke on your new shirt & then you-ow! - he couldn't complete the sentence as he groaned in pain when a football hit him on his head.

Ali & Rhea were quick to help as they held his arm and led him to the nearby bench, making him sit there. Rhea passed her sipper to him & he took in a sip of water as he rubbed the side of his head. 

From his peripheral vision, Neil saw Ali picking the ball up & was going to hit it back before he or Rhea could stop him, however, just when he was about to throw it, someone came up running towards them. 

"Stop. Stop! It was a mistake. I'm sorry!" - Neil heard a girl's voice as she heaved out a breathe. "Hey, Are you okay?" - this time the voice was much clearer as she had stepped towards him making him look up at her. 

Just as he bobbed his head up, he came across a pair of beautiful dark eyes. She was looking at him with a concerned look on her face & Neil was sure nobody could have missed the kindness that she held in her eyes even if they noticed with half of their attention. 

Ali - Of course, he is peachy! You did not just hit his head & tried to open it in two halves! - Ali barked as he narrowed his eyes at the girl. 

"Listen, it was a genuine mistake, okay? I'm apologizing!" - the girl retorted defensively.  

Ali - Ha, how generous of you to apologize! - he rolled his eyes like the drama-queen he was! Neil shook his head in amusement as he watched Ali being so worked up, he always became this over-bearing big brother whenever he thought Neil was even mildly hurt! 

Rhea - Ali, stop it! You're over-reacting! - she nudged him as she awkwardly smiled at the girl standing in front of them.

"Finally, someone here has got brains!" - she mumbled under her breathe as she gave a side-eye look to Ali, almost making Neil laugh out loud. "Are you really okay? I didn't mean to hurt you!" - she spoke slowly as she bent towards him to see if the hit from the ball had hurt him real bad.

She was looking at Neil with her hands on her knees as she bent to his level while he was sitting at the bench. She had a frown marred on her face as she tilted her head to the side. Neil didn't realise that he was just staring at her with an amused glint in his eyes while she kept blinking at him. 

"Oh, I understand. Um." - she said as she stood straight & then gave him a small smile. He just curiously watched her when she pointed her index finger towards him, then showed him a thumbs up & then raised her eyebrows at him. He just blinked his eyes in order to understand what she was trying to do, whilst she continued her actions. She then pointed towards Neil's head & again showed him a thumbs up followed with a raise of her eye-brows. 

Ali - Uh, what are you doing? - he beat Neil to it when he asked her the question Neil was intending to ask.

"Uh, your friend is mute, right? It's okay! I know a bit of sign language." - she nodded thoughtfully making all three of them look at her dumbfounded.

It was silent was a full minute before Ali burst out laughing hysterically & Rhea too joined him, which only led the girl & Neil to frown in response. 

"Hey, you shouldn't laugh! So what if he is mute. It's not his fault." - she spoke making both of them laugh even more while Neil just rolled his eyes.  

Shaking his head in annoyance, he got up from the bench as he started walking towards his apartment. He could hear the girl running after him while she shouted for him to stop. Not paying her a regard, he kept walking out of the playground when she eventually picked up pace & started walking besides him.