Hustlers

FOUR

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

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Our first desition turned out to be central park.

Cliché? Probably. But I had never once visited it.

Living in New York city, I probably should have but I never got the opportunity.

It turned out that the place we took off from wasn't far from central park.

So what better place to burn some calories?

Central park was a calming sight. It wasn't much crowded.

Some children were running about, playing and laughing. Looking at them, my mouth upturned into a smile.

Someone put their arm around me. Startled, I let out a small squeak.

Turning my head, I saw Aiden with a small smile playing on his lips.

"You scared me!" I said while punching him lightly on his stomach.

He just shook his head.

"Come on" he said and we started walking.

It felt good. The light wind caressing our skin , the laughter and chirping around us and Aiden's arm around me, it felt good.

"Do you like kids?" I randomly asked him.

He just stared at me weirdly for some seconds and answered, " I never thought about it. But they can be cute sometimes."

"Aww, the strong and mighty Aiden hunter is a sucker for kids!" I teased him.

"I am not!"

"You are!"

And that is how we ended up chasing each other. But soon enough, arms snaked through my waist, pulling me down.

We landed on the grass and laid down.

"That was fun." I said, a little out of breath. I probably need to work out more.

"Yup." Was all Aiden said, with his breathing quite normal.

Obviously, he sure works out.  You could tell by his muscles. Anyway,

I nodded and laid my head on his chest.

It took me all of my willpower to not doze off listening to the lulling heartbeat of Aiden.

But the moment came to an end too soon.

"Come on, we have places to visit." Aiden said and tugged me up.

We hopped on to his bike and set off.

But suddenly Aiden's phone started ringing.

I knew this because I lost my phone yesterday.

He stopped the bike and we got off.

Watching the screen, his mouth turned into a frown.

With his eyebrows etched together in worry all he said was "hmm' and 'okay'.