The Sin

Dan

It was a normal day at Elaine's bookshop for Dan, but that day was particularly slow.

The store was almost bare of life.

He guessed it was a good thing seeing how he had ample time to gather his thoughts.

He kept ruminating about the dream he'd had the night before.

'But had it really been a dream?'

He didn't really know, but it'd felt like it.

Apparently, four 'personalities' resided within him.

He sighed for the umpteenth time that day.

He bit his lip, his mind quickly went to Lily.

He missed her and that confused him.

He laid his head on the counter and let out a breath.

Gosh, he was an asshole.

No need to tell him, he knew he was an asshole.

But he wanted to see her, he didn't even have her number.

He rested his chin against his fisted hand.

'What girl could possibly like a douche like him?'

He sighed again closing his eyes.

Seconds later, a thick book hit him flat on the face.

He straightened, face flushed, anger building up.

Philip came up to him, a stupid smirk on his face.

"Hey, calm down man, " Philip said laughing his butt off at Dan's flushed face.

Dan was shaking with suppressed anger but a few seconds later, it deflated out of him with a tired sigh.

"I hate you, " he said quietly going back to his train of thoughts.

'Lily...'

He sighed again. He wished and hoped she would just waltz in through the door and give that earth-shattering smile.

His heart was already racing just thinking about her smiling at him.

'Damnit.'

He wasn't normal.

He closed his eyes and his mind went back to the not so pure fantasies he'd been having about her.

Gosh, what was wrong with him?

He needed to stop but he had no will to.

He was craving her like he would a blunt.

Which was odd.

'Wait...did he just think that?'

'The fuck?'

Dan groaned out in frustration.

He was losing it.

He looked down at his hand—it was shaking.

His eyes lowered.

He placed both hands on the counter and stared unblinkingly at them.

For some reason, tears stung his eyes.

'Who was he?'

'Who was Dan?'

A nobody...

No one cared. No one loved him.

He was all alone.

He had no family, no one to care about or worry about him.