When the World No Longer Makes Sense

You were sitting on the bench in the park. Why? It was almost dawn. Exactly. It's early, no one's awake... and besides, you need a sunrise today. Nothing has been going according to plan these days. Late homework? Check. Late for school? Check. Embarrased in front of the ENTIRE school? Check. Survived? Double check. Sunrise? Pending... It was still quite dark. Sunrise was supposed to be in about half an hour. WOW! IT'S DARK!!?? You feel someone's hands covering your eyes... but you didn't hear any footsteps...? Strange. "Guess who!" you hear a boy say. "Erm... I don't know" you say in an awkward tone which makes the guy let go.
You look behind you. It was the guy from your geography class. Joshua. The hottie with spiked black hair.. dark green eyes... with flecks of red in the iris.. 'like a bloodstone', you think with a small smile. The same tender smile arrived on his feature at the same time. "You've been having quite an interesting week" he said and walked over to stand in front of the bench. He extended his arm to the bench as if to say 'May I?' You nodded and he sat down. Close to the opposite end but closer than you thought he would. You have a few classes with him, you have talked before, but not about anything but geography, technology and the odd Yu Yu Hakusho conversation. He was awesome. Smart, loveable but a but also.. quite a mystery. He hanged his arm over the top of the bench and leaned back a bit, making himself comfortable.
"What makes you say that?" you say in that oh-so-casual tone. You had a reputation to uphold! People don't deserve to see you unhappy... or sad... or a little down... not even now.
"Your smile" he said and lightly poked your suddenly blushing cheek. He chuckled slightly and put his hand back on the bench. You looked away and sighed, "So? It doesn't matter. Everything's fine" you said and shifted slightly uncomfortably. He laughed heartedly, "It matters to me, silly. Your smile is much more enriching when it's real" he said and suddenly blushed quite badly. Your eyebrow lifted but you didn't say anything. He coughed to cover his embarrassment and pulled his brown leather jacket a bit tighter around him. You look up. The moon is full. A full moon is always better than the rest. "The moon seems larger tonight" he said, also looking at the moon now. "It's not going to be 'tonight' for much longer" you mocked slightly. You both smiled. He glanced at you and extended his arm up to the sky. He closed his one eye and covered his view the moon with the palm of his hand. You giggled at the sight and looked up. The night sky was so clear tonight. For the first time this whole week you could see the stars. "Tell me, Kaoru, did you manage to make it to the Milky Way?" he whispered with that same intoxicating smile on his lips. That was just the weirdest question you've ever heard. One of the best questions though.. You laughed slightly, "Umm... Joshua, I never went to outer space" you said and shook your head.
"I'm not talking about outer space" he answered looking at you with his piercing eyes.
You smiled and reached your hand up to sky too, now understanding what he meant, "I guess I'm still standing on the rings of Saturn" you answered and lowered your hand. He lowered his too, to untop of your own hand. The sun slowly started to rise. You could see rays of light slowly flooding the park. "And yet you keep the sun in your smile" he said and pulled you up from the bench. You laughed and hugged him. He hugged you back and lowered his head to your shoulder, "I'll never be able to live without it" he said softly. You leaned back and tilted your head, "Can't keep running on battery power then?" you stated. .. you both burst out laughing and head out of the park. Oh yea, sunburn at the beach sound better than school right now!

Article written by Reina Links