The Road of Change

Years ago at the dawn of the new spring, friendship and bonds of the new
age were finally understanding more about the feeling of emotions. Here
in this tale of emotions and twists we follow Jack, as his path soon
changes to take on the new feelings of departure.

Waking up this
morning was pretty odd, even though it had been for a while, I wanted to
make sure everything was set for Clara. Sure, things had started to
change between us from when we first met at the start of nursery but I
was thrilled to understand we'd be seeing each other again. I'll admit
that she's a nice girl but nothing serious could really develop.
Besides, it would be impossible.
The feeling when I stepped
outside the house to meet her was a bit nerve teasing, as she really had
changed alot from before. She'd grown her dark brown hair and added a
few spots of blonde in, her body was slim and slender and her eyes
almost seemed in a gaze looking out to the fields around my house. I
walked up to her slowly, trying to keep quiet so she wouldn't notic
e.
But then she closed her eyes and smiled. "It's been a while Jack, I
never thought we'd meet again", her eyes opened softly and looked at me.
"Yea,
it's been a long time since we met last." I tried to sound casual but I
just wanted to keep the laughter inside of me shut down because this
really did seem too good to be true. She took my hand and started to
walk around, talking about all sorts of things of course and how things
have changed alot through the years. Her smile seemed to have a growing
effect on me, I felt like we were still kids playing around with life
and not understanding nearly everything. We soon stopped at a small cafe
were we had some drinks and a late brunch. It was really interesting
hearing about what she had done and , aside the fact that I hated some
aspects of music, she had a pretty good taste. She started to drone on
for a bit sadly, so I called the attention of a waitor to pay the bill.
After we exited the cafe her attitude started to change more from
the shy girl she was to a more suggestive girl. At first I tried not to
notice but then she started to come on to me quite hard. I didn't want
to be impolite so I told her I'd take her to a place in the nearby
floral gardens. It seemed to be a good idea but then she held my hand as
we walked along to the entrance. Immediatly I took my hand away from
her grip and looked to the side nervously. Suddenly she just grabbed me
with both arms and embraced me closely.
"Clara, what on earth are
you doing?"
"What? I just missed being able to touch you", those
words chilled my spine and I relaxed my body at that moment. "See, you
like it don't you?"
"No I just want to understand why your even
acting like this.."
"Well, I'll explain at the park alright? You said
there was a place you know"
"Yea, noone will be able to hear us
there..." The moment I said those words, i regretted it with my heart
and soul.
"Oh, alright then Jack."


As soon as we got
to the place I was talking to her about she calmed down a bit, but not
in the right way. I'm not too sure if she was consious of what she was
doing but she asked me to look away and when I turned back she was
looking deeply at me with her shirt unbuttoned in such a way you could
almost see her body in more detail. I was about to open my mouth but she
just pushed herself on me and started to stroke my hand. I have no idea
how red I became but I had to just say the question.
"Er.. Clara how
is your love life been?" I said it like some desperate fool, which I
wasn't. I didn't know what would happen next.
"I'm single of course,
but I've found a man I like," she replied in such a lustful way, her
hand started to move closer to my chest.
"Oh really?, well I'm
currently inlove with a girl," this was going to end badly but I had to
stop this insanity. I flipped out a picture of her from my pocket and
put it in her hand. "See? her name is Kim and we've been dating for a
while now. Clara just fell quiet. She looked at the picture and then at
me. Her eyes fell from a deep emotion into a dark isolation. The wind
blew softly and the sun's rays fell on us both softly like a light rain
in the afternoon heatwave.
"You asshole..." She stood up and slapped
me, it hurt but it wasn't the first time. She ran away silently into
the huge garden and my heart fell down into my stomach. I ran after her,
my eyes were trying to hold back the tears of this but it hurt just
trying to bare the emotion and guilt. In the garden the tree's just
hanged like empty souls from the sky and the sound of her crying just
seemed to add so much pain into me.
It was like hell. I saw her and
shouted, "Clara, please i'm sorry"
"You jerk just get away from me,"
"But
Clara, I never knew you even liked me that way,"
"Couldn't you even
tell? You could've just said to me in the first place"
"I didnt know
how you'd even react..."
"Well now you do and it hurts me deep inside
to know how you treat your old friend"
"How is it my fault that
things have changed so much? You never gave me a chance to tell you"
"Yeah?
Then what about suggesting to come here?"
"I just wanted to spend
more time with you." It just fell silent. The wind brushed along the
ground and then she spoke.
"Just leave me Jack, I don't want to see
you again."

Ever since then, the world fell silent on my
shoulders and I kept on with life, apart from knowing I'd lost a great
old friend who made me realise that it's not always about what you say,
but when you say it.

Way too much dialogue near the end.