Daniel--Ch.2

Daniel has a pair of small eyes. When the sun shone brightly on Daniel, his eyes would become two lines, and then I would say to him, "oh you seem to have no eye."

On the day we met for the very first time, the sun was so bright that golden sand seemed to be flowing on the sea. I went to the place where we have arranged to meet 15 minutes earlier, coz I'm never that kind of person who think that being "fashionably" late is the right of a girl. However, there Daniel was, leaning on the fence, looking out to the sea.

Ooops...I was..."fashionably" late.

Some kind of force made me stand still at where I was, about a mile away from Daniel. I knew if I stand there for any longer, I wouldn't be "fashionably" late but "very" late instead, however, I just wanted to stay there and looked at Daniel from a distance. It made me feel good, but I don't know why.

Daniel was wearing a short sleeve shirt with brown checks on it and a pair of blue jeans, which looked really good on him. He was tall. Suddenly he turned around as if he had realized that I was looking at him. I quickly looked down and unzipped my shoudler bag, pretended to be searching for something.

"That is so silly of me," I thought.

I looked up and walked towards him. A broad smile was on his face (his eyes became two lines because of the bright sunshine and I think that was really cute), and that made me feel more embarrased by my own foolishness.

"Hi," Daniel said, "nice to meet you, Christy." There was always something special about the way he called my name. I couldn't tell how he pronounced my name in a way that was so different from the others. But it was special. It was like, there was no one else in this world who's called "Christy" but me.

"Hi, nice to meet you too, Daniel." I said.
"So...here you go the book from Sam." Daniel said, still smiling.
"Thanks a lot," I said, his smile was infectious, I found myself smiling too, "it's so much trouble."
"No, not at all." Daniel said.
"Thanks, really." I said.
"You're welcome." Daniel said.
We were silent for a few seconds.
"Are you interested in Art?" Daniel asked, "coz you have this Art book and I'm just wondering."
"Oh yea, though I don't have much talent in that." I said.
"Are you sure? This book is definitely a very good read. I read it two years ago." Daniel said with his casual smile.
"So...You're interested in Art too?" I asked.
"Oh yes I am...actually, I'm taking Fine Arts in the university." Daniel said.
"You are?" I was impressed, so this guy was an artist, "I had taken Art for like, two years."
"Look, Christy."
"Yes?"
"Do you wanna sit down somewhere else so that we can talk, um, about Art?"
"Art." I let out a small laugh, "that'll be great."

And that was the first date.




Written in September 2004