Could’ve been sudden or slow- I wasn’t keeping track of my pace, but I did look up at her for at least around a second before turning my head in all kinds of directions. I was upheld by my book this entire time- and anyways, who would ask anyone this early in the morning if they’ve paid attention to their surroundings?
Sounding hypocritical there, Aug.
I tilt my chin back up to her and now that I’m taking a better look, the moment takes me back to the days in high school when I’d suggest a seat at my side and the only response I’d get is their obnoxious laughter and the sound of clacking shoes against the tiled floor, farther and farther away from me.
I clear my throat and swallow the words that got tangled up on the roof of my mouth from suppressing them for too long. I stand and I find that she’s super model-quality from this angle. “If you’d like, I could ask an employee?” And before she can protest to any extent, I take a step aside to avoid being kept at my chair. I lightly brush against her, but nothing I can account for tonight.
I wanted to help- although sometimes I got crap for it, but I try my best to know who’s timid and who’s just being polite from then on…She took her time speaking, wasn’t positive about physical contact and kept her body language to a minimum. This must be a stressful situation, but I wouldn’t know. I walk.
I could barely keep my eyes open, it was too early to be outside--if you asked me of course. The worst thing I had probably done was to be out all night, I had no other options, though. I had to wander around until the police was out of sight; I had to act normal, which was not a perfect act of mine. Normal? How could I ever be? Dropping my keys were probably the most expected thing from a dead tired me, god damn it I needed sleep. If you looked deep enough in my eyes you could probably see how tired I actually was, might just as well pass out from exhaustion, right in front of his feet. Oh dear.
For a moment, I thought that he didn't hear me…or was just too busy admiring my appearance to actually respond to my question. However, when he started look around I realized that he had actually heard me. ''So, you haven't seen them?'' I scratched my head a bit and hummed softly in thought, ''Well, would it be too much to ask for…I mean, I don't wanna be too much of a trouble.''
I suddenly reached up and held my head in my hands, my vision went slightly blurry out of nowhere. When was the last time I got some sleep? 47 hours ago? I couldn't even remember. The coffee she had at 5am was doing it's thing, the effect of being hyperactive for too long. My head was spinning and it seemed like I was just about to hit the ground, but no, I couldn't let that happen--I needed my keys to get home and to get some rest. Changed plans? Probably, most likely.