Friday, November 16, 2018

An Encounter - EXCERPT!!! --- Comments mandatory**

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Cyrus was proud of himself. He’d managed to find her with hardly any problems. Okay, so maybe he got lucky and happened to glance out his window at just the right time and see her walking into the science building. But the fact that she didn’t notice him following after her, at a stealthy run, was pretty skillful he thought. 

And there she was, messy locks held up by a hair tie that was surely not up for the task, curls escaping to brush against her skin. Head tilted just so as she read something interesting. How would she react if he gave that hair tie one little tug and let all of her hair fall down? She had one leg curled up, propping her book, the smooth line of her leg catching his eye 

But he wasn’t dwelling or anything. Just reveling in the fact that she hadn’t noticed him even still. Not at all mesmerized by the sight she presented. 

What was he doing again? 

 

Cassie brushed a hair from her eyes, slightly frustrated that it wasn’t staying up, when she heard a sound by the door. Freezing, she slowly looked up, and saw Cyrus Foster standing by the door, a gleam in his eyes. 

Straightening up, she turned to face him. “What are you doing here?” 

He jumped. Had he not been paying attention? He was looking straight at her. Boys, she thought to herself. 

When he still didn’t answer, she prompted him. “Well?” 

“Nothing,” he finally replied, tucking his hands into his pockets and strolling casually into the room, eyes wandering everywhere but her. 

Cassie watched him warily, feeling her confusion slowly turn to frustration as he stood by the window to her left, just feet away from her, in complete silence. 

“Is there a reason you followed me here?”  

Hm? Oh, sorry, I forgot you were here,” Cyrus said casually. 

Cassie snorted. “I’m not an idiot, Foster. 

“Obviously.” 

Cassie started to ask him what the hell he was doing here when Cyrus turned around and squatted next to her, putting a finger up to quiet her mid-question. 

Feeling her hair begin to crackle, she swiped his hand away and backed away from him, rising to her knees angrily. “I’m not one of your admirers, Foster, you can’t just invade my personal space and think I’ll swoon. So I would appreciate it if you backed the fuck off.” 

Cyrus raised an eyebrow cheekily, and stood up. 

Her search for solitude and peace thoroughly ruined, Cassie grabbed the cushion and took it back to where she found it. Brushing past Cyrus, she bent over and grabbed her book. But when she turned around to leave, she stopped short. Cyrus had closed in on her while her back was to him. And he wasn’t stopping. 

Cassie’s feet carried her away from him, until she hit the wall. There was nowhere for her to go, and Cyrus knew it.

 
 

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