Choices

Hey aren't you the girl I caught the other day?" The guy asked.

I took a look into his eyes, which were vaguely familiar. Should I play it off and pretend it wasn't me to save myself the embarrassment? I mean this guy doesn't know me so he can't be sure it was me anyways. What if he's stalking me? I took a step backwards to have some more distance from this guy in front of me.

"I'm sorry that was sort of rude of me." He sighed. I watched him pull out his pack of cigarettes and light one up. "You just looked like her. I'll leave you be." He said walking away.

"Wait." I said to him as he was turning away. I felt a bit rude not saying anything. "That was me. I just didn't want to embarrass myself." I told him.

"So it was you." He smiled.

Once I got a good look at him, his familiar eyes caught my attention. They were the prettiest green eyes I had ever seen. He had a gorgeous smile too. I felt like I knew him. Maybe we went to school together or something. I couldn't help but smile at him. He was quite the sight.

"Sorry. My names Zachary. Everyone calls me Zacky though. And you are?" He asked.

"Oh. My names Darla." I smiled.

His name certainly didn't ring any bells to me. His eyes were the main thing that held familiarity for me.

"Well Darla, would you like some company tonight?" He asked me.

"Sure, why not?" I said. I mean I don't think he'd hurt me and if he tried anything, I can take care of myself or call Brian.

We began walking on the pier to stare out to the ocean at night. Of course you can't see to much when its dark out, but you knew what was there without the light. Plus the sound and scent of the ocean was heightened up since seeing it was more difficult to do.

"So Darla, why do I keep running into you at the beach? Tell me about yourself?" Zacky asked.

"Well, the beach is kind of my safe spot. Whenever I'm having a long or hard day I like to come and sit on the beach. I used to come here everyday but then I moved away and I only recently came back. But this place holds so much meaning to me. I love it." I smiled at him looking into his gorgeous green eyes. "How about you?"

"Well, glad to see a pretty girl like you out here." He smiled. "Well, I've always thought of the beach as a great place to calm your nerves. I come out here everyday and just sit here. I've been doing that since I can remember. I've never really moved away from here though. I did come from Washington but I was still pretty young when I moved here so I consider it home." He said.

Now his words sounded familiar too. I just can't pin point why he seemed to be so familiar.

"Hmm, I feel like I've heard that before." I said to him.

"Probably because its true." He laughed. "So where'd you move back from?"

"Colorado." I said taking my mind off the previous thought.

"Funny. I met a girl here about ten years ago. She was so pretty. I originally would come here just to see her. She moved to Colorado the day I finally said anything to her." He said looking out into the ocean as if he was deep in thought.

That's when I realized how I know him.

"That was you?" I asked.

"What was me?" He questioned.

"The boy with the spiky hair who came and sat down next to me on my last day here." I said.

"Wait, I thought your name was familiar! You're that Darla. I didn't think I'd ever see you again." He smiled.

My head started spinning. I used to have dreams about him when I had moved. Sometimes it would be him stopping my mom or something like that and then he'd kiss me. Then we'd live happily ever after. Or at least happy in that moment. I didn't even know his name. Then after a while the dreams just stopped happening and I sort of forgot about him. The only thing that stayed etched in my head were his eyes. They were and apparently still are the prettiest green. My ex boyfriend had green eyes but they were nothing compared to how Zacky's are. I stared into his eyes and got lost for a moment.

"I had a good feeling about talking to you today." Zacky said bringing me back to reality.

"I'm really glad you did." I said.

"You turned out to be even prettier than I remembered." He said brushing my hair out of my face with his hand.

I just gazed into his eyes. Every part of me was tempted to kiss him right now. He began leaning in for the kiss and I wasn't really stopping him. Then his mouth met mine and we were moving in unison. Neither one of us felt the need to stop. His lips were so soft and though the hint of cigarette was there, they still tasted a bit sweet. Our moment was interrupted when my phone began to ring. I broke from the kiss to see who it was. Shit! Brian.

"I'm so sorry. I need to go. It was nice running into you Zacky." I said running down the pier then answering my phone once I had a good distance from Zacky. He just stared at me and waved. I hope no one seen that. I'm just going to have to forget about Zacky and worry about Brian. It was a stupid kiss.

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