flying without wings

chapter one

I was walking in the middle of winter, rushing my steps and shivering. Christmas spirit was everywhere and, yes, I just did my Christmas shopping. Well, not as if I had too many gifts to buy since I really didn't have too many friends around. I had just moved to this city, Dublin. Yeah, in Ireland.

Well, while I was half running and looking down because I simply couldn't stand the wind blowing on my face, someone tapped me on my shoulder. 'Excuse me, I think you've left some of your stuff back there somewhere,' the voice said. I couldn't be bothered to look up because the wind was blowing even stronger. I mumbled thank you to the person.

'Christmas shopping hey?' the person asked. 'Need any help? You don't seem very comfy carrying those around.' Somehow something told me to look up to the person. I thought, who the heck still could be so nice to strangers these days. Little did I know. I think I've seen this face somewhere lately. I mean, like his face was everywhere for all I know. I squeezed and squashed my mind when it all clicked to me but he was already introducing himself to me. 'Hi, I'm Bryan'

chapter two