Mr. Coincidence

EPISODE 9 - HE IS PROTECTIVE.....

"It's nothing" I said, and hoped he would believe it.

"Come on....tell me, I know we are not that close, but still", he told me in a sweet voice.

"It's just.... I'm not feeling well" I said, liar written on my face.

"I'm not a child, I know what is the difference between a person being upset and being sick", he said, and I think I'm testing his patience.

"I had a panic attack and nothing else", I said finally. I was staring at my knees.

"Oh..are you okay now? Your eyes are swollen and red," he said. I said nothing and kept looking down. " listen Stella..... hey look up at me." I looked up at his face and said nothing." What happened tell me? You can trust me"

After hearing this, my eyes went wet with tears. I need to control.

"Okay, remember those girls who threw paper balls at me" I said, and he nodded. " those girls came to me at lunch break and told me to stay away from you. i tried to get away but they stopped me and threw my drink at me.....i done know whats wrong with them....im trying hard to stay away from everyone so that i can live in peace but everything is turning out wrong." i said this all with a heavy heart and he heard all those things carefully. i looked at him and he was staring at me with eyes full of care. he pressed his hand against my cheek and wiped my tears.....here we go im crying again. then he stood up and took his chair close to mine. nobody can see us because we were sitting in a corner bench. he sat on his chair and i buried my face in my hands and started to cry. then i felt a soft and careful hand on my back and after a second he pulled me into his chest. his chest was so warm and welcoming...i could feel his abs. he caged me up in his embrace. his on hand on my back moving up and down and other on my head. i grabbed his shirt with one of my hand and sobbed in his chest. he gave a napkin and i accepted it.

"Stop making my shirt wet.....this restaurant doesn't have a dryer." he whispered in my ear, which made me laugh.

"ashole" I said and slapped his chest. Then I backed away from his embrace. His friend came with our burgers.

"Eat up" You said to me. "You already wasted your energy on crying" he said, mockingly.

" shut up..." he said while smiling a little.

We started to eat and he stole my fries. I took back my fries, but with some interest, we ate quietly.

After eating, he said" wait for a minute... I will be back."

He came back after a few minutes and said "Let's go".

We went outside and he sat on the bike and started the engine of his bike and then wore a helmet and he gave me one too.

I sat behind him on his bike and he gave a sudden break and I fell on his back. It was so sudden that I was left open-mouthed.

"Hold me tight" he said,and then he speeded up, and I screamed and asked him to slow down, but he wouldn't be Michael if he listened to me. I was hugging him so tight because I was scared and it felt like it was my last day. I was grabbing his waist. It was so small........kinda hot. I was closing my eyes so tight and suddenly he stopped his bike and I opened my eyes when I heard him say

"stop seducing me or else I will report you to college".

I slapped him on his back and said "I will report you too for this ride and for that forced hug".

I got off his bike and went to my door and started to open it. He was standing behind me and when I opened the door and went inside I thought he would go away, but he walked inside my apartment. I looked behind him and he smiled back. He sat on the sofa and said "How many orders did you get today?"

"Oh... Let me check" I said, because I forgot about it.... I don't know why, but I forget things when I'm with him...weird.

I checked my phone and I had 3 cake orders and 2 donut orders.... I told him and he said" OK, let's get started" while standing up.

"hey wait...are you going to help me out with it" I asked him with a little surprise in my voice.

He walked closer to me and said "obviously Stella.... I just cant leave you alone like that when you have had a bad day".

My name coming out of his mouth is like an untouched wild bird flying high in the sky. Wait....is he caring about me ....oh my god....it feels way too much for today. nobody ever cared if I'm having a bad day but this person does care.

"I told you you'm fine now and if you want to help me....you can." I said while looking straight into his eyes and he was looking at me with a weird shine in his eyes.

"Let's go then" I said and he acted like I just woke him up when he was having a dream.

" where"he asked.

" to bake stuff...you said you wanted to help me out" I said.

He turned back to realisation and said " ohh yeah for sure, but let me just make a phone call". I nodded and he went to the corner and I went inside the kitchen.... I respect his privacy.

I checked the ingredients and half of the stuff was finished and I walked out and I heard him say" I don't care. I want the work to be done........ , OK fine, I'm coming he said, and when he realized that I was standing behind him, he cut the call and looked at me. I didn't put much attention to his words and told him I was out of ingredients.

"and....are you going somewhere" I asked him and he replied with a little tension.

"Yeah, I have to go, but I can bring you the ingredients or you can't come with me."

"I think I will join you". We went outside and sat on his bike. He drove us to a grocery store where I bumped into him.