After we were done with the rollercoaster, enjoying the thrilling moment and the fun, Brian can't get to shut his mouth, speaking about what experience he has had as if we was never there to enjoy it with him, he was actually speaking to me directly and listening ear is what I offered to him, whether I am interested on his thrills or not.
“ Wow..... Jerome, I can see that someone is speaking your ears off already....”
Ryan said, catching up to us and walking side by side with me, both arms in his jeans pockets, one of the rare times he wear casual outfits. Unlike me, only my left hand was inside my pocket because I was holding Brian's hand with my right. He looked at Ryan, always communicating with the look on his face, quite mysterious how I get to understand those looks just like a sign language, probably questioning in his mind whether the man by my side needs to be introduced, or just a casual friend.
“ Brian, this is my lawyer and friend, Ryan.... This is Brian bro...”
I introduced them to themselves, Ryan responding to the gesture with a sense of maturity, going round from my left to my right where Brian was and giving him a handshake like he was a little Man. Brian seems to like the approach because Ryan treated him just the way I treated him, like he was a grown up man. Guess I have to leave them two to get to know each other, the two ladies behind seems to be having their own conversation as I stalled back a bit which made me stay in the middle of the two groups, Brian and Ryan at the front and Daisy with Ryan's woman behind me.
I was about digging my hand into my pocket to bring out my phone, that's when I saw Daisy now by my side, the other lady has already walked up to her man who was still having a special moment with Brian before us.
“ My brother told me how he met you, he said that he met my favorite author, I wanted to doubt that, or I can say I doubted it all along, thinking he was just trying to pull my legs as always, but when you introduced yourself as Jerome Hadley earlier tonight, I was quite stunned, now wondering it's a coincidence or not.....”
“ What?....”
“ The name, Jerome Hadley, the name of my favorite author.... He doesn't usually put his picture on his books, so it's quite hard to tell, do there's still that sense of doubt....”
She said, hands folded together and placed on her stomach as we walk gently. “ Why would you doubt it, don't I look like one who has been writing those books?....” I had to ask.
“ Exactly..... You doesn't look like him speaking from his contents I can say, not in a negative way though, rather in a positive way. His characters are always written as some kind of an average young guy who believes in equality between man and woman, all that stuff, the characters are so romantic that they are kind of feeling that emotional just like a normal human, but for you to say you're the same person as the author that wrote those stuff, it's arguable....”
A smile escaped my lips, knowing that Brian had said the same thing on our hike, he went straight to the point to tell me that I am the opposite of my characters, that my eyes have hostility in them, while I always explain the eyes of my characters to be loving and emotional.
“ Let's just say, fiction and reality are a different thing, things doesn't always go the way we planned....”
She was gently nodding her head, agreeing with my points, she wasn't putting on a smile on her face now, rather she was kind of thinking through my words, like she was trying to find more meanings to it. As an author, I can read those moods when I see them, I write about them, do I know exactly what the look like.
“ Are you always busy during weekends?....”
I asked, already had something in mind, something I had planned for myself, but right now, I feel like inviting her to it, thinking about it makes it fun and interesting in my thoughts, she had to say yes, because she was the perfect fit for this experience planned.
“ Apart from heading to the gym at noon, my weekends are always free, why do you ask?....”
We're already at the exit, Ryan and his lady came together, so they would be leaving the same way, meaning that Brian would be coming back to us, not even coming back to us, because he was already here. “ I would love to take you to a date..... Are you good with heights?....”
I just asked without waiting to hear whether the offer would be accepted or not. “ I don't have any disadvantages with heights related stuff, but a date?.... I haven't tried them out before, like I have never been interested in them anyways..... So I wonder how I'm going to handle this since it would be a first....”
She released a breath of relaxation. I could feel my jaw drop, hearing what she just said, she has never gone to a date, with all this beauty?, Should I believe her?. I looked at Brian like I was hoping for a confirmation that what her sister just said was the truth. His eyes was elsewhere, away from my conversation between his sister and me, following the directions of his stare, it was Ryan reversing his car and driving close to us, I shook him goodbye before he knocked fist bump with Brian gently before driving away.
“ Now I'm confused, how come a beautiful young lady like you have never been on a date?.....”