Walking back into his kitchen to make some more sandwiches he remembers putting some sandwiches on his computer table. But he makes some more and then goes into his living room and sits down on his sofa, waiting for the girl to appear.
After a few minutes the girl opens the door and walks out into the living room wearing a black long armed shirt and pants. Upon seeing Aidan the girl moves towards him and sits down next to him placing an empty plate on the table

“Sorry, I found this plate on the computer table so I ate the sandwiches”
“No problem, you were hungry so it’s ok. I made some more so here”
“Thanks”

As the girl starts eating she takes a look straight into Aidans eyes, he looks the other way.
“Is there a problem?” she asks
“No, I’m just not used being close to girls or having them look me straight in the eyes
“Why? With your pretty face I think you could be quite popular”
“You’re joking with me!!“
“No, I’m not, when I look at your face this close it’s quite cute.”
“Thanks but let me ask you a question right out of the blue”
“What?”
“Why are you sitting so close to me?”
“Cause even though I have clothes on I’m still a little cold from before.”
“Ok”

After this, the discussion ends abruptly and the girl continues to eat. none says a word for a couple of minutes, when the girl has finished eating she looks up and asks Aidan
“I’m still hungry; do you have something to eat?”
“I’ll see what I can find, but I can’t promise something fancy, I’m not such a good cook”
“It’ll be alright, I’m sure it’ll taste wonderful.”
“Then I’ll go and fix something.”
“Thanks”

Going back into the kitchen once more, Aidan starts going trough his shelves for something to eat, the only thing he can find are some spaghetti and some meatballs in the freeze, with what little he has he starts preparing dinner. From the living room he can hear a faint sound; he’s used to having a lot of sounds around him so it doesn’t concern him.
After finishing the dish Aidan goes back into the living room, setting a plate with the food and silverware down infront of the mysterious girl.
“Thank you”
Aidan then continues to take his own plate and sits down at the other side of the table. After finishing his meal Aidan looks at the girl sitting at the other end of the table and he can see that she has excellent table manners and eats slowly. Her hair reflects the sunny weather and it is almost shining by itself, upon placing a meatball in her mouth Aidan is able to see her eyes, a shining ice-blue colour shining with gentleness. He doesn’t know why, but it feels like his heart has stopped beating and soon after he feels his face turning red and turns his head away. The mysterious girl notices this and stops eating and turns her head toward Aidan
“Is something the matter? You turned your head so quickly I thought something must be wrong”
“No, just me blushing, I’m amazed at how nice you eat, that’s all”
”My parents thought me how to behave in all kinds of situations so I guess that’s why.”
“Ok, sorry for interrupting you meal”

the girl continues to eat, upon finishing she looks up and Aidan notices one thing he missed the other time; below her eyes there is a shade of dark like she had been crying
“How are you really feeling? It looks like you have cried; do you want to talk about it?”
“My parents have been arguing a lot lately, I got tired of it and ran away from home, the weather surprised me and then I fainted or it could have been from exhaustion, I didn’t get much sleep yesterday because of my parents yelling and screaming at each other”
“Oh, I’m sorry for bringing it up”
“It’s ok, I feel better now when I have talked about it with someone. But anyway, just who are you? I haven’t even gotten your name”
“Clumsy me, excuse me for not introducing myself earlier, but I haven’t really gotten the chance to do so yet”
“Could you just get to the point?”
“Sorry, I’m nervous talking with a girl alone since it’s my first time but anyway, my name is Aidan Cleerwater, 21 years old, third year in collage where I’m playing and learning about soccer mixed with animal behaviour studies. My hobbies are as you can guess soccer, but also anime and manga and videogames. Favourite colour is black as I’m sure you’d guess and favourite clothing are black jeans and a black sleeveless t-shirt and basically this is me, how about you?”
“Well, my name is Mylene Jenius, 19 years old and starting collage next week, so I just transferred here. My hobbies are singing, playing my bass and basically having fun with friends. I’m also the main vocalist in a group called ‘Fire Bomber’. Maybe you have heard of us?
“Can’t exactly say I have no, but I think I heard your newest single on radio when I woke up, New Future right?”
“Yes, that is our newest single, but as things are now it might be the last one we make.”
“Why?”
“It’s a secret so sorry but I can’t tell you”

As they continue to talk time flies by and before they know it’s getting dark outside.
“Well, look at the time, I think it’s better for me to get home now.”
“Yeah, you’re right, your parents must be worrying sick about you by now. If you want you can use the phone in the kitchen to give them a call”
“That would be a good idea, excuse me for a moment”

Mylene stands up and goes into the kitchen and uses the phone, during her conversation Aidan notices her face changing from calm to angry and back again, then with an angry face she yells into the phone:
“ALRIGHT, SINCE YOU CAN’T KEEP QUIET I WON’T COME HOME!!” and slams the phone down. Upon turning against Aidan he is able to see her tears falling down…

Rushing toward her, Aidan asks “Mylene, what happened?”. When he is closing in on her she surprises him by throwing herself at his chest, grabbing the front of his shirt and with tears in her throat she tells him:
“Even when I left home my mom and dad still argued. Now when I called mom seems to be calm, she told me she was worried about me, then I hear papa yelling in the background telling me to get home this instant and arguing with mama about why I’m out.”
Tears start flowing out of her eyes, Aidan not knowing what to do he lays his arms around her, embracing her and gently stroking her hair. Mylene places her arms around Aidans neck and in tears tries to force out words from her mouth
“That’s why I yelled, their argue seemed more important to them than me”
“It’s ok Mylene, I’m sure your parents are really worried about you, that’s why they started arguing, because of all built up tension was released. After getting some sleep it won’t look as bad as it did.”
“B… but I don’t have anywhere to go, I moved here because of the school and I haven’t gotten any friends here yet. The only place I can go to is my own and I’m not going back there.”
“If you want to you can sleep here. If it’s ok you can sleep in my bed and I’ll sleep here in the sofa”
“B…but I don’t want to ruin your sleep, I’ll sleep on the sofa”
“Nah, I sleep just as well here as in my bed and I don’t think you would feel comfortable with me opening the door in the middle of night and walking out here would you?”
“If you put it that way then I guess I don’t have much of a choice do I?”
“Nope and by the way, now it seems like you have calmed down a bit do you think you could let me go?”
“Oh, sorry, but thanks for letting me grab onto and cry on your shoulder”

Releasing Aidan and turning around Mylene asks into the air
“Now then, I think I need to use your bathroom to straighten my face out and getting ready for bed so could you tell me where it is?”
“It’s in the hallway, on your right side”
“Thank you”

Mylene goes into the bathroom, Aidan goes into his bedroom to find some blankets and a pillow, when he returns to the living room he starts making his bed. When he finishes he can hear the toilet room door opening and Mylene sticks her head around the corner
“I’m sorry but do you have any towels? I always take a shower before going to bed so.”
“I’ll go and get you one”

Aidan stands up and walks towards the hallway where Mylene is standing, coming around the corner he sees Mylene standing there, in her panties and bra
“Aidan, what are you doing here?”
“I’m getting you a towel”

He closes in on Mylene, she takes a few steps back, when he is close enough he reaches out his hand, Mylene close her eyes and waits for his hand to grab her, instead she can hear a door open and closing, then she can here Aidans voice
“Here you go.”
In his hand he holds a yellow towel.
“T…thanks”
“Good night. I’m going to bed, but you don’t have to worry about waking me up, I’ll be reading a book for at least 2 more hours”
“Ok, can you do me another favour?”
“What?”
“GET AWAY FROM HERE!!”
Aidan then realize what happened
“Oh, sorry, I’m sleepy and then it takes time for my brain to work. You don’t have to worry, I didn’t see anything. Anyway good night, sleep well”
“Yeah, good night”

Mylene goes into the bathroom turning the shower on, Aidan goes back to his sofa and lies down, starting to read his book, after about thirty minutes the bathroom door opens and a figure walks into his room, closing the door after her.

After a couple of minutes Aidan can hear Mylene’s voice from his room
“Aidan, sorry for disturbing you but do you mind if I borrow a t-shirt to sleep in? I usually sleep in a pyjamas but you don’t have any so I think one of your t-shirts would be big enough for me.”
“Sure, it’s in the same closet as the sleeveless t-shirts, look a little bit and you’ll find a really big white one.
“Thanks. Good night then”
“Sleep well”

After this Aidan puts his book beside him on the table, makes his pillow right and after a few minutes he falls asleep dreaming…

End Chapter 3