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“Not really. It’s freaking me out a little.” He winced as most of the butterflies landed on him. I laughed, taking as many shots as I could. As I walked towards him, the butterflies swirled around us again, dangling like they were on strings.
“This is beautiful. I wonder how many times this happens in a day.” I turned around holding my hand up.
“I’ve never seen it,” Nick said. When I turned around, he was standing in the middle of the swarm, hands in his pockets and eyes locked on mine.
“You come here often?”
“Yeah,” he replied. “It’s peaceful.”
“Does Claudia know that?” I asked, walking towards him, and the butterflies scattered.
He nodded. “We should get going,” he said and turned away from me. I sighed, crossed my arms and put some distance between us.
“You know, they say that seeing a blue butterfly is supposed to be healing,” I said, catching up to him.
“Who needs healing?” he scoffed, quickening his pace. I shook my head, and kept his pace.
“You maybe?” I replied.
“What do I need healing for?”
“I don’t know. Why don’t you tell me?” I replied. He stopped and glanced over at me, shaking his head.
When we got back to his car, I confronted him. “Nick,” I said and glanced over the roof of the car at him. “What?” he replied but didn’t look over at me. “Is this too weird for you?” I asked.
“What?” He turned, looked at me, squinting.
“Come on, Nick. Since you saw me, you’ve been acting all
weird.” I crossed my arms.
“I’m fine,” he said and got in the car, but I backed up and
walked away stopping to the edge of the grass.
He wasn’t okay. I could feel it.
In my peripheral vision, I watched him walk up and stand next
to me.
“I’ve heard that one before,” I scoffed.
“What do you want from me, Lauren?” Nick asked. I gulped a little caught off guard by his harsh tone. “Whatever
happened to the old Nick?” I asked.
“He changed,” he whispered.
“Why?” I asked and turned to face him.
He craned his neck and stared me down. “We should go,” he
said then turned away.
He pulled up to Claudia’s building and parked out front. I got out of the car and didn’t look back as I walked to the doors. I scanned the names on the board, looking for Claudia’s number and dialled it. I could see in the windows reflection that he was standing by the car.
Claudia answered a moment later, buzzing me in. I couldn’t look back to see if Nick was still there. If he wanted to remain at a distance from me, then I would respect that. I really appreciated Claudia’s help with selling my work. It was a dream of mine, and if Robert was the reason behind this opportunity, I wasn’t going to s
