Chapter 2

How would I have looked if I was a bird? Probably chubby and cute. The children crying and running around took me back to my younger years where I used to come with my dad and play like them. When my dad used to make me swing and push me high then my mom would start shouting at him that I would fall. That brought a smile on my face and also some tears since I missed him. My thinking was interrupted by a sniffing voice. I looked where it was coming from and saw a small girl with blonde hair chubby rosy cheeks and eyes full of tears holding a teddy bear for dear life. I looked at her and wiped my tears away using the back of my wrist. "Hi sweety why are you crying?" I asked her wondering why she was crying and alone since she was extremely cute also. The cutest. "I lost my uncle is it because you lost your uncle too?? Is that why you are crying?" She asked in a small but breaking voice. I tried to stop the urge of pinching her chubby cheeks. "Ooohhh sweety no but I am sure your uncle is going to find you come here you can sit and wait for your uncle" I said moving and giving her space to sit with her teddy bear in her other hand. I went back to reading After some minutes she pulled my coat so that I could look at her again. I looked at her "My name is Alyna and I am this many" she said said raising five fingers gesturing that she was five years "And you what is your name and how many are you?" She asked still having the small voice I guess it was her voice since I mistook it with a cry earlier. "Well my name is Aviva and I am this many"I said raising all my fingers and raising all her fingers. She took some time to count the amount of fingers and when she finished I kept all of them down kept one finger up. She took a minute to finish counting and when she was done a victorious look settled on her face. "You are twenty one" she said still grinning. "Yes" I answered giving her the same grin she gave me. We talked about other things like her school her school friends and she asked me also about my school days and my school friends. I didn't know time rolled that much before I knew it the children were starting to go along with their parents and the park was starting to become empty. I was caught up looking at the setting sun I didn't hear Alyna slipping off the bench and running to hug a man I couldn't see his face since he was far and it was also starting to become dark. I went after her to confirm if the man was the uncle she was looking for. "Alyna I suppose this is your uncle then?" I asked looking down at her since she was busy hugging the man's legs. When she heard my voice she immediately released the man's legs and came to pull me using my hand toward the man. "Uncle this is my new friend Aviva" she said with so much joy and I wondered if she was the girl who was crying two hours ago. I approached the man and stuck my hand out toward the man for shaking. "Hi my name is Aviva" I said and the man took a step in front. As he approached his face came to view a little with the little light around I saw that his face screamed power. The man had the most beautiful face I have ever seen. The five o'clock shadow on his face the way his hair was flying in directions due to the little wind blowing here and there I immediately knew what kind of man he was. I didn't miss the goosebumps that formed on my arms as he spoke. Well this is weird "And my name is Mendel Jonas Mendez"he said with a deep voice hard may I add. His voice did give nothing except for the deepness of it. His voice was manly enough that it screamed power He didn't give me any smile his lips were set thin on a line he even looked a little bit hesitant to shake my arm. I was not surprised at all. I immediately disliked him "So I will keep going since you found your uncle Alyna I guess this is goodbye see you around" I said bending down to give her a proper good bye. She immediately hugged me and that caught me off guard. I laughed a little and she released me telling me to take care also but without poking my nose. she was so cute. I stood up and looked toward the man. "Bye sir" I said with tight smile. He just nodded his head took Alyna in his arms to his fancy looking car and speed off to where God knows. I looked toward my watch I saw that it was already seven and it was very dark. I started walking home since it would take me like two hours and a half to arrive and I remembered that I didn't bring money for the bus. The road to the park was very dark it was full of trees and was really long. Or maybe my head was tired or something I walked like thirty minutes still in the trees I started feeling uncomfortable since I was all alone in the trees and anything could happen to me. I increased my pace and started walking faster. I heard voices coming from the trees and I knew that it was not an animal sound they sounded like men and there was no animal in these trees actually. I kept walking in a fast motion but it looked like the trees were not finishing.