by Lady Mekka » Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:49 am
(Aw, thanks! I3 )
Trisha pulled her dense brown hair back into a pony tail, her chocolate eyes observing the bustling city streets below her. Ciro was busy this time of year with tourists and locals, all aiming for the same thing- a huge market filled with knick-knacks and exotic foods... and loaded pockets. Easing back into the roof access door, she padded quietly down the stairs to the street, her beige clothing blending into the crowd with ease as she sorted the people around her. Blonde woman with an unreal looking face and body- obviously a rich girl with a loaded daddy, but she'd probably not be carrying much. Asian couple with graying hair and out of date American garb- not going to be rich, but might have some promise. Ah, here was the cream of the crop! A nondescript man in crisply pressed khaki pants with a powder blue oxford, casually strolling down the center of the marketplace. Trish slowly slid up to the man, careful to act as if she was just stall counter shopping, until she was right next to him. Turning to walk towards a stall across the way she noticed the bulge in his pants pocket was in his butt pocket, like a normal American man. Turning around again, as if distracted by the shiny baubles in the stall across the way, she pretended to trip, taking him down with her, her hand quickly fishing in his pocket while they squirmed on the ground.
"I'm so sorry!" Trisha said, pocketing his wallet as she helped dust the young man off.
"It's okay." he said, smiling kindly as he stood to help her up. A real gentleman, and a killer smile to boot. Trisha smiled flirtatiously back, holding on to his hand for longer than necessary.
"Trisha." She said, shaking his hand to make it less awkward.
"Nick." he said back, dropping her hand with reluctance.
"Oh, good! You're American!" she said, feinting relief. "I was afraid that I would have to try to explain this to an Egyptian or something. I'm not very good with foreign languages." She told a lie. She had always had a knack for picking languages up. She learned basic Arab in a week. Not that she was going to brag about it or anything. Nick laughed, his green eyes crinkling as he steered her to the side.
"Do you have a cell phone?" Trisha nodded eagerly, taking out a Sharpee pen to write her number on the back of his hand. Nick gingerly picked the pen out from between her fingers to write his number on her hand.
"I'll call you." Trisha promised, bitting her lip as she blushed a bit, taking the pen back and dropping it into her small bag. Nick smiled wider, a warm hand brushing her sun kissed shoulder.
"I'll be waiting." Trisha waved goodbye, hurrying back to the building. In the dark hallway she fished the wallet out of her bag, searching it's contents. It was empty, save an identification card. She groaned, but grabbed her cell phone.
'Hey,' she texted, 'I just found a wallet on the ground. U missing yours?'
'Yeah. Where should I meet u?' Nick asked as Trisha rolled her eyes. So much for getting dinner tonight.
'The bauble stall we were across from?'
'Sure.' A few minutes later the cute American boy appeared in the crowd, almost a head taller than everyone else.
"You're a life saver." he said, grabbing his wallet from Trisha's hand. "How could I ever repay you?"
"You don't-"
"I'll take you to dinner." Nick said, taking out a scrap of paper from his pocket. Trisha offered her pen again, and Nick scribbled an address for her. "Meet me here tonight at 8?" Trisha nodded, euphoric. She was going to get a meal after all!
(I was really bored... >> So, Nick isn't an actual character for the story, just a filler. If a hunter wants to try to catch her before she reaches the restaurant, that'd probably be the best for the plot. :3)