Fateful Meeting

13 of March, 2008

I found a job as a cleaner in a hospital. I had night shifts so I always felt a bit uneasy with almost no one here. I got up the stairs since I finished cleaning the lobby and I was going to start doing the first floor, when I noticed a room, numbered 163, still had the lights on. I took a pick and saw a beautiful ponytailed blonde girl. Something inside me told me to enter, so I did. –Excuse me, I couldn’t help but see your lights were on. Are you ok?- The girl was reading with a pained expression until she noticed me when I spoke. –I am alright, sorry… it’s just that I can’t read if I don’t have the lights on. What are you doing here so late in the night?- I laid back in a wall next to her bed, leaving the cart with my cleaning tools outside. –I’m the idiot these people pay to keep their place clean.- I was glad to get a legitimate laugh out of the girl. –That’s rough.- Her eyes shone like the most brilliant star, they were huge and blue like the deep sea. –So… you like to read? I know a bookstore some blocks for here, maybe we could go together?- She laughed again, and I could feel some color appearing in her cheeks while leaving the book on her legs. –Was that an attempt at flirting?- -Only if it worked.- She pointed at her wheelchair, parked in the other side of the room. –Sadly, I can’t go myself.- I nodded, understandingly. –Well… when I finish my shift, maybe I could take you for a late night walk and show you around.- She smiled widely when she heard me. –I’m in your hands… by the way, you were too busy flirting you didn’t even bother to know my name.- I leaned a bit closer to her. –Then what is YOUR name? Mine’s Yuuki, Yuuki Nozomi.- Her eyes met mine halfway through her answer. –Mine’s Celeste, Celeste Lodestar.-