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Part 10

Life could only be described as strange. With every day of February, I could feel it becoming more and more tangled. I didn't know who I should have blamed for it: myself or a destiny.

But no matter who was responsible for all the things in my life, it still was complicated. I left the party at Alex's house early that night and refused to answer any of Matt's phone calls. He would ask about Alex and I didn't want to talk about that. So what's the point? I chose the strategy to hide.

That early morning I was walking my lonely road to work. Though, it felt more like wandering with my steps slow and my mind disappearing in a white morning fog. The streets were empty and it was hard to see anything even in the reach of a hand.

I liked the fog. He was hiding my loneliness and it was the thing I needed most. I wanted to disappear in it, become a ghost and don't think about all the things I couldn't forget. The only problem was that the fog created too much place for imagination and it felt like all my fears could appear from around the corner every passing minute.

I straightened my black coat and ran my hand through the locks of my hair feeling a little more tired than usual seeing the building of a floral shop on my way. I didn't notice how I came here and had no actual want to come in. As if I felt something was different that day, as if... I had a presentiment.

When I opened the glass door of the shop, the conversation of two people instantly touched my ears. I couldn't recognise the voices perfectly so I made a few steps further and froze on my spot seeing something I didn't expect to see this early morning. What a surprise.

'So, I was saying to her. Why don't you just talk to Alex? He for sure had reasons for his behaviour. I mean, I was team Alex from the very beginning' Tina was babbling fastly holding a wide pleasing smile on her crimson lips. She was touching her hair from time to time sitting at the table and discovering all the unknown details of her interlocutor with her coruscating eyes like jewels.

The person who sat across the table was gifting her with his small smile and a little mock in the corners of his mouth. The outfit was casual but not lazy as if he made an effort but just a bit. Soft anthracite hair and simple jacket with a dark shirt. Alex...

He was listening almost attentively. But I could notice he was waiting for something. His jeans were of a light tone and so was his eyes that morning. Unusual and intriguing but why there? Alex Turner in a floral shop chatting with my colleague about me. Not a usual scenario for a morning like that.

'And after that evening when you kissed her...' Tina suddenly stuck on her words noticing my silent figure standing in the middle of the shop.

Alex's eyes immediately turned to look at me in order to study my shape in a shameless manner. His glance had an aim to give a clear understanding that he wasn't caught off guard because of my presence. Of course, predictable.

'Lili, darling, we were just talking here with Alex...' Tina was mumbling something but I could look only at one person in this shop. I couldn't even be angry at her for spilling the tea because my mind was too busy in attempts not to miss any of Alex's movements.

'Long time no see' his voice finally filled the air with the familiar silkiness and coloured it with tension ignoring Tina's words. Too magical, too deceiving.

'Not long enough, though' I snapped and caught a sight of a smirk on Alex's lips. 'To what do we owe the pleasure? I thought Mr Turner was a little too busy with himself to waste his time for the visits that will end in vain' I didn't even know I had so much poison to spill. Perhaps, it was my desperation doing the talking. 'Or did he come to buy some flowers for his beloved one? I'm sure, Janet will like blue roses. We have those, don't we, Tina?' I was trying to involve my friend but didn't look away from Alex. With a corner of my eye, I could see a frightened Tina's expression. She surely didn't expect this kind of development of the situation.