"Oh!"
Mel pulled back instantly, blushing as the brown-haired stranger rubbed his neck. She looked over the edge then back at the boy. She wasn't usually tongue- tied, but. . . well, she was just coming down from a near-death experience. What do you say after that, anyway?
"Um, hi..." she managed.
The boy blinked and looked up from his shoes. Apparently he was either shy or a little frazzled too. "Hi?"
"Well, yeah."
"That's the best you could think of?"
Mel shrugged. "At the moment, yes."
The boy laughed. "Okay, then. Hi!"
Mel got her first look at her savior then. Smooth, light brown hair, almond shaped, large, brown eyes, skin the color of sand. A little taller than most, save Mel. Mel smiled. Who was this boy?
Speaking of, the boy cleared his throat. "Hello?"
Mel started. She had been staring at his face the whole time? "Oh!"
The boy laughed again. Wow, he had a great smile. . . "You're Mel, right?"
"Uh, yeah..." How did he know my name?
Mel must have looked puzzled, because the boy flashed a knowing smile. "I've seen you walking around town before. Sometimes with a group of girls. They've used your name before, and sometimes they say something about 'a tree'. I figured it out from there." He did the whole neck thing again. "But you probably didn't want to know all that."
Mel stuttered a little. "A-actually I was going to ask how you knew that."
He laughed. "Right. And for my next trick, I'll answer your next question. I'm David."
She stared at him, a little surprised, a little happy that she could talk to this boy. "Oh! I'll keep that in mind."
"Great." He winked at her. "See ya around, Mel!"
With that, David jogged off. Mel smiled after him, then groaned. She had forgotten to thank him.
Of course, after that kind of excitement Mel wasn't going to keep train watching. Hmm. Where should she go?
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