Beautiful Stranger

Beautiful Stranger

Dylan Barbee





    There was once a man who did everything he was told til one day when the most beautiful girl in the world, with whom he was unfamiliar, told him to stop and to live for life. The man was confused but listened to the beautiful stranger. Certain he knew her from somewhere, he went in search of her. Years passed and the man found many girls with whom he shared feelings with but never the beautiful stranger. One day after he had given up hope of ever finding the stranger an unknown number messaged him saying “I’ve been waiting.” When he tried to call the number it said the number was disconnected. Certain it was a sign he looked again, but this time he found a girl that made him feel the same as the beautiful stranger made him feel. A year passed and in the midst of planning their anniversary he walked in a flower shop, all of the sudden there she stood. Facing a dilemma, he decides to hold off his plans with his girlfriend. After spending a lot of time thinking about it, he decides to talk to the beautiful stranger. When he approaches her, she asks “What took you so long?” Surprised, he answers “I have been looking for years for you and I decided if I ever found you I would love you until the end of time. Then I met my girlfriend and I decided that I would just thank you for the best advice anyone has ever given me. When you told me to stop listening to people I found the girl that completes me and it was all because of you!” With a smile she says “I know she is. The two of you were a match that was made long before you were ready for love. Why do you think I remind you of her?” Confused he says “I don’t know,” and with that she vanishes. Suddenly he wakes up and realizes that his beautiful stranger was all a dream about the girl of his dreams lying next to him. He then leans over and whispers in her ear “I love you more than you know my beautiful stranger.” He falls back to sleep knowing he is where he belongs.