Chapter 4: The Market

Selim POV

I was crossing the road and that's when it happend. A girl she was running like crazy she bumped into me but she kept running without looking right or left. She caught my attention and i followed her with my eyes. She stopped on the edge for about 10 seconds and then she jumped into the water.

I just couldn't help myself and ran towards the edge of the pier and jumped about a few seconds after her. She wasn't fighting for her life she was lying in water and was going deeper. I held her by her waist and pulled her towards me.

I brought her to the corner but she was unconscious.

I lie her down carefully on the road, held her nose with one hand and in effort to wake her up i pressed my lips on her lips giving her oxygen. Just after a few seconds she gasped for air and coughed water and was alive. I was looking in her eyes but her dark black eyes looked so lifeless like her body is live but her soul has left and went far far away form the body.

She was just staring into the sky i was desperately waiting for her to say something but she just lied there i had a feeling that I'm looking at a dead body without any blood her skin was so pale and cold to touch, her hair were dark black just like her eyes but soaking wet. For a second i wished that i would get one more chance to touch her lips because her lips were so soft and cold but still it was the best feeling i ever had in my entire life.

I was worried about her so i asked her if she's okay.. but it was like she's lost inside herself and my question pulled her back into the reality but she want to runaway from this reality ... she just replies with "mm... hmm" stands up and walks away from me.

I kept looking at her as she was moving farther away from me and i was sad because i wanted to know her and i wanted to talk to her and ask her about everything and ask her to give me all her worries.

She vanished from my sight and i sat there for another five minutes trying to swallow what just happened .

When i came back to the store i went in the backroom, changed my clothes and spent the rest of my day managing the store.

The only thing i had in my mind was if i would ever get to see her again.

At night around 11 when i closed the store i took a quick look around the pier but it was empty. I walk home thinking about her and wishing to see her again.

When i reach home my father was already sleeping and i wasn't in the mood to eat dinner so i just changed my clothes went straight to bed.

Every day for the next couple of days i was hoping that she would would come back but she never came. It's been a week I've been waiting for her i almost lost all the hope but then this morning she was there.

Oh thank God! She's here finally.. she's looking better than that day.

She's sitting on the edge of the pier looking into water. I just observe her from the store all morning. She hasn't moved an inch. She's completely still so still i think she's a statue.

So after waiting all morning i finally go and sat beside her. She looks really beautiful now that she's not soaking wet. Her black hair are moving with the wind so effortlessly. And when she finally speaks her voice is like music to my ears so beautiful and sweet. And when i touch her warm and soft hand my heart skips ten beats and i feel woozy in my head.

After our lunch when i asked her how she was feeling i am hundred percent sure i heard the sound of her heart breaking.. which makes me wanna just close the distance between us and hug her so tighly that all her broken pieces would stick back together.. but i know she's trying so hard not to cry infront of me so i respect her privacy and leave her on the bench alone.

After leaving her it was so hard to focus on work because all my attention was focused on her because she stayed there for another hour and she cried for the whole hour straight.. i have no idea how i stopped myself from going to her and just hug her and take all her pain away. Seeing her cry was like a knives to my heart so painful and hurtful.

She finally stopped crying and she was leaving the pier. "Please send her here" yes i was praying to God and woooowzaa he listened to me... she's coming towards the store. I got so excited i almost broke the pickle jar that i was checking out for a customer.

I called Frank to takeover my place so when she comes in here I'm free and available for her.

"Hi... do you have a restroom here?" Her voice was so composed you can't tell that she's been crying for the past hour.

"Yeah, straight and after aisle 5 on your right"

"Thankyou"

"No worries"

She came back after five minutes.. i was pretending to check inventory in aisle five hoping she would talk to me again.

"Thanks again for the lunch" she's standing behind me so i try to hide my smile and turns towards her.

"Welcome, it was nice seeing you again uhhhh..... oh shit! I'm so sorry i never asked your name."

I was really embarassed how can i not know her name shit shit shit!!

"It's okay my name's Sevinc... and yours?"

"Hi Sevinc I'm Selim nice meeting you" i unknowingly held out my hand and she actually accepts it and shook my hand for a good five seconds.. that's it I'm never washing this hand ever again.

"Hi Selim nice meeting you too"

She's so close to me i can smell her perfume.. she smells like lavender, so good and fresh. I could get used to the lavenders.

"Uhmm are you planning on ever letting go of my hand or should i cancel all my appointments?"

"Oh I'm so sorry i was just.. just uh thinking about" i look behind her there's detergent "i was thinking about detergent... it's in the wrong aisle" she looks behind her then faces me and she gives me a three second laugh. I laugh with her. Her smile is even more prettier than her if that's even possible..

"Well you better put it back where it belongs"

"Yeah you're right... uh I'll see you later?"

"Yess.. umm sure..... bye Selim"

"Bye Sevinc"

She gives me one more smile and exits the store and i melted right there in aisle five... and detergent isn't supposed to be here...

I was really happy today and all the events from this day were roaming in my head... all i could do was think about her and all the ways i could make her smile or laugh. Because that's the only thing i wanna do in my life... Make her Happy.