Short story 1 (Revised)

Mark Richardson  is a college graduate getting ready to apply to medical school. Not much excitement on taking a workload but  he knows it’ll pay off somewhere in the future. It’s a gorgeous Saturday morning. Mark has an important meeting. One of his hobbies is involvement in new tech and he’s a guest speaker. Growing up Mark had a dream to be financially secured and the money was in technology. He knew every idea and innovation would make him more than the comfortable lifestyle that he wanted. Excited as he is, picking up a suit was the hardest part. Usually he goes with a black or blue but today he wanted something different. He spent hours on thinking about what would make him stand out but not too much. With his hazel eyes, broad shoulders, and brown swept hair, he decided to go with  burgundy. Not realizing how long he was taking, he was late to his flight. Mark quickly stuffed his bag with his essentials and walked out the front door. 

The world seemed so vibrant. The trees seem more of light and the kids that usually play outside seem to be in a great mood. It’s a blissful feeling. Quickly calling the uber Mark hopes he gets to the airport on time. A part of him feels like something’s going to take place,and it’s just  not an ordinary day. Finally getting the uber he rushes into the airport. Without looking up once, he scrambles in his phone trying to find his boarding pass. Not realizing he lost his balance, seconds later he feels someone break his fall. The first thing he notices are gorgeous long legs that broke his fall. As he looks up he sees a girl with beautiful big brown eyes. Her skin in a gorgeous tan and her lips perfectly curved with a gorgeous pink. “ Excuse me? Can you please get off?” Admired by her beauty, Mark forgot that he’s dropped on the floor. “ Oh my god” he says out loud without realizing, “ I’m really sorry I didn’t mean to”. She lets out a little giggle. Mark admires her beauty;.”Is there any way I can possibly help you”? Let me get you a coffee for my apology. “ No really it’s okay. Thank you though”. My name is Mark and yours? Anabell replies. Mark is completely stunned. He was never into the whole first love thing and even if he was he knew it was a waste of time because of how much he was handling. Suddenly he hears another voice. “ Hey baby, are you ready to go?” “She gives him a look and seems to snap back into reality “ Yeah yeah”. He put her hand around her waist and they both walked away quickly. Mark felt a gut feeling in his stomach for some reason. Even though he didn’t know the girl he felt like he did. Reality came crashing down for him and he left with knowing that was it. It was time to get to the airport and to his meeting.

Luckily for Mark, his hotel room and his meeting were in the same building. A little tired he grabs some coffee,puts his stuff away and heads to his meeting. He walks in the room and everyone’s ready and prepared. He scans the room quickly and feels a specific pair of eyes look at him. It was her. The girl he bumped into. She changed her outfit and looked dashing. He started to get a little nervous. “ Pull it together”.He ended up having a great meeting and the crowd loved him. There were tons of applause and he couldn’t be happier. As he grabs his stuff, he realizes someone else is also speaking. Anabell. He goes to sit down and Anabell gets called up to present. Mark is astonished by her beauty but when she spoke it was a whole new side. He admired how well spoken she was. They locked eyes a couple times and his jaw just couldn’t keep closed. Beauty and brains. He just couldn’t comprehend it. Her analysis on global warming was genius. You can tell she was passionate. She was a scientist. She briefly ended her speech talking about her travels and how she helps animals all over the world.Mark’s favorite is her side job where she builds houses for the homeless. He thought her beauty was astonishing but her soul is even prettier.  There’s a gala everyone was invited to. Mark made his way to Anabell as soon as possible. “ Hey!” he says. “ Hi” she blushes pink. “ Are you attending?” She takes a moment to pause and replies “yes”. “Perfect” he replies and walks away.

After grabbing a snack, Mark started to get ready for the gala. Keeping his eye on the clock he cannot wait to see Anabell. He keeps thinking about her presentation and the intelligence that comes with her. He catches himself smiling. Finally it was time to get ready and go. He takes a nice shower and puts on his favorite deep blue suit. Combing his hair to the side and adding extra cologne for his soon to be girl. Once ready Mark headed out.

The car ride there was short, and the sun had finally come down.Mark finally made his way inside. The inside was prettier than the outside. There were starling lights around the room.The tables were surrounded around the room with buffets. The dance floor was huge. The lights were focused on the dance floor. Everyone was dressed up and Mark knew he picked the right outfit.Even though there were hundreds of people, his eyes found her. There were a lot of people trying to speak to him but he was trying to plot how to get to Anabell. A little shimmys here and there he finally faced her. She was wearing a sparkling blue dress with spaghetti straps. Her curves showed perfectly and her gorgeous pink toes. Her red lipstick and curls were the best part.” Hey, would you like to dance?” She hesitates but agrees anyway. They slow dance and Mark tells her how beautiful she is. Her cheeks get red and she connects eyes with him. It started to get hot so they both decided it would be right to go outside for fresh air. They both walked near the waters and he could feel their shoulders warmly touch. He wasn’t planning to kiss her, but the tension was high.As both of them leaned in, “ Anabell, what are you doing?” A man’s voice firmly replies. 

Finally Mark’s alarm went off. 6:40am. Waking up from the heart breaking dream it was finally time to prepare for his big meeting.