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Story Time! Stan the Traveling Man |
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A child from a rather ordinary middle-classed household, enrolled in Drama school and the usual stressing about assignments and projects, she was like any other student on campus.That is, until the day she met Stan. Now, by all means it is rather ordinary in itself for a girl to meet a rather interesting guy who would have a significant impact on her life - but it certainly was not the impact one would normally expect.
A strangled squeak was all Uri could manage as one hundred and sixty-five pounds of falling man landed in the tangled mass of overgrowth to the side of the dirt trail she walked on.
"W-what?"
She decided to answer her own question and leaned closer to the bushes, hearing the tell-tale snapping of twigs that told her he was probably still alive.
"Um hey, you okay there?"
She assumed he probably wasn't in any state to answer given he seemed to have fallen from quite a height, wherever that was, but one must still be polite and inquire nonetheless.
"Yes!"
A jovial chirp rang from the body in the bushes, which she could now see was a dark haired youth in a blue varsity jumper and ripped jeans.
"Ohh how embarrassing. I didn't really expect there to be anyone this deep in the woods -" The sound of snapping brushwood and rustling of leaves increased in intensity as he picked himself up from the fall and straightened himself on top of the crumbly mess he'd made. "-and I certainly didn't expect to fall in the first place!" Uri registered in the back of her mind that he seemed rather well-off for such a bad fall, though perhaps his jeans probably weren't ripped to start with.
"Sorry if scared you. Name's Stan. Now, I would be most grateful if you could keep this a secret between us, Miss...?"
"It's Uri. I'm fine anyway - and it seems you are too. I won't tell anyone anyway, so if you don't really need any help or something I'll just be on my way." Uri backed away from Stan and returned to her usual route. A look of disbelief flashed across Stan's face and he scrambled over the thicket and onto the pavement, nearly losing his footing as his feet landed on the damp path.
"Wait! Aren't you going to ask me how I got here? How I fell? I mean, this is in the middle of nowhere - aren't you even curious?" A tone of desperation crept into his voice as he called out to Uri's slowly retreating frame.
"Not really. Besides, if you want to keep it a secret there's not really a point in me knowing anyway. I've got to get out of here before dark so if there's nothing else, I'll be on my way." She answered, not bothering to look back. Stan let out a shocked gasp and ran towards and past her, turning around and spreading his arms out to block her path.
"Please, just listen to what I have to say! Also, I really need a place to stay, so if you would be most kind, I'd like to follow you to yours."
Uri sighed. She'd gone on a walk to clear her head, but it would seem that royally backfired. She gazed up at down at the strange youth, seeing him more clearly.
He had short brown hair that ended just above his eyebrows, and dark eyes that were furrowed in a pitiful gaze. His frame was average, but his shoulders betrayed the muscular toned physique beneath the blue jumper. His hands were put together in a pleading gesture, and she got the sinking feeling he'd follow her whether she liked it or not. She lived in a flatshare with two other students, but they were both away for a fortnight in Amsterdam, to which she was invited but had politely declined - she needed to save money anyway. Speaking of which, this weirdo doesn't look like he might have money on him anyway..., thought Uri.
Stan took off his watch, a very classy and rather expensive looking timepiece, and offered it to her. "I don't have money, but maybe you'd accept this in exchange?"
Uri felt a twinge of guilt for having thought about demanding from him when he clearly didn't have much. She decided, she'd let him stay for a short while. At least, until she gets to the bottom of his strange appearance anyway.
"Hey, look. Keep the watch. You don't really seem like a bad person, and to be honest you don't seem to have much anyway. I'll let you stay, but ONLY for a few nights. After that, you need to leave. I don't think my flatmates would like you staying too long. Have we an agreement?"
"Oh yes! Most certainly! I knew you'd come round. What are we waiting for? Let's get going!"
He enthusiastically put his watch back on and headed the same direction Uri was in, a noticeable prance in his step. Uri simply wondered what she'd gotten herself into.
 Leviathan D Constance · Mon Feb 26, 2018 @ 12:28am · 1 Comments |
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