1 Holding Hands

On a dark stormy night... wait no... On a cold dark night... still too cliche... On a hot summer morning a pair of teens, a boy and girl were walking down the sidewalk of a quiet neighborhood.

"Anna we have to finish that project for chemistry class today."

"It's fine Kam, we have the entire afternoon and evening to work on it."

With a sigh, Kameron or simply Kam walked beside the girl towards the little market on the corner. As they entered they walked to the back of the store where the drinks and other cold items were stored before stopping in front of the ice cream.

Smiling at her friend. The beautiful girl with unblemished skin, a nicely sculpted face, and a graciously proportioned body. With her height being around 5'4 she was but very attractive with little extra weight on her body being around 140 pounds. Anna put her hands together as she looked into his eyes.

"Can you get me a vanilla ice cream cone? Pleaseeeee! I'll do more work on the project if you do!"

Laughing lightly at her question Kam looked back at the beauty as she gazed expectantly into his eyes.

"Alright, fine. I'll get you one since we are here. Instead of doing more work on the project... just... le....."

Kam was unable to finish his sentence Kameron quickly grabbed a few vanilla ice cream cones from the store's freezer before purchasing them from the cashier.

"Damn... Why can't I just ask to hold her hand when I like her so much..."

Sighing in his head Kameron and Anna walked out of the store. As Anna began walking back towards Kameron's home she saw that Kameron was stopped behind her.

"By the look on his face, he seemed to be having trouble with something." She thought as she vocalized her next question.

"Are you ok Kam? Is something wrong?"

Nervous as his crush asked why he was still standing in front of the store Kameron gave a quick answer while handing her an ice cream cone.

"I want to give you your ice cream"

As he walked over to her he berated himself in his mind for being too weak to ask to hold her hand. The more he thought about it in the few seconds. Took to give her the frozen treat the more he convinced himself that little hard could be done from a rejection.

Looking back into the eyes of Anna, Kameron held out his hand towards her. "Let me see your hand..."

"Uhh... Ok..." though she was confused as to why her friend had asked for her hand she just put her hand over his own. What she didn't expect was for him to grab her hand and hold it as he started walking down the street.

"He wanted to hold my hand but couldn't ask correctly? How cute..."

Smiling to herself she lightly squeezed his hand while walking beside him while remarking in her mind about how soft Kameron's hand was.

"I wouldn't mind dating him in the future if he asks... he is pretty nice and cute"

With a light blush on her face, Anna started to eat her ice cream. As they continued on their walk they stood before a crosswalk.

"You have a little something here," Kameron said as he poked the side of his lip while looking at Anna.

As she blushed more while trying to lick her lips where he had pointed to she heard a few people yelling across the street.

"I wonder what's going on...." she said in her mind as she turned her head slightly away from the boy in front of her. Though what she was caused her eyes to widen and her hands to drop the ice cream on the ground.

"Anna are you ok?" Noticing the look on her face Kameron turned his head to look at what she was so shocked with. Unfortunately, as he turned his head to see what was behind him he only saw the front of a semi-truck heading towards them at a high rate of speed.

"Anna!"

Unable to think of anything else but her safety, Kameron wrapped his arm around Anna's body while trying his best to cover her entirely from the coming danger.

Boom! Crash!

After some time Kameron awoke to a pain-filled body while trying to feel around his body to see if Anna was still within his grasp.

Feeling that her body wasn't in his arms he slowly opened his eyes as he took in the scene around him. He was on the ground inside of what seems to be a flower shop. Glass was everywhere so it seems he was hit through the large window of the store.

As he moved his hands he felt how much his body burned from the cuts and burns.

Rather than think of his body's injuries only moved his head around while trying to focus his eyes on his surroundings enough to identify things.

"Anna..." He said in his mind as he tried to push himself up with his hands before ultimately stopping as he felt too much pain after lifting a few inches off the ground.

Blinking his eyes a few times his vision finally focused enough to not see blurry things. Though the only thing he saw in front of him was the girl he liked laying a few feet away from him distanced by a trail of blood between them.

Seeing that her eyes were opened and her hands were moving he tried to stretch his hand towards her while trying to get her attention.

"Anna...." he said weakly while holding his cut-up and scraped hand in her direction. Sadly it seemed that she didn't hear him so despite his body protesting and wanting to not overburden itself he raised his voice as best as he could.

"Anna!" He said again. Though this time it seemed to work as she slowly looked in his direction before her face of pain turned into a gentle smile.

Seeing that smile seemed to trigger something in him. Despite all of the pain, his body felt he was relieved to see her face as he kept his hand reaching out to her.

"We'll get out of here..." he said in his mind as his body began to grow colder. He was starting to feel tired and as much as he wanted to keep looking into the eyes of the girl he liked he was soon unable.

"Even she had to close her eyes and focus on resting until help arrives... shouldn't be long now..." As he thought about that to himself he just tried to ease his pain while thinking of Anna.

"Hopefully she is..." Kameron tried finishing his sentence but he was unable to as his eyes closed and his heart stopped.

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