I twisted my curly hair, my eyes darted from one spot to another, I bit my fingers from time to time, with legs jiggling quickly. My heart was beating faster than usual. I was starting to have second thoughts and go back home.
"I can do this." I reassured myself.
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There he comes, the love of my life. Well not really my love, we haven't gotten to that stage yet. A friend probably, or more like my crush that I have never spoken to. I have tried to talk to him several times, but each time I chicken out.
"Hello handsome how are you doing."
"Hello handsome, your hat is looking beautiful."
"Hello handsome, I have a serious crush on you."
These lines kept playing in my head, as I thought of the perfect pick up line to engage him with. He was a stone throw away now, I walked forward to have a closer view of him. All eyes on him, I had no idea when I stepped on a slippery spot, It took me off balance and I landed on the floor with my butt.
"Hello there, are you ok?"
He said stretching a helping hand towards me. With his help, I got back on my feet.
I was covered with shame. My eyes were boring holes in the ground, and my face burned crimson red with my shoulders hunched over.
"Hey, no need to be embarrassed. I get clumsy all the time. One time I was trying to impress Mom with my cooking skills, I ended up pouring the pot of soup. All wasted due to my clumsiness."
That managed to put a smile on my face, for a moment I forgot that my dress was ruined with mud and dirt.
"I hope I don't talk too much. Pardon my manners. I'm Patrick and you?"
Talk too much? This guy is funny, He should see me talking to myself, I could talk for hours without stopping. Don't even get me started on when I talked with my plants in my garden. Of course, I can never tell him all this.
"I'm Mel. Mel White. You don't talk too much by the way."
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That was the beginning of our love story. Unfortunately it became a sad story the moment his mother found out about us. She definitely got to know about us through her nosey cat whom she sends to spy on people. The cat comes back each day giving account of the day to it's master.
"My son will never be together with a human. Those ingrates who abandoned us when we needed them most." his mother would always say.
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The Whites family were the only humans allowed to remain in the Leprechaun Kingdom. Our ancestors helped the Leprechauns during their dark age when other humans abandoned them. Therefore the Whites were allocated some Lands in the Kingdom.
Even at that, some Leprechauns still hated the Whites. Patrick's mother was ready to go any Mile to get us separated. She tried poisoning her son's mind, when that didn't work she tried poisoning me with her evil potions. Despite all these, Patrick was determined to stick with me through thick and thin. He would always visit me looking handsome on his green suit.
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When he heard of his mother's attempt to poison me, he made me a magic device that would help me detect poisons. The next time I detected a poison, Patrick took the poison and stormed home to face his mother squarely.
"Mom!! This should be last time you try to poison Mel. The next time you poison her, I'll be the one eating the poison and you will be left with no son."
In that moment, his mother realized that he was determined to be with Mel and nothing was going to change his mind. She got tired of trying to change his mind eventually she gave up and let them be together.
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