"POPPY!!" he called from behind.

Ellie effortlessly swung around and wasn't shocked at all. She just shouted back, "Mr Russell!!" and she giggled. For some reason she felt absolutely comfortable with him and seemed to accept that he was actually her good friend.

"I promise you'll never forget me from this voice," he said and laughed, as he got closer to where she was standing.

"I can promise myself that Mr Russell,"she replied.

Richard felt a little tingle in his heart, like a spark ignited. It resonated by his cheeks turning a light shade of pink, and his hand  running through his hair. His gaze was wandering all over the place, he felt so special hearing that nickname.

Extroverted Richard made it his duty to tell her, "I hope you didn't feel my blushing. I mean it's a bit too much, probably radiated," and they laughed.

"How'd you find me here though?" she asked.

"My university, Adanneth Uni, yeah, it's down the road, I saw you now while riding back home. Of course I couldn't not say hi to you!" he exclaimed.

She replied with a long 'ohhh', and Richard was happy that she was opening up to him, and being herself.  He was seeing her for who she was, not who she pretended to be in front of other people.

Sometimes, unknowingly, you just blend so well with someone it almost seems superficial.

They walked a little ahead together and talked. Richard always had something to say or start a conversation with.

"Hey you wanna see something amazing?" she suddenly asked.

He was startled, it was the first time Ellie actually had spoken in an excited tone. "Sure!" he replied, matching the enthusiasm.

She moved her hand around her surroundings  quickly and grabbed his hand, clutching on to her cane with her right hand. "Let's go!"

"My bicycle Poppy?" he asked while she started walking fast.

She indicated to a house and she quickly placed it in the yard. "My house," and then he realised it was okay.

Ellie swiftly took his hand and started to run, with the cane guiding her.

It was irritating as she kept on stumbling, the cane couldn't match up to her speed. She was overcome by a sudden rush of energy, and then here the universe pulls her back down by making the cane be an issue.

Richard stopped her which enabled her to put the cane back into position.

"No Poppy," he said in a warm tone.

"What's wrong?"

He removed her hand from his and put his hand forward, wrapping it around the stick and taking it away.

"What are you doing Mr Russell?" she asked, confused.

He reduced it back to it's small original size and pushed it into his pocket.

"You won't be needing this Poppy. Don't worry about it."

"Why not?"

"I'm here for you. I will be your direction. You just tell me the way."