Just then the bench creaks as someone sits down beside you. Startled, and turning to look towards the interloper.

"Whoa! Hey, take it easy, it's just me."

The stranger says, trying to keep me from leaping too high off of the park bench.

"You're a jumpy one, aren't ya?"

He smiles and scoots himself closer, shyly and awkwardly.

"Sooo.... Are you waiting for a family member, or a friend?"