"Take my hand, take my whole life too, for I can't help falling in love with you.." I sang out as I watched people walk by. Mostly they just gave me stares and the occasional person would drop a dollar in my old tin. Yea, I'm homeless. I don't really mind it though. When I was 15, I lived in a small house in the country side with my parents, who were not exactly the best parents. My mother loved to point out all my faults and she and my father would hurt me until the faults were nothing but scars. I would go to sleep and hear them whispering about getting away from something. I had no idea they meant getting away from me until one day I woke up and they were gone. Just like that. No note. No food they left for me. I was forced to leave my house behind and left with nothing to call my own. Nothing but my singing voice. Singing was always my escape. I just felt so free and when people would stop and listen it made me feel so important fo once.
It was a dark and cold Saturday night in London. The only thing that lit up the roads were the street lamps and the small restaurants along the sidewalk. My stomach grumbeled as I watched people eat their dinner. Must be nice, I thought, to live a careless life where you never have to worry. It had been days since I earned enough money to eat.
I started to sing my next song which is the one my mother sang to me when I was little when I was afraid. "Shes a good girl, loves her mama, loves Jesus and America too, shes a good girl, crazy bout Elvis, loves horses and her boyfriend too..." A woman stopped and listened to me sing for the rest of the song. When I was finished she had the biggest smile on her face.
"That was wonderful sweetheart. You just made my day when I heard you singing that song."
"Thank you so much!" I said. The lady reached into her bag and got out her wallet. I was in shock as I watched her pull out a $100 dollar bill and dropped it into my can. " Oh my gosh I don't even know what to say! Thank you so much!"
"Darling it was my pleasure. I'm going to tell you something because you are one special girl and you don't deserve to be out on the streets like this." She came very close and whispered "I can see the future and I will tell you this, things will get better. Things will get better very very soon." She took a step back with a smirk on her face. "Now let me hear your beautiful voice again."
I wasn't sure about the whole "seeing the future" bit but I started singing again.
"Settle down with me, cover me up, cuddle me in..."
I noticed a dark shadow standing by a street lamp who seemed to be listening because he started to slowly move towards me. The woman smiled and winked at me before she continued on her way.
"Lie down with me, and hold me in your arms"
The figure started to appear. I saw a tall, curly haired boy coming towards me. His green eyes shimmered in the light as he came into the light. I was left breathless from his beauty. Damn this was one nice piece of face.
"Your heart's against my chest, lips pressed to my neck"
He kept walking forwards, never dropping my gaze. He stopped a couple feet away from me and joined me in singing the next line.
"I'm falling for your eyes but they don't know me yet. And the feeling I forget, I'm in love now."
His voice was so deep and smooth it made me melt on the inside. We both stopped singing and just gazed into each other's eyes.
"Hello love. My names Harry. You have an amazing voice."
I blushed and looked down smiling. "I'm Clarke and thank you. You're not so bad yourself."
He let out a low laugh as he stepped forward and had a closer look at me. "Clarke. Thats a beautiful name to match a beautiful girl."
He flashed a smile as I blushed again. "Well aren't you just the ladies man?"
He shrugged and roared out a laugh again. "If you don't mind me asking, where do you live?"
I held out my arms and pointed everywhere. "Anywhere I can."
"So you don't have a place to live?" I shook my head as his once smiling face changed to a blank on that I couldn't read. He grabbed my hand and started walking. "Come with me."
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Ahhhh! Chapter oneeeeee! So how do you like Clarke? Interesting right? What's gonna happen when she goes off with Harry??? Anyone shipping Harke or Carry yet? Cause I know I am!
YAYYY Chapter two up when I can!
xoxo
