The girl in the alleyway

chapter 1

I stumble into an alleyway rushing light on my feet trying to reach the bus stop in time.I'm not looking where I'm going and crash into this old man wearing ripped up clothes and scraggly hair.There were bruises and scars all over him and he look like he just came out of a fight.I just ignored him until I noticed something strange.He was leaning against graffiti on the wall.It was bright and colourful so it caught my eye.It was a rose with jokers and thieves written through the stem.Since I was too busy looking at the weird graffiti on the walls I didn't realise I accidentally bumped into the old man and dropped all of my stuff and began to bend down and pick it up.As I go to apologise to the man for bumping into him he wasn't there.Or so I thought.I looked around cautiously and confused.I wondered where the man had just disappeared to but I continued to walk through the alleyway.As I walked along with my stuff in my hands I began to feel as though I was being watched.Like multiple sets of eyes were just watching me through the walls.I brush the feeling off and make my way to the end of the alleyway right where the street the bus stop is on.I make a dash for it when suddenly the old man appears right in front of me blocking the way."Ahhh!"I jumped at the sight of him mysteriously appearing out of nowhere."You scared me sir"I tried to say in the nicest way possible."Sorry"he replied in croaky deep voice.it sounded as though he was scared and sad ."You shouldn't be here" He whispered in a whimpering voice as though he thought someone would here us."pardon" I replied I was confused at why this random stranger would just something like that."Quiet it down kid" He said looking around anxiously."I'm very sorry sir but i have no idea what you're on about and i really need to get home and I-"I tried to say something to him before he stopped me."Hey why did u come here kid"?" Huh"?" Why?"I just wanted to take a shortcut to the bus s-" He stopped me right in the middle of my sentence."There are no shortcuts to life"."So promise me something ok?"Don't ever come back here again ;it's dangerous"."Whatever I'm leaving"."Weirdo" I mumbled to myself.I sprinted to the bus stop and just caught the bus in time."Phew" I said out loud and took a seat on the bus.I put my bag next to it and realised it was open.I don't remember opening it I swear I closed it.I decided to check inside it and realised there was a piece of paper in there.A note.I opened it an address was on it. 

I looked around anxiously looking for the person who might have put this mysterious note in my bag.I glanced back at the note and read what was under the address.For the girl in the alleyway.I was so confused.Why would that strange man put this in my bag.I decided to leave it until i got home to worry about it.I wouldn't want to ruin the night for myself so I just thought about how good dinner would be when i got home.