Chapter 1/ Brand New

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I got off my seat and grabbed my suitcase from above, I waited in the line of stressful people wanting to get off the plane. Finally after a 10 minute wait I got off the plane. I walked out to the entrance of the airport and saw this sign, "Welcome to Atlanta, Georgia!" I smiled as I walked out of the airport. I pulled out my phone to call a taxi to come pick me up. They told me it would have to be a 20 minute wait. I sat down at a bench and waited. Looking at the scenery and falling in love with the super tall buildings and skyscrapers, I was interrupted when I heard someone sit next to me. I look over to see a muscular man frantically opening a map, clenching his defined jaw he tucked his curly hair behind his ears. I guess he saw me staring and looked at me dead in my eyes. His big green eyes twinkled in the sunlight. I realized i was being a creep and looked down at my hands.

"Hey, sorry if i'm bothering you I can move?" He said in his deep soothing voice.

"NO!" I said unusually loud, "Ha, not your not bothering me."

He looked back down at his map. I got a call from the taxi company saying the wait is going to be another 30 minutes.

"Ugh this is stupid," I said as I reclined in the stiff bench.

The man looked over to me.

"Hey you alright, whats your name?"The attractive man said 

"Im Skyler, yeah i'm fine ill just be here for a while."I sighed

"Hey, I can give you a lift back to your house, Its Luke by the way,"Luke said with a soft smile

"Sure, I just moved here from New Jersey," I said as I tucked my long black hair behind my ear.

He got up and mentioned to follow him. I grabbed my things and followed close behind. I called and cancelled my taxi. I kept thinking if it was a good idea to get in a car with a stranger but Luke made me feel safe. I sat in his truck and he gave me his phone to put in my address. 

"You've been to Atlanta?" Luke asked.

"Yeah, but it was to find a house." I replied

"Why are you moving down here?" Luke asked as he stopped at a red light.

"I just wanted to start brand new, I got tired of New Jersey," I said as i stared out the window.

All the skyscrapers and building were making me tired. We stopped at another red light. I look at a man that was standing at a bus stop. He started to cough harshly,  he fell to the coughing as he grasped his throat.

"Oh my god, Luke hes in trouble," I yelled as I pointed at the man.

Luke's eyes grew wide as he opened the side of his door and ran out. I got out to and ran to the man. I dropped down on my knees and turned the man around. His face was purple and his fingers went blue.

"Luke call 9-1-1!" I yelled as I started to give the man CPR.

"Don't touch him!"Luke yelled as he pushed me back.

I fell backwards as my head slammed against a pole knocking me unconscious. The last thing I heard was a loud bang before I fell into a daze 



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