The Broken Boy

"Chapter two"

Hey guys! Sorry it took me so long to update! I have been busy (Reading the empty grave, Blackmailing Jonathan stroud etc.) Anyway, Here is chapter 2! Enjoy :]

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The next day I woke up early.  I tried and failed to go back to sleep. Sighing, I got dressed and went to practice with my rapier.  I grabbed the ghost jar on the way out, turning the valve so I didn't have to listen to him. I was not in the mood to get in an argument with a old skull in a jar.

Having reached the basement I chalked my hands and picked up my rapier.  I started attacking  Esmerelda, feinting, attacking and cutting complex ward knots. "Tighten your core more, it'll give you better balance." I whirled around rapier raised.  "Lockwood!" I yelled. "I almost ran you through! Don't sneak up on me like that." "Sorry." Said Lockwood. "I thought you heard me come in." "No! I didn't." I said. "Mind if I join you?" Lockwood asked. "Of course not." I replied. Lockwood chalked his hands, picked up his rapier, and began attacking Joe. I watched his graceful movements, then I began again. "Interesting case last night." Lockwood said, still attacking Joe. "Yes. Particularly  nasty looking visitor wasn't it?" I replied. "Yeah" Lockwood said shuddering slightly. I stopped practicing to watch lockwood again. He was so graceful. I watched as he did an incredibly complicated ward knot I had never seen before, followed by a succession of quick stabs. "Are you alright Lucy?" Lockwood asked. I realized that I he had stopped. I quickly looked away, heat rising to my cheeks.  "Lucy?" Lockwood asked again. I looked up in time to see him step closer to me. "Im fine." I said quietly. Lockwood was right in front of me. I quickly walked away to where I had set the ghost jar. Looking down at it I saw that it was making a number of horrid faces. I opened the valve to see what it had to say. "What happened to skull and co? Yelled the skull. "What is that supposed to mean?" I asked. "Nothing, I just thought we had some sort of special connection, but no. Now that you're back with Lockwood and Co. what does that make me? Rotten meat?" The skull probably would have continued for quite some time had I not interrupted him by saying "If you don't shut up this instant I'll shut your valve so I don't have to listen to you anymore." "You think you can shut me up whenever you want just because i'm a lousy skull in a jar. You don't go around telling Lockwood  to shut up!"Ranted the skull. "Thats because Lockwood is polite and good looking and doesn't insult me and call me rude names." "What was that?" Asked Lockwood. "What did you say?" I turned around, Startled. He was standing behind me grinning. For a moment I had forgotten he was there. "N-n-nothing!" I yelled, blushing. "I was just..... Just..""You where just what?" Asked Lockwood still grinning. He stepped closer.