Book 1: The Crash Of Circus Waves

Tears

"I'll be right back guys" I said as I started to walk away towards Pyre "hey wait up!" she turned her head towards me slowing down her walking speed for me to catch up next to her "Why are you leaving..?" she looked back forward a tear falling down her face as she quickly swiped it away

"we are going back to Japan... I don't know if I'll be able to.." she turned her head away from me stopping in her tracks, I moved back to her placing my hands on her shoulders

"A-are you okay??" I rubbed her shoulders looking at her, tears were pulling down her face as she kept her hands up to hide the pain in her eyes. Pyre sunk down to the ground as if her knees gave up on her, she had curled up on the ground sobbing to herself, I knelt down next to her moving my arms around her and rubbing her back "Why are you crying..? is it because of Aqua?" she moved her head to my shoulder quietly soaking the fabric, her hands gripped the back of my shirt tightening and softening her grip. She muttered something into my shirt before lifting her head up wiping the makeup and tears off

"Yes, I miss her" she inhaled "Very, very much love" I stood up helping her back to her feet as she continued to wipe her cheeks lightly as if she was still sobbing "She was a... very good friend of mine..." she glanced over towards me then back forwards continuing to walk away from our crowd of circus folk "Thank you" she sighed lightly as we arrived at her room door "For being there for me love"

"Its no problem Pyre!" I smiled opening the door for her as we walked in, I only assumed I could walk in, shutting the door behind me. She used her flames to make us some tea while we sat down at her table "Two sugars please"

"I know" she moved the flame to give me teacup, the flame was a blue colour shifting to set the cup down in front of me. I lifted the cup blowing on it and taking a sip "Tell me about yourself, about who you were before we picked you up off of the streets love"

"You guys didn't pick me up off of the streets!" she laughed roughly, she hadn't laughed in a while and as I think of it... I've never heard her laugh before. i smiled and tsked rolling my eyes "But before here I was attending college I was going to be an English major and get into journal writing but i just, didn't feel like i was supposed to be there that I was"I took a moment to try to find the right words as we sipped our tea "Was supposed to go somewhere just this constant 'you're forgetting something' feeling as I got older, my dad wasn't to hyped up when I told him about me being apart of the circus. He never really liked the circus but he never told me why. But since my mother was never around I think that was his reasoning, he wouldn't want me to leave him as our mother did"

"How.. is your father?" she looked up making eye contact with me watching as I took another sip

"Oh he is doing fine, he hasn't really changed from back when I was a kid to now just older" she looked up towards me "Zory, about your moth-" she looked towards the knocking on the door before ending her sentence opening it up letting in Robin, George, and Carly "Zory is in here you three do not worry I did not kill her"

"Y'all can't just be leavin' all of a sudden like that you'll make a man worry 'bout Y'all" Robin walked in, his southern accent getting stronger as he talked, taking a seat next to Pyre, George next to him then Carly next to me "Marshal told us to go an find ya"

"I am aware" Pyre commented

"She just left I went to follow her and we"I looked at her then back to the three new guests "Walked here to have tea and chat about my past"

"Your past? what you mean that stupid college you went to and your dad?" George leaned back in his chair crossing his arms, he was smiling though

"Well, G-George she also lives near a lake well used to live there since we moved" Pyre's head flicked up towards Carly "Or was it a p-pond?"