The Adventures of Amber Brock

Chapter two

~Characters POV~

Last night was the roughest night ever. First the guy let me stay in an extra room he had, then went in his room and ya know, pretty much died, not literally folks! I know this cuz the walls are THIN AS HECK and on top of that, some dude across from our place was playing what sounded like an electric guitar. I had an electric guitar, I could play really good, then one night one of my dads (cuz I had multiple, so adopted dad?) took my guitar and sold it to a guy on eBay! (Anyway...)

My brain was tired of hearing this same annoying screeching sound, so eventually I fell asleep.

~Readers POV~

Honking of cars could be heard and another small drizzle of rain beat against the window pane. It soon began thunder, and the neighbors downstairs were being loud. The room in which Amber was staying in was colorless light or no light, there were random holes in the walls. The window was low to the floor and right of it, the bed.

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~Character POV~  Morning
Saturday, 7:35

I woke up that morning feeling great, I yawned, I stretched, feeling pretty good...then I looked around the room and almost screamed, thinking I had been kidnapped, then the memories of last night started to flood back into my head. I let out a sigh of relief, I tossed back the covers, I carefully placed my bare feet on the wooden floor, which I learned the hard way, was COLD! I cringed and put my feet back on the bed,  and reached from the bed to the floor where my socks were, put them on, and stood up from the bed, ignoring the slight cold.  I walked carefully across the floor to avoid creaking (which is impossible) just in case the guy hated little noises when he slept. I finally got to the door of the room, turned the handle, and CREEEEEEEEEEEEEAK, I had to keep myself from crying at that point, this house is doing everything in its power to be LOUD when this poor man is sleeping. I walked across    to the bathroom which was next to the man's room, so I went "stealth" mode to the bathroom, creak, creak, creak...
'Im soo done with this place.'
After what felt like forever, I reached the bathroom, the door was already open, thank the gods. Once in, I closed the door, and looked in the mirror, my once shoulder length curly hair, was now sticking up in places, and I was wearing the same clothes from last night, and I felt terrible. While I was in there, I could hear the man come out of his room, probably because of me. So I tried to tame my hair, took off my now dirty and-felt-disgusting sweatshirt which had a NASA shirt underneath. I looked in the mirror one last time before going out.

The man was at the stove cooking what looked and smelled like eggs. I walked over and patted him on the shoulder.
"AAA!" He screamed
"Oh! I am soo sorry! I didn't mean to scare you! ". I honestly didn't mean to! I was being quiet at first when I woke up! Now when I try not to be quiet I AM QUIET! This house smh.
He paused and inhaled before answering," its alright kid. Just try to make a little more noise when you come to talk to me. Mkay?"
"Mkay." I repeated.
I watched as he turned back to the stove and started chopping and scrambling the eggs, he reached up and opened the cabinet and got salt and pepper, then lightly sprinkled it over the eggs. I went back into the room and got my stuff out and ready to go, I then returned back to the kitchen/ dining room.
"Whatcha up to kid?" He asked over his shoulder.
"Oh, well I was getting ready to leave..."
"Not without and empty stomach."
"But-"
"Take a seat kid."
I decided there was no use in arguing so I sat down. The man divided the eggs in equal amounts for the two of us, and placed them on plates. He handed one to me, and the other for him. Then he walked back to the kitchen area where he got two forks, and placed one beside my plate and one beside his.
"Alright kid, you can eat or pray or do whatever."
I stared at my food. Then back at the man, then I smiled and began to eat. And I have to say, those were the best eggs I have ever eaten, is this guy a chef?! I finished the eggs in four bites, yay new world record, fastest egg eater!
He looked at me, "you want more kid?".
"No I'm good, and thank you for letting me stay."
"It's really no big deal. But, why aren't you with your parents?".
I looked down not really wanting to answer the question. "My parents aren't really around anymore."
"I see. So what brings you to San Francisco?".
I was going to tell him that I was here for another family, but then I stopped myself. I only just met this guy, and I knew he was the one, the father figure I have been looking for. I know that sounds dumb, ya know just meeting the guy, but the way he treats me, like a normal human being. Examples:
1. Me: "I'm an orphan".
Family: "oh my gosh you poor thing!"
2. Me: "I'm an orphan."
Family: "you have no parents? Let's rob you! :D".
See what I'm saying? This guy did not do one thing like that. That's why I like him.

I answered his question, sorta, " I'm, uh, here to...." I started looking around.  I looked out the window of the man's apartment and saw a strange futuristic looking building carved into the side of the mountain across the Golden Gate Bridge. "...to study that place!" I pointed out the window. He turned and looked, "The Life Foundation? Heh. Don't waste your time kid." He turned back to his plate. "What do you mean?" I asked "Heh. I don't wanna talk about it kid." Ok this dude is hiding something, I'm gonna have to ask about it later if I'm still around. Speaking of that, I probably need to get going.

"All right, uh, now that I've eaten and stuff... I'm gonna leave now," I started picking up my things and started for the door, then I stopped and turned around, " Will I... see you again?" I asked. He turned to me from his plate, a smirk growing on his lips, " depends kid, you still gonna work in that crap about the Life Foundation?" I nodded. "Well then," he began to stand, " it was nice meeting ya kid." He walked past me and opened the door, then stood aside for me to leave. I still stood in front of him. I reached my hand out, " my name is Amber." He took my hand and shook it. "Eddie. See ya Amber." I nodded and walked out the door, down the hall, down the two flights of stairs, out the main office, and then out on my own.

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Alright! That was a long chapter! Sorry if it took soooo long to post but, ya know tests and finals. Next chapter we will be getting WAY more action, if you have seen Venom, you know what's coming next.