Homeless

Chapter 7

Sebastian leaves, and I stretch. I head to my tent to do some cleaning. I do cleaning almost everyday, because 1 i'm bored, and 2, my place is so small it doesn't take very long. "Kristy" I hear and I look back and smile. Sebastian isn't there. Did I just imagine Sebastian there? Is this because i want him here. I shake my head, but when I try to focus I keep hearing his words, they keep repeating in my head. I smile and I jog in place doing 360˚ turns. I stop. What. Am. I. Doing?! I feel my face, it's burning. Oh My Gods, did I just... just jump up and down over a guy? No. No. Kristine it's been less than a month. Snap out of it. I say slapping myself then I get to work. I hear shouting. "MY PARENTS DIED. BECAUSE OF YOU." I'm Imagining it. I tell myself, but the yelling continues. I walk to the edge of the cliff and look down. Sebastian is on the floor. He is being towered over by 4 other boys. 1 boy seems to be tall, and older, while the other 3 just look like children. "So I'm not imagining it." I tell myself. I head to the path that takes me down the cliff, and hide behind a tree, listening. I guess this is eavesdropping, but ..It's there fault for being too loud right? I say trying to make this situation any better. They keep talking like their parents, are dead. After saving Sebastian's brother, his parents, probably would have gotten burnt, and jump straight out. But I really don't know quick somebody's reflexes are. Sometimes in the face of danger, people freeze. In that case, the problem could be much more severe. I decide to speak up. When I'm with Sebastian, I am so nervous. I don't know why I am like this, but in face of danger, I am more aggressive than in normal everyday conversations. I learned a lot of martial arts techniques, (again from books), and in general i'm more aggressive, and direct when either angry, or in dangerous situations. When one asks me to fight, I can fight better, then just talking. So this time, it's easier for me to raise my voice then when I first met Sebastian. Now, talking with him comes a lot easier. I say, "You guys don't even have evidence of your parents dying. You talk as if they died in you arms and you watched them get buried in a grave..." WHAT DID I JUST SAY.  It's not my business whether their parents died or not. I look at Sebastian, he told me the accident with the fire really affects him. He doesn't like angry or effected though. He looks honestly...just shocked? I hope he didn't take my words the wrong way I was just trying to stop the fight...agghhh. The brother on the other hand looks angry. Usto I think his name is. hmm Quite telonian. I think. He walks up to me saying stuff like "Who is this chick." He cups my face in his hands and lifts it up. He's going to try to punch me isn't he... I see the position of his elbow and I push it backwards. I once did that to myself. It cracked and hurt as hell. I figured it would be a shock for me. I didn't want to break his arm, because then it would probably be a problem with the gangs, and I didn't want to get involved. So I hear the bone crack softly and he jumps. Knew it. He snaps at me, then I snap back at him moving to go get Sebastian. I carry him bridal style because it's easiest for the position he's in. I carry him back to the tent. I don't look back to see what his brother is doing. But, hopefully he got bored of this and returned to wherever. He was wearing a suit so he probably has somewhere to go to. Not many people just walk around in suits whenever they want. As I take a tissue for his nose, and teary eyes.. We get kind of sassy in our conversation but soon it calms back down. I take the tissue and I leaned over to his face (he was sitting on the log) to do it but, then he looks at me with those ocean blue eyes. WHY ARE THEY SO PRETTY.... I scream in my mind. I blush then give the tissue to him. "Sorry, you can do it..." He smirks. "Can I be your Cinderella?" C-Cinderella? Like that fairy tale? "B-but" I say not being able to think of anything else to say.  He becomes all serious and says, "I don't care if I'm supposed to be the prince just because i'm the male. You're clearly better at saving me." He smirks. What did I do to deserve those freaking eyes.. He then smiles, cutely. GOSH.... I nod and smile. "Can I call you Cindy?" His ears get all red. I laugh. "Ok, I am definitely calling you Cindy after that reaction." He gives me a pouty face that makes me laugh. "Kristy and Cindy." I say. He grins. "The iconic duo." I smile. It gets awkward again. "Are you going to stay here forever?" I ask immediately regretting the decision. "You want me to leave. :(" He says pouting again. "NO DON'T LEAVE!" I say impulsively. I cover my mouth. Oh God... Did I really just say that... He smiles then comes over. He gets up right in front of me. "Say that again, and I won't leave." He smirks. I decide to give him a smart answer for fun. "Do you also want your arm broken?" "You wouldn't treat your dear princess like that would you." He pouts for the 4000th time. "Hmf Fine No." "So what now? Do you want to do something?" He says, still not stepping back. It's kind of comfortable having him so close. I- no what. It's not. It's not. What are you thinking. "Like as in hanging out?" I smile. Nobody has ever asked me to hang out with them before. "Yeah sure :)" My smile gets even wider–it literally almost hurts. "Ok let's go." He grabs my hand, and intertwines the fingers, while we are running. I'm caught by surprised, but I quickly catch up, sprinting faster. He takes me up very high. To the top of another cliff. There are many cliffs around the Duarta area. I could like 5 or 6. Some are high and some are low. This one was the highest. When we get to the top, we are out of breath, but I can see my tent, the spring, the tops of the chalets at the village, the gang's town. WOAH... WHAT? "Is that where the gangs live?" I ask walking to the other side of the cave. Sebastian looks also very surprised. "I didn't even know they had such modern buildings." The buildings are modern, and made of pure glass. These buildings could be apart of Telonia City for all I know. My gosh. It's quite beautiful. "I wonder what your brother had to do with a suit." "Yeah, me too, he used to dress with just a teeshirt and cargo pants with camouflage patterns on them. I see a box. "What's this?" "That's my drawings. You read books to entertain yourself, I draw." "Can I see?" "Sure I guess, I have nothing to hide." He says as he gently opens the wooden box and I see different pieces of paper. "Wow Sebastian, this is really good!" I say, truly amazed. It's a drawing of a tree, with bubbles and shimmering specks around it. It's very well drawn. "It's so happy, like the tree's fruit has just bloomed on a fresh spring morning." I say. He looks at me, puzzled. "Happy? The tree's soul is fading away in the mist, lost forever." He says. I look at him. We are staring at the same photo but we are getting different messages out of it. Interesting.

{Hello Friends,

Bit of a short update because Friday's update, will be, huge. Like I'm talking 4k words, it will take me a very long time to make. So that's why today's is so short.

Please comment suggestions, reactions, or any reflections. I appreciate all comments. Don't be afraid to give me suggestions, as my grammar is probably trash, and readers are always the best editors in my opinion.

As always,

here's the spoiler :)

"So you draw pictures of your dreams and your past?" Kristy asks, "Yeah" I answer. Well turns out Kristine is getting a different message out of all of the drawings I drew. Obviously art is supposed to do that, but It's crazy. We're both homeless, but we think so differently. Interesting.

Adios :E}