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Abi's P.O.V.

"Everything alright?" Clint asked quickly.

"Yeah, I'm just going to go and clean up that mess, get it over and done with now." I said with a small smile.

"I'll come and help." He said as he started to get up.

"No, stay and finish watching the film." I said.

"Okay, I'll come and find you after though." He said and I smiled and nodded.

I grabbed the cleaning supplies and made my way back to Clint's room, putting on a mask before walking into the unbearable smelling room. I scrubbed the walls, the carpet and pretty much the whole room trying to get rid of all the glitter, paint and dye and eventually, after about an hour, I managed to get rid of all of it. But the smell wasn't going anywhere, no matter how many different air fresheners I sprayed, the only way it was going anywhere was to wash all the bed sheets and the curtains too. I started to strip the bed and take down the curtains, piling it all in the middle of the floor, when the door opened and interrupted me.

"What are you doing?" Clint asked.

"I have to wash all of this to get rid of the smell." I said.

"Where am I going to sleep tonight? It's already 9pm and I'm getting tired." He said with a yawn.

"I uh... you can uh... you can stay in my room if you'd like." I said, looking at the floor.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Of course, it's nothing compared to what you've done for me." I said with a smile.

"Well tomorrow we are going out for the day and that's a promise, we are going to get you some new clothes." He said with a smile.

"Great, now come with me, you need to show me where I can do this laundry." I said.

He took me down to the floor below and into one of the rooms where I opened the lid on one of the big appliances.

"Uh Abi?" Clint said.

"Yeah?" I said.

"That's the dryer, you use that second." He said as he opened the washer for me.

"I uh... it's been a while since I've done laundry." I said, my cheeks flushing a dark red colour.

"Don't get embarrassed, I did the same thing a few days before you arrived, first time I had ever done laundry." He said with a grin.

I put the laundry into the washer and then turned back to Clint.

"Come on, I'm tired." He said, yawning again.

I followed him back into the elevator and when we got out he stopped outside his room.

"I'll be there in a minute okay?" He said as he went into his room.

"Okay." I said with a smile.

I quickly changed into Clint's t-shirt that I was now using as my pyjamas and climbed into bed. A few minutes later Clint came in, laying on my right side as he wrapped his left arm around me. I rested my head on his chest and within a minute or two I had fallen asleep, his steady heart beat slowly sending me into a deep sleep.

I was back in my old house again, eating my breakfast before school on my 16th birthday. I didn't know what was going on, it was weirdly quiet, I shrugged and put my bowl into the sink. I saw my reflection in the window and I was confused, I looked like I do now, 19 instead of my 16 year old self. I saw movement behind me in the reflection and I quickly turned round, this was getting even weirder.