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Title: Alone in the dark
Author: Kloe Hart (HartBeat)
Sequel to 'One for All, All for One'.
Still developing the plot, so forgive me if I take my sweet time updating. Please enjoy, I hope to see all my faithful reviewers back again and maybe some more crosses fingers.
Note: You might (ya you do) wanna read One for All first. Otherwise you'll be like... 'say what?'
Enjoy.
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A cold gust of wind blew Mush's curly brown hair back, out of his eyes slightly. He was sitting, alone, on the rooftop of the recently rebuilt Manhattan Lodging House, looking out over the chilled city.
A single tear escaped one of his big, brown eyes and rolled down his copper cheek. Another gust of wind blew the tear back across his face until it met softly with his ear. He lifted a hand and wiped it away.
Somewhere, beyond and behind the countless soot-stained buildings was a girl. A girl held very near to Mush's heart.
Another tear.
'Stoppit' Mush thought, 'it's finished'.
She was gone. She'd left shortly after they had been released from the refuse five months ago. She had approached him, they had just looked at each other for a minute. She had opened her mouth to speak but Mush spoke first.
"I love you..." He'd said, "but I don't think I can for much longer," At that point he'd started to cry. He'd broken it off before they both got hurt any worse then they had already. She'd cried to. It killed Mush to see that, knowing he was the source of her pain, but he walked away.
He hadn't seen her since. The Lodging House wasn't finished at that point so they'd bummed up with old friends for about a month. Lots of people lost track of each other. Mush thought nothing of it. In fact, he didn't even see Jack or Blink again until they were all ensconsed back in the Lodging House, but when she didn't come back for a month after that Mush started to worry.
"She's found somewhere else to stay," his newfound friend Switch had reasured him. That thought contened him (somewhat) for a little while, but he never saw her out selling papes.
"She's got another job," was the next suggestion. That seemed to work. Except none of the stores that hired girls, that Mush was aware of, had posted any 'Help Wanted' signes.
He was worried about her. He mentally smacked himself for that but did it all the same. For the fifth night in a row he'd retreated to the roof to be alone. It was now the third night in a row that he'd cried.
He looked up at the large, silver full moon. It was beautiful, the way it hung in the sky like that, Mush thought. He let his eyes scan the skies for a moment longer before getting up. He walked over to the ladder and climbed back down the fire escape to a window, which he climbed through.
The moon was beautiful. No doubt about it. But it was nothing against the deep sillouetee of the night sky. Not on a starless night.
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End of Chapter 1... hope you liked :D
More to come of course! Review please! I love reviews! I want tons and tons! Please! Yay! Keep and eye out for my next chapter!
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- Oh and the other chapters will be longer (or more numerous :S) as the story picks up... I don't really know yet! But there will be plenty to read (and review) reviews will be posted
