Leaving Lin
Anything is received, criticism (constructive) especially. I'm not really sure where I'm planning to go with the story, so stick with me? I hope you enjoy, if not, flames are happily accepted.
The first time I ever met him was the 20th December, 3 days before my birthday. I was sat on the street corner, freezing in the snow, and he walked past and into my life.
I looked up from my desk and sighed. The story was not going well. How the hell was I meant to convince myself that I could find true love? Just because I'm a savant? Puh-lease. Thousands upon thousands of people are born every day, with only a tiny percentage of us being savant.
I got up, wandered over to the window and looked out onto the place I called home. Far, far below me people scattered like ants, afraid to be swallowed by the sprawling spider of a city. Do spiders even eat ants? I dunno.
"Liiiiiiiin!"
Oh god. My sister wanted me.
"Whaaaaaat?" I called as I trudged across the hall and into her room. Boy, was it a tip. I couldn't see a single square centimetre of floor that wasn't covered in something. If you ever looked at just our rooms, not our faces, you'd never know we were twins. My sister looked up from the canvas she was drawing on and grinned. She had paint in her hair.
"Because you love me ever so much... Chocolate?"
I sighed. Lazy bugger. She was sat looking at me with that look on her face though, the one which told me if I didn't get her chocolate, she'd make me. I just rolled my eyes to her, and went.
I grabbed my coat, and set off. Mei has me wrapped around her little finger and she knows it. This is what I get for being the elder twin. I flew down the stairs, bumping into about 6 people on the way, yelling apologies as I went.
Eew. I stepped outside, pulling my coat on as I did so. It was raining. No, scratch that. It was pissing it down.
I pulled up my hood, ran to the bus stop and hid under the shelter. As I did the bus stop look – eyes glazing over as I stared down the road – I saw nothing. Nothing whatsoever. The trees and houses were all still there, obviously, but nobody was out. It was like I was the only human on Earth.
