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Chapter One
A Few Months Later… Monday, June 18th, 2012
"Fabian, you're home!" Fabian's six year old sister, Elise, cheered. Fabian gave her a smile, and picked her up, giving her a warm hug. He hadn't seen Elise since last summer. He hated them being apart so long each year, but he really liked his school in England.
"Hi Elise! How is your summer so far?" Fabian asked her, as he started tickling her. Elise giggled, trying to squirm out of Fabian's grasp.
"G-Good! S-Stop it!" Elise yelled, while still giggling. Fabian smiled again, and set her down. "Did you get me a British bracelet?"
"How could I forget? You only called me every week about it." Fabian replied, smiling, and handed her a bracelet. Elise had asked Fabian to get her a bracelet from Britain, because, it was from Britain. Amber had picked it out.
Amber is one of his friends who attends the boarding school with him. She is high in fashion, so she made sure the bracelet was perfect for Elise. Fabian would probably had ended up with something way less pretty.
"Thank you! I have to go show all my friends this!" Elise said, and she ran right out the door.
Fabian grabbed his bags, and quickly headed into his room to unpack.
"Is that it, Miss?" The cashier asked Nina, as she placed the last of her items on the conveyor belt. She smiled kindly at the cashier, and nodded her head. She was at the supermarket, buying her necessities for the week. But she only have forty dollars, so she would have to keep in her limit.
"Okay Miss, that'll be fifty-two dollars, and ninety-eight cents." The cashier responded, after clicking in a few numbers on the register. She sighed, and looked over at the list of items on the credit card reader. She would have to get rid of a few things.
"Am I able to get rid of… The bag of apples and the bags of salad?" Nina asked politely, looking into her wallet, making sure she didn't have more. Sadly, she only had the two twenties she knew she had.
The cashier took the bags of apples and salad away, and calculated the new price.
"Your total is now forty-one dollars, and sixty-four cents."
Nina looked back over at the list, and skimmed though it.
"Can I also take off the strawberries and whip cream?" She asked. Nina could hear the cashier groan quietly, as she took the strawberries and whip cream away. Nina had really wanted to buy the strawberries and whip cream, as a little treat she could have. But her small allowance couldn't afford it.
"Your total is now thirty-six dollars and twenty-one cents. Is that okay Miss?" The cashier asked, some harshness in her voice. And even though Nina hardly got offended, she was a bit offended. It wasn't her fault that she had to live in an abandoned home, and work all-day just to have money to eat. She hated it. She yearned to live in a regular house, have a regular life. She wanted that, more than anything.
She gave the cashier her two twenties, and in return was given her change, and her bags. She thanked the cashier quickly, and left the store.
As Nina walked back home, she looked down at her few bags. She noticed that she had hardly gotten anything for what she paid. It wouldn't last her the week, she didn't get paid from her job till Friday. She would either have to eat less or skip eating. She refused to steal, because she could get caught, and it just wasn't right to her.
She had tried stealing once, but the guilt has taken over her, and she made herself return it. It was completely embarrassing, but the manager let it slide, since she returned it.
"One day, things will be normal." Nina promised herself, and she continued walking.
When Nina finally got back to the house, it was dark out. How long had she been walking? She shrugged it off, and walked over to the back of the house. The front door was all chained up, she never bother taking the chains off. She figured leaving them there made the house still look abandoned.
She opened the back door, and quickly walked in, closing the door behind her.
"Candle must have burned out." Nina mumbled, trying to make her way to the kitchen, without knocking anything over. The house didn't have any working lights, so she had to use a candle.
When she got to the kitchen unharmed, she put the bags on the counter, and looked around for a match. "Where did I put it?" She whispered, looking through a few different drawers. "Aha."
She grabbed the box of matches, and took one out. She quickly rubbed it again the abrasive side of the box, which created a flame. She shuddered a bit, thinking about the previous events, and lit the vanilla candle she had. Then she blew out the match, and tossed it into the trash.
The light was bright enough to let Nina put away her groceries, without bumping into anything, or putting something in the wrong place.
After putting everything away, she grabbed a can of soda, and opened it up quietly.
"Cheers." She whispered, and she took a sip.
"Mum, I'm going on a walk, I'll be back soon." Fabian said, reaching for his jacket off the coat rack.
"Okay dear, just don't be too long! This neighborhood isn't the best." Fabian's mum said, as she cleaned the dishes.
"I won't. Bye." Fabian responded, and he walked outside, closing the door behind him. His mum worried too much about him. He was already sixteen, his birthday had just passed. He was completely capable of defending himself it anything happened. He did have a brown belt in karate.
Fabian walked down his driveway, hands in his pockets. He loved walking at night. It was quiet, peaceful. It was the perfect time for him to just think.
As he turned onto the sidewalk, he couldn't help but look at the abandoned house next to his. He remembered his neighbors, Mrs. and Mr. Frances had lived there, with their granddaughter, Georgia. He hadn't really know them that well, but they were constantly outside. And they always waved to him when he passed by.
That's when he noticed there was a small light coming from the crack in the front window.
"That's strange," Fabian thought to himself. "Why would there be a light on when nobody's home?"
Fabian figured it was just a reflection, so he kept on walking. But when he was closer to the house, he realized it was indeed a light.
Fabian walked up to the front of the house, and peeked through the crack in the board. There stood a girl, who was putting away groceries. That made Fabian very curious. He watched the girl unpack her bags, loading them into the fridge and drawers.
But while he was looking at the girl, he didn't notice that he was leaning against the board. And only seconds later, the board landed on the ground, with a thud. It had also sliced open Fabian's foot, leaving a fresh cut.
He swore quietly to himself, but noticed that the girl was gone. Where did she go? She had probably had heard Fabian wondering around, so she hid herself somewhere. Fabian needed to know what was going on. So he went to the back, and tugged on the door till it opened.
"Hello? Is somebody in here?" Fabian asked, his words echoing through the mostly empty house. Silence. Fabian decided to look around, to see if she did in fact hide.
He walked around quietly, until he heard somebody's soft cries. It was coming from the bedroom's closet. He quickly went over, and opened the closet door.
In the corner of the closet, sat the girl, her eyes filled with tears and fright.
Hello! I know this writing way is weird, but it's kind of new to me, so please bare with me. But please, review and rate, it means the world to me J Okay, so my 5th reviewer will be given a dedication next chapter (5 fingers! :D)!
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