Disclaimer: All original characters and plot goes to Diana Wynne Jones. No profit is being made. Thanks Laughing Phoenix for betaing.

—Miracles—

Chapter Three: Gone

Howl was not there when Sophie woke up.

He was not there when Sophie went to bed.

Howl had not come home.

Not that day.

Or the next.

Or the next.

Sophie did not open the flower shop those days.

The flowers were too beautiful.

They reminded her of Howl.

Word Count: 50