Chapter 3
Only three quarters was left of her tree house. Only the bottom was left. Her sleeping bag was up in a tree and her books and papers were scattered all over the ground.
A useless piece of wood from the tree house fell right in front of her. She looked at the silver object again. She couldn't believe this was happening - it felt like a dream. The silver object looked like a miniature spaceship, which would only be able to fit three people in it. It had large symbols on the sides all around it that looked like.well I can't explain what it looked like.
Was it alien language? Or was it just some silly designs someone made up? So many things were happening at once, Sin didn't know which one to deal with first.
She was going to run and inspect the spaceship thing, but it started to move, and make funny groaning noises.
"Ohh.ouch.ohh.my head." It said.
"Wh-who's there?" Sin yelled.
Silence.
She walked a little forward towards it, when she heard it again. "Ow.my back." It wined.
"Who's there?!" Sin yelled louder.
Silence.
The silver object couldn't talk.could it? It couldn't move.or could it? Ok, this is getting a little too weird. Objects aren't alive. They can't just...move on their own.
It started to move again, but this time, out the top, something, came jumping out of it. It landed right in front of Sin. She screamed. She started to run but it grabbed her by the arm. It felt like a human's touch. She pulled away and looked at it.
Warmth filled her body. Her eyes went big. Her mouth went dry. She felt herself go red. She.she was blushing!
It was a boy. He had lashing blue eyes that Sin fell deeply into at first sight, brown hair that was spiked and a very manly figure.
"Who are you?" Sin replied dreamily.
"My name is Aaron.and who are you?"
"My name is.uhh.Faith.No. I mean, Royce! I mean.Sin." She said embarrassedly.
"Sin." The boy repeated slowly.
"I've never seen you around before." Sin replied.
"I just." The boy stopped looking for words, "Moved here." Aaron replied.
"Wow.so what school are you going to?"
Aaron looked around. "Uhh."
"Remedy Oakks High?"
"Yes. That's the school. Sorry. I couldn't remember the name of it." There was a pause.
"So.umm.what is that, anyways?" Sin said pointing to the silver object.
"Oh, that? It's, for, a science project."
"I thought you never went to school yet." Sin said furrowing her brow. "Oh no. I do it on my own time."
"Wow. It's awesome, but, did you have land here and ruin my tree house?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I know! How about we rebuild it."
"Sure that, would be fun, when are we gonna start?"
"Right away." He smiled.
They walked out of the forest and talked about their life. Sin told him about all the bad stuff she goes though, and how her life has no meaning. Aaron gave her some useful advice and helped her feel better. They may have not known each other for very long, but it felt as if they had some kind of special bond.
***
Sin and Aaron stopped at Home Depot and picked up some wood. It turns out that Aaron was pretty wealthy. He had everything he ever wanted. A mansion, back-yard swimming pool, trampoline, a water fountain in the front of his house, and high-class furniture.it was like nothing else to Sin. She had never experienced such an environment before. She had never seen this house before though. It was a while away from the city, and hidden in about a mile of trees.
"Hey Sin, pass me that bag of nails, won't ya?" Aaron asked almost finished making the roof of the tree house. They we're once again back in the forest, working extremely hard on improving the tree house.
Aaron was an expert at building things, because he was a scientist. He made stairs up to the house, with handlebars so you wouldn't fall. He also made a balcony in front, that lead to the actual house.
After a while, they would stop, and wash their face in the stream that was now back to normal, take a drink then they'd have lunch under the large tree. They would tell jokes, life memories, or anything else they could think of.
"Sure. Hang on a second though." Sin said happily as she tried making a fire with some matches Aaron brought along for a fire in their new fire pit.
Sin never felt so much happier in her life. She started to accept who she was. Just the other day, she looked in the large mirror at Aaron's mansion and saw that her pale face was fading away and turning back to it's normal colour.
"Umm.Sin? Uhh.now would be nice." Aaron said half-jokingly.
"Oh yah, sorry." Sin said getting up and throwing the bag of nails to him.
"Thanks." He said smiling.
"No prob." She went back to making the fire again. "Hey Aaron.If you don't mind me asking.but."
"But?"
"But.what happened to your parents?"
"My parents? Oh well.they.passed away when I was 7. I've been living alone ever since. My grandpa that I lived with died too. And my grandma and sister died a year ago in a car crash as well. So then the house was officially mine. All my other relatives live very far from here."
"How far?" Sin asked gently.
Aaron jumped down from the tree house. "Far enough." He looked into the sky and felt the summer breeze whip though his hair.
"Aaron?"
"Yah?"
"Are you finished the roof yet?"
"Yes, finally." He laughed.
Sin started blankly into the fire. "Tomorrow's your first day, you nervous?"
"Of course I am. I have no idea what sort of kids are in that school." He sat down beside her.
"I just want you to beware of the 'cool kids'. They try to beat you up and lock you in a locker."
"Why would anyone want to do that in the first place?"
"Because kids are cruel these days.Aaron? Will you stick up for me if I get picked on? I never had a friend like you before."
"Never? Well, of course I'll stick up for you."
"Thanks."
They sat eating marshmallows and roasted wieners. They set up the inside of the tree house, and made the little adjustments.
"I'm staying here tonight. I can't go home."
"Why can't you go home?"
"Just.because. This is like my home. I practically live here."
"Don't you get scared and lonely?" Aaron said stuffing a marshmallow into his mouth. "Mmm.marshmallows."
"No. Not at all. I'm used to the feeling of being scared and lonely."
"Why don't you come stay at my house for the night? I mean.if your dad would allow you to stay at a boys house."
"Umm.sure.that would be great. And my dad doesn't give a damn anyways. He wouldn't even care if I died. Let alone stay at a guy's house. Besides, I trust you. Even though we only met on Friday, it feels like we have this.bond." There was a pause. "Ok. That sounded really stupid."
"No, no. Not one bit. I know exactly the way you feel.I feel the same way too."
* * *
It was finally Monday morning and Sin woke up in the most comfortable bed she ever slept in her whole life. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. Aaron was standing there with a tray in his hands, which carried nice smelling food and a tasty looking glass of juice.
"Oh my god!" She yelled. "I actually slept! It was one of the nicest feelings ever! I totally forgot the feeling."
Aaron looked at her funny and placed the tray on her lap. "You mean to tell me you never slept before?"
"Yah, practically. I could never get to sleep. I always slept for like, half an hour every night. Oh.what's this?" Sin looked at the tray full of food. Her eyes went wide.
"I made you breakfast. And you woke up just in time. We have two hours before school starts. I also found some clean cloths in a trunk that we used for extra clothes. I think you might like them. You can also keep them if you wanted too. We.ahem.I have no meaning for them."
Sin looked at the tray, then at Aaron, the tray, then at Aaron. "This is too much.you didn't have to do this for me."
"And also I set up the shower for you. Be as long as you want - just make sure it's not too long, because we still have school."
* * *
Sin ate her breakfast, which was the biggest meal she could ever remember having, and had the nicest and cleanest shower ever. She wrapped a towel around her and went to the mirror.
She looked into it and saw her eyes - there was no more black left under them! She touched her face and saw that she was no longer pale. Her cheeks have been this strange pink colour.
She touched her hair and felt that it was.soft. It wasn't greasy. It was, soft.
She opened the cupboard above the mirror and saw some medicine, brushes, and a hair dryer. She took out the hair dryer, and plugged it in. She pressed "on".
The warmth of the dryer was wonderful. She dried her hair - and she was very good at it.
She wore the towel in alarm down the hall, and went to "her" room. She saw on her bed a whole bunch of clean and "in-style" clothes. And her bed was also made. There were about eight pairs of pants and shirts, tank tops and skirts. She looked them over and chose the pair with a beige tank top, and black bellbottom pants, that had a deer skin belt that dangled (it wasn't real deer skin.not to worry!).
She looked in the large mirror in her room and looked at herself. She was beautiful.her blonde hair that hung to her elbows and bangs that came up to her armpits, hung gracefully. She shook her head side to side making her hair fly around her. She liked the feeling of cleanness. Sin went down the large spiral stairs and saw Aaron waiting for her. "Hey.wow, you look beautiful. That really suits you. I also had a feeling you'd pick that pair."
"Thanks." She blushed and felt something weird happen in her stomach. Her throat also went dry again just as it did when she first met Aaron.
"Oh yah, and I have new school supplies for you. I'm going to use mine from last year.
Sin's mouth fell open. "How did you know that I didn't have any school supplies?"
"Let's just say, I know."
"But -"
"No buts. Please," He smiled. "I have my ways."
"Sorry."
"There's no need to be sorry, Sin."
"Ok. Well, I.uhh.think we should head off now."
"Yes, I suppose we should."
Only three quarters was left of her tree house. Only the bottom was left. Her sleeping bag was up in a tree and her books and papers were scattered all over the ground.
A useless piece of wood from the tree house fell right in front of her. She looked at the silver object again. She couldn't believe this was happening - it felt like a dream. The silver object looked like a miniature spaceship, which would only be able to fit three people in it. It had large symbols on the sides all around it that looked like.well I can't explain what it looked like.
Was it alien language? Or was it just some silly designs someone made up? So many things were happening at once, Sin didn't know which one to deal with first.
She was going to run and inspect the spaceship thing, but it started to move, and make funny groaning noises.
"Ohh.ouch.ohh.my head." It said.
"Wh-who's there?" Sin yelled.
Silence.
She walked a little forward towards it, when she heard it again. "Ow.my back." It wined.
"Who's there?!" Sin yelled louder.
Silence.
The silver object couldn't talk.could it? It couldn't move.or could it? Ok, this is getting a little too weird. Objects aren't alive. They can't just...move on their own.
It started to move again, but this time, out the top, something, came jumping out of it. It landed right in front of Sin. She screamed. She started to run but it grabbed her by the arm. It felt like a human's touch. She pulled away and looked at it.
Warmth filled her body. Her eyes went big. Her mouth went dry. She felt herself go red. She.she was blushing!
It was a boy. He had lashing blue eyes that Sin fell deeply into at first sight, brown hair that was spiked and a very manly figure.
"Who are you?" Sin replied dreamily.
"My name is Aaron.and who are you?"
"My name is.uhh.Faith.No. I mean, Royce! I mean.Sin." She said embarrassedly.
"Sin." The boy repeated slowly.
"I've never seen you around before." Sin replied.
"I just." The boy stopped looking for words, "Moved here." Aaron replied.
"Wow.so what school are you going to?"
Aaron looked around. "Uhh."
"Remedy Oakks High?"
"Yes. That's the school. Sorry. I couldn't remember the name of it." There was a pause.
"So.umm.what is that, anyways?" Sin said pointing to the silver object.
"Oh, that? It's, for, a science project."
"I thought you never went to school yet." Sin said furrowing her brow. "Oh no. I do it on my own time."
"Wow. It's awesome, but, did you have land here and ruin my tree house?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I know! How about we rebuild it."
"Sure that, would be fun, when are we gonna start?"
"Right away." He smiled.
They walked out of the forest and talked about their life. Sin told him about all the bad stuff she goes though, and how her life has no meaning. Aaron gave her some useful advice and helped her feel better. They may have not known each other for very long, but it felt as if they had some kind of special bond.
***
Sin and Aaron stopped at Home Depot and picked up some wood. It turns out that Aaron was pretty wealthy. He had everything he ever wanted. A mansion, back-yard swimming pool, trampoline, a water fountain in the front of his house, and high-class furniture.it was like nothing else to Sin. She had never experienced such an environment before. She had never seen this house before though. It was a while away from the city, and hidden in about a mile of trees.
"Hey Sin, pass me that bag of nails, won't ya?" Aaron asked almost finished making the roof of the tree house. They we're once again back in the forest, working extremely hard on improving the tree house.
Aaron was an expert at building things, because he was a scientist. He made stairs up to the house, with handlebars so you wouldn't fall. He also made a balcony in front, that lead to the actual house.
After a while, they would stop, and wash their face in the stream that was now back to normal, take a drink then they'd have lunch under the large tree. They would tell jokes, life memories, or anything else they could think of.
"Sure. Hang on a second though." Sin said happily as she tried making a fire with some matches Aaron brought along for a fire in their new fire pit.
Sin never felt so much happier in her life. She started to accept who she was. Just the other day, she looked in the large mirror at Aaron's mansion and saw that her pale face was fading away and turning back to it's normal colour.
"Umm.Sin? Uhh.now would be nice." Aaron said half-jokingly.
"Oh yah, sorry." Sin said getting up and throwing the bag of nails to him.
"Thanks." He said smiling.
"No prob." She went back to making the fire again. "Hey Aaron.If you don't mind me asking.but."
"But?"
"But.what happened to your parents?"
"My parents? Oh well.they.passed away when I was 7. I've been living alone ever since. My grandpa that I lived with died too. And my grandma and sister died a year ago in a car crash as well. So then the house was officially mine. All my other relatives live very far from here."
"How far?" Sin asked gently.
Aaron jumped down from the tree house. "Far enough." He looked into the sky and felt the summer breeze whip though his hair.
"Aaron?"
"Yah?"
"Are you finished the roof yet?"
"Yes, finally." He laughed.
Sin started blankly into the fire. "Tomorrow's your first day, you nervous?"
"Of course I am. I have no idea what sort of kids are in that school." He sat down beside her.
"I just want you to beware of the 'cool kids'. They try to beat you up and lock you in a locker."
"Why would anyone want to do that in the first place?"
"Because kids are cruel these days.Aaron? Will you stick up for me if I get picked on? I never had a friend like you before."
"Never? Well, of course I'll stick up for you."
"Thanks."
They sat eating marshmallows and roasted wieners. They set up the inside of the tree house, and made the little adjustments.
"I'm staying here tonight. I can't go home."
"Why can't you go home?"
"Just.because. This is like my home. I practically live here."
"Don't you get scared and lonely?" Aaron said stuffing a marshmallow into his mouth. "Mmm.marshmallows."
"No. Not at all. I'm used to the feeling of being scared and lonely."
"Why don't you come stay at my house for the night? I mean.if your dad would allow you to stay at a boys house."
"Umm.sure.that would be great. And my dad doesn't give a damn anyways. He wouldn't even care if I died. Let alone stay at a guy's house. Besides, I trust you. Even though we only met on Friday, it feels like we have this.bond." There was a pause. "Ok. That sounded really stupid."
"No, no. Not one bit. I know exactly the way you feel.I feel the same way too."
* * *
It was finally Monday morning and Sin woke up in the most comfortable bed she ever slept in her whole life. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. Aaron was standing there with a tray in his hands, which carried nice smelling food and a tasty looking glass of juice.
"Oh my god!" She yelled. "I actually slept! It was one of the nicest feelings ever! I totally forgot the feeling."
Aaron looked at her funny and placed the tray on her lap. "You mean to tell me you never slept before?"
"Yah, practically. I could never get to sleep. I always slept for like, half an hour every night. Oh.what's this?" Sin looked at the tray full of food. Her eyes went wide.
"I made you breakfast. And you woke up just in time. We have two hours before school starts. I also found some clean cloths in a trunk that we used for extra clothes. I think you might like them. You can also keep them if you wanted too. We.ahem.I have no meaning for them."
Sin looked at the tray, then at Aaron, the tray, then at Aaron. "This is too much.you didn't have to do this for me."
"And also I set up the shower for you. Be as long as you want - just make sure it's not too long, because we still have school."
* * *
Sin ate her breakfast, which was the biggest meal she could ever remember having, and had the nicest and cleanest shower ever. She wrapped a towel around her and went to the mirror.
She looked into it and saw her eyes - there was no more black left under them! She touched her face and saw that she was no longer pale. Her cheeks have been this strange pink colour.
She touched her hair and felt that it was.soft. It wasn't greasy. It was, soft.
She opened the cupboard above the mirror and saw some medicine, brushes, and a hair dryer. She took out the hair dryer, and plugged it in. She pressed "on".
The warmth of the dryer was wonderful. She dried her hair - and she was very good at it.
She wore the towel in alarm down the hall, and went to "her" room. She saw on her bed a whole bunch of clean and "in-style" clothes. And her bed was also made. There were about eight pairs of pants and shirts, tank tops and skirts. She looked them over and chose the pair with a beige tank top, and black bellbottom pants, that had a deer skin belt that dangled (it wasn't real deer skin.not to worry!).
She looked in the large mirror in her room and looked at herself. She was beautiful.her blonde hair that hung to her elbows and bangs that came up to her armpits, hung gracefully. She shook her head side to side making her hair fly around her. She liked the feeling of cleanness. Sin went down the large spiral stairs and saw Aaron waiting for her. "Hey.wow, you look beautiful. That really suits you. I also had a feeling you'd pick that pair."
"Thanks." She blushed and felt something weird happen in her stomach. Her throat also went dry again just as it did when she first met Aaron.
"Oh yah, and I have new school supplies for you. I'm going to use mine from last year.
Sin's mouth fell open. "How did you know that I didn't have any school supplies?"
"Let's just say, I know."
"But -"
"No buts. Please," He smiled. "I have my ways."
"Sorry."
"There's no need to be sorry, Sin."
"Ok. Well, I.uhh.think we should head off now."
"Yes, I suppose we should."
