Hey everybody thanks for reviewing glad to know I'm not the only one out there who has been hurt before, please keep reading and let me know how I'm doing your reviews mean the world to me.

Oh yeah and Cranky McCrankster, just so you know, I appreciate your honesty, I can deal with that, and also yeah I'm stalking him, I travel 2 ½ hours a day so I can see what he's doing. I even have a lock of his hair in my room and I do voodoo spells every night so he can live a hellish life. I'm not some crazy freak bent on revenge, I'm merely a 15 year old girl who was hurt really bad, but if you ever see him tell him to watch out. (Just so anyone can't tell I'm being sarcastic, but anyone can see that.)


Temperance, 15 years old, sat on a couch near a window looking out at the cars that passed by. She had been waiting for her parents to come home from the store. They had been gone awhile and all Russell had said was maybe they hit traffic, but she knew it was something more.

Tempe turned and look to Russ who had been changing the TV looking for something good on. She gave him a look of frustration and went back to the window. Night fall would be soon and she began to worry about where they were. After a long while of waiting Tempe had fallen asleep on the couch and opened her eyes to her brother nudging her awake.

"Wake up." Russell said "did you spend the whole night there?" he asked.

"Yeah, why?" she asked back.

"Just wondering, you hungry?"

"No. did mom and dad come home yet?" she asked making her way into the kitchen to sit at the table and pour herself some orange juice.

"No, but I found the Christmas presents, so when your ready we can open them." Her brother said smiling at her.

"No, that's ok I want to wait until mom and dad get home."

"Alright fine."

It had been two weeks later when Temperance realized her parents were never coming home, the gifts they had bought them still sat under, a now rotting, Christmas tree. It was a dark and stormy night and Tempe had grown tired of looking out the same old window for the parents that were never going to come.

Russell had grown worried sometime in the previous week and called the police, they promised to open up a missing persons case and keep an eye out, but now a days nothing said was actually done, at least not at full power.

At the moment Russ sat on the phone talking to a police officer about the case so far, like always nothing new. Tempe sat in on her bed with her door slightly opened so she could listen to her brother's side of the conversation, but it wasn't enough, she needed to get out. Over the past few weeks she had grown distant from her brother and wished for a few moments to herself.

Tempe rose from her bed and walked over to her window that was locked, blocking out all water from entering the house. She looked behind her, grabbed her nearby coat, opened the window and crawled out, her feet hitting the floor at a perfect time.

She didn't know where to go, but she only knew she had to get away, so the first thing that came to her mind was the park, it was only down the street not too far from home. So she put her hood on, though it didn't do much good due to the rain fall, and ran down the street only stopping when she reached the park and the swings.

Temperance sat there for hours, loosing track of time and trying to clear her fogged up mind, confusion clouded her head. Where were her parents? Were they alright? Why hadn't they called? Did something bad happen? Thoughts and questions filled her head, and Tempe lost herself completely, becoming mentally unstable for a brief moment in time.

She wasn't sure how long she'd been when it came, but it'd been a few hours later when she heard a voice calling her name.

"Temperance? Tempie where are you?" it was Russell, he had somehow figured she was at the park and came to look for her, but for the life of her Tempe couldn't call back, her mind was too confused.

"Marco!" Russell began to yell over the pouring of the rain. "Marco."

Though she couldn't fully understand what was going on, Tempe somehow managed to let one word escape her lips.

"polo." She said barely above a whisper, but it had been drowned out by the rain.

"Marco!" Russell tried again, this time only receiving a little louder 'polo'. "Marco!" he yelled again, hearing a faint 'polo' in the distance. They continued this until Tempe had yelled it loud enough for him to find her. She was cold; soaking wet and only spoke one word, 'polo.'

Though her mind was a little more clear, Tempe still couldn't remembered what had happened, she'd become another person entirely, she wasn't herself. She never showed emotion and hardly ever said a word. So Russell did the only thing he could do for her, send her to an orphanage.

Tempe's memory had been faded out, but as everything came back to her, she realized where she was and why she was waving to her leaving brother. And that's when it all happened, Temperance was forced into adulthood, and watching the last member of her family left her behind, resulting in her locking away her heart so she could never again be hurt by the people she loved, because she would never love again.

Tempe awoke to a ringing in the distance and found herself alone in her bed, it was a dream it had all been a dream. She searched for the source of the noise and found her cell.

"Brennan." She stated simply.

"Marco." A voice on the other end said, bringing back the haunting memories of her previous dream.

"polo." She said back, uneasiness in her voice.

"Tempie? You alright?" her brother asked.

"Yeah I'm fine I just…I'm fine. You? "

"I'm fine; I just called to wake you up, and check up on you. Bye."

"Bye, Russ." Tempe said and hung up the phone, her brother had been 'checking up' on her a lot lately, but after their recent reunion that took place three weeks previous that was normal.

Tempe crawled out of bed and made her way to her bathroom to dress and get ready for work, today was Friday and if she wanted to have a free night she need a big break in the case.


Ok, how was that? Any good? I questioned it for a while, then thought to leave it, please review and let me know what you all think. Thanks for all my past reviews I loved them.