Another update and it's chapter 10 (Kind of surprsing)! I'm updating quite fast aren't I? This chapter is kinda confusing. Well at least I think it is. The characters may seem a little OOC. T

his chapter has a song that I like(Passenger – Life's For The Living). I really recommend people to listen to him. He is a really good artist. One of my favorite artists. There might be more times when I use his songs.

Discalimers: I don't own the song, or Hugo. I only own my OCs.

February 10, 1939

Hugo formed a slight frown as Raymond walked up to you. With the way he left, he was pretty sure that Isabelle was going to chase after him, but instead Raymond was coming towards him. Which was relief and a bit of a disappointing. Because deep down inside he wanted her to chase after him and comfort him. It was selfish of him of course, but it was still a little disappointing.

"Monsieur Cabret. May we talk for a moment?" Raymond asked uncertainly.

Hugo would've liked to refuse, but considering that Raymond was a persistent man (which he learned over the course of the week). He wasn't going to take a no for an answer.

"I hope Beth hasn't said anything too rude, she has a…. colorful vocabulary," Raymond said with concern. "I'm not sure if I should be the one to say this, but Beth wasn't raised by my uncle before 13. She actually lived in a place with poor living conditions," Raymond fidgeted and turned towards the ocean.

Hugo raised an eyebrow. "That might explain quite a few things about her".

Raymond let out a soft chuckle. "She was distance relative of my uncle. So my uncle offered a place for the family to stay instead of the place they were living in, but they always refused. They were happy where they were. I visited them sometimes, "Raymond smiled sadly at the thought. "Her parents were good people, they always gave me treats even though they barely got by themselves. I used to like them for that when I was kid. I would've thanked them for all they did for me, if they weren't…" Raymond trailed off and took a deep breath before continuing. "If they weren't killed…"

"Killed?" Hugo spoke up in confusion

Raymond solemnly nodded before continuing. "It's not for me to tell how. It's a touchy subject for Beth,"

Hugo nodded understandingly.

"After her parents were killed. Beth disappeared for a year. We all thought that she was dead, but we received word that she was found and was at an orphanage. My uncle quickly went to the orphanage too adopt her, but for a while she was silent and when she finally did speak they weren't in the… best vocabulary. She seemed to have learned a few things from when she disappeared," Raymond finished.

Hugo's eyebrow's furrowed in confusion when he finished. "May I ask why you are telling me this?"

"I see similarities between Beth and you, monsieur Cabret," Raymond answered. "I can guess that you are grieving for someone, and this might be rude of me to say, but my grandmother used to say this to me." Raymond closed his eyes thoughtfully as if he was recalling what his grandmother had told him before continuing..

(Passenger – Life's for the Living)

Don't you cry for the lost

Smile for the living

Get what you need and give what you're given

Life's for the living so live it

Or you're better off dead

"Well at least that is what my grandmother had told me, and it was quite helpful for me. But you must not misunderstand it as me saying not to grieve. By no means. But I am hoping that monsieur Cabret could smile a little more often. I don't know what caused you to have a gloomy mood, but it has been effecting Isabelle quite a bit. So I hope you could be more cheerful, at least for Isabelle's sake," Raymond said.

Hugo fiddled with his watch and looked down in deep thought. He had a foolish reason for feeling so down for the past few days. It was childish really, but he was feeling left out. Isabelle was getting quite close to Raymond, due to their shared love for literature. Hugo loved books for sure, but he didn't quite have the same amount of love as Isabelle did. But Raymond had the same if not more love for books. Which might have been the reason that Isabelle was so eager to talk to Raymond. So naturally him being pessimistic person, he had quite depressing thoughts.

"Monsieur are you feeling alright?" Raymond suddenly spoke up in worry.

Hugo looked up and smiled. "Hugo is fine."

"I'm sorry? Could you repeat that?"

Hugo didn't realize how odd it sounded until he had already said it. "What I meant to say is that, you may call me Hugo. And yes I am feeling fine," Hugo said with a chuckle. There was no use feeling down right now. Yes for Isabelle's sake, he would have to stop this

"Ah yes. If it is okay with you, I shall call Hugo," Raymond replied with a soft chuckle of his own.

Isabelle wasn't quite sure what to feel when she saw Hugo and Raymond walk in while laughing. She was certainly happy that Hugo was feeling better. But she didn't know what caused him to change so suddenly. But she wasn't in any way going to complain. Whatever Raymond did worked quite finely. With the way Hugo came in, she was almost going to save him from the talk. Almost. Oh how he was going to suffer, she was going to make sure of it. Isabelle's train of thought broke when Raymond suddenly spoke.

"Did you finish the book already?"

Isabelle blinked a few times, before the question finally registered in her head. "Oh, unfortunately I haven't. I haven't been able to concentrate, because of a certain someone But yes the book is certainly interesting."

Hugo cringed. She wasn't going to leave him alone, for quite a while now. And he knew that she was going to do her talk. She called it a talk, but it wasn't in any way a talk. It was more like one sided scolding. These are the times when he truly feared her.

"Ah yes. I understand that a certain someone has been bother your mind," Raymond agreed with a smirk.

"Oh yes, of course I won't name anyone. But this certain someone walked out of the room without giving me a reason," Isabelle added.

"That's quite rude isn't? There must be some sort of consequences for that someone's actions," Raymond chimed.

"Of course. There will be consequences for someone's actions," Isabelle assured.

With every word Hugo could feel himself grow smaller and smaller. He didn't need to be a genius for him to know that tonight was going to be a long night.

How was it? I would love to hear your thoughts, since they are always helpful! So please review if you have any thoughts.

Also since its chapter 10, I will be accepting questions about my story again. I would answer the question in my next update! (As long as my answer is going to spoil too many stuff, but minor spoilers might be put as answers)

I don't think I will be able to update as fast I did with this chapter. I'm not sure though. So please be patient with me! Thanks Flamestone