Bang. Crash. Sherlock sleepily opened his eyes, waiting for the loud wallop. He didn't hear anything else and lifted himself up on one elbow. He looked around but saw only the still bodies of the other strangers asleep. Must be my imagination, God knows what else I've hallucinated. Suddenly, Sherlock grabbed out at the pale wrist that had tapped him on the shoulder. The girl screeched and fell over, causing a mess of brown hair to cover her face.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realise you were sleeping," She moved over and sat cross-legged. "I came over, because I thought you might have a lighter on you. See, everyone else is bunched together and I didn't want to get hurt." Sherlock pulled down his hood and moved over, so he could get a better look at her.
"No, no, don't worry about it, it's just that the people who approach me are usually criminals of one sort or another." He carelessly chucked over a small lighter, pulled his hood up and turned over and went to sleep.
Rude.
The girl, surprised at his actions, got up to leave.
"Wait," Sherlock's voice was muffled by the mattress, but no one could miss the rich depths of his voice. "Look, I know that you don't want to have to face your dad or boyfriend, so come back when your finished. No, actually smoke for a second here." The girl hesitated.
How the heck could he know so much about her?
She eased her way over to the almost lifeless body. She took a drag of the cigarette and exhaled next to the man.
"Better?" She whispered. He gently nodded, just as he was about to shoo her away, he saw the edge of a tatoo peeking out from her thin waterproof. She saw him staring and quickly pulled the cuff over her fingers. She stood up quickly and walked away, she looked back into his eyes. The stranger kept staring, as if stopping would be like letting go of reality.
"I'll see you soon Ellie.
I'm Sherlock Holmes,
Consulting Detective."
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aww meetings at last! sorry but i love cliffhangers:) but yeah SURPRISE UPDATE, i'll try and update regularly, at least once a week i hope. My exams are over so i have lots of time for writing noww:)
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