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The 10-hour drive from Inverness to Sweet Amoris was taking more time than it should. It was still 10 hours, but it seemed like 30. It went from roadtrip to guilt trip in less then 20 minutes. Faking sleep was Eleanor's only escape.

"Welcome to East Sussex" One of her brothers said as they finally entered the county "There, we're in it. Can we go back now?"

"Isaac!" her mother snapped from the passenger seat.

"It's hot in here. I don't like it" Sebastian complained.

"You'll soon get used to it, honey. Besides, it's only 20 degrees out there"

"It was 16 back home"

The poor woman stopped trying to calm the boys down at this point. Ava and Jefferson Burns were the only ones who were happy about moving. Their children were really having a hard time.

"Elly survived 17 years in the cold of Inverness!" Isaac said.

"Give it two years and she'd go to uni" Sebastian added.

"She could manage"

"We could make a 'Brumatosis Survival Kit'!"

"Yeah it would have some cool masks and some mobile heaters"

"I think those already exist"

"We'd improve them. Let's go back!"

"Boys!" Ava and Jefferson called in unison.

All along, Eleanor stayed still, knowing that the slightest movement would give her away. It was her fault they were leaving. Eleanor had a rare disease called "Brumatosis". Her lungs (actually her entire body, but mostly her lungs) could not stand cold and heights. It was something about the air that made her skin go dryer than usual, her eyes hurt and blood come out of her mouth every time she coughed when she was cold. Which happened pretty often.

"This move will be good for us" Her father said calmly "It's not just about Elly's Brumatosis, Sweet Amoris School is one the best in secondary school education in East Sussex. Besides, we were becoming really superficial in Inverness, it'll be a good change"

Eleanor wanted to laugh. Jefferson was a plastic surgeon and Ava Owned a make up store back home - no, not home, Inverness. Besides they were probably the richest family in the Highlands. So, basically, they fed on superficiality and other people's insecurities. But, hey, at least her parents were trying to make her feel like it wasn't her fault. But it was.

As the silver Mercedes of the Burns family forged ahead the A23, Eleanor thought about the new life she would have as soon as they arrived. And, smiling to herself, she drifted to sleep. This time for real.


"Elly, wake up, we're here!" Jefferson announced.

Eleanor peeled her forehead off the window and looked outside. The moving trucks were partially blocking the view from the house, but she could see it was smaller than usual, but still bigger than most.

"You have to smell this air" Her father said tapping her window.

When Eleanor got out of the car, she swore she could cry. For the first time in years she wasn't cold. She wasn't trembling. She could breathe better. Her nose wasn't burning. Her throat was ok, and so were her lungs.

"It's nice isn't it?" He asked

"I'm sorry" Eleanor hugged her father hoping that one day they could forgive her.

"Sorry? I love this place! Elly, it's not your fault. Please don't be like that"

"Killuskilluskilluskillus" The twins mumbled as they passed through Jefferson and Eleanor and got into the house "DON'T kill us. Don't you dare kill us!" They screamed as soon as they got in.

"Dad, what did you do?"

"Well, you know how they've been asking for a model rocket kit, but our old house didn't have a lot of backyard space for them to build it? Well, this one has a lot of space. And I like seeing my boys happy" Eleanor raised an eyebrow at her father, as if asking yeah, right, what else? "Hey, they don't want to die now, so that's an upside. It'll keep them happy until they blow up that tree in the backyard, so they won't complain for about two days"

Smiling to herself, Eleanor made her way to the house, greeting the movers struggling with some furniture. Looking around she saw the master bedroom, the kitchen, a bathroom and the dining room. She could see that the kitchen had a wooden door that led to the garage and a glass one that led to the backyard.

Quickly climbing the stairs, Eleanor started looking for her bedroom. It was the third door to the left, thankfully, away from her brothers', who were mini scientists and spent their days building explosives and making various machines with legos. When she was younger, Eleanor thought her brothers would be in university by the time they were 13, but, as they got older, their prankster side developed and ruined the whole "prodigy" thing. She never gave up hope though, one more year and they'd be 13, who knows what could happen?

There were some things in her suite already - apparently her parents bought an all-suite house because the kids complained a lot about sharing a bathroom in the old one. Her bed was there, which was good. There were some boxes, but not many, and none of the clothes' ones. There was a full length mirror sitting in the corner, alone. Eleanor got up to look in it.

Tilting her head to the right, she looked at the reflection staring back at her. There were dark circles under her blue eyes. Her ginger hair was up in a very messy ponytail. She also noticed all of her zero curves and zero body fat were there; and her clothes - a simple black vest top, jeans, a plaid shirt tied around her waist and a pair of Vans - were dirty/crumpled/sweaty. New country, same old Eleanor.

"Elly" She turned to the door to see Sebastian "You have to take Isaac and I somewhere to eat something"

"Sebastian, I don't know this place, where am I supposed to find anywhere to eat?"

"I don't know. But you'll have to take us to eat something, mum said so"

Grunting, Eleanor put some deodorant on, put on her plaid shirt to cover her sweaty armpits and left the house with her brothers.

"Alright, there must be a Starbucks here or anything like that. We'll ask someone, get something and go back home, got it beasties?"

"Yep" The boys said in unison.

"Now, where are we going to find someone" Eleanor mumbled as she looked around the empty street.

"How about the park that's 50 meters away from where we're standing?"

Eleanor looked at where Isaac was pointing and saw a big park. She could see a lot of very green trees, a lake and many flowerbeds. She checked the time. 10:30, which meant that there were at least a few old people jogging there. "That will do"

The three of them walked into the park and Eleanor proved herself right. The amount of middle aged people there was impressive. There were also some kids playing and running, but only one person caught Eleanor's attention. Out of everyone there, he was the only teenager.

The guy was sitting in the shade of a tree, playing guitar. Every now and then a black dock would interrupt him by bringing him a ball, which he would throw again, every time further. He was good looking, Eleanor thought. She couldn't make out much of his face, but she could see he was fairly well built, as his red shirt didn't have sleeves and was adjusted to his body. He also had a nice smile that appeared on his face every time the dog brought the ball back. His hair was stunning. Shoulder length, straight, pitch black hair. Eleanor didn't know how long she stared at him before Isaac said "Jesus, you're a disaster. Let's go talk to him"

They walked up to the guy, who was now so focused on the song he was playing - I Leave Tonight, by Winged Skull, the girl recognized - that he didn't noticed them approaching.

"Excuse me" Eleanor said and the guy looked up. His eyes were beautiful, she noticed. Grey, narrow, like a thunderstorm. There was no smile though "Sorry to interrupt. We're new in town and we just wanted to know where's the nearest Starbucks"

"When did you guys get here?" The guy asked, his voice low and husky.

"Um, about five minutes ago"

"Then I'll let you know that this shit hole is so small it doesn't even have a Starbucks" He informed as he looked back at his guitar.

"Dammit! Out of every city in the Uk, dad just had to choose the one without a Starbucks!"

"Where are you guys from? I mean, Scotland obviously, and Highlands obviously, but where exactly?"

"Inverness"

"Oh. And what do the three rich siblings from Inverness are doing in our shitty little town?" The boy asked trying to make a Scottish accent and failing miserably.

"I have a rare disease and basically my lungs suck, so we had to move to a warmer place"

"Wow Elly, you really don't know how to talk to guys do you?" Sebastian asked, rolling his eyes.

"Shut up beastie! God. Um, look Gerard Way, I'm sorry, but we're starving, so is there any coffee shop here? By the way, how do you know we're rich?"

"First of all, there is a moving truck outside of the poshest house around here, figured it was yours. Second, there is a nice coffee shop two block from here. Third, Gerard Way?"

"Lead singer of My Chemical Romance"

"I know who he is and I don't look like him"

"Yes you do. Same hair, same face, same eyes - before he found Lindsay, of course, now they're green... you could be twins. You should dye your hair red, just like his. Suits you"

"Not happening. But you should dye your hair blue, you'll look just like Anna Fay from Winged Skull"

"Not happening. Besides her hair is turquoise, not blue. Two blocks from here you say?"

"Huh. Yep. It's called Amoris Coffee and Tea"

"Thank you. See you around"

The three sibling started to walk away when the boy called out "Hey! Ginger! You never said your name"

"Eleanor"

"I'm Castiel. See you around Ginger"


Just so you know, Brumatosis is not a real thing. But, yeah, please follow/favourite and don't forget to review, because it makes me happy :)