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4 Characters Here
Pepper Storm [0] "I'm living in an abandoned home, yes, I'm a poor singer with hope."
Ian [0] A young singer with an absolutely fantastic voice.
Nile Morrisson [0] Behind the hatred, there lies, a murderous desire for love...
Arabella Tilling [0] The Runaway
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Ian was at home. "You wanna play music??? Go ahead!! Play your music!!" a man screamed as he smashed Ian's guitar against the wall. "A full ride to an Ivy League school and you wanna blow it to play your goddamn music? Well go ahead, but you're no son of mine! Get the hell out!" Ian grabbed some clothes, his other guitars, all the money he had saved, through them into his car and was off. He drove and drove to the only place he thought he could go.
He dialed a number into his cell phone. "Hello?" he heard a familiar voice say. "Yeah, it's me." Ian told the voice. "What's up?" the voice asked. "I'm about an hour and a half away from your house. My parents kicked me out...and I have to see you once before I go" "You're only an hour away? Ian you can't come here." the voice told him. "I can't huh? Well it's nice to know how much you care about me after all I've done for you. After I told you how I felt. Well thanks a-fucking-lot." Ian said hanging up the phone. Tears ran down his cheeks. "I knew this was what was going to happen. I knew it." he whispered to himself. "Next Exit Mansfield" Ian read silently. He pulled into the exit lane.
He dialed a number into his cell phone. "Hello?" he heard a familiar voice say. "Yeah, it's me." Ian told the voice. "What's up?" the voice asked. "I'm about an hour and a half away from your house. My parents kicked me out...and I have to see you once before I go" "You're only an hour away? Ian you can't come here." the voice told him. "I can't huh? Well it's nice to know how much you care about me after all I've done for you. After I told you how I felt. Well thanks a-fucking-lot." Ian said hanging up the phone. Tears ran down his cheeks. "I knew this was what was going to happen. I knew it." he whispered to himself. "Next Exit Mansfield" Ian read silently. He pulled into the exit lane.
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Pepper began down the sidewalk, her guitar on her back, and headed towards the middle square of Mansfield. It was about the time she started playing out on the street for money. IF she was lucky she wouldn't have a run in with the police like last time. Once she arrived she set down her case and pulled out her guitar. She sang multiple songs, mostly the ones she had written. Despite her shy approach she was singing loudly to draw onlookers' attention. Only a few gave her money, noticing her slightly ruggid appearance. Truthfully she was starving and felt as if she could eat anything, you name it. Pepper sang, hoping her voice was as good as she had been told it was, and sang and sang.
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Arabella got left in the shadows and noticed a cool looking mustang abandoned near her. She broke the glass and quickly hotwired it. She looked in the ashtray and saw a few dollars. She had enough for McDonald's for two. She drove through Mansfield square and saw Pepper singing for money. She pulled over and beckoned for her to hop in the ride.
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Ian awoke to a blinding light. After blinking a few times his eyes adjusted. He was in the hospital. A nurse was in the room checking on him. "You're lucky you had your friends close. You lost a lot of blood hon." the nurse told me. The last thing I remembered was Arabella looking over me. "Ugh, damn my hormones. I gotta stop. It's gunna get me killed" Ian muttered to himself as he tried to sit up. "How long have I been out?" he asked the nurse. "Not too long honey. A few hours." the nurse said absentmindedly. Ian moaned as he got into sitting position. "When can I leave?" Ian asked. "Whenever you want. The doctor approved you before you woke up." she replied.
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Pepper continued to sing, taking breaks only to clear her voice. She blinked as she noticed Arabella waving towards her. She raised an eyebrow as she gazed at her. Was she... beckoning for her? After a minute of standing still she put her guitar back, bundling the money up in her wallet, and hurrying over to jump in the passenger's seat of the car. "Hey.." she mumbled, counting the money delicately. It was almost nothing, as usual..
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Arabella handed Pepper the money she found. She pulled a hoodie out of her purse and put it on before driving away. "I don't know about you but I kind of want a burger. Then we can go see how Ian is." They pulled into McDonalds and they both got a double cheeseburger and headed towards the hospital. Arabella made sure Pepper was with her as she put her hood up. She'd seen her own poster at the hospital before.
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Despite the need for it, Pepper set down the money on the dashboard for Arabella to take. "I'm fine, I don't need it," she murmured, excepting the cheeseburger only seconds later. She tried not to look like a pig when she ate it, but she was starving and she couldn't help but eat it quickly. When she was finished she pulled her hood tighter over her head. "Ian is the boy who was stabbed, I presume. He probably thinks you and your friend saved him. He won't remember me at all."
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Arabella nodded in agreement. "Don't worry about it. We'll make him remember you." She enjoyed the thrill of sneaking around as they headed toward the pale hallways of the hospital and began sneaking past the nurses. They checked every room untill they found Nile and Ian. They slipped in quicly and Hallie relaxed in a chair, exhausted. She saw Ian was awake. "Ian this is Pepper she saved your ass. So... thank her."
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Ian gaped at the girl with Arabella. She was absolutely gorgeous. "Um, thanks a lot." he said, stumbling over his words. The girls sat down. "Well, I'm cleared to leave, so whenever you guys are ready to go we can get outta here." Ian told the girls. "Since we don't really have a place to go tonight, I can either put us up in a motel or we can sleep in the Subaru. Your choice..." Ian told Arabella. "And you are absolutely welcome to stay with us also. It's the least I can do to repay you. I'm Ian, if you hadn't heard..."
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Pepper couldn't help but flush when she noticed Ian's gaping. She sat, listening with a little boredom but mostly with interest. When he noticed that they didn't have a place to stay she looked up. "Actually I live..." she trailed off, her eyes dulling. "Nevermind," she murmured and turned her captivating gaze from him to the window. "I should be going," she added and stood up. Without another word she turned to go out the door when two familiar faces pushed her back in the room. Pepper stared dully at the police men as they frowned at her.
"We've been looking for you for a while, Pepper," the taller one said sternly. "The orphanage is worried sick."
"I'm seventeen, Pete, leave me alone," the blonde said quietly, pushing past them to make her way out of the hospital.
"We've been looking for you for a while, Pepper," the taller one said sternly. "The orphanage is worried sick."
"I'm seventeen, Pete, leave me alone," the blonde said quietly, pushing past them to make her way out of the hospital.
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Ian got out of bed and put his shirt, jeans and jacket on. The police tried to stop he and Arabella, but Ian grabbed her hand and walked out of the hospital, following Pepper. Ian checked over his shoulder to make sure the cops had not followed; it was all clear. "Pepper, wait up. I'd really like you to stay with us." Ian told her. "Oh, and where is Nile?" he asked Arabella with a questioning look.
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The limp in her walk was showing badly and her back felt tingly once more. Pepper stopped, looking back at Ian with an impassive but pained face. "I have to get home," she murmured, patting her side of which had been shot two years before. "I'd love to stay with you but I'm not the wealthiest of people." She pulled her guitar case tighter over her shoulder, gazing at him with her startling blue eyes. "It was nice meeting you.." Pepper turned away and began limping down the sidewalk towards her home, making sure her hood was pulled tightly over her head. She looked back at them several times, wondering why she liked them while hoping she'd forget them. People just slowed her down. They all hated her, none of them loved her.
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Nile dozed off, whilst he was beside Ian. He blinked his eyes open, his sight slowly adjusting to the room's blazing lights. "What the..."he muttered, staring around the room blankly as he rose to his feet. He noticed Arabella and the girl, whom he could not remember the name of. He glanced at Ian. "I'm here" he called out, waving his arms bemusedly at him. He bit his lower lip, as he saw three police officers approach the room. "We better leave and fast" he said arruptly...Too late, an officer with ebony hair had already spotted them and was racing over towards them. "Those three, right there" the officer told the others. "Run!" Nile exclaimed, sprinting past Ian and Arabella as he pushed hs way through the door, groping hands trying to pull him back.
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Ian watched Pepper limp away. He wished she could have stayed with them. "Run" he heard as Nile rushed past him. They all took off in a dead sprint. They ran out of the hospital and around the corner. "This way. Follow me!" Ian ordered his friends as he took the lead. He lead them down an alley, down another alley, down a side-street, over a fence and through a yard, and then down another alley. They were back at the club. "I'm gunna go get the car, you guys sit tight." Ian told his friends.
"What a night..." he thought to himself as he opened the door to his old Subaru. He pulled around the bend to go get Nile and Arabella. They still needed to find a place to stay tonight.
"What a night..." he thought to himself as he opened the door to his old Subaru. He pulled around the bend to go get Nile and Arabella. They still needed to find a place to stay tonight.
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Nile came to a halt as he stood outside the club, gasping for breath, leaning against a lamppost. "Bloody hell, could this night get any worse?" he muttered out loud as he waited patiently for Ian to get his car. He sighed and slid down to a sitting position on the pavement, it seemed like a storm was brewing up, by the look of it, the sky was darkening ad the trees were blowing wildly in the wind. They needed to find shelter and quickly, if they wanted to stay alive. Glanncing at Arabella, he noticed se hadn't said a word for quite a while, now. "Hey, are you okay?" he asked her kindly, his blue eyes searching hers.
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Arabella nodded, her bangs fell in her eyes. She was breathing heavily from the run and the cheeseburger had slowed her down. "Fine, just tired. It's been a rough night." As she said this, multiple drunks stumbled out of the club. She hid in the shadows, pulling her hood tighter in case the cops came near them.
She slumped against the wall and fell to a sitting position. She drew patterns in the dust as Ian got the car.
She slumped against the wall and fell to a sitting position. She drew patterns in the dust as Ian got the car.
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Ian pulled up along the sidewalk where Nile and Arabella were waiting. Arabella got in the passenger seat while Nile hopped in the back. "Our stuff is in the trunk. I ran into the club owner and he gave us all our stuff. Don't think we'll be playing there again though." he told them. Neither looked too surprised. "Well, any particular place we're headed? Or should I just drive around? I'd like to grab something to eat, if you guys don't care. Getting stabbed made my hungry." Ian said with a big grin on his face.
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Pepper was hurrying down the street in her best outfit. She had to preform tonight... well, later than it was already, for all the pitiful drunks at the bar. She wore a strappless dark blue dress that completented her eyes. Part of her hair was pulled back out of her face and her on her back was her guitar and case. On her way she spotted the three she had met earlier. Almost instinctively she pulled into the shadows, avoiding their eyes.
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Arabella yawned in the seat curling herself into a small ball. "You should've taken some of that hospital food. I ate already, but if you're so hungry I can find a way to get some change for fast food." She used her hood as a pillow and leaned against the glass. The buildings passed by in a blur. She had been up for 27 hours now and it was beginning to catch up with her. "Ian are you okay? I've been worried about you. You got really lucky with the stab. Don't pull any more stupid shit."
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"I ate a little bit of it before you guys came, but it was awful." Ian explained. "I have some money though. I'll just grab something." he said pulling into a Wendy's. After getting his food from the drive through, he pulled into a parking space. "Well, do you guys just wanna sleep in the car tonight?" Ian asked, struggling with words because of the food he was eating. "It's no Motel 6, but it's free. We just have to find a place we can pull over." Ian explained. "If I had to vote, I'd say we do that. I mean I still have some cash and could put us up in a room, but I'd really like to save it..."
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Arabella nodded, money was tight. "As long as the cops don't come, I'm game." She pulled her knees to her chest and rested her head against the back of the chair. She was too short to reach the headrest. She yawned again. "Yummy, hospital food." She leaned towards the middle of the car, adjusting to the rounded spot in the seat so that it acted as a pillow.
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The bar was closed. They had shut it down for the night since the stabbing had occured just infront of it. Pepper stood infront of it for a moment before letting out a frustrated sigh. She pulled into one of the stores just down the road, changed into a more comfortable pair of ripped jeans and a white shirt, then began down the road to find warm to stay before she went home. She didn't notice Ian, Arabella, and Nile in the car as she walked into the Wendy's. Only moments later she was thrown out, her belongings crashing to the ground around her. Apparently the poor weren't allowed to sit in a building for warmth. With a sigh she began to pick up her things, not looking up at the car with her friends.
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"There she is." Ian said before he opened the car door and got out. "Hey, me again." Ian said with a big smile. He knelt down to help her pick up her things. "Thanks again for saving me back there. I'd probably be dead if you didn't stop to help. I don't know how to thank you." Ian began. "My offer is still open you know. We're having a big 'ol sleepover in my car over there. If you want, you can put your stuff in the trunk. We're gunna go to the park and just sleep in the car. You're absolutely welcome to come with us." Ian told her still smiling.
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Arabella tried opening her eyes, but could only manage blinking a few times. She sort of noticed her newest friend standing in the parking lot with her bags all around her. She then mumbled something that sounded like: Get in the cawr, Peppuh. But her eyes closed very quickly as she fell asleep in the comfort of her hoodie.
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Nile yawned sleepily, stretching as he gestured for Pepper to come on in. He shuffled up to the side, blushing slightly as saw dirt marks on the two passenger seats, obviously from his filthy sneakers. He glanced at Arabella shyly and smiled, watching her sleep was like seeing two young lovers kiss for the first time, it was peaceful and extremely cute. Scratching the back of his neck, he stifled another yawn and tried rubbing the blood from his trousers, where it had splashed from Ian's stab wound. Nile stared outside blankly, a young girl with bright red hair, shot him a mischevious look as she rushed past them, turning left, down a tight and dark alley. He bit his lower lip and shook off the feeling of doubt, although he was almost certain he recognised the girl, where from was a mystery to him.
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