Thread: Waiting In The Dark (Aeon Tralion & StormWolfsong)

Gabriella Ella Anderson loved the bustling city, she had grown up there with her single father who often didnt stick around long so she was left to her own devices. It didnt bother Ella, she walked to the school from where she lived, sometimes it meant taking short cuts through varied locations. She stopped often on the way home to go out by the river and climb up on one of the old warehouse roofs to look out over the city and the river. Her days often consisted of getting up in the early morning and getting into sweat pants, going for a job in the small park. After that she would go home, shower and get ready for school, go through her classes and spend time with friends. Usually after school she would hang with her best friend Rina for a couple hours before heading home. Today was no different, she left Rinas, making her way down the street and stopping by Chans market to check on the old man running it. As usual he gave her a sweet and the two talked for about twenty minutes. Chan was the first person to give her a pair of roller skates and even had taken her out to learn how to use them. She had been six at the time and now after the last ten years he was having health problems and had no family around. Ella made it her mission to check on him every day, even on the weekends. The fifteen year old knew that in three months she would be sixteen and her father had made a promise that he would take her with him when he went to Japan for a couple weeks in the upcoming summer. It would be the longest they had spent together alone since she was ten. Her babysitters back then had often been her neighbors and they were a kind couple, however when she turned fifteen her father had sat her down and had this speech about how she was grown now and didnt feel she needed a sitter as long as she were responsible with her time and continued to focus on her school work. If he saw a drop in her grades, he warned her, he would have her return to being babysat like a child. Since her grades had remained As and Bs she had been left to her own devices but it didnt bother her, she had more freedom than any of her friends this way. After talking to Chan, she left his store and made her way down the street in her blue jeans and boob shirt as Rina liked to call it. Rina always had terms for different outfits but she called the shirt that Ella had on a boob shirt because it might not dip down to show her cleavage but it was tight enough that it hugged her breasts revealing their fullness and had often caused several stares to land on her chest. Ella had been an early bloomer, by the time she was eleven she had been a B cup but now she was a C cup and hoped for her futures sake they wouldnt grow much larger. From the way her shirt was, it also allowed her other curves to be accented going down over her toned abdomen to the slender hips which tapered in that back to a firm rounded ass before meeting long, lithe legs. She wasnt wearing the jeans most called skinny jeans, she didnt need to her body was lean enough that the jeans she wore fit snuggly in all the right areas. Rina always teased that it wasnt fair Ella had the body she had and Ella always teased back that if Rina joined her for her run in the mornings and actually took part in things during gym at school she would be fit too. As she walked now, she reached into her purse and drew out her ipod to connect her earpiece headphones and began listening to music as she walked home with her comfortable sneakers on her feet. As she passed people, she gave a smile or a wave, her natural innate kindness showing to those she saw. As was habit, she would drop a dollar or two into tins or cups on the way by the varied homeless. Or at least those that she had come to see werent drug addicts or alcoholics. In fact, she began to worry when she didnt see one particular homeless man. He was a veteran she had talked to a few times, even treated to a meal while he told her of the different countries he had seen. For this reason, she cut through the car park intent on searching locations she knew he spent time in and glanced around with concern for the man. She should have been heading home it was that time of year when it began to get darker earlier in the day. There was always the chance Artie had just found somewhere new to sleep for a few nights. Or maybe his daughter finally decided to let him back in her life. She stopped walking in the middle of the dark car park while she considered what she was going to do. Her gaze swept out toward the street on the other side and she shivered, it felt like she was being watched which was ridiculous but she always felt off coming through the car park. She jogged the rest of the way to the street though just to try to lose that feeling. You watch too many movies, Ella. She told herself and laughed, though for some reason she didnt feel that feeling of being watched leave. Another shiver went up her spine and she shuddered, just then a child walking with their hurried parent tripped in front of her and she quickly moved to help him up. There now, lets tie this shoe for you shall we? She offered the child and smiled warmly as she looked down to fix the kids shoe. The kids mother looked annoyed at being held up but at least she waited instead of not realizing her son had fallen. Ella had seen that happen before. Straightening she ruffled the kids hair, Be careful now. She gave the kid a smile before watching him walk off and running a hand through her own long hair with the red highlights in otherwise light brown hair. She had almost gone with dying her hair red but had settled for highlights. Standing there, near the edge of the car park, her vibrant green eyes glanced left and right as she tried to debate. Oh Artie, where are you? She asked the air quietly, it had only been a week since she had last seen him, she knew he had to be alright but considering how close she felt she couldnt help but worry.