Lost Future (Kasen03 & Acid Lips)
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				Title: <strong>Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>23-07-2010, 22:38:34</strong>
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				It was an average day - a day like any other.<br><br>Stefan was driving home from a client meeting that went well.&nbsp; His mustang purred and held back the power under the hood - wasted since he lived in a large city and could never really unleash the potential of the engine.&nbsp; It was reasonably new - much like the wardrobe Stefan wore - the house he lived at or many other aspects of his life.&nbsp; After divorcing 2 years prior at the age of 35, Stefan quit his 9-5 job and went to work for himself.&nbsp; He bought a small little bungalow and a flashy sports car.<br><br>He wasn't particularly distracted - there really was no good excuse for what happened.&nbsp; The city bus had just pulled away from the station - the light was still green and alittle impatient he gunned the engine - planning on switching lanes and overtaking the bus.&nbsp; He didn't see the skateboarders playing on the sidewalk.. he didn't see the large collection of college students just getting off the bus.. he was just driving.<br><br>A skateboarder trying to ollie over a tipped over newspaper stand lost his balance and fell into a crowd of college students.&nbsp; One of them gasped, jumping backwards - hitting an innocent girl who was also unaware of the teenage skaters - knocking her off balance and stumbling into the space previously occupied by the bus.<br><br>Everything happened too fast.. there was a sudden blur - and from Stefan's perspective it looked like the girl jumped out from behind the bus infront of his car.&nbsp; He pulled the wheel to the left, and stomped on the brakes, but that just made a horrible screeching noise and didn't slow the car by any degree.&nbsp; With a wet THUMP the body hit the bumper, then slammed down forward on the air-scoop of the Mustang.. by fluke catching her perfectly in the lower-throat.&nbsp; Unknownst to everyone.. severing and destroying the up-n-coming singer's larynx completely.<br><br>Skidding to a halt, her body slides forward - limp - onto the pavement as the crowd gasps and panics.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>23-07-2010, 23:21:39</strong>
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				Everything happened so fast, everything was so wrong she could not stop it. Maria, a very beautiful woman walked very happy through the sidewalk of the main streets of the city. She just got out of a interview and got accepted into a very famous band as a backup singer, she just loved her life. She discovered her gift during a normal day at her house, she was singing while bathing, a huge party at her house that all stopped to hear her sing. When she walked out of the bathroom everybody cheered her singing and pushed her to pursue a singing carrier now there she was, walking pridefully along the sidewalk of the most busy street in the state smiling to herself and walking pridefully. She was well known in the city by then, she was a solo singer that singed in a lot of pubs and nightclubs.<br><br>As she walked she felt someone push her over to the streets, it was so fast that she did not had time to react. She tripped to the main street where a car hit her. The pain was instant and she fell down the floor with a large thud. She was awake for a couple of seconds but then she went unconscious.&nbsp; Her body was cold, blood coming out of her throat and sides. People started to gather around and try to help her out, she was very seriously injured and the blood on front window of the car proved how badly she was hurt.<br><br>People around her started to call the ambulance. The skaters tried to help her out but they were afraid to move her and hurt her more than she was already. She was alive but just barely, it was a miracle that she even survived a hit like that to begin with. Her pulse was weak but steady, if nothing else went wrong and the ambulance got there in time she would make it. <br><br>A scream could be heard out of the distance, a woman rushed to Maria and looked at her. She seemed to know the person in the floor, she looked over at her&nbsp; beaten body and the pieces of glass on her throat. "Shit..... fuck..." she began cursing as she took off her shirt and began to gently place the shirt on top of her throat to clean the blood and look at the damage. It was then that the ambulance arrived, they rushed to Maria and began to check up on her. Whispers among the medics ensured that she was badly injured but she might make it. They loaded her up to the stretcher and gently placed her on the ambulance. The police arrived short time after the ambulance arrived and took Stefan details and all the other people involved as well. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>27-07-2010, 05:53:34</strong>
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				Stefan couldn't believe it.&nbsp; He stopped the car, getting out to join the mob.&nbsp; The girl looked really badly hurt.. and having left quite a bit of her blood over the hood of his car the scene looked horrific.<br><br>He didn't know anything about first aid - so he could only worry and join in the mob trying to keep the girl as comfortable as possible until the ambulance arrived.&nbsp; He then was ushered back out of the way as the way.. not knowing who the mysterious woman who seemed to know the best about how to care for the injured girl was.<br><br>The police came next, and then the myriad of 'eye witnesses' who all saw something differnet.&nbsp; From Stefan's vantage it looked like she jumped out infront of the car.. he didn't see anyone push her - but it was a mob on the sidewalk and he honestly gave it no second thought.&nbsp; <br><br>The kids of course had long fled.. afraid of being in so much trouble even though it was an accident.<br><br>Stefan gave his details and agreed to having his car towed to the police lot where it could be measured for the accident report.&nbsp; On the way he got the accident number and badge number of the cop.&nbsp; He called his insurance company and did all the proper arrangements.<br><br>Then.. after dealing with the bureaucracy of the accident - he called the cop to find out which hospital the girl was taken to.&nbsp; In his new rented Challenger (a poor substitute for his own car in his opinion) he drove to the hospital.. stopping at the gift shop to get some flowers, and then talking his way through the front desk..saying he was a relative..heard that Marie was in an accident..and needed to know what room she was in.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>27-07-2010, 15:44:46</strong>
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				The woman behind the counter looked at the man, "she is in the OR at the moment, please wait on the waiting room for some news sir". She smiled and sighed as she went back to doing the papers she was doing. Inside the waiting room was the girl who had helped her with a hospital shirt. She looked at him and went to sit next to him.<br><br>She was quite the attractive woman, standing five foot eight she was very tall for being a woman. She looked at him and sighed, "she is getting operated right now, they don't know if she would make it, they say her throat was damaged very badly and she might loose her voice, her beautiful singing carrear is over".<br><br>A couple of hours passed by and finally the doctor came in, "she made it, however her throat was crushed she would be mute from now on." The woman nodded and sighed standing up and going to the room she was told to go. Maria was resting on the bed, her throat was bandaged and immobilized as well. The woman rushed to her and grabbed her hands looking at her and taking a deep breath.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>27-07-2010, 18:45:33</strong>
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				He recognized the woman from the accident scene.&nbsp; Introducing himself.. "I'm Stefan.. I'm so sorry to what happened." he got the updates and then sat quietly with the woman<br><br>"Oh..I didn't know she was a singer.&nbsp; I do hope everything will be okay.&nbsp; I know that hospitals can jerk you around.. I want to help out in any way I can."&nbsp; Sure..the insurance companies are supposed to do that..but he knows they are cheap as possible..and he felt dreadful for the poor young woman who he hit.<br><br>He followed into the room, standing back as the woman rushed over to her side.&nbsp; He then approached the other side of the bed.. putting the flowers down on a shelf and looking over Maria.&nbsp; He waited quietly until he was noticed..
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>27-07-2010, 19:52:26</strong>
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				A couple of hours passed and the woman decided to go to work, she left the number with the doctor as she left. Maria woke up a bit later, her sight was groggy as she could not make out the shapes of stuff, she knew most likely was because of the drugs on her system. She looked around and saw the shape of a person she did not knew. Her body was very weak and she was bandaged in all places, she knew she was very banged up.<br><br>Her throat was hurting like a bitch, she tried to talk but words did not came out. Her eyes went wide as she did not knew why she could not speak. She looked around lost and quickly noticed she was in recovery room, in a hospital. She began to freak out and touched the person besides her thinking that maybe he knew what was going on.<br><br>The last thing she remembered was walking in the streets and a man stumbling into her. She shook her head and sighed looking up to the ceiling and wishing she could do something about it, that somehow she could go back in time and never had walked through that sidewalk.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>27-07-2010, 22:49:52</strong>
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				He never did get the woman's name.&nbsp; Being self-employeed it was easy to use his iPhone and cancel later engagements.&nbsp; He only thought it was good for someone to be there when the young woman woke up.<br><br>Time was easy to lose track of - although a couple times he talked to the nurse - ensuring that Marie had a private room.. that when she woke up she had a TV and whatever she would want to make her stay as comfortable as possible.&nbsp; Leaving his credit-card he insisted that he was billed for all of her expenses.<br><br>Feeling a touch, he looked up, startled awake.&nbsp; He saw the scared paniced eyes.<br><br>"Shh.. calm down.. Marie.. please.." he said..his voice deep and soothing.&nbsp; He was older then her..late thirties.. A large stocky man with broad shoulders.&nbsp; Dark brown hair.. a goatee.. hazel eyes.&nbsp; He leaned over the bed to touch her shoulder, trying to lay her back.<br><br>"You were in a car accident..you stumbled onto the road after the bus, and I hit you with my car."&nbsp; His eyes were wide and deep.. he wasn't going to lie to her and say everything will be alright..but he also was there to comfort her.<br><br>"Please don't try to talk.. you were hurt pretty bad.. you're all bandaged up.&nbsp; The nurse said you are allowed some water..but that's all."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>28-07-2010, 01:21:29</strong>
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				She looked at him and tears went down her cheek. She did not blamed him it was just a accident but her singing carrear was over. She groaned and looked at him again, she looked around and found a small notebook and a pen. She started to write something down as she tried to contain the tears flowing down of her eyes.<br><br>She showed him what she had written, "my singing carrear over? Is not your fault don't worry". <br><br>Groaning she looked at him and smiled, trying to cheer him up and she needing some cheering. She knew her singing carrear was most likely over. She did not had the voice to sing and that was her ticket to money, being a singer was her entire future.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>28-07-2010, 02:48:18</strong>
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				He watched her shakey hand write as tears streamed down her face.<br><br>Reading the writing he felt bad for her.&nbsp; "Just try to have faith.. you know..doctors.." he gave a weak smile.. it was obvious he was just trying to make her feel better.&nbsp; She would be lucky if she could even make a sound.. let alone the perfectly cared for .. perfectly pitched voice she had.&nbsp; Marie would forgo alcohol and carbonated beverages at night..she would steam her throat to keep her vocal chords supple.. and now all that sacrifice was for naught.<br><br>"Shh.. just try to rest..don't try to talk.. you need to heal right now.. don't worry about the future okay?" he could tell she was young.. too young to have really started a career.<br><br>"Did you want me to call anyone for you?&nbsp; I upgraded your room.. you can watch TV.. or if there is anything you want.. I know I don't have to do this.. I just feel so bad for you.. I want to try to make things comfortable for you."
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>29-07-2010, 22:46:22</strong>
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				She looked at him and sighed. Her throat was hurting like hell as she looked up to the ceiling. As she heard him she wrote down, "nobody, there is nobody in town who knows me, and no need to waste money to upgrade a room". She touched her ribs and noticed they too hurt, so did her leg wich was in a inmobilized. Grabbing the notebook she wrote again, "besides my throat, ribs and leg, and I okay?". She smiled as if to make a joke that she was screwed.<br><br>Looking at him she could tell he felt guilty, it was not his fault or hers, not anybodys fault. She looked at him and wrote down, "I am sorry, but you don't have to be here to see me suffer like this, is not your fault what happened, go and continue with your life". She gave the paper to him and she sighed.<br><br>The doctor came in and checked her throat. She opened her mouth and waited as the doctor checked her out. Taking a deep breath she smiled, "well the good news is that your leg and ribs will heal. The bad news is that... your throat won't, I am so sorry but you will not recover your voice". She took out a book of learning sign language and placed it on the desk as he looked at the man, "looks like the impact from the car crush her voice canal, there is no way to fix it".
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>30-07-2010, 01:31:18</strong>
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				He frowned and took the doctor aside.&nbsp; Maria could overhear him.<br><br>"Nothing you can do? I don't believe that.. isn't there some sortof therapy?&nbsp; Some sortof treatment or reconstruction or something?&nbsp; I don't care what it costs.. her voice is what's important."<br><br>The doctor touched Stefan shoulder like he was an upset parent or relative.. "I'm sorry.. there isn't anything that can be done.." befofe leaving.<br><br>Stefan frowned and came back to the bed.. "Don't you worry.. I'll call some real specialists..something.." he looked down.."I can't accept that.. this will be it.. I won't let it." he frowned and then paused..touching her hand.&nbsp; "I'm sorry this happened to you.&nbsp; You shouldn't be alone.. if you need anything..even just someone to sit with you.." he wrote down a phone number.&nbsp; Leaving it beside her he paused...."You..just call.&nbsp; Don't have to say anything.. I'll come.&nbsp; I promise."<br><br>He still held her hand..waiting for a reaction.. and then as the drugs in the IV the doctor hooked up started to work to allieviate the pain and make her feel drowsy..he sadly left.
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>30-07-2010, 01:50:10</strong>
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				She look at the doctor and her eyes went wide, she would recover fine but her ticket, her ticket to fame was ruined. She began to cry as the doctor hooked some medicine in the iv bag. She could not believe it, she was never going to speak again, she was never going to sing again. Her eyes became more depressed as she heard the man talk to the doctor, there was nothing she could do, anybody could do.<br><br>She looked at him take it all in his fault and she looked at him, writing she showed him her message, " don't worry, if this is what God wants with me then I will accept it. As I said it was not your fault at all, was just a freak acident , so cheer up you still have your life and so do I". She shrugged thinking at least part of her life was still there.<br><br>As he grabbed her hand she smiled, his warmth was smoothing as she looked at him, her hand moved to his cheek and gently traced his face with her hand before falling asleep. <br><br>As time passed he did not received any calls from her, nor text message. She did not wanted to bother him, she did enough was not a fair deal but she accepted it, he gave his car up and she gave her voice. A week passed easily and her wounds were mostly healed. In that time she did not received any visit, not even from the mistery woman who saved her.<br><br>She was asleep on the bed, the book given by the doctor resting on her chest as she slept. The book was very used, she had readen it like five times already.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>30-07-2010, 02:07:12</strong>
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				He had visited her.&nbsp; He would come after his work..slipping into her room.&nbsp; But she was always resting.. she talked to the nurses..she rested and read the book on sign language.. instead of fighting her fate..she drove herself into her new life..the life of being mute.&nbsp; He would sit while she was sleeping..and then leave.. returning to his business.<br><br>After his car was fixed.. he sold it.&nbsp; It was stained now.. he needed a change.&nbsp; Selling it back to a dealership.. he bought a jeep.&nbsp; He arranged his work schedule so that he could pick up the jeep, and then go to the hospital..but when he arrove Maria was sleeping.&nbsp; He sat beside her..drifting off..so the next time she woke..he was in the room... dressed in casual outdoor summer.. head to one side asleep in the chair beside her bed
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>31-07-2010, 05:19:45</strong>
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				She woke up, it has been a few days since the accident and she was a bit better. The ribs did not hurt as much and her leg was better. The nurses were super nice with her, they always brought everything she needed and even bathed her knowing that due to her ribs she was not supposed to move much. Her neck was still under bandage. <br><br>As she woke up she saw the man who had visited her the day of the accident besides her sleeping. She smiled and sighed shaking his arm just a little to wake him up. She looked at him and smiled saying "hi" but without a voice. She wrote on the board she used to comunicate, "I thought you forgot about me and kept moving with your life, the police came and asked me if I wanted to press charges against you.... I won't, I don't blame you". She smiled grabbing his hand as she nodded. 
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				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>03-08-2010, 23:42:34</strong>
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				He smiled back.<br><br>"No.. I've been visiting when I can.. you spend alot of time sleeping." he grimaced abit at the police part.<br><br>"Thank you.. it was just an accident..but all those lawyers.. things would have gotten messy.&nbsp; Besides.. I'm going to do whatever I can to make sure you're taken care of." it was true too.. he had spoken with the hospital to make sure she would want for nothing.<br><br>"Oh.. I picked this up." he pulled a CD from his bag.&nbsp; It was one that she had put together.. had a friend who ran them off and distributed through the couple bars she sang at.&nbsp; It was bittersweet to see that he had tracked down her indy-CD.. "You are really good.. I liked your music."&nbsp; He gave her a sad smile.. reaching to touch her hand.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>He shifts his chair closer.. just sitting with her.&nbsp; "I don't know what comes next.. " he admits.. "Just time to heal.. and trying he best specialists we can find"
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>04-08-2010, 00:09:56</strong>
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				She shook her head and sighed writing something, "you cannot fix something that is simply crushed, I am sorry but I don't think I will be able to speak again". Looking at what he took out she took two steps back and gently grabbed it bowing as he complimented her singing. She could not sing but she won't give up the gift of music she had received, she just needed another way to&nbsp; do it, another form or solution for her not having any voice.<br><br>She wrote something on the notebook, "take it, you been so nice to me so I want you to have it". Noticing his hand wanting to grab hers she smiled and let him do so. Somehow even though the man cost her voice she did not felt afraid of him, nor she felt pity. What she was feeling was something different, something she did not knew how to describe, perhaps was love but she was not sure of it. Smiling she sighed and hugged his arm as they walk out.<br><br>&nbsp;Her eyes closed as he lead her outside. Finally she could breathe fresh air and she opened them and adjusted to the light from outside. 
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				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>04-08-2010, 01:03:59</strong>
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				It was abit strange that he was the one taking her out..and not her family or friends.&nbsp; But he didn't mind..leading her out into the sun and fresh air for the first time.&nbsp; "Just be careful.. the doctors said that your throat will be very sensitive..if you're ever uncomfortable..let me know.&nbsp; And it's only soft foods for a couple weeks."<br><br>He lead her to the parking lot where his new jeep was parked.&nbsp; He loaded what little belongings she had into the back and helped her into the front seat.<br><br>"Is there anywhere you need to go before you go home?" he asked and waited for her to write down her answer.&nbsp; He nodded and walked around to get into the car.. 
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>04-08-2010, 01:38:09</strong>
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				She smiled as she saw the jeep, at least she won't be in the same car that screwed her over. She look at him and wrote the directions to her appartment if he was going to stay with her she needed some stuff. After she gave him the paper she got in the passanger seat and buckled up her seatbelt, she won't have another accident if she could try not to. She wrote something and showed it to him, "drive carefully". She smiled kissing his cheek as he drove off. <br><br>The way to her house was quiet, she did not said anything to him, she seemed to be lost in her own world. She took the CD from him and put it on, as her voice came out singing she smiled, she trully had a amazing voice and only now she noticed. Taking a deep breath she looked outside and began singing in her mind, maybe that way she could still have some sort of sanity into all this.<br><br>As they got into her appartment building he noticed it was in the middle of the most dangerous place in the city. She wrote something and showed it to him, "stay here, your car can be stolen here if you leave it alone". She got out and ran inside the building. As she entered her appartment she threw out sour milk and everything she needed to throw out. She then ran and grabbed a bag full of clothes and her stuff. Finally she took a notebook full of songs and a violin and rushed out of the appartment. She placed the bag of clothes in his car and got in nodding and writing, "lets go".
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				Title: <strong>Re: Lost Future (Kasen03 &amp; Acid Lips)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kasen03</strong> on <strong>06-08-2010, 19:13:27</strong>
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				He didn't mind driving her home.. actually he had not planned too much of anything out.&nbsp; He wasn't impressed that she lived in such a rough neighbourhood..and now without the ability to speak.. to call out if she was attacked.. it was even more dangerous now.<br><br>He waited.. eyeing back a bunch of hoodlums who were watching him sit there.. and then saw her come out with a violin case and a couple bags.&nbsp; He helped her put those in the back, and then wordlessly he drove on.. out of that part of town.<br><br>"not the best neighbourhood" he stated the obvious.. driving back to suburbia.. to a small house nestled on a small quiet quaint street.&nbsp; Down the street some teens were throwing a football back and forth.. it was idyllic.&nbsp; Outside the wafting smell of someone BBQing mixed with the sound and smell of someone cutting their grass.<br><br>"Come on.. umm..I don't have a big place..and well.. I live alone.." he leads her into his place.. the basement is unfurnished..upstairs the living room is very 'male' looking.. black leather couches.. large screen TV and entertainment system.. then there is a bedroom with a large bed.. an office with several computers and monitors.. even a sound board and cameras and lights.. small bathroom with laundry and a kitchen with a little table.<br><br>"Umm.. I'm sure we can work out things." he says..helping her bring her bags in..and giving her the tour.. "Just make yourself at home..and if there is anything you need..please..let me know."
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