She smiled slightly into his shoulder. She hoped he would stay with her whenever he wanted, it seemed to be the only way she could help, at least for now.

he felt a single tear roll down his cheek. it was so good to have a friend

She pulled away slightly after a few minutes. "So, do you.. need anything to stay over tonight?"

he shrugged, " not really."

"Okay," she nodded. "Are you.. do you want to go back to my place now?"

"will you get in trouble because of me?"

"Maybe," she shrugged. "But I don't think they're going to be too upset on account of the fact you're the first friend since... yeah."

"Ah...I see." he nodded, " thanks Brooklynn."

She smiled. "You don't need to thank me."

he chuckled, " well I'm going to...and more than just once."

"If you insist," she replied, smiling still.

he nodded, " I do. I'm glad I ran into you...and in our case that means very literally."

oxford girl wrote:

she took a deep breath, he did drugs, he had been in jail, what else had he done that she didn't know about? "ok."

"was that too much information?" he asked

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well now that its Monday I felt I needed to update. I have bronchitis so I won't be on for a few more days. sorry.

Brooklynn smiled and nodded. "Yeah, very literally."

"no," she looked down, she wanted to tell him everything, but she couldn't, not yet. "Any other secrets?"

he thought about it for a minute, " not anything in particular. how about you?"


Carl smiled as they walked