He blinked slowly. "A boyscout, huh? Makes sense then, that you always come prepared." He glanced at the spider she had called cute and then at the cat she was holding. "The cat I call Flower. She likes to eat dandelions, when she can find some. She's got kittens hidden in the back corner of the alley. She usually doesn't trust people she first meets. You have a way with animals." At least the topic changed from healing me to animals. She doesn't need to know how deep that guy cut me. No need to scare her. Besides, I've been hurt worse. His hand went up to his face, fingering the scar down his left eye subconsciously. I've been hurt much worse...

"oh you poor thing!" she set the cat down and she ran off to feed her kittens"thanks for telling me " she stared at his cut"if you feel any worse please let me know!"she got up and hugged him carefully feeling her face heat up"you smell like sage"she mumbled under her breath and and let go of him and turned back to the mewing cat"I'll come back with a cage for you guys, make sure your healthy"

He managed not to freak out when she hugged him - it was a first. The only time people had ever touched him ended up with them hurting him. This was a nice change. He felt his face heat up a bit, wondering what sudden impulse made her do that. Oh, well. I guess she's someone I could call a friend. She could be more.... but isn't she already promised to someone? I'll have to settle for friend. It's better than nothing again. He watched as she waved the cat away, noticing how she was nice to even the animals. Is love even possible for me? Is friendship? I don't think it is, and hoping always leads to disappointment. But...I think it's already too late to walk away and forget sara. She's the only one who's ever treated me like something other than trash. Even I view myself as street scum. So why doesn't she?

"oh great! I have to go home to meet the one guys!" she snorted and pulled back"im im back and three hours assume he got kicked somewhere un-pleasent " she grinned and felt herself depressed he seems like the one...if only happy marriage was possible for me... she turned and ran off crying and crashed into a man"seems my wife is already running to me!" he grinned and grabbed her hand and she gagged loudly"oh come on now! other then letting me use you, you will have a happy rich life!" he tugged her and she growled"your old enough to be my father!and I don't want that life " she pulled away stepped backwards tripping over the curb and watched as a car flew right by her and almost crashed into her I almost died... "im 16! just leave me alone!" she scratched his face and hit his eye and he growled and slapped her"you little brat" he was cut off with a lovely kick between the legs (XD)

(Great job sara XD)

He frowned. "Ya know, I could easily solve this issue by killing the dude." The way the man treated sara infuriated him - and he had obviously never had a life where he knew what it was like to feel as upset as sara was right now. He eyed the man, who was beding over, holding himself and winced slightly. Oooo, that was a good one. Painful, but he deserved it. Self note - if she gets mad, stay away from her feet.

(ahh yes, my lovely feet)

"yes and have the mafia chase you down? I think not" she stared at the man "if he dies im taking credit" she let out a bark of laughter and the man fired off a shot, intended to scare them but it hit a kitten "oh you just fucked up you dumbass "she threw the knife and it stuck in his skull, she watched him drop to his knee's and she let out a insane grin, she frowned and ran to the kitten and realised it was to late"im so sorry...." she let tears drip down her face"im the reason of another innocent death" she sat on her knees and stroked the mother, fretting about her child(lets not mention he said "if you let me use you" uhhhh im 16!)

He snorted. "They couldn't catch me. Do you know how many mafia I've avoided and or killed in my years out here?" He looked at her and his voice softened a bit. "Its not your fault about the cat. Shes already lost three of starvation- shes struggling to find food as it is. We all are. If anything, that shot put it out of its misery and saved it from slowly starving to death." We walked over to the guy and looked at him. He had seen enough corpses to know the look in someone's eye when they were dead. He threw the guy over his shoulder and glanced back at sara. "I'll get rid of the body. Be right back." He put the guys body farther down the alley, where the rats were already starting to come out of the shadows. At least the rats are good for getting rid of evidence. The bad part is once they get into a feeding frenzy, they'll attack and eat anything that moves. He threw the guy down and jogged back to sara, knowing the guys bones would be picked clean within the hour. He sat down next to her wiping the blood off his hands onto his pants. "You alright? Have you ever actually killed someone before?"

"No,it's terrible!" She wrapped her arms around him and let herself lean on him"my parents will kill me!" She felt herself losing her grip and fell over exhausted and passed out my god wake up!you weak fool get up! She thrashed and felt herself fall into a dreamless sleep waiting to be woken up but unable to

He let her sleep - he knew what it was like killing someone for the first time. He sat there with her, her arms still around him as he watched for dangers. that phrase... my parents will kill me....she has no idea that mine actually tried to kill me. She has no idea that some parents arent as nice as hers. Shes still so innocent. So free. She doesnt wake up every morning wishing she were dead. He sighed and looked down at her. She looked peaceful when she was asleep. He leaned against the wall and felt himself drifting off as well. He fell asleep almost immediately, wondering how long it would take nightmares to wake him this time.

She wrapped her arms around him only to find her parents standing in the alley,she looked at sage and got up,going in the car"you filthy rat we didn't raise you to live like this!"they pulled over to an abandoned hut and threw her inside locking the door behind them"we only adopted you because having a daughter could secure us better spots,since your useless now....have fun dying slowly "she turned shocked and let out a whimper"your ....husband,will be here soon"she smacked her across the face "so look decent" she was shocked ,she knew her "parents" hated her but not this much,she sighed and started cleaning ,she jumped when she heard a yowl and she opened the door,flower dropped a kitten at her door and ran off,she picked the kitten up and cleaned it,getting rid of all the bugs,she was surprised to find that flower was bringing her kittens to her and then bounded off .little did she know flower was going back to get sage