The Strings Between Us

30-' Twenty one questions'

We walked in silence staring at the sky.

Watching the sunset was one of my favourite things to do, the contrast between the light and dark and it colliding was a beautiful phenomena to watch.

'So...' Neil was the first one to talk.

'You wanna play something?' I asked.

'Sure,21 questions?'

'Okay.'

'I'll go first' I said, 'What's your favourite colour right now?'

He seemed surprised, 'Not what I was expecting.'

'I'm not jumping to the big questions Neil,we'll start slow'

'It's navy blue'

Still the same.

I smiled.

'Yours?' He asked

'Mine's the same too.'

'Off white.' He said immediately, grinning.

He remembered.

He didn't forget like everyone else.

'Your best friend?' He asked even though it was my turn.

My smile dropped before I could stop myself,I shook my head.

'No one, there's no one now.'

I decided to change the topic before he said anything and things got awkward.

'So you and this guy Zach huh?'

'Yeah, he's the self proclaimed best friend' Neil laughed and said best friends with commas in the air.

'He seems like a nice guy.'

'He is.'

'So your parents how are they?' Neil asked.

I saw this one coming.

'My mom's dead, sister's an agent and dad....well he wants me to stay away from him.' 

I said in one breath.

'Your hands are shaking.' Neil said holding my hand.

'Yeah it-it's cold' I said trying to come up with an excuse, I didn't like talking about my family because of  the pitiful look people gave me.

'You still can't lie.' Neil stated.

'Can' I argued.

'Can't.'

We're both too stubborn so I changed the topic again.

'Enough about mine , what about yours?'

'Same story with a little twist except they both died, in a car accident.'

'Neil...'

'On my birthday' he continued 'while talking to me on the phone.'

He had zoned out going back to the day of the accident.

'Neil!' I screamed, jerking his shoulders

He had lost as much as I had if not more,his parents were good people, they weren't always around but they were always there for him.

Thinking about what must have happened broke my heart,I couldn't imagine how lonely he must have felt.

I pulled him into a hug and stroked his hair.

My hoodie was soon damp from his tears.

I tried not to cry along with him, he needed the space.

We must have stood there for a minute.

Before we were pulled apart with guns pointing to our heads.

Ahahaha 

Please don't kill me lol.

But as I promised action was coming soon so here it is , get ready for some pretty crazy  chapters especially from Chapter  32!

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