"We're all like the bright moon, we have a dark side " - Kahlil Gibran
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Shelly's Pov

Evening was approaching, fast. A dark night. After all the hustle and bustle in the city and the constant exposure to light I didn't know what absolute darkness felt like.

I felt my stomach growl in anticipation, I thought it was anticipation until food was served.
Then I found out it was just hunger after the five hour walk.

The balcony was open and I went outside counting the number of huts in the village. Three I found.
Three huts and around two shops. They were part hut and shop so I'll just call them 'hutops.'

The ' hutops ' had tea bags and some instant noodles, they also had in their possession some biscuits.

A tiny spitz was barking and talking away to glory a two year old girl acting as his listener as if she understood every word.

The tiny girl had large eyes and she was fair, she was wearing a yellow dress that frilled near her knees. They were dirty so much so that I could say that they probably couldn't afford many clothes.

THUMP!

A pair of hands on my shoulders, I immediately knew who it was so I giggled. " Hello!"

- " Hi" he whispered in my ear, " isn't the girl beautiful? "

Yes. Just like ours will be. NO SHELLY YOU DID NOT JUST THINK THAT.

I turned to him and flashed a smile, " She is"

His eyes wandered around my face and he smirked. No word passed between us.

Ugh!! It was the first day of walking and if I grow feelings it's going to ruin this '!.

I heard the stairs creek. Their were two sets of stairs to the balcony, my parents were coming from the one in the front from the village.

His smirk never left his face as he let go slowly and moved a bit down as if savouring me and then just like that he was gone.

He left from the back stairs.

I turned to look back at the tiny girl who's beauty had caused so many emotions to pass between Stephen and Me without conversation.

I saw her looking. She awarded me with a smile and a wave.

I was overjoyed and that ecstatic feeling increased when she beckoned me to her.
My parents had already come up the stairs and were beside me to see why I was in so much joy. I love children.

I looked at my mother and then sprinted for the stairs they had come up from.

I had taken two steps in quick succession but then it happened. My feet missed a step on the wooden stairs without a railing and I fell.

I had sprained my ankle. We were scheduled to a ten hour walk the next day.

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So what do you think? The chapters are going to get long because I'm going to give their ten days in as much detail as possible. Would you be ookay with that?

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