March 26, 1994

Tyler plays with a golden necklace and opens the medallion. He smiles at the sight and and his smile disappears as soon as he closes it again.

Saturday, 08:03 am. Grocery shopping time.

He folds the necklace with its medallion in a small, soft piece of fabric, before hiding it in the right pocket of his pants. He grabs his keys, slides his jacket on and walks down the stairs of the flat.

He breathes slowly and softly and avoids any eye contact. When he enters the small drugstore, he hears a cellphone ring.

Tyler makes eye contact with the man behind the counter. He smiles apologetically. Tyler nods and walks over to the fridge. He grabs milk and butter, then he walks over to the eggs and grabs a six-pack, and then he walks over to the counter again.

"Yeah, yeah that's good, fine. I have a costumer now, so I gotta go. Okay. Love you too." He sighs and hangs up.

"Good morning Tyler," He greets.

"Good morning Aaron. Do you have some bread?" Tyler asks with a low voice.

Aaron says he does and grabs a whole bread wrapped in brown paper, while Tyler puts his groceries on the counter. "Here ya go. Is that everything you need?"

"Yes."

"You never get yourself anything else than that. You should try some cheese."

"Not interested," Tyler replies.

Aaron sighs and walks over to the fridge to grab some cheese and Nutella and throws it on the counter.

"It's on me. four seventy-five please."

While Tyler grabs his money, he mutters a thank you. Aaron packs everything in a paper bag and hands it to Tyler. "Have a good day."

Tyler nods and leaves. But when he just gets out of the store, he bumps against a a boy.

"Ouch! Oh, I'm so sorry!" The boy apologises. Tyler notices he is young, short and has curly, brown hair paired with dark brown eyes.

"It's fine."

The boy smiles uncomfortably and walks into the drugstore. Tyler makes his way to his apartment.

When he finally arrives at his probably temporary home, he decides to make himself breakfast before doing the laundry.

He cooks an egg and thinks about maybe buying a pack of orange juice the next time. He fills his plate with the cooked egg and a piece of bread with Nutella smudged over it.

Tyler eats his meal quickly and brings his empty plate to the kitchen sink and starts to do the dishes. He yawns. Tyler hasn't slept well in forever.

Just when he wants to start his daily workout, he wants to put his necklace on the table, but he finds out that his necklace isn't in his right pocket anymore.

His chest tightens, his throat feels dry and thick and he can't breath anymore. "Shit," he chokes out. He begins to search around the apartment and eventually runs out of the building to find the object that meant more to him than he ever noticed it did.

And as if it was planned, he runs into the boy from before. "Hey I was looking for you! I've got your necklace," he smiles.

"Give it back to me," Tyler snaps.

"Sorry," the boy apogolises softly.

Tyler immediatelly softens when he feels the cold metal through the soft piece of fabric in his hand and looks at the boy.

"Thank you," he says quickly and leaves before the boy could say anything back.

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Josh rides his bike downdown while holding the paper bag of groceries in his left hand. He picks up his pace and takes a deep breath. He loves the wind that ruffles his curly brown hair with their soft hands, and josh laughs. He rides his bike into the park and stops at a flower field he used to play in when he was a small kid. He plucks a few flowers and is careful while putting them into the paper bag. He continues his trip home.

When he arrives, he locks his bike and sneaks into house to put the flowers in a vase to surprise his mom.

"Hello dear! You're home already?"

"Yes mum, I've got a surprise for you, look!" Josh shows his mother the vase. Laura gasps in delight and hugs her son. "You're so sweet," she tells him. "The person who will marry you will be a lucky man," she winks. Josh blushes and smiles.

"Thanks for doing the groceries, Josh," William says.

"No problem pa."

Josh walks up the stairs and as soon as he enters his bedroom, he lays on the floor to grab his Dookie mixtape. He smirks and puts his earphones in his ears. His parents forbid him to listen to bands which aren't christian, so he always asked his friends in the music store for recommendations he could listen to in the old school way.

He makes his chemistry homework and smiles when he's done. "Abigail!"

Abigail comes running into his room. "Yes bub!"

"C'mere," Josh says while opening his arms for Abigail to jump in. She squeals and jumps into his arms like Josh expected.

"Love you Joshwa!"

Josh smiles. He finds his little sister the most adorable human being on earth. "I love you too, Abi," he says, "and I need your help."

She smirks. "Five dollars or a lollipop."

He rolls his eyes playfully and grabs a lollipop out of his pocket he has bought before he went buying groceries. When Abigail reaches for it, he puts his arm in the air so it was not possible for her to grab it. She pouts.

"Listen carefully. Your big brother is going out tomorrow night, but I don't want mum and dad to know. And this is the first opportunity I get to ever do this, so I need you to help me not to screw this up."

"Mhkay."

"So what I need you to do, is put pillows in my bed, so when they come into my room, it looks like I'm sleeping, and you have to tell them that I'm working on a very important assignment and that I don't want to be disturbed. When they offer to bring food, you have to say that you want to bring it, and you can eat the food yourself if you feel like it," he says, "or you can throw it outside the window, that's an option too," he laughs.

"Okay, but I want the lollipop now."

Josh unwraps the lollipop and gives it to Abigail, who immediately puts it in her mouth and runs away.

He smiles to himself and decides to work on his art project. The assignment was that he had to make an art piece of someone you love.

He picked his little sister.

He had already drawn her, but now he is struggling to find the perfect colours, because he does want it to be realistic, but he doesn't want to use realistic colours.

He paints the background a light shade of blue, with a dark blue pattern. He's a fast worker, but it takes him an hour, since the dark blue pattern is very detailed. He smiles when he's done and goes into the bathroom to take a shower.

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When Tyler is done doing the laundry, he puts his feet under the closet and begins to do his morning 50 sit ups.

He thinks about going out tomorrow, even though he doesn't like going out. He has worked hard for a year straight now, and he thinks he deserves a break.

He used to like going out. Well, before the thing happened.

And maybe, when he would find her, everything could go back to normal. But there is also a chance, that nothing would ever be the same again, no matter how much Tyler would be trying to make it happen. But he couldn't just give up before trying. He would keep trying, even if he would have to risk his life.

but now, he had to finish his sit-ups.

baby steps, tyler. i'll get there

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A/N ok so eurydome and i came up with a gr8 idea for this book so let's go.
(this has been a draft for AGES ohmagawd)