Chapter 1: Great Introductions.

A Chapter by HayleyRJ

Now, I’ll start where everyone starts; At the start because starting anywhere else is stupid and confusing.

It was October or maybe September, as far as I remember it was raining and at 16 I could not yet drive [I also didn’t hitchhike this is not one of those stories]. I was cold and alone. I saw a boy not far from me, black hair, blue eyes, confused and also alone. I took a chance and sat next to him on the bench, mainly for shelter, but for fun too. It was half an hour of awkward sitting and mumbling about the weather before I managed to convince him to get a drink with me. Yes we were both underage but I had a fake ID.
“I don’t even know your name?” it sounded like a question to me.
“The polite thing to do is to ask…” I smiled.
“I’m Charlie, what’s your name?” he was blushing, I assumed he was blushing but by the time it was quite dark.
“Remi. The names Remi.” I realised that we were now just sitting and nodding, “Fake ID, pub over the road. Let’s go.”
Why didn’t you do this sooner? Well the boy seemed quite shy and I didn’t want to frighten him. Moreover, he may not have drunk alcohol.

So with that we were best friends and after a few weeks found out both of us were in the same situation. We were both homeless. We lived like turtles, with our homes on our backs and a tiny diet.

I'm going to spoil my own story for you, we both live and it's a moderately happy ending. Weirdos.

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