Ch. 1 The sunlight beamed down through the hole in the roof, reminding Nova of the urgency of repairing it. The storm had put it there a week earlier and she had just moved her desk under it, deciding to use all the extra light she could get. It almost seemed to be taunting her, though, threatening to rain again just for the simple fact that she had taken advantage of it. Most problematic though was that it was a source of distraction for the young writer, and it was for that reason she finally agreed to spend her 100 tab emergency savings getting the supplies.
As she wrote up her article on the previous week’s incident involving the stolen items from Mollys’, she began to question why she decided to write the newspaper for the settlement; …show more content…
Heading toward the nearest hotel, she began to go over what she was going to actually say, but before she had come to any conclusion, she found herself standing outside the door. Once inside, she quickly spotted Boston sleeping on a mattress in the far corner of the room and quietly approached, hoping the other girl wouldn’t mind being woken up. “Boston,” she whispered. She didn’t move, so she raised her volume a little, “Boston, wake up.” The girl sat up slightly, squinting in the dark, “Nova? How did you know where-“ she chuckled as she attempted to rub the sleep out of her eyes, “nevermind. What time is it?” “I’m not sure,” Nova mumbled, “can I talk to you?” However, Boston was lost in thought; she had definitely noticed before, but something about the candlelight made Nova even more beautiful than she already was. Maybe it was the way the flickering flame lit up the loose curls in her blond hair, or the way the light jumped across her smooth pale skin telling stories of her innocence. Until now, Boston didn’t think the world made room for anything unbroken. Suddenly, she noticed the brown eyes staring into her own. “Oh, sorry,” she cleared her throat, “what did you say?” “I just wanted to talk to you. Can we go
As she wrote up her article on the previous week’s incident involving the stolen items from Mollys’, she began to question why she decided to write the newspaper for the settlement; …show more content…
Heading toward the nearest hotel, she began to go over what she was going to actually say, but before she had come to any conclusion, she found herself standing outside the door. Once inside, she quickly spotted Boston sleeping on a mattress in the far corner of the room and quietly approached, hoping the other girl wouldn’t mind being woken up. “Boston,” she whispered. She didn’t move, so she raised her volume a little, “Boston, wake up.” The girl sat up slightly, squinting in the dark, “Nova? How did you know where-“ she chuckled as she attempted to rub the sleep out of her eyes, “nevermind. What time is it?” “I’m not sure,” Nova mumbled, “can I talk to you?” However, Boston was lost in thought; she had definitely noticed before, but something about the candlelight made Nova even more beautiful than she already was. Maybe it was the way the flickering flame lit up the loose curls in her blond hair, or the way the light jumped across her smooth pale skin telling stories of her innocence. Until now, Boston didn’t think the world made room for anything unbroken. Suddenly, she noticed the brown eyes staring into her own. “Oh, sorry,” she cleared her throat, “what did you say?” “I just wanted to talk to you. Can we go