14 Jul 2020, 22:23
A Friend In The Shadows
@Kate Elm I'm sorry this is so poorly written I've had a bit of writer's block recentlyWas Alec kind of like a stalker for watching the neighborhood kids play through the window? Kinda? They all thought he was sort of weird for just watching them and not going out to play. But it's not like he actually could. His parents wouldn't let him. And in all honesty it was sort of cruel Alec knew they meant well but resented it. Quite a bit. The only time he actually got to go out was when he snuck out at night. Sure it wasn't the best idea, but it was better than doing nothing.He'd only snuck out a few times so far. And it was the start of a long time of doing this. But throughout this period of time there was a girl. Her name was Kate.. He hadn't known her name till a bit later. But when he watched the neighborhood kids play, she was usually out there. And she usually saw him through the window and waved. It was a small be appreciated gesture. And that's when the letters began. He'd 'sent her a letter' first(just put in in the mailbox) and she replied. There letters went on for weeks writing about one thing or another Alec mentioning his 'mean' older sister from time to time. It was nice.It was nice to have someone you know you could write to about anything. And you hadn't even technically met this person in person. Only seen them outside a window. Interesting how life worked like that. So Alec proposed an idea in his most recent letter.And surprisingly, she'd agreed. And when your young and there's not much to do, all you have left is to count the days till the 'big event'. When the day finally came to see her in person Alec was estatic. It was like meeting an old friend after you hadn't seen each other for the longest time. It kind of was though, since he hadn't. Well, he actually had never seen her.. They just spoke through letters and she saw the occasional sketches Alec would send from time to time. Sending sketches started with the whole Alec doodling on the paper while he was trying to think and went on from there.ᦔꫀꪖ𝘳 𝘬ꪖ𝓽ꫀ 𝘴ꪮ𝘳𝘳ꪗ 𝓽ꫝꫀ𝘳ꫀ'𝘴 ᥇ꫀꫀꪀ 𝘴ꪊᥴꫝ ꪖ ꪶꪮꪀᧁ ᭙ꪖ𝓲𝓽 ᠻꪮ𝘳 ꪖ ꪶꫀ𝓽𝓽ꫀ𝘳 ᥇ꪖᥴ𝘬! ᭙ꫀ ᭙ꫀꪀ𝓽 𝓽ꪮ ꪑꪗ ᧁ𝘳ꪖꪀᦔᠻꪖ𝓽ꫝꫀ𝘳𝘴 𝘳ꫀᥴꫀꪀ𝓽ꪶꪗ, ꪖꪀᦔ ꫀꪜꫀ𝘳ꪗ᥇ꪮᦔꪗ'𝘴 ꪶ𝓲ᠻꫀ ꪖ𝓽 ꪑꪗ ꫝꪮꪊ𝘴ꫀ ꫝꪖ𝘴 ᥇ꫀꫀꪀ ꪖ ꪑꫀ𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝓲ꪀᥴꫀ. 𝓲 ᭙ꪖ𝘴 𝓽ꫝ𝓲ꪀ𝘬𝓲ꪀᧁ ꪑꪖꪗ᥇ꫀ ᭙ꫀ ᥴꪮꪊꪶᦔ ꫝꪖꪀᧁ ꪮꪊ𝓽? 𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙ 𝓲'ꪑ ꪀꪮ𝓽 ꪖꪶꪶꪮ᭙ꫀᦔ 𝓽ꪮ ꪖᥴ𝓽ꪊꪖꪶꪶꪗ ᧁꪮ ꪮꪊ𝓽. ᥇ꪊ𝓽 ꪑꪖꪗ᥇ꫀ ᭙ꫀ ᥴꪮꪊꪶᦔ 𝘴ꪀꫀꪖ𝘬 ꪮꪊ𝓽? ꪀꫀ᥊𝓽 ᭙ꫀꫀ𝘬ꫀꪀᦔ? ᭙ꫀ ᥴꪮꪊꪶᦔ ᧁꪮ 𝓽ꪮ ᧁ𝘳ꫀꪜ𝓲ꪶꪶꫀ 𝘴ꪑꪗ𝓽ꫝ ρꪖ𝘳𝘬! 𝓲'ꪑ 𝘴ꪊ𝘳ꫀ ꪗꪮꪊ'ꪜꫀ ᥇ꫀꫀꪀ 𝓽ꫝꫀ𝘳ꫀ ᥇ꫀᠻꪮ𝘳ꫀ, 𝓲𝓽'𝘴 ꪀꪮ𝓽 𝓽ꫝꪖ𝓽 ᠻꪖ𝘳 ᠻ𝘳ꪮꪑ 𝓽ꫝꫀ ꫝꪮꪊ𝘴ꫀ! 𝘴𝓲ꪀᥴꫀ𝘳ꫀꪶꪗ ᭙ꫝ𝓲ᥴꫝ 𝓲𝘴 𝘴ꪊᥴꫝ ꪖ ᭙ꫀ𝓲𝘳ᦔ ᭙ꪮ𝘳ᦔ, ꪖꪶꫀᥴ
Reducio(This font is hard to read so here it is without Alec's handwriting.)
Dear Kate
Sorry there's been such a long wait for a letter back!
We went to my grandfathers recently, and everybody's life at my house has been a mess since.
I was thinking maybe we could hang out? I know I'm not allowed to actually go out.
But maybe we could sneak out? Next weekend? We could go to Greville Smyth Park!
I'm sure you've been there before, it's not that far from the house!
Sincerely which is such a weird word, Alec
Anyway, it was around eleven at night, everybody had finally gone to bed and Alec was ready to sneak out. Of course his little sneak out mission had to include a whole little sneaky spy cue. So there Alec is sneaking down the stairs trying to be as quiet as he can as to not let the bad guys know he's here. And he steps on the last step. 'CreAKkk' Of course, of course Alec had forgotten about the last step. He glanced back up the stairway looking into the dark. And once he assumed it was safe and nobody was up he left the house and waited on the driveway for Kate to come out so they could go.
♔ House ♔ Date: July 10th 2016(Alec is 7)
15 Jul 2020, 02:33
A Friend In The Shadows
(Don't worry about it, I guarantee you mine will be worse. And kinda cringey, sorry about this whole mess lol.)
Kate yawned and stretched, slowly sliding out of bed. It was a Friday morning and as she pulled some clothes on, she thought about what she would do that day. Maybe bake something with her parents, goof around outside for a bit... outside... She grinned. Today she had plans with Alec! It would be nice doing something with someone else for once... she enjoyed playing around with the neighbors, but she saw them every day. She knew everything about them and she wanted to meet new people.
Kate guessed that was why she was so intrigued by him. He was new and interesting, and she wanted to know more about him. What did he do, up in his room all day? She supposed she sounded like a creepy stalker, but sometimes she wondered why he never came outside when she was out there. He hadn't mentioned anything about that particular subject in his letters. She shrugged, looking down at her outfit. White shorts and a pale shirt. Definitely not the best outfit for sneaking out later... she'd have to change, she decided. As she did her hair, she thought for a bit. She'd never disobeyed her parents before. She was a good child and had a good life. Sometimes they had disagreements, but that was normal. She sighed and finished tying her hair up. If it meant she could meet up with Alec, she'd do it. For some odd reason, she felt like they were going to best friends... maybe she was getting her hopes up. She heard her parents calling her down and rushed outside.
That night, she crawled out of bed, pulling on dark jeans and a black shirt Me trying to make it as long as I can by adding unnecessary details about her outfit lmao, sorry. and carrying her shoes in her hands so she wouldn't make any noise. She padded down the stairs quietly and opened the door slowly, cringing at the small noise it made. Normally it would have sounded quieter than a fly, but even flies are loud at night. well. that made no sense at all. She closed it quietly and knelt down to put her shoes on.
Kate yawned and stretched, slowly sliding out of bed. It was a Friday morning and as she pulled some clothes on, she thought about what she would do that day. Maybe bake something with her parents, goof around outside for a bit... outside... She grinned. Today she had plans with Alec! It would be nice doing something with someone else for once... she enjoyed playing around with the neighbors, but she saw them every day. She knew everything about them and she wanted to meet new people.
Kate guessed that was why she was so intrigued by him. He was new and interesting, and she wanted to know more about him. What did he do, up in his room all day? She supposed she sounded like a creepy stalker, but sometimes she wondered why he never came outside when she was out there. He hadn't mentioned anything about that particular subject in his letters. She shrugged, looking down at her outfit. White shorts and a pale shirt. Definitely not the best outfit for sneaking out later... she'd have to change, she decided. As she did her hair, she thought for a bit. She'd never disobeyed her parents before. She was a good child and had a good life. Sometimes they had disagreements, but that was normal. She sighed and finished tying her hair up. If it meant she could meet up with Alec, she'd do it. For some odd reason, she felt like they were going to best friends... maybe she was getting her hopes up. She heard her parents calling her down and rushed outside.
That night, she crawled out of bed, pulling on dark jeans and a black shirt Me trying to make it as long as I can by adding unnecessary details about her outfit lmao, sorry. and carrying her shoes in her hands so she wouldn't make any noise. She padded down the stairs quietly and opened the door slowly, cringing at the small noise it made. Normally it would have sounded quieter than a fly, but even flies are loud at night. well. that made no sense at all. She closed it quietly and knelt down to put her shoes on.
- Kate Elm
15 Jul 2020, 04:50
A Friend In The Shadows
@Kate ElmAlec grinned the second he saw her come out. Immediately going up to her. "S-sorry.. M-my parents are mean w-with t-the rules" Alec said. It was the slight truth. The overarching truth of course was that Alec's parents just didn't want him playing with muggle kids. Of course it's not like he could bring it up saying. 'My parents don't want me talking or playing with muggles' it sounded rude and stuck up. Besides, it's not like a muggle kid would know what a muggle is, anyway. I mean, how could they? It was only a term those of the wizarding world used. A place he felt far from while living in this muggle neighborhood."I-I know the way to Greville Sm-Smyth park b-by heart... That and t-the petrol station are w-where I-I go w-when I sneak out" Alec explained silently hoping his stutter wasn't very noticeable, but it clearly was. What else was there for a bored seven-year-old to do? Sketching and staring at the ants walk across the kitchen get's boring after a certain amount of time. Either that or playing with a little one-year-old it got boring. What could Alec say? Even his imagination got boring after a certain amount of time. He was the shy seven-year-old who craved adventure.Sneaking out was an adventure in itself. But with someone else was even better! He was used to going alone, but Alec bet that could get boring sometimes too. So could going to the petrol station or Greville Smyth park, but that was besides the point. Alec promised himself he'd never get bored with that place. And when he got old and grey, he wouldn't be all grumpy like some of the people here were. Sure they were elders but theirs no need to be mean. It's like Alec claiming he's grumpy because he's 'so young' it doesn't work like that. And Alec is very, very old compared to some kids here so.. Ha!
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16 Jul 2020, 06:12
A Friend In The Shadows
Kate finished tying her shoelaces and stood up, a smile on her face. "Yeah, that sounds great!" she said. She hadn't known about Alec's stutter, but it didn't bother her. She'd feel like a bad person if it did, especially considering her brother used to have a stutter. "So your parents are really strict?" she asked him.
She knew about the struggles with strict parents, due to some of her friends having them. They'd always complain about them being harder on the older siblings. She was a middle kid, the one being forgotten all the time. Her parents wouldn't miss her - they had two other kids to worry about. Kate was fine with it, but sometimes it made her a bit sad. They loved her, and she knew they did, but she couldn't shake the feeling that they were more important than her. She glanced back quickly into the house through a window, making sure nobody had noticed she was gone. They hadn't. She wasn't surprised. A little part of her wished they had noticed she was gone, but the rest of her was glad they hadn't. Getting caught would be terrible - it would mean they would punish her and keep a closer eye on her, which would be bad, especially if they did this again some time.
@AlecMason sorry it took so long and sorry it was short! I didn't have much time to get on today.
She knew about the struggles with strict parents, due to some of her friends having them. They'd always complain about them being harder on the older siblings. She was a middle kid, the one being forgotten all the time. Her parents wouldn't miss her - they had two other kids to worry about. Kate was fine with it, but sometimes it made her a bit sad. They loved her, and she knew they did, but she couldn't shake the feeling that they were more important than her. She glanced back quickly into the house through a window, making sure nobody had noticed she was gone. They hadn't. She wasn't surprised. A little part of her wished they had noticed she was gone, but the rest of her was glad they hadn't. Getting caught would be terrible - it would mean they would punish her and keep a closer eye on her, which would be bad, especially if they did this again some time.
@AlecMason sorry it took so long and sorry it was short! I didn't have much time to get on today.
- Kate Elm
17 Jul 2020, 20:58
A Friend In The Shadows
@Kate ElmAlec let out a small sigh and nodded. "I-I mean I've never been in big t-trouble before s-so it doesn't really give them m-much reason to b-be. They just are, " He shrugged before switching the uncomfortable topic to something he preferred talking about. "Ever seen Greville (Greville Smyth Park) at night?" Alec asked as he started walking, making sure she was following. "It's really pretty, especially during the fall-" He kicked at a small rock while he walked giving an awkward laugh. "A-although It's most likely not a lot compared to other t-things" Alec admitted. He knew there were places people viewed as much prettier.But in Alec's mind, it was all about perspective. The way you choose to look at things. Bad things can be good if you look at it from another angle. And same goes with good things. It was weird. Alec tend to make the best out of a negative situation but make the worst out of a positive one. He got so worried and caught up in his thoughts thinking of all the ways something could go wrong. And not breathing one sigh of relief till it did."I-I already know of a f-few or your favorite things.." Alec said. Only the ones that'd been mentioned in the letters. Alec pondered it trying to remember the very few ones he knew. "B-but what's y-your favorite colour? After a-all, they are the th-things that make the world bright and beautiful. Y-you kind of have to love 'em" Alec said, grinning slightly. He was an awkward person, and he knew it. It was funny though. Funny that with just the right people at just the right time. Things seemed to click. It clicked, and it didn't matter. You know you have a friend for life.. It's an odd feeling to think about. But you just know it when you feel it. Like love at first sight. Just less kissing.. And more friendship.(His sister clearly watches too much rom-coms because he knows about kissing at seven..)