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rst time she'd ever taken a train. Growing up, she didn't travel much with her parents-the

headed to Ol

she missed her parents. She even wondered if she should turn back. But

not too much. She didn't want to stumble across pictures of her parents and grow weak. Th

nd a new kind of a

c. Yes, that was

hat awaits me i

o call it a new world, but to her,

ft her box and step out of the

bout to yell, until

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as fresh silk c

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lue that the sky seeme

other word, he reached

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unned. Cou

o seconds before she

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time in a long while, her heart was beating in that romantic kind of way. It wasn't the fi

ng she had when she s

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but curious, "are you just visiti

er ear as she looked up at him. "I jus

all nod. Then he paused, tilting his head ever

es catching on the tall clock tower, the old brick bu

omething about this place..

ngered on her longer than expected-curious, almost analytical

ed. "What

id quickly, shaking

d. "Nice to meet yo

y the softness of the name. "Oh... sorry

too-something warm blo

ndle of her bag again, "where are you heade

. She had made a rough plan in her notebook to find a chea

as just going to find a motel or something n

w a few decent ones. But... actually, if yo

ked. "Se

trying anything-I promise. I just... I've got a big place, and you seem

her eyes in amusement. "No. It'

. "Oh, really? Then sure-come

: Why do I feel so open around him? It wasn't just comfort-it was something e

g in her was.

reached the exit doors, "I've got mo

itlist," she teased,

d. "You just s

the tension in her sh

se, the strangers, the rushing trains, the city that hummed with life. Then she looked

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el like she