~*~ In the house ~*~
"Where's Lance and Chris?" JC asked when Mike came in with Justin draped over his shoulder.
"They went to get some fresh air in the park, Chris was ready to talk to someone."
"That's good, I hope Lance can help him." Joey emerged from the bathroom.
"Dude! Next time any of you see me drinking......SMACK ME!" He droped onto the couch, and Mike and JC laughed as Mike dropped Justin in the chair.
"Yeah, thanks for the ride Mike" Justin said sarcastically.
"No problem, anytime........Im going to bed now. Goodnight guys."
"G'night" Jc and Justin both said. Joey was asleep, well, actually pretty much passed out.
"Well, lets get him up" Jc said looking at Joey
"All right, then Im going to bed" Justin said
"Me too" Jc agreed.
~*~ Chris and Lance ~*~
The whole walk to the park was silent. Now they were walking down a line of benches.
"Thanks for walking out here with me."
"No problem, Im always here if you need to talk. So are the rest of the guys. You know that."
"Yeah, I know, but thanks anyway." He paused for a moment.
"I think im finally need to talk about Sarah" He stopped walking and sat down on the closest bench to him.
"Im listening" Lance said sitting next to him.
"Well, as you know, she was my cousin, my closest cousin. And she was killed a month ago" He stopped.
"Yeah" He noticed Chris struggling holding back the tears. "You dont have to talk if your not ready."
Chris took his hands off of his face and rested his chin on them. He could barely make out the outline of someone lieing there.
"Look" He said pointing to the bench.
"What?" Lance asked looking in the direction of the bench.
"There's someone sleeping on that bench" He got up and walked over to the person. When he got close enough, he could see her small angelic face, she looked no more than 18.
"Chris, there's always people sleeping on these benches" Lance said coming up behind him.
"But look at her, she looks about 18." The girl woke up to find two strange men standing over her. She quickly straightened up and curled her legs up to her chest and pulled her old ripped up blanket tighter around her shoulders.
"Whoa, Whoa" Chris said softly. "It's OK, were not here to hurt you.....Here" He said taking off his jacket and handing it to her. She reluctantly took it and put it over her shoulders.
"Who...who are you? And what do you want?" She asked
"Im Chris, and this is Lance. And we saw you over here, and I was wondering if maybe you were hungry" Chris asked her.
She vigorously shook her head 'yes'. Chris held out his hand for her to take.
"What's your name?" He asked.
"Lilly" She wispered back, finially taking his hand.
"That's a beautiful name." He said.
"How 'bout a warm place to sleep, and then a warm breakfast when you wake up?"
"That sounds great. Thank you so much' She said.
On the walk home, Lilly and Chris talked about the basic stuff to get to know each other a little. Lance mostly kept quiet, he was glad this girl brought this sudden change in Chris. He was talkative again, he still wasn't smiling like Chris, but the would soon change..........
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