Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:56:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Blade Hamer <razorbald@yahoo.com>
Subject: Turnhurst Manor chapter 1

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Turnhurst Manor by Razor Blade

Chapter One

It was a huge house. One of the men said there were at least 40 rooms.
Turnhurst manor was only one of the few undamaged mansions in the area.
Father had me by the hand and was dragging me down one of the many
hallways. There were many rooms that looked good and we could have easily
just put our stuff in one and gone back to the group. It seemed like he was
looking for something and I was getting tired.

We have been walking all day and now that we are here I wanted to rest.
After about an hour of looking in room's dad finally seem to find what he
was looking for. The room wasn't a big room, the other rooms we looked at
were bigger, some had two bed and large windows some had bathrooms
attached, some even had what looked like a kitchen even attached to it, the
room dad chose had two bed one window and a door that lead out into the
garden which was over grown. There was a fire place with wood stacked next
to it, so all we had to do was put the wood in and start the a fire when it
got cold. I put my stuff down and sat down on the bed that was close to the
door leading to the hallway, dad looked around the room and was checking
everything out. He turned to me and said,

"stay here and rest, I want to go and check out the other room around us,
lock the door and don't let anyone in, I will be back soon, ok Jeff."

I nodded my head and he left locking the door behind him.

I got up and looked around, I was happy we finally found some place to
stay. I was hoping we would be here for a while. It has been a long time
since we left home and had a place where we had a room to our selves, in a
way I was a little scared but it is better than being scared all the time.
I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes thinking back to how the day
before we were hiding in a farm house with twenty other men. We just barely
made it out before the house exploded. We were running threw a field
tripping over dead bodies as we ran. This place was heaven sent and we all
knew it. I wondered why this place was not destroyed. I heard the doorknob
turn.  I opened my eyes to look to see if it was my dad. But when it did
not open, I got down on the floor and hid or tried to hide. Whoever was at
the door left so I relaxed a little but I stayed where I was at, I hoping
dad would get back soon. I was beginning to get really scared.

Fifteen minutes later my father came through the door,

"everything looks good, were going to stay here for a while."

he said as he sat down on the bed. I got up from the floor and sat on my
bed, I said, "someone came to the door and turned the knob" he shook his
head and said,

"yeah there are many still looking for rooms to settle down in."

he laid back and closed his eyes and said,

"I need rest, you should get some sleep to, we have a lot of work yet to
do."

In moments he was sound asleep. I lay there for a few moments then I fell
asleep. I woke up to the sound of crackling and snapping of the wood
burning in the fireplace. I looked over at my dad who was still sound
asleep on his bed. From what I could see he was in the same place as when
he fell asleep. I got up and looked around the room, but no one was there.
I checked both doors and they were locked; I shrugged my shoulders and
crawled back in bed.

I woke to the sound of my father moving around in the room. I looked up at
him and he said,

"thanks for starting the fire kiddo,"

I looked at him and told him that I didn't start the fire it was going when
I woke up earlier and I told him I thought he had started it. He looked
confused then said,

"well whoever started it, it is nice it seems to have got cold outside."

He put another log on the fire and crawled back into his bed then said,

"we will have to get more wood in the morning." then fell back to sleep. I
laid there thinking that dad was right it had gotten cold outside and tried
to wrap myself up with the blankets on the bed. It didn't take long and
soon I too was asleep. Dreaming of what was going to happen next.

There was movement in the room and the fire was beginning to die out I
slowly opened my eyes; I watched dad put more wood on the fire. I heard
what sounded like talking in the hallway; dad must have heard it too and
went to the door to see if he could hear any better. He looked at me and
said,

"I can't make out what they are saying come here and see if you can."

so I got up and walked over to the door and what I heard scared me. One of
the men out in the hall talking said they were going to go from room to
room and take care of the people. My father asked me if I recognized any of
the voice and I told him I did not. We moved away from the doors and
towards the door leading to the garden. The garden was over grown and it
looked like it was a good place to hide if we needed.

So we waited, dad decided he would go check the hallway. As he walked
toward the door a young boy appeared out of the closet and said,

"you don't want to go out there."

he turn back and said,

"follow me if you want to live."

I looked at dad and he looked at me we turned and we grab our packs. For
some reason dad straighten out the blankets on the bed and unlocked the
door that lead out to the garden then open the door a crack. The boy looked
at dad and so did I then dad said.

" if they come in they will think we went out thought the garden and won't
look for us in here."

the boy just nodded his head and told us to follow him.

I watch as he went through the closet door he pushed the back wall open
which reveals a narrow hallway that went between the walls. I turned back
to watch dad close the closet door and then push the wall back into place
as we slowly moved down the dark narrow hallway, the boy whispered,

"try not to make too much noise or they will hear us, the wall are not that
thick and they could hear us."

I nodded. Dad whispered to the boy,

"Where does this hallway lead too?"

he just hush dad and kept walking. Just then we heard what sounded like
shots coming from the other side of the wall. From that point on we moved
even faster. We came up to a crossroads in the narrow hallway, one went
left the other to the right, we took the one that went to the left which
turned back again to the right. Behind us we could hear more shots ring out
and someone crying then another shot then silent's again.

I noticed that the floor was starting to slope down and the slates in the
walls began to turn into what looked like stones and rocks mortared
together like a stone foundation. Just then the boy stopped and said, "We
are in a fallout shelter."

Then reach up and pulled on a string hanging from the ceiling. At first
when the light came on I was blinded it took a few second for my eyes to
adjust. Around us there were silver packs in boxes everywhere you looked,
there were lots and lots of can goods along with what looked to huge tanks
they looked to be filled with some liquid of some kind. They had labels on
them but I could not read what they said. I never got to go to school; the
wars had started before I was able to attend and we have been running from
the fighting ever since.

The fighting started in Europe, Russia invade the small country of Serbia
then spread from one country to the next, they move into the middle east
then tried to take Israel but they fought back to the last man even using
nuclear weapons but no one survived as far as we know, no news has come out
of there or anyplace else for that matter. The Chinese then got involved
more nuclear weapons were used billions of people died, at first we thought
the United States was going to be left alone but armies start to invade
from Mexico. More bombs were dropped but not nuclear but they did use some
really big bombs, it was found out later that the Russians want the
countryside to be not damage by nuclear fallout because there was enough of
that in the atmosphere with the weapons they had used already.

The president did nothing to stop the invasion, the army and the air force
fought and as far as I know they are still fighting. Many Americans took up
arms and fought but it seems like it is a losing cause because most of them
began to fight against each others. Bands of people joined together and
have begun to move around the country to avoid the fighting which became
fierce in many areas. We have joined several different groups since we
start to run many of them good and many of them bad. The reason we have
survived this long is, mostly because there has always seems to be someone
who has helped us. Mother was killed during the first part of the war, she
stepped on a land mine that killed her and two other women and their
children. I just happen to be with my father a few hundred feet ahead of
that group.

But war has not been the only problem with all the unattended bodies lying
around sickness has become more and more. There are a lot of areas they
suggest not to travel but when you are running you really don't have a
choice where you go because there always seems to be someone chasing you.

"I am Tyler."

the young boy said. I looked and him and told him that my name was Jeff and
this is my father Blaine, but I call him dad. My dad laughed and rubs the
top of my head. He then turns to Tyler and thanked him for helping us.

"Are you alone here?"

dad asked. Tyler lowered his head and said,

"yeah, three years now. Mother died two week after the fighting started;
father was killed by soldiers when they took over the manor. But the
soldiers died mysteriously. There have been others here every now and then
but they never seem to stay long. Some I scare away and others just leave
on their own." "Wow" I said as I listened to Tyler talk. Something kept me
drawn to him. I don't know what it is for sure but I could not keep my eyes
off of him.

Tyler was my height and I stand five feet five inches but he looks stronger
than me like someone who lift and worked out cutting wood and hauling that
wood inside. I was small in build and only weight about one hundred and ten
pounds where he could easily weighted around thirty pounds more. My dad
asked how old he was and Tyler said he was eleven and a half years old
which made my dad laugh. That meant Tyler has been on his own since he was
eight, I don't know if I would still be alive if it were not for my dad.

Just then the light began to dim and then went out. Tyler told us not to
make any noise and to stay where we were. I could hear Tyler moving but I
could not hear where he had gone. Then we heard shot but they were off in
the distant. I told dad I was scared and he told me in return that he was
also scared, I moved to his voice and took his hand, and then we just stood
there together. I could not tell if it was my eyes adjusting to the dark or
if there was a light coming in from somewhere. But then I could see my dad
and it looked like the light was coming from everywhere even the floor. I
could now see Tyler which surprised me because I thought he had left the
room. For some reason he had taken off all his clothes and was standing
naked. His back was to us so I only saw his backside and you could see the
muscles were strung tight he looked like he could pick me up and throw me
across the room with no effort at all. Just then he moved and the room went

 dark, from a distant we could hear shouting and more gunfire. My head
began to hurt and I began to feel weak. I felt my dad's hand go limp and
heard him fall to the floor.

I woke up next to Tyler he was curled up next to me and had his arm draped
over my waist and could feel his hand touching my groin. It was just laying
there it was not grasping it or anything like that but I could not help but
think about it and it began to grow as we laid there. Thank goodness I had
my clothes still on or it would have been totally in his hand in no
time. Being thirteen and just in the throes of puberty, Tyler had my body
reacting to his touch. I thought about what was happening and decide to try
and move so that Tyler wouldn't think I was weird or something but that
only made things worst. Sometime between the time that fell asleep and to
waking up Tyler had put shorts and a tee-shirt back on. I was thankful for
that because I don't know what I would I have done if he were naked besides
me. I think I might have woke him up a little because he moved his arm and
his hand was no longer on my groin, but now I had a raging hard penis, I

 have had it happen to me before but this time it hurt really bad and I
didn't know what to do to get it to go down. I did not know what
masturbation was so I could not masturbate. So I laid there in pain. Tyler
turned and his back was to me, I pulled the front of my pants down to
reveal my growing youth, the air felt good on it and help some to relieve
the pain some. I was thankful Tyler had his back to me because I don't know
he would think if he woke up to me exposing my youth. Soon thing began to
return to normal but I was scared because I did not know what was happening
to me. I thought that I would have to ask my father when we were
alone. Soon I was back asleep.

"Jeff are you awake?"

I heard Tyler say as he shook my shoulder. I opened my eye to see a smiling
eleven year old boy looking down at me. I smiled back at him; he was really
cute with that smile on his face. You could see the dimples at the corners
of his mouth which kind of made me feel funny inside. He said,

"So how do you feel this morning you gave me a scare yesterday when you two
fell to the floor."

"I feel good what happened?"

I asked."

I don't know it has only happened once before and that was when my father
showed me the shelter. He scared me when it happened."

Tyler said.

"I think it may have something to do with the glowing stuff on the walls
but I am not sure."

I sat up and looked around for my dad but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is my dad?"

I asked Tyler. He smiled and said "he is in the chamber cleaning up, he
should be done. I gave him a few towels and some fresh clothes. Your dad is
about the same size as my dad was. But I don't think I have anything that
will fit you." He said as he giggled. I then notice that I did not tuck my
youth back into my pants. I was at least thankful that it was not hard like
had been last night. Tyler looked at it but just kept smiling. But then
made a comment "Yours looks like it is bigger than mine."

At that I tucked it back in to my pants. I think my face must have turned a
deep red. Tyler just laughed and told me to follow him. I got up and
adjusted my pants and followed Tyler out of the room that we were in, we
walked down a hall that lead back into the main room we were in the night
before. When we fell to sleep the room was lit with the overhead light and
was not glowing like it was before. We walked through that room out into
another passageway and into what looked like a cave and there was a
waterfall and a wading pool.

My dad was there putting on a shirt, he turned and said

"Thanks Tyler that was nice. Jeff why don't you get cleaned up too."

"Ok dad as soon as I take a pee."

I replied. Tyler showed me where I could go to the bathroom. It was room
just off to the right of the cave with the waterfall. Tyler waited for me
to finish and we went back to the cave. Dad was gone and Tyler asked if I
needed a few towels and I told him I did. He hurried off leaving me to the
cave by myself. I undressed and crawled under the fall and the water felt
great it was not to cold, it almost felt warm. When I turned around and
there stood Tyler buck naked and washing himself off. I looked him up and
down and could not get over how good he looked and I began to get a little
excited I don't know why because I have taken baths and shower with other
guys but there was something about Tyler that made me feel funny
inside. When he turned around I could see to that he was excited too. His
eyes were closed and I looked at his youth. It was smaller than mine but
not by much. I turned around quick so my back was to him. I heard him ask,

"Jeff do you want me to wash your back."

I told him "sure" I don't know why I told him he could but his hands were
soft and gentle. He started at my shoulders moving slowly down my back to
my waist and ended right above my butt cheeks. He did not move any further
than there. Then Tyler asked if I could do his back too. I started at his
shoulder and slowly moved down his back loving every moment my hands were
on his body. I could feel the muscles ripple as my hands moved across his
young body. I felt something strange happening to me as I touched him and
it began to scare me. I stopped and turned around; Tyler asked me why I
stopped. I didn't know what to tell him because my mind was so confused. I
don't know why but I wanted to do things to him that had never crossed my
mind before.

I quickly got out of the waterfall and grabbed a towel and wrapped it
around my waist, I looked for my clothes but they were gone. I turned
around and asked Tyler where my clothes were and he told me that my father
had taken them to wash. Tyler came out from the water fall his youth was no
longer sticking out from his body and it was much smaller. I wish I could
say the same for myself. Even under the towel it was very much
noticeable. But Tyler did not seem to notice or care. He took a towel and
began to wipe his body down; he asked me if I could wipe his back off. I
took the towel and wiped the water off his back he then turned around and
with a big smile he moved forward and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I think
I turned about three different shades of red. Tyler laughed and said "thank
you Jeff."

Then walked over to a shelf that I had not seen before and took some cloths
off from it and began to get dressed. He grabbed something from the shelf
and brought it over to me. It liked like a rag at first, then Tyler shook
it to reveal an old pair of boxers short and said to try them on to see if
they fit. I took them from his hands and said "I don't know they look a
little big." He smiled and told me that they were the only thing that was
close to my size. Just then the lights went out again. The cave was very
dark and I couldn't see or hear Tyler because of the noise coming from the
water fall. Then I felt his hand take mine and he whispered,

"someone set off one of the sensors, try not to speak to loud or make too
much noise, the cave carries sound really easy."

He let go of my hand, I could feel his hands at my waist and the towel fell
to the floor. He said,

"lift your leg."

So I did. I did the same with the other leg; Tyler pulled the shorts up to
my thighs where he said I could take it from there. I pulled them up from
there.

Tyler took my hand and began to lead the two of us out from the cave and
into the main chamber. I don't know if it was my eyes adjusting to the dark
or if it was not as dark out there. I looked around for my dad, but he was
not there. Just then we heard someone talking we could not make out if it
was my dad or someone else. It was not so much talking as cursing it
sounded as if they had ran into something and was swearing because of the
pain it was causing. Tyler led me over to a wall and then pushes on it
opening a door of some kind. There was a light coming from the opening and
we moved quickly into the room, Tyler pushed the wall closed after we were
inside. There were monitors all over the wall and you could see every room
in the manor along with the opening into the caves. You could see along the
tunnel leading up to a wall and that is where a young man about sixteen or
maybe seventeen was sitting with his back against the wall and it looked
like

 he was crying. On one screen you could see my dad and he was in what
looked like a laundry room. He looked like he was unaware what was going
on. Tyler told me his father had put this room in the cave when they first
move into the manor. He said he was just a little boy when his father
showed him this room and after his father was killed he moved into the
cave. Tyler said he used this room to see what was happening in the manor.

We could see men still moving around the manor, they had guns in their
hands and were going room to room still looking for people. I did not
recognize any of the men nor did I recognize the young man in the cave
either. We watched the young man to see what he would but he just sat
there. One of the cameras was looking out over the cave entrance and the
rock outcropping where it was hidden there were men looking around but they
did not see the entrance that led to the cave. They gave up and moved
toward the tree line and then were gone. I asked Tyler if this was the
place he saw me and my dad.

"Yeah, well no, I watched the two of you when you came in the manor. I
followed you on the camera's to see what room you went into."

He said.

"Why?"

I asked. He said he didn't know why. He told me that he found me
interesting, most people who come here are either soldiers or people
looking for some place to stay but most either die or are killed by the
rebels. "Why do the rebels kill people who come here?"

I asked.

"I don't know why."

Tyler said as he put the screen to full screen to get a closer look at the
young man who sat on the floor crying. He turns the audio up so we could
hear him. We could still hear him sobbing and talking to himself,

"what am I going to do now?"

on the other screens you could see rebels removing body's from the rooms
and moving them out behind the manor.

There they would throw them into a pit and burn the bodies. Back in the
manor men could be seen cleaning the rooms and straighten beds and putting
things back into place. I asked Tyler why they were cleaning things up. He
told me they did that all the time; he said he could not figure that out
himself. He thought some of them could have been staff that worked here at
one time and felt it was their duty to keep the manor clean. They never
stayed inside the manor and after the rebels left, Tyler said he had the
run of the manor. Only once had he been seen by one of the rebels but they
did nothing.

Just then I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye. It was my dad
moving into the main chamber. He had my clothes in his hands. I tapped
Tyler on his shoulder he smiled and said lets go meet him before he calls
out for us and alerts the young man that we are in here. So we headed out
to the main chamber. The light were at half strength dad saw us come out
from behind the wall; his face had the look of someone who had a question
on his mind. Both Tyler and I raised our finger to our lips, to tell him to
be quite. He understood and shook his head. Tyler turned around and dad and
I followed him back into the security room. After closing the wall behind
us, Tyler told dad what was happening. While put my now clean clothes back
on. I left on the boxers that Tyler gave me earlier because they were in
better shape than my old ones. It looked like the young man had fallen
asleep. He must have been tired from running and from all the tears he had
shed.

 Tyler said, "we can't leave him there because if someone were to find him,
they might find the false wall that covers the entrance that lead to the
main chamber."

My dad agreed with him and asked Tyler what we should do.

"Well the only thing we can do is bring him in put him in one of the secure
rooms."

My dad agreed. I asked Tyler how we are going to do that without waking him
up. Tyler pushed a button, a gas began to fill the tunnel the young man
coughed then slumped down even more. After about ten minutes we moved out
into the tunnel and move the young man to a room that was padded and very
sound proof. There was a small bed with a small stand a sink and a stool if
he had to go to the bathroom. Dad asked Tyler and me to leave the room for
a few minutes. When he came out he had clothes in his hands. He looked at
us then said,

"his clothes are dirty so I am going to wash them." Then asked Tyler,

"do you know how long it will take the gas to wear off?"

Tyler told my dad hen would sleep all night.

"Good that gives me time to wash his clothes and get him dressed before he
wakes up."

Then dad asked Tyler what we should do with him? "Well he can stay in there
for now."

Tyler replied. My dad agreed then turned and left back to the laundry room
to wash the young man's clothes. Tyler took my hand and we walked back to
the security room. There we watched what was happening in the manor, men
were still moving from room to room collecting bodies moving them out of
the manor to the pit, while other men would go into the rooms collecting
what was there then cleaning and putting the room back to the way it
was. Tyler turned another screen on and you could see the young man lying
on the bed. He must have been dreaming because he was tossing and turning
in the bed.

Then it dawned on me that I was hungry, so I asked Tyler if he had any
food. He smiled got up and told me to follow him. He lead the way to
another room, in there was a refrigerator he opened the door and took out
two bottles handing one to me and set the other one down on a counter and
took four silver package out from one of the cupboards then turned and
asked me what I wanted to eat, he said he had beef soup, chili, spaghetti
with meatballs and beef stroganoff. I took the spaghetti and looked at the
package and asked Tyler,

"how do I eat this it is hard as a rock."

He laughed and told me,

"open the package put it in a pan and add water then put it on the stove
when it heats up then you can eat it."

He grabbed the stroganoff took a small pan then added a cup of water then
put it on the stove then turned on the heat and in minutes you could smell
the stroganoff cooking. I did the same. We ate from the pans we cooked the
food in; I was surprised at how good the spaghetti was. When we finish we
cleaned up and headed back to the security room where we found my dad. He
asked where we had been so we told him we went to get something to
eat. Tyler showed him where the kitchen was so dad could have something to
eat.

When Tyler came back we watched the rebels as they began to burn the
bodies, there were still some in the manor finishing the clean up, soon
they too were outside throwing pack and clothes they could not use into the
fire. Tyler turned to me and said,

"tomorrow we can go up into the manor."

I asked him why and he told me.

"We can't stay down here, the caves echo too much and if they find the
caves they will take our food or take over it."

Tyler said. I ask won't they come back.

"If they do we can just hide in the manor, there are lots of hiding place."

"What about food?"

I asked. Tyler laughed and said that there was a storage cellar that is
hidden in the manor that has even a bigger supply of food than what they
have down here. Plus there is real meat up in the manor. Just then dad
walked in. He sat down next to me and said.

"We should be moving on kiddo, Tyler if want to come along you can and we
will take the young man with us."

"Ah dad."

I said.

"We have to get to your grandfathers. Jeff you know he is worried about
us."

Dad said.

"Sir, I can't leave here this is my home and you are welcome to stay as
long as you like. There is enough food for years."

Tyler said with a glint of tears in his eyes.

"When the young man wakes up I am going to go down and talk to him and then
we are going to leave. Tyler I am sorry but it is too dangerous for us to
stay here and if we did we would be putting you in danger too and we don't
want to do that. Do we son."

Dad said and I had to agree. I know it would be more dangerous if we were
to stay and I did not want to put Tyler in that kind of peril.

The three of us sat watching the now empty house and there were only a few
rebels left out by the pit where they threw the bodies of the dead
travelers that had made the mistake of coming into Turnhurst manor and were
not as luck as dad and me to have an angel guarding over them. Tyler was
sad you could tell by the look on his face. I wanted to put my arm around
his shoulder and hold him close to me but I thought that would make things
only worst. I was feeling sad to that we had to leave in the morning. I
liked it here and I like Tyler he was cute and even though he is younger
than me I feel like he is my protector. Even though I hate to admit it, I
am also attracted to him there is something about him that make me just
want to be by his side. But enough of that it was beginning to get late, it
was dark outside and the fire pit was now just a glow. The rebels were gone
and the house was empty so Tyler said it would be ok for us to move up into
the

 manor. So we followed him up a passage way that lead out into one of the
bedrooms. Tyler told us to keep in mind what room we came out of so if we
need to we could get back to the safe room if an emergency were to
arise. He did not think the rebels would be back but if they did we knew
where to go.

Tyler showed us to our room, he then disappeared. We put our packs down,
and then dad went and locked the door. I didn't understand why he did that
so I asked him. He said it was just in case the rebels come back. I lie
down on the bed and fell asleep almost instantly. Sometime during the night
I woke to some movement in the room but when I looked around no one was
there but dad, he was sound asleep. When I woke up dad was gone. I walked
out into the hallway and looked around. I walked into what looked like a
kitchen it was huge. There I saw Tyler sitting down at a table eating what
looked like goop, when he saw me he stood up and offered to make me
something to eat. I said ok, and then asked him if he knew where my dad
was. He told me he was down in the cave talking to the young man we had
locked up the night before. He said that we were taking him with us when we
were left today. Tyler looked sad, so I asked him once more if he was sure
he did not

 want to go with us. He said that the manor was his home and he could not
leave it. The food Tyler made was very good. I guess dad had eaten; he also
took food down to the young man too. Tyler and I ate in silent's, I knew he
did not want us to leave even though we were only had been there for two
days. Tyler got up and said he would be right back.

So I sat in the big kitchen and waited. Ten minutes later dad came walking
into the room with the young man still blindfolded. Dad then took the blind
fold off and the young man and he looked around the room. Dad introduced
him to me, his name was Ben Masterman. I said hello, I looked him up and
down as he did the same to me. Ben just stood there as dad began to tell me
about him. Ben had been separated from the group of people he was traveling
with and thought that they had made it to the manor. But when he got here
rebels were shooting and killing people so he hid in the woods till the
shooting had stopped. He found the cave by accident and that is when we
found him. Dad said there was more to his story and he would fill us in
while we were on the road. Tyler came back into the room and he was
carrying two packs. My dad asked him what was in the pack and Tyler told in
it was food. Dad smiled and thanked Tyler. He said he had plenty. Dad
introduced Ben to Tyler and they talk for a bit.

That day went fast, Tyler didn't say much I could see he did not want me to
leave but he knew my father would never let me stay. It was now dark
out. We had grabbed or packs out of the room along with the food that Tyler
had given us. Tyler walked with us to the tree line where we said our
goodbyes. I could see the tears in his eyes. Tyler gave me a hug; he
whispered in my ear "you are welcomed here anytime" then gave me a peck on
the cheek. I didn't want to let him go but I knew I had to so I did anyway
and we start to walk away. I looked back once. Tyler was still standing
there but the second time I looked back he was gone. I had tears in my eyes
I was going to miss Tyler even though I only knew him for a few days. But
something inside me told me I would see him again soon.