" the wrong side of the tracks ' - one x one

[`sappho]

xxx"hey, not everyone can have some cool weapon. plus, my parents won't even let
me carry a pocket knife," ophelia said with a sigh. she nodded along as he talked a-
bout why he had joined them and she understood his reasoning. it was the same re-
ason why so many people joined clubs. other than the serpents weren't a 'club', they
were undoubtedly a gang. she laughed a bit at his joke as she finished up her coffee.
"most northsiders are just scared of things they don't understand and the way the m-
ayor portrays you all is like you're a gang of murderers," she told him before she sto-
od up. "need any help with those?" she asked as she walked her dirty cup over to th-
e sink.

[sweetsakura]

-no thanks, i'm good,
truce took her mug and finished washing the cutlery.
there was a loud knock on the tiny trailer door.
- if you'll excuse me ophelia,
he walked up to the door, taking his time and
opened it. outside stood a large, tatooed man,
crossing his arms tightly when he saw the boy.
- oh hey stanislav, what brings you here?
did your ginger kitty get lost again?
truce snickered, mocking the man playfully.
- no time for jokes boy...
the huge man's face remained stone cold.
- come on stan, it's just a ca-
truce got interrupted by the hulk.
- joker boy is missing.
stan looked around the room, seeing ophelia.
- as soon as you're done with your... date...
the king wants a word with all of us.
he slammed the door behind him, leaving
truce very confused and beaten down.
he looked at ophelia apologetically.

[`sappho]

xxxophelia watched as truce finished up cleaning the dishes and cutlery. she jumped
a bit when she heard the banging on the doors of the trailer. she nodded and watch-
ed him walk to open the door. when he opened the door, the northsider could see a
very large man with many tattoos and he didn't look very happy. she couldn't exactly
hear what they were talking about but she did see truce's face fall when the man sa-
id something. she watched the door was slammed and walked over to the very conf-
used looking truce. "what was that about?" she questioned.

[sweetsakura]

truce sighed and wiped his
forehead.
- n-nothing of great importance...
he threw on his serpent jacket and
started to put his boots on.
- i'm so, so sorry ophelia, but
i need to drop you off fast,
he smiled at her apologetically and
passed her a spare bike helmet.
- it might be a little big, but it'll do,
he put one on himself as well
and started opening the door.
- let's go m'lady

[`sappho]

xxxophelia could see that he was nervous but decided not to push any farther with him.
"the jacket really suits you," she said giving him a wink and hoping to clear up the atm-
osphere. she nodded. "it's okay, i understand and it's getting late anyways and i should
probably get some sleep for school tomorrow," she told him. she quickly put on the hel
met, which covered her eyes up a bit because it was a bit oversized. "thank you, good
sir," she said, walking out of the door and towards his motorcycle.

[sweetsakura]

truce smiled at the complement.
- why, thank you,
he got onto his motorbike rather
quickly and started to warm it up.
- where do you wish to get dropped
off m'lady?
when the engine was warm he jum-
-ped on and reached out his hand
towards ophelia.

[`sappho]

xxxophelia watched as truce started to warm up the motorcycle. "you can just drop
me off at pops," she said with a smile as she took his hand and got into the motorc-
ycle. she didn't think her parents would react very positively to a serpent dropping
their daughter off on a motorcycle so it was safer for him to just drop her off there.

[sweetsakura]

- sure thing ophelia,
hold on!
he squeezed the accerator tighly
and soon enough, they were spe-
-eding down the main road.
the forest around them seemed
so unkept and mysterious, and
screeches of owls could be he-
-ard all around them.

[`sappho]

xxxgripping tightly to truce, ophelia looked around at the forest that
enclosed the road they were speeding down. she had never noticed
how spooky it looked until now. well, she didn't travel this way oft-
en. she could see there was lots of fog ahead. "it's kind of spooky
out here," she said quietly.

[sweetsakura]

he smiled slightly,
- well, i suppose so... you kinda get used to it
when you drive past every evening.
he could see the pop's sign flashing
in the distance.
- right, we're nearly here

// sorry for not being active, i
lost my phone and have to write
on my rusty laptop haha