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I'd been up in my room all day....ok, well all month. I hadn't really talked to anyone for about that long and I hadn't heard anyone moving around in the hallway either. Had they all left me here? Have I been all alone up here in this room while they high-tailed it out of here? I really, really hoped not, because if they were all gone, and I was up here all by myself...
I shook my head and stopped thinking about that. What I needed to do, was get the courage up to go and see if anyone was downstairs. So, I stood at the door for a good thirty minutes talking myself into opening the door and going into the hallway. "Go on Fred...it's just a hallway...no portals to be scared of...no Pylean death squads...just a carpet and some dust."
I took a deep breath and finally opened the door. I just stood there, staring at the door across from me, for what seemed like hours, until I eventually peeked my head out the door and glanced down both directions in the hallways. It was empty. I let out a small sigh of relief and then stepped into the hallway. I felt a little giddy with the rush I got from doing that and began to put one foot in front of the other.
I somehow made it to the end of the hallway, all the way to the stairs, and half way down them before I realized I should be scared of anything. What if there was some big demon down here that Angel was trying to kill? What if I got in the way?
I stopped and listened really hard for the sound of fighting or yelling or anything. I didn't hear a thing, so I kept going down the stairs. I got to the bottom step, put both my hands on the railing and leaned over. No one was around, so I softly called out, "Hello...anyone there?" I swallowed and felt a small hint of panic deep down as I whispered, "Did y'all leave me here...?"
I shook my head and stopped thinking about that. What I needed to do, was get the courage up to go and see if anyone was downstairs. So, I stood at the door for a good thirty minutes talking myself into opening the door and going into the hallway. "Go on Fred...it's just a hallway...no portals to be scared of...no Pylean death squads...just a carpet and some dust."
I took a deep breath and finally opened the door. I just stood there, staring at the door across from me, for what seemed like hours, until I eventually peeked my head out the door and glanced down both directions in the hallways. It was empty. I let out a small sigh of relief and then stepped into the hallway. I felt a little giddy with the rush I got from doing that and began to put one foot in front of the other.
I somehow made it to the end of the hallway, all the way to the stairs, and half way down them before I realized I should be scared of anything. What if there was some big demon down here that Angel was trying to kill? What if I got in the way?
I stopped and listened really hard for the sound of fighting or yelling or anything. I didn't hear a thing, so I kept going down the stairs. I got to the bottom step, put both my hands on the railing and leaned over. No one was around, so I softly called out, "Hello...anyone there?" I swallowed and felt a small hint of panic deep down as I whispered, "Did y'all leave me here...?"