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I walked along the pavement road pulling my suitcase with me. All I saw was hills of grass and foggy air. I was lost.
"Are ya okay, miss?" A stranger asked.
"I am" I said as I rubbed the tears from my eyes and attempting to catch my breath. "Do you know a near by bed N breakfast? Or an inn " I asked looking at a boy maybe a year or two older than me.
"Yeah, yeah uh course, it's past second yolk lane only a few blocks away" he said
"I don't know where that is" I said sighing.
"I'm headed that direction anyways, so um this way" he said
I tugged at the large suitcase which got stuck in a pothole.
"Here here I'll do it" he said.
"Thank you so much, I'm sorry I, this is just a lot of me" I said now walking side by side with him on the foggy road.
"How long are you visiting?" He said
"Um I'm not visiting I'm staying, um like moving here" I said
"Oh then why are you staying at an inn ?"
"I bought a house here somewhere in lilac lane, but it will be three days before I get the keys" I said
"Lilac lane? You mean the brown cottage with the squeaky gate?" He said
"Yeah, how'd you know there's a squeaky gate ?" I asked
"You don't know! " he said with a shock on his face
"Don't know what?" I said confused
"See that cottage you bought, wait are you from Ireland?" He said
"No, I moved here from America, wait why do you not have an Irish accent? And what's wrong with the house?" I said
"I moved here a couple of years ago, but I'm Australian and i don't know my accent never changed I guess, but the cottage! I can't believe you bought that cottage! Didnt they tell you ?" He said
"Tell me what? I don't know anything?" I said so confused
"The house is haunted. Yup I know haunted like Miss Havisham haunted yeah the old lady killed herself there and it's been empty for ages, she used to kill men there too, she was a feminist" he said holding a straight face
"No way! Your lying" I said convinced by the information
"No I'm serious" he said trying not to laugh
"Your bluffing " I said and lightly smacked his upper arm and he couldn't stop laughing at me.
"Yeah I am haha the cottage isn't haunted I just wanted to mess with you" he said smirking at me.
"Well aren't you cool" I said a tiny bit angry with myself for being Gullible
"Here's the inn" he said as we stopped by a small home couple of feet away from the road .
"Thank you I appreciate your help" I said taking hold of the suitcase and shaking his hand.
"Haha, your welcome, by the way I'm luke" he said
"Luke, you look like a Luke " I said than face-palming myself after I realized how stupid that sounded out loud, but he chuckled.
"And you ?" He said
"I'm Hazel" I Said
" you don't look like a hazel, maybe a auburn or a sapphire" he teasing me
"Bye luke " I said as I laughed his remark off and entered the inn.
"Bye hazelnut" he said flashing a grin at me and disappearing into the distance.