Claire was happy, for the first time ever she had friends coming for her birthday.
Always her father said that she couldn't go to school because he wanted to protect her.
But now she finally made friends and somehow her heart started beating really fast when she was with John it wasn't that his looks were something special but he had a Unique personality he seemed like someone that had hardships in life like her, He also accepted everone but gets extremly angry when somebody hurts his friends but is also incredibly clumsy but he also finds a way.
They sat together in this Pavillon and there wasn't much talking until John suddenly asked: "I'm sorry Claire but what happened to you?"
Claire knew that this question had to come sje felt arkward nontheless but still told him about how her parents got involved in a drunk driving accident on the way to the hospital and that her Mother died while she lost her speech and the feelings in her leg because of nerve damage.
She told him her story of her live, how she grew up and how often she cursed about life and how she finally accepted her fate.
She also told him about all the dark thoughts she hads, but then she told him how Kings Reign changed everything how she finally could run through corn fields or talk with people.
Claire didn' t even know why she told him all that but John listened.
Her Father also heard her talk when he and Olaf were on their way back from the forge and when his daughter finished he wanted to run to her and hug her but he was stopped by Olaf. He looked at him and saw how he had a finger on his lips so he continued to listen when John started talking...
Claire was surprised when John told his story of Life.
About his childhood with a gambling addicted father and a mother that left him and his brother. He told her about his brother with an ungodly amount of luck, how John took all the debt when their father died how he lived a miserable life while just keeping himself alive to pay of the debt so that his brother didn't have to take it.
He also talked about his brothers death some time ago and how he was at his lowest at that moment and how his brother winning the capsule for him changed his life when he met Olaf and Claire and finally paid his remaining debt and then somehow he also talked about that a copy of his brother lived in the game as an AI and that he wants to find him.
When he ended talking everyone was quiet and Claire with tears in her eyes saw how John also had tears running down his face...