Forgotten?
lil EllE lost
She woke with a start.
"Hey kid, are you okay?"
"Yeah, sure," she muttered, opening her eyes.
"What's your name?" the boy who had shook her awake asked. Making a mental note of what the boy looked like, she stood up.
"Umm... I have to go," she said. Having made plenty of mistakes, she knew not to give her name out to complete strangers.
It had been a rough night. The girl had found herself going into Castle Rock at some God forsaken hour. She had hitched all the way with just a backpack stuffed with a few personal belongings, a name, an adressand some loose change in her pocket. Then, with nowhere to go, she layed down under a tree and fallen asleep.
'Way to go, Bailey' she thought to herself as she walked along the empty streets. 'You have no where to go, hardly any money and no one know's where you are. If I ever go home, mom is gonna be pissed!' She had been gone for almost a week. Just left with out warning. Of course, she had her reasons -not the best of reasons- but she just felt like she had no other choice. And now on top of all that, she didn't know if she was even in the right place. Then something hit her like a ton of bricks. There was probably a reason he left any way, and that reason was probably her.
'Well, no going back now. If he's not here, then I am totally screwed.' NowBailey wished that she had talked to the boy who had woken her up. Maybe he could have helped her or at least point her in the right direction.
She went into a diner and sat down. A waitress came and asked her if she wanted anything but she shook her head and mentally kicked herself for not taking more money with her.
About tenminites later, two boys came in. One she recognised as the boy she'd seen earlier and the other she didn't know.
When the first boy noticed her he pointed and said something to the other boy who nodded. They walked overto herand asked if they could sit with her.
"It's a free country," she said in a boredtone staring out the window at nothing in particular.
"I didn't catch your name earlier," the first guy said. He had darkhair and was really skinny. The other boy had shorter, dirty blonde hair and looked as though he'd been in a fight.
"That would be because I din't tell you,"she said.
"Well, are you gonna tell me now, or am I gonna have to ask again?" he asked.
"Bailey. Who are you?" she asked.
"Gordie Lachance. That's Chris," he said putting outhis hand for her to shake. She just looked atit and thenwent back to staring out the window.
"Well, aren't you a bundle of joy?" Chris said sarcastically.
"If you'll excuse me, I have places to go. People to see, y'know how it is," Bailey said and got up.
"See ya 'round," both boys said.
"Maybe," she replied and left.