Chapter 2

I walked to the entry way to the alley. I looked around the corner, and didnt see any sign of the look out guy. I looked back to where she was sleeping, then to where my motorcycle beckoned.

'I should just. . . leave but' I thought looking back to where she slept 'I cant just leave her. . . ' I looked to the road knowing, I would never live down what I was about to do, and I turned back into the alley. I went to the back corner and put my hand on her shoulder, and shook it lightly.

"hey. . . wake up" she moaned slightly. I shook her shoulder a bit harder this time, and she rolled over and opened her eyes and looked at me grogily.

"c'mon. . ." I smiled "you need to get home. . ." she sat up and looked at me.

"uh. . . right. . . oops. . ." she stood up

"how far away do you live?" I asked "i could always drop you off if you'd like" I finished.

"N-no! Thats fine! I'll walk!" she said nerviously.

She stands up and walks towards the opening of the alley, and turns down the street to the left. I stare after her for a moment before walking out of the alley. I climb back on my motorcycle. Up the street I see her looking around as though she is lost, she turns right and looks around again before turning left again, and she continues this at each intersection. I turn on my motorcycle and started to follow her. After watching her stop and look around for the tenth time, I pull up to her knowing something isent right.

"hey! Are you lost?" I yell over the rumble of the engine.

"no! This is the route I always take home!" she yells back and keeps walking forward. I follow her forward and yell.

"are you sure? Because from my observation you've gone around in the same circle like five times now." she stares at me. Then yells.

"how would you know? Have you been stalking me?" she stands there staring at me, and I turn off the motorcycle.

"i dont want to know what creepy ideas are going through your head but. . . this isent the safest part of town. . . so you shouldnt wander around to much on your own" I said. "so. . . im wondering. . ." I continued "what is your real purpose of being here?"

"the truth. . . ?" she asks.

"would be nice. . ." I add onto her question. She sighed.

"uh. . . well. . . actually I-i. . . I ran away from home" she said frowning slightly. "i dont have anywhere to go. . ." she finished, I watched her slightly confused.

"I-i. . . . ? why would you. . . ? run here. . ? of all places. . . . . this isent the "best" part of town you. . . you could've been kidnapped or something bad. . . . . like. . . that. . . ." I saw the sad look on her face, as she stared at the ground. I put my hand below my eye not knowing exactly what to do. I shook my head somewhat dramatically.

"okay. . . ." I held my hand out to her. She looked at me surprised.

"c'mon. . ." I smiled "you can come with me. . . ." she smiled and took my hand. I pulled her toward the back of my bike.

"you can get on. . . ." I said looking at her. She akwardly sat behind me, probably not used to this kind of transportation.

"have you ever been on a motorcycle before?" I asked her patiently.

"um. . . no I havent. . . ." she said shakily.

"ah. . . well then" I pull my arms out of my jacket and handed it to her, and took off my helmet, letting my medium length brown hair fall across my shoulders, and handed it to her.

"your going to need these" I turned towards the front of my bike ". . .and theres handles on the sides. . . . if you want to use those. . . ."

I felt her slide the jacket on and I looked to meke sure she put the helmet on. I turned back to the front of the bike and turned it on. She jumped slightly when the engine roared into life, and wrapped her arms around me.

"heh. . ." I pushed my feet off the pavement and rode off. Her grip tightened around me, and she pushed her head against my back.

I could already guess, just by standing outside our building, that I was going to be in so much trouble. Not only because I didnt exactly finish my mission, but also because I had brought someone home.

From the outside it looked as though everyone was asleep. But I knew better than to even hope for that. I signaled for her to stay as quiet as possible and she nodded. We walked through the door. For less then 5 seconds, I actually thought we could get in without getting caught. I was so very, wrong. I heard a gun click as it was loaded and held against my head.