Hey, new chapter! YAY! Anyways, thanks to the three people who reviewed yesterday, LivvyBubbleGum, AllyACTUAL NAME, and Marie Hughes! Thanks.
So, this chapter should be better than the last two, hopefully. So, yeah. It's short and I hate that it is short but..
Summary: Cammie quickly checks out of the hotel in the small town she's been in and finds another note on her door. She sees black sweatshirt boy running away so she chases after him. She finally loses sight of him and heads to the park to talk to Alex.
Words: 1,336
POV: 1st Person-Cammie
I quickly grabbed my small bag and quickly started packing my things. I slung my bag over my shoulder and started to leave. I opened the door and saw a black sweatshirt turning the corner. I was about to chase after him when I saw a letter on my door. I grabbed it and quickly opened it.
Meet me at the park.
I looked at the letter again and quickly ran down the stairs. I quickly checked out of the hotel. I saw the black sweatshirt running up a really steep hill, so I quickly ran after him. Half-way up the hill, I was running out of the breath. The hill was so steep and so hard to run on. I looked up and saw that this wasn't a normal hill, it was a mountain. I groaned and quickly started to run up the hill even faster. I finally got to the end of the run and saw the boy was running into the forest. I stopped running. I couldn't go into the forest because he might be able to hurt me and hand me over to the Circle. I slowly turned away and started walking down the steep hill trying not to fall. When I finally got to the bottom of the hill, I looked up and saw black sweatshirt boy was standing at the very top of the hill looking at me.
I looked away and started running to the park. I finally got there and looked around. I saw Alex, in the same outfit as the other day, hanging upside down on the monkey bars reading a book. I walked over to her. "Hey," I said to her trying not to scare her.
"Hold on a sec," she said. She flung the book onto a play set and quickly got off the monkey bars and looked at me. "Sup," she said walking over to get her book. She walked over to the play set and bent down and grabbed a box. She pulled out a banana and pinched the bottom of it, threw a stem part onto the ground, and started to peel the banana. "So, what do you want, Cammie?" she asked me.
"My name's Jane," I told her.
"No, it's not. Andy, my brother, told me that you're real name is Cammie Morgan and that you're wanted by the Circle of Cavan," she said simply like she told people this all the time.
I just stood there and stared at her as she started to eat her banana. "So, why aren't you with your family?" I asked her.
"They kicked me out of the house two weeks ago. Andy still visits me once in a while and tells me whatever he knows," she paused and continued eating.
"Why'd they kick you out?" I asked her.
"I told them I didn't want to join the Circle, they all got mad and gave me ten minutes to get stuff and get out. So I grabbed five hundred dollars, two pairs of clothes, shoes, food, and a few spy things," she said.
"You're a spy?" I asked.
"Aren't you?"
I didn't say anything and she just continued eating. "You want a banana?" she asked me.
"No thanks," I told her. I looked at her and asked, "Did you leave a note on my hotel room door?"
"Nope," she said. She threw the banana peel into the trash can and looked at me. "Do you still have the note?"
"Yeah," I handed her the note and she sat down and started to read it.
"Hmm… It seems like this person is very mysterious and doesn't want anyone to know who he or she is. They do have something very important to tell you and they know they can trust you with whatever they're gonna tell you. It also says that this person is a guy in his teens," Alex told me.
"How did-"
"I took a class on how to read people's writing. It took me a few years just to be able to know how to read that. Of course, since my parents kicked me out of the house, I probably won't be able to go back to school," she told me.
"Okay, so listen, we have to leave, now. It's too dangerous and—"
"I know. That's why my cousin from Paris sent me these." Alex bent down to her box and grabbed three plane tickets. "I don't know what the third one is for, but who cares? We're goin' to Paris, France!" She jumped up and down and started dancing and then stopped. "Aren't you going to go meet the guy who sent you that letter?" she asked me.
"I guess, but can you come with me?" I asked her.
"I would, but the guy only wants to see you. So, no, sorry," Alex said.
"Do you have a guess where I could meet him at?" I asked her.
She put her finger on her chin and started thinking. "Well, this is a big park. So, I don't know. Maybe the baseball bleachers that way," she pointed to her left. "Or the walking track that circles the entire park," she pointed behind her and I saw a path. "Maybe the drinking house," she pointed to the place that Andy had attacked me at the other day. "Maybe-"
"I get it," I told her. She just smiled and I started to walk away, looking for a black sweatshirt. I kept searching for anyone who probably wanted to talk to me, but no one was there. I groaned and started to walk away, but I thought about the 'drinking house', as Alex had called it.
I slowly started to walk between the two trees and I looked around me. I saw a black sweatshirt and then it was gone. I started chasing him, but I saw a piece of paper in the corner of my eye. I sighed and turned and looked over at it. I walked to the wall and grabbed the paper.
Can't wait to see you in Paris, France.
I turned around and saw he was already gone. I grabbed the letter and went back to Alex. She was already and she turned to me. "Okay, so I just talked to my best friend, Jen, and she's going to drive us to the airport and the airport is an hour and thirty minutes away, so get ready for a long, long ride," Alex told me. She looked at me and then the paper in my hand. "He didn't show up did he?" she asked.
I shrugged. Alex nodded her head and we started walking away. Finally, a bright red car with a girl with bright red hair drove to us. "Get on in!" she told us. Alex hopped into the backseat and I got in with her. After one hour and thirty minutes, we got to a large airport and quickly boarded the plane. I didn't really want to know how Alex had snuck our weapons and spy stuff onto the plane though. I looked in front of me and saw a black sweatshirt sitting a few rows ahead of us. "Alex," I said quietly.
"Hm?" she asked.
"That boy in the black sweatshirt, he's been following me around," I whispered to her.
Alex's eyes darted to him and back at her hands. "Don't worry about him. He's just got nothing better to do than stalk a bunch of little girls," she told me quietly.
I nodded my head, but I didn't really agree with her on that.
