Chapter 10

"We are being followed", Lily answered.

I felt myself tense up. I was so scared.

"Breathe!" Lily instructed. "Breath… relax… close your eyes if it helps… think about something nice that happened to you."

I closed my eyes and concentrated on breathing. I felt my body relax, and part of the fear disappeared. I opened my eyes again. Lily was still speeding a lot, but somehow I felt… safe. My fear had disappeared.

After a few minutes, Lily slowed down a little.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you", she apologized.

"It's fine. I'm guessing we lost whoever was following us", I responded.

"Yes, we did", Lily answered. "We're almost there."

"Okay", I nodded.

We arrived at the house shortly after that. We got out of the car and Lily walked over to me and pulled me into a hug.

After a while, I said: "I'm okay." And I stepped out of the hug.

"Thanks", I added.

"You're welcome", Lily answered.

We started walking to the door, but someone yelled: "Excuse me!"

We turned around, and Lily quickly stepped in front of me. I was expecting the worst, but it was just a teenage boy who looked around my age.

"Hey. My name is Lucas. I live in the house right next to yours", he said.

"Hey", I answered, while Lily stepped over so she was standing next to me. "My name is Spencer."

"I'm Lily", Lily said while looking at Lucas with an unreadable expression.

"Nice to meet you, Spencer, Lily", Lucas said.

"Nice to meet you too, Lucas", I said while Lily just nodded.

"Lily, your driving is awesome", Lucas complemented Lily.

"It's also pretty scary", I said thinking back to a few minutes earlier.

"Thanks", Lily said. "And Spencer, I wasn't even going that fast."

My mouth dropped: "You were going like 200 miles an hour!"

"You're exaggerating", Lily said.

"I'm going to die", I said jokingly.

"You're not going to die. I have never been in a wreck. Wait, that's a lie. I have never been in a wreck unintentionally", Lily answered. "You just need to trust me."

"Why would you want to be in a wreck intentionally?" I asked.

"To stop a serial killer from getting away", Lily answered.

"Good point" Lucas said.

I looked over at him. I had totally forgotten that he was still there. Now that I was looking at him closer, I noticed that he was pretty cute. 'No', I thought. 'He's probably straight.'

"Stay here", Lily said to me. "I need to get something."

She walked over to the passenger seat of her car. She opened the door, and looked through her glove box. She seemed to be looking for something.

"So, why did you move here?" Lucas asked.

"Well, my parents decided that they wanted to move here because they heard that the school is better here. They had decided they we would move her with the next month or two, but due to some circumstances, we had to move here as soon as possible", I explained.

"What circumstances", Lucas asked.

"Someone tried to kidnap Spencer", Lily said, while walking back to us. She was strapping a gun to her belt.

"What?" Lucas asked surprised. "Why?"

"I can't tell you that", Lily answered. "I'm sorry. It's classified."

"No, that's okay. I understand", Lucas answered.

"Are you a FBI agent?" Lucas asked.

"Yes", Lily answered.

"How old are you?" Lucas asked.

"Does it matter", Lily retorted.

"I guess not. I was just wondering since you look pretty young", Lucas explained.

Lily looked at him for a few seconds, and then she said: "15."

Lucas looked surprised and asked: "15? That's impossible."

"No, it's not. You just need to know the right people. Even though, sometimes I wish I didn't", Lily answered.

Lucas didn't seem to know what to say, so I asked: "What grade are you in?"

"12th. I'm 17", Lucas answered.

"Me too", I said. "How is the school?"

"I guess it's pretty good. We don't have many fights. School isn't that bad. The teachers aren't hard as long as you pay attention in class and do your homework. Overall, I actually kind of like it", Lucas explained.

"That's good", I nodded.

"Ah, there you are, Lucas", said a voice.