I gripped my bag tightly, glancing at the door worriedly. Just before I had "jumped" I had grabbed the bag. It was just a bag of clothes, PJs, money, passport, my black iPod and headphones, shoes, make-up, jewelry, fake identities and passports, necessities like that. Father always said to always have a bag like that if one day Tristan or me ever had to leave a place quickly.

Well, that day had come.

After a moment Rodney opened the door hesitantly. He seemed surprised to see me. "Jazz, what…" he started to say, but I barged in. If we were going to leave quickly, it couldn't take a lot of time.

"Are you okay?" I asked as I checked outside for the man.

"Jazmin," Rodney said. I looked away from the window and looked at him.

"What?" I said.

"Why are you here?" he said. I was about to answer when I felt a tugging sensation at the back of my head. I closed my eyes.

The man and the woman were in a car. The man was driving. He suddenly let go of the wheel and closed his eyes. The woman steered while the man put his hands on his forehead. He opened his eyes and grabbed the wheel. The woman sat back down as he smiled. He looked at her. "The girl is at the boy's house. We will get her there." The woman nodded. The man sped up.

The vision fuzzed away. I opened my eyes.

The man was a Watcher. They wanted me, Division wanted me. Well, I thought, they aren't going to get me that easily. I looked at Rodney. "Do you trust me?" I asked.

He looked at me strangely. "Of course I do, Jazmin."

I nodded. "Then if you really trust me, go upstairs and pack all necessities. We have to go, you and me." He looked taken back.

"What do you mean? Jazmin, I'm not going anywhere with you. I trust you, but I am not going anywhere. Why do we need to leave anyway?" I grabbed Rodney by the shoulders and pushed against the wall, just as I saw the man do in my vision.

I looked into his eyes. "Because, we are friends and I care about you. I would never hurt you."

I let him ago. "We don't have much time. Please, if you really trust me and really believe me, you will go upstairs and pack. Go get your stuff."

He looked at me. "This isn't joke?"

I looked at him. "Seriously? I have never lied to you. Please just get your stuff." He just nodded and went up the stairs. I watched him go.

I touched my pocket, making sure I had my wallet. I had put every single photo I had on my wall in it just before I had "jumped". Not the ones from my original home, those were ash. I had been gathering new photos from magazines, non-fiction books, and Aunt Seph's old photo albums. Pictures of Baltimore, cemeteries, the cemetery Dad was buried in, the cemetery Arthur was buried in, New York, places like that. I had managed to put all those photos in my wallet, plus the two from my birthday and all my money. I had thought it would be risky to take any credit cards; anyone could track us that way.

I sat down as I waited and set the green bag down. I closed my eyes to rest for a moment. I was so tired...

Rodney POV

I quickly finished my shower and put on something warm. I grabbed my black backpack for school and emptied it out of all my school supplies. I then stuffed in it shirts, jeans, pants, underwear, PJs, and my iPod and headphones. I grabbed three books and my passport and put them in my backpack. I grabbed my wallet and made sure I had all my money in it. I put that in my front pocket. I grabbed my keys for my car and put that in my back pocket. I zipped the backpack quickly and was about to walk out my room when I saw it.

It was a picture of me and Jazz…Jazmin. I grabbed it and put it in my pocket. I looked around my room quickly for anything else I would need if Jazmin wasn't kidding. There was nothing. I walked down the stairs.

Reaching the bottom floor, I was surprised to see Jazmin was on the couch, eyes closed. I stepped closer. I felt mesmerized for a moment. She looked beautiful, as always, donning a green and black sweater, dark skinny jeans, and green boots. From her neck dangled three necklaces, one that I had given her and the others I didn't recognize. Her lips were parted, and her breathing came in and out, in a steady rhythm. I couldn't help myself. I leaned in closer; about to kiss her…She suddenly stood up from the couch.

Jazmin POV

I opened my eyes. He had finally come down. Rodney had been too close to me for my liking, so I stood up quickly. That is when I noticed Rodney's black hair was wet and his brown eyes had a strange excitement in them. He had changed into black jeans and a faded blue sweater. He had a black backpack in his hand.

"Are you ready?" I asked. He nodded.

"Okay. Let's go." I walked out the door. I "jumped" inside of Rodney's car, a black 2005 Ford Fiesta.

I landed in the driver's seat. I bent down and opened the panel and a bunch of wires popped out. I had learned how to hot-wire a car from my dad. In a few seconds, the car was running. I unlocked the door for Rodney and we both put on our seatbelts.

I looked behind us. There weren't any cars behind us. I put the car out of "Park" and put it in "Drive". Then I drove us out of the driveway.

I looked at Rodney. He seemed undecided somehow. He kept moving, as if he was deciding something. I looked back at the road. It wasn't until we arrived at the first stop light did he say, "Wait a minute. How'd you turn on the car? How'd you even get in the car? I got the keys." He took them out from his pocket. I rolled my eyes thinking, Seriously? You just realized that? I smiled at him then faced the road as I turned left as the green light flashed.

"You seriously do not want to know."

...

We had been driving for about four hours. It was night time. We were a long way from home. It wasn't until Rodney's stomach rumble did I notice that I was hungry. "You want to stop at Jack in the Box?" I said.

Rodney said, "Sure."

So I drove to the nearest one. I parked the car near the entrance and got out. I locked the doors. Then we both walked in. Since it was at night, there weren't really a lot of people in line. We waited as the woman picked up her bag of food and walked out of the place. Then it was just us.

"So, what do you want?" said Rodney. I looked over the menu. I found what I was looking for. I looked at the man who was at the cashier. He looked familiar…

"I want the Jumbo Jack with extra cheese and tomatoes, large fries, and a median soda," said Rodney, glancing at the menu hungrily. I looked at him, then at the cashier.

"Fine. I want the Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger, just the cheese, bacon, and meat, no mayo or anything like that, some large fries and a median soda." I said. The man put it in the machine and gave a receipt.

"That will be $16.76." said the man.

I took out my wallet and gave $20 to the man. "Keep the change." I said.

The man nodded and gave us two median cups. We walked away from the counter.

"Why'd you pay for the food? I could've have done it." Said Rodney. I chuckled quietly.

"As if. Look, I pay for all this. Don't you worry about a thing." I said and then went to the beverages. I poured in Coco-Cola in my cup, and Rodney put Barq's Root Beer in his. We then sat down at a table and waited for our food. I looked around, afraid the man and woman might have tracked us.


Okay, waiting on food. I do that all the time. As you can tell, Rodney was about to kiss Jazmin. He likes her, you know. I love that cheese burger at Jack in the Box, and I love Coco-Cola... Hope you liked the chapter and review if you want.