Ugh… picking out jobs is harder than I thought, most of them call for a lot of experience, which I don't have… Blaze locked her cell phone and sighed, falling back onto the beige couch. There was cotton leaking out of a tiny hole in the armrest of the couch, and Blaze didn't have enough self-control to not pull it out from boredom. The couch is messed up anyway, it's not like anyone is going to notice…
When Blaze realized the tip of the armrest of the couch was nearly going flat from the loss of cotton, and the cotton piling up on the floor, she decided to stuff it all back into the armrest. I can at least do something productive, maybe go explore some more. Blaze stood up from the couch and walked to the closet in her room and picked out her small purple peacoat, and slipped on her black short heeled ankle boots.
Once Blaze had stepped out onto the porch, the cold breeze stung her cheeks red. She started to struggle when she locked the door back by twisting the lock from the inside, and shutting the door, but the top lock wouldn't shut when locked. She simply gave up and just locked the bottom lock, and shut the door.
I wonder if I'll find a park somewhere around here… Blaze decided to continuously walk straight until she had found a park, or something that would spark her deeper the sun began to sink in the ground, the dingier and rougher the streets began to get. Blaze was paying no mind to her surroundings, zoned out to the music playing in her wasn't until the all the streetlights began to switch on that she realized where she was and it was probably time to get back home. She looked around the street, beginning to notice the gangs of tough men gathered around old cars, and buildings that looked like they were on it's last legs.
"Do you know where you are?" A nice sounding woman said, leaning on the brick building in front of her. "You looked pretty mean until the streetlights turned on. I also haven't seen you around here before…"
"I was just… exploring around the city…" Blaze said softly. "But I'm leaving now." Blaze quickly turned her back and was about to walk back, ignoring the "Waits" from the lady behind her. She began to hear the quick patter of feet from behind her, and a firm hand grab her shoulder, turning her body back around to face the lady from earlier.
"Don't pretend you can't hear me." The lady said sternly, her face turned in slight anger.
"Sorr-"
"You can't these streets alone at this time, haven't you heard about these streets at all?" The lady took her hand into a firm grip.
"I'm n-"
"Where are you heading? We have to leave quickly." The lady said.
Blaze was beginning to get frustrated by this ladies sudden interruptive concern, and pulled away from the ladies hold.
"I walked straight here alone-"
"Great! Let's go!" The lady grabbed her hand back and began to walk towards her car.
"And I can walk straight back alone, as well." Blaze pulled her hand away once again, and began to walk quickly back.
"At this time of night? What you saw when the sun was out will be totally different from what you will confront walking back home now. Just let me take you!" The lady said.
"What makes it safer to go with you?" Blaze said spitefully.
"Well…. My father is a cop!" The lady slightly smiled and crossed her arms pridefully, feeling she had won the argument.
"Fine, then." Blaze sighed and rolled her eyes, tired of debating with this lady and just agreeing to get it over with.
"My car is right there." The lady pointed to her black expensive looking car.
She has a nicer car, I guess she can be safe, It's best to be prepared if she isn't, though. Blaze got in the passenger seat, looking around to examine anything suspicious.
"Do you not trust me?" The lady said, looking somewhat offended.
"Of course not! Didn't you say the streets weren't safe? What are you doing on them if they aren't? And you saying you're father's a cop isn't exactly credible, either!" Blaze said irritated.
The lady started the car and began driving. "Well, my father isn't really a cop." The lady smirked. Blaze fumed, about to say something, but was then interrupted. "But that shouldn't make you not trust me."
"Whatever, just take me home." Blaze sunk into the seat, tired of dealing with this lady's nonsense.
Blaze looked up out the window, somewhat on edge about the lady next to her. Who does she think she is, just invading my space like that. She must have a saviour complex of some sort.
"My name is Sally, by the way." Sally smiled slightly.
"My name is Blaze" Blaze nonchalantly said, not wanting a conversation.
"Do you want to know why I picked you up, Blaze?" Sally asked sternly. Blaze almost felt nervous as to how serious Sally made the question sound.
"Why?" Blaze asked with genuine curiosity, actually concerned with the reason.
"Because… I think you look cute." Sally turned to Blaze with a stoic look at her face. But her eyes were impatiently waiting for a response from Blaze. She began to smirk when she saw the red rising on Blaze's face, with a mix of nervousness.
"Uh… I… Well… I…" Blaze stuttered, not knowing how to respond to such an abrupt and bold statement.
"Are you dating somebody, Blaze?" Sally returned to her signature stern look.
"I-I'm not dating anybody, b-but I'm not looking to d-date anyone, either." Blaze stuttered, trying to sound as stern and cool as Sally was being, but failing miserably.
The car ride continued in silence, until Blaze pointed to Amy's upcoming house.
"I live here…" Blaze said.
Sally parked the car, and reached over Blaze into her glove department, making Blaze even redder. She pulled out a paper and pen and began to write something on top of the car dashboard.
"Here's my number, Blaze." Sally reached over to put the paper in Blaze's pea coat pocket.
"O-ok." Blaze tried to open the door, but the door was locked.
"I want your number, too" Sally said. She handed Blaze a pen and a paper, and waited there staring seriously. Blaze began to write quickly and handed Sally the paper, the nervousness apparent in Blaze's shaky handwriting.
"Bye..." Blaze said exiting the car, about to close the door. But the door was stopped from closing by Sally's strong arm, and Sally looked up at Blaze and smirked.
"Bye." Sally said seductively. Blaze shut the door and began to scurry to the front door.
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A/N: Sorry for such a long disappearance guys! The reason I was gone for so long was due to the fact I was typing each chapter on my cell phone, which was quite stressful and time consuming. When I typed on my cell phone, there was never enough space, and the fact the keyboard was small caused me many grammatical errors. I wanted my stories to have a better quality to them, so I thought it would be best to wait for my laptop that SHOULD'VE came on Christmas Day of 2015, but my Dad was shifting career and financially wise to a better job, so I had to wait until now to get it. The minute I received this laptop, I began writing this, because I understand how stressful waiting on a new chapter can be. Now that editing is much easier, I'll be going back to each chapter and fixing all the mistakes that had been made. Thank you for reading and leaving all the nice reviews, but remember I'm also not afraid of constructive criticism. This is my first ever story I've posted, and I plan to make future stories as well, So constructive criticism will help me not to make the same mistakes in future stories, don't be scared to let me know, please!
