AN: Thanks for the reviews: Winkadink, Sammicakes, alwaysreading25, SweetDreamzz3116, FireflyBlizzard. I get so excited every time I see a new one. Well, on with the writing.
CPOV
I walked slowly. Not wanting to hurry along my death. I knew the hunter couldn't kill me. He had to take me to the Government. From where I lived it was at least three days away by car. I didn't know what mode of transportation we had to take. I could see the park now. The trees, the playground, the swings, and my death. The hunter was leaning up against a street light. His skin bathed in its orange glow. I slowly approached him. He glanced up as I neared him. I let out a sigh. Well, hear goes nothing.
DPOV
I looked at the sky. It was bathed in shades of oranges, reds, and pinks. The sun was setting and she wasn't here. She gave me her word. I knew better than to trust a person with magic but I felt so sorry for her. I should of tranqed them both when I had the opportunity. It was dark by the time she appeared, hesitant and scared and brave, in front of me. I couldn't think of what to say to her. She was a dead girl walking. So, I said the first thing that popped into my mind.
"You're late." I growled.
She blinked. "I'm here aren't I? I could have skipped town, but I'm here."
We stared at each other for a while, like we didn't know what to do. After a moment I held out my hand.
"I'm Derek." She hesitated then put her hand and mine and we shook.
"I'm Chloe." At first I wasn't going to ask her name. A name had a face and a face had a family. Without a name a face was easy to forget. Although without her name her face would be pretty hard to forget. I released her hand. We stood there and looked at each other for another minute.
"Alright, let's go."
"Go where?" I looked at her like she was stupid. How could she not know where we were going?
"Don't look at me like that." She scowled. "I know we're going to the Government. I meant where is it located?"
I shifted uncomfortably, debating on whether or not I should tell her. The Government was everywhere, but nobody knew where exactly. I was taking her to the one in Pennsylvania. I could tell her, she was going to find out soon enough and she would die before she could tell someone. I decided to be mysterious. "You'll know when we get there." I smirked at the furious look on her face. This was going to be fun.
CPOV
Derek was sooo irritating. He wouldn't answer any of my questions about his job or the government. It wasn't like I could spread secrets. Although he did answer questions about himself. He had a foster brother and sister named Simon and Tori. He was very protective of them. And he loved to eat.
"What did you want to do when you grew up?" I noticed he used the past tense, like I was already dead.
"I wanted to direct movies." He arched an eyebrow in surprise.
"That's cool." We spent a good hour discussing movies before he stopped the car at a diner located in the middle of nowhere. We found a corner booth and looked at our menus. An elderly waitress came and took our order.
"What'll it be?" She said while popping her gum between cherry red lips. Her voice was rough. I could tell she was a smoker.
Derek ordered a hamburger and a chocolate milkshake.
"Umm, nothing for me." I didn't bring any money. I didn't think I would be alive long enough to eat. Derek looked at me incredulously.
"She'll have the same thing." He said never taking his gaze off mine. I wish he would. I could already feel myself falling into his green eyed stare.
"Why didn't you order anything? We'll be on the road for a while and I'm not stopping. You have to eat something."
I stared at the table and mumbled my response.
"What?" He snapped. "I can't here you. Speak up."
"I said, I don't have any money." He gave me that look again. That condescending look. I looked away.
"I'll take care of it. I'm not going to let you starve yourself to death before we get there." We sat in silence until our food arrived and then we were too busy stuffing our faces to do any talking. Derek pulled out his wallet to pay. I felt bad. I hated people taking care of me. He placed a few dollars on the table for a tip and stood up. He made sure I walked in front of him and he kept a firm grip on my arm to make sure I couldn't run off. Like I could out run him. Even with my magic, I probably couldn't take him. It was dark when we got back outside. Stars twinkled overhead. We sat in silence for about ten minutes when I decided to speak.
"So, thanks for dinner. We should do it again sometime." He glared at me and didn't answer. I sighed and looked out the window. This was going to be a long car ride.
AN: Wanna know something funny. Every time I write a new chapter I have to go back and skim through the previous one so I can remember what happened, so I don't end up writing about something that never happened. Again not that exciting but I struggled with this chapter. I wasn't sure what I wanted major to happen, if anything. Tell me what you think and if there is anything that needs to be improved. Happy writing.
