Matt's POV
I followed Mr. Wammy up the stairs to a room; I wanted to have the first good look of this strange new girl. Rodger had told us she was coming, and Mr. Wammy had been coming and going for the past two weeks. I caught a glimpse of this small girl, which was amazing since she almost was hidden from sight she was pressed to Mr. Wammy's side so closely. I pressed myself against the wall so wouldn't see me as he left the room. Removing my goggles I poked my head around the corner and saw her. She was sitting on the edge of the bed looking around the room in curiosity, swinging her legs as she did so. I cracked a small smile; she was really adorable like that. I took a deep breath and stepped in the room.
Mia's POV
"Hi," a voice said softly. I whipped my head around to the door and there was boy not much older than me standing there. I froze in place my joints locked, who was he? What was he doing here?
Matt's POV
I took a step forward, and smiled a little trying to break the ice a bit. "What's your name?" I asked. She just kept staring at me with her big blue eyes and blinked. She looked so small and fragile sitting there, so innocent. I felt that if I made one mistake the girl in front of me would crumble and shatter into a million pieces. "I'm not going to hurt you," I whispered kindly hoping she would relax a little. I extended my hand and moved forward ever so slowly. She yelped and scrambled backward until she hit the back of the bed. She no longer looked at me with questions or caution she looked at me with fear, no fear would be an understatement. She looked at me with terror in her eyes. I froze to the spot fearing to advance or step back. "I'm sorry," I said, it wasn't my intent to scare her. I stood up straight and still. She stared at me in curiosity and started to inch off the bed. She lightly jumped to the floor and started walking to me.
Mia's POV
He held out his hand and told me he wasn't going to hurt me. That's what the bad man said before…. It all happened again, wasn't once enough? I pulled away from the bad man, he came back for me! Was he going to kill me too? Taking Cara wasn't enough for him? I was about to cry, tears threatened to spill over but I wouldn't dare let the bad man see me cry, he saw Mommy cry and then….
"I'm sorry," the man said and stood up, the boy stood there straight his head lowered sadly. Why was he sad? I slipped off the bed and went to him. Did the bad man hurt him too?
Matt's POV
She was standing less than a foot away from me what had changed her reaction to me? She started at me with wide eyes full of worry, was she worried for me? Why? Sheesh this girl was easy to read. She reached out and took my hand. Then she gasped and started at me with that same terrified look she had before. She dropped my hand as if it were a snake and backed away from me slowly shaking her head as she went.
"What on earth?" a man's voice asked I tuned and saw Mr. Wammy at the door. She looked from him to me then to him again before running out the door her face buried in her hands, she tore down the hall still crying.
"I – I – I didn't know Mr. Wammy I'm sorry! I didn't touch her! I'm sorry!" I cried. I had hurt the poor girl without meaning to, her first day here and I had made it hell.
"It's alright Matt; you couldn't have known how she'd react to anything. We still don't know," he said before going after the girl.