"KNOCK KNOCK" Ed banged on the door "You up yet?"
He opened the door, just as Hannah pulled the duvet over her head.
"Come on Hannah. It was your idea to go shopping."
The duvet moved as Hannah rolled under it.
"Ugh" Ed pulled on the duvet "Hannah-" He stopped.
Hannah covered her face and turned away from him. Tears streaked her face, and even started to soak her hands.
"Hannah?" Ed questioned, this wasn't the attitude she had displayed earlier.
"Give me ten minutes" Hannah replied with a cracked voice.
He reached out to touch the duvet-
"Go" Hannah sobbed. "Please"
Slowly Ed retracted and walked out of the room. "Take your time"
Ed had moved outside to where Al was waiting.
"Is she coming brother?"
"Yes, she just needs some time to get ready." Ed replied "or at least I I hope that's what it is"
She was crying again. It was just like before when we found her by Hughes' house. What could've happened to that girl?
"I'm ready to go shopping now!" Hannah cried as she ran outside.
She's completely converted. Well almost completely.
That smile has been plastered weakly, but she's desperately trying to harden it.
Who is this girl? Why does she feel the need to conceal her emotions? Could she be hiding something?
"Ed!"
Huh?
"Ed" shouted Hannah, "what are you doing?"
"I-" Hannah grabbed his hand and ran "-whoa!"
"Let's go already!"
What is this girl; 8 years old? Why does she even need to hold my hand?
"Ooh, I think it's this one?" squealed Hannah
How would she even know? Didn't she say she was new here?
"Come on Ed"
"No thanks" What do I really know about this girl? "You go ahead, I'll wait out here"
"Aww-wwwww-wwwww-wwwww-www..."
What is wrong with this girl? How childish can she get? She can't still be a child, can she? I think she has boobs, but it's hard to tell when they wear clothes like that.
"Come on Ed, I can't go alone" she leaned in to whisper now "What if someone other than you takes me home?"
Can these really be the words of a child?
"Well Hannah, how about Al goes to keep you safe?"
"Yeah! Come on Al!"
"Ah, I never agreed to this" Al pleaded as he was dragged away by Hannah.
"Well that takes care of them two for now" Ed sighed as her turned the corner, "I guess this'll have to come up in the meeting too."
Ed paused. He leaned on the wall, waiting.
"Did you find it yet" said a husky voice from the other side of the wall.
"Did you catch a cold or something?" Ed asked
"Sure, I have a cold. It's not as if I'm undercover and have to put on a voice or anything"
"Well I'm glad that this wall will prevent any diseases passing. Why did you choose this place anyway? Did you blow your office up again?"
"Of course not!" he spouted "My office is just fine. We're being watched, it's about the package"
"When people say 'package' I they usually mean something small, not a girl"
"What, you can't handle a little girl?"
"I can handle her just fine" Ed pouted.
"What's the problem then?"
"How much information do we have on her?"
"Not enough. Why?"
"I think she may be playing us"
Ed stood up straight and made his way back.
"THERE HE IS!" Hannah shouted
"What happened?" Ed asked
"Well, uh, how should I put it?"
"Al, tell me what happened"
"Brother, Hannah went into the store and she bought this whole load of stuff, but she didn't have any money, so she just ran outside with the clothes and started shouting your name, the owner thought she was trying to stea-"
"I get it Al" Ed cut in
"It wasn't my fault" Hannah sulked "if you hadn't run away this wouldn't have happened"
"Ugh, let's just buy the stuff and leave" Ed sighed.
Hannah frowned then led the way.
Ed knew that Hannah wanted attention, but he was too frustrated to play along with her childish games.
"See, I told you he's buying them" Hannah teased the owner; the man behind the desk, before he so glady took the money from Ed, demanded compensation for the trouble as well.
"What's with all this?" Ed questioned taking a look at what he had just paid for.
"Clothing?" Hannah states
"Men's clothing."
"And?"
"You have a penis?" Ed grinned "it makes sense seeing as you lack any sort or brea-"
Hannah had thrown a bag at Ed.
"You enjoy dressing as a male?"
"Everything else would have made me look like a prostitute."
"That's a fair point"
"Thank you"
"You'd probably go bankrupt in that profession"
Ed caught this bag and kept laughing.
