The underground

Chapter 2

The boy above is

The boy asks me the question again as I jump to my feet.

"Well?" he asks a smirk on his face.

"Whats traffic?" I ask.

"Whats traffic? that stuff out there.." he gestures to where i was just standing. "THat's traffic. And pretty girls like you don;t normally stand out in it."

Did he just call me pretty? Well now this is awkward. But I should probably listen to him. I mean he is the person from this world and I dont know anything about it. Just trust the boy Journey. He will help you not die.

THe boy brings my attention back to him. "I'm Dane Matthews by the way. What's your name?"

"Journey. Just Journey."

"Well Just JOurney," Dane says giving me that signature grin. "Have you ever been to Ohio or are you new here?"

I dont want to tell him that im from an underground society. But, I want to at the same time, "No, I'm not from here. But very very close to here."

"Oh really? Where?"

Gosh. Now what am I supposed to say? He just made thjis so much more difficult. "Ummmm.... the town next to this one." I say flustered.

"Oh..You're from Greenville? That's a small town. No offense."

Greenville? What the heck is that? "Umm yes.. Greenville.. That is where I am from.. Greenville." I bet I sound like an idiot, but Dane just grins and chuckles. Now, I dont see many boys my age. Okay, No boys my age but I can tell a fine one when I see one. And he is fine. His rich brown hair lays perfectly on his head. His head is a little larger than normal.  But it worked for him. He was tall in stature and had nice curved muscles that rippled smoothly. His gym shorts hung loosely on his hips and his shirt hugged his biceps just the right way.

"So, Journey, what are you doing here?" Dane questioned me.

What WAS I doing here? I didn't even know I would get this far. Here, In the above world.

"Well.... uh. I am..... going to get ice cream?" Ice cream? ICE CREAM JOURNEY?!?!?! THIS IS ALL YOU COULD THINK OF? you know what? No, it's okay. Ice cream is fine. I'm sure plenty of people go to DIFFERENT CITIES for ice cream. Yes. It's a normal thing.

Dane chuckled at me. "Well, I cant let you go get ice cream by yourself can I? Here, Ill take you."

He didn't try to touch me or get too close to me, just kept a nice distance. He led the way to a building. We only have a few buildings in THe Underground. So this is new to me.

"What is this?" I question Dane.

"This? Well, this is an ice cream parlor." Dane grinned. He probably thinks I'm crazy. He orders Ice cream and we sit down to eat it.

This is all so new to me. Dane keeps small talk as we smile and laugh togeher. IT feels...... nice. I hear the door open and a man comes in. He gets ice cream and goes to walk out the door. He made eye contact with me and gasped. It was the Liberal.

"JOurney?!"

I look down shyly. "YEs?"

"Well, I always knew this day would come. I just didn't know so soon. Your father told me that when you finally escaped I needed to take you somewhere."

"Escaped?" I heard Dane pipe in.

"You've already met someone JOurney?" The Liberal asks me.

"Yes, this is Dane." I reply.

"You both must come with me then. Journey you need to get your instructions and meet someone. Follow me." THe Liberal walks out with a very confused Dane, and a questionable Journey in pursuit.

What is going on here?