Forgotten

Chapter 7

Hallow sat in her room staring at the wall. She just came home from school walking again. That one person keeps following her. Well not really they never followed her home but they would always be waiting on the bench across the strat after school and they would alway be staring at her. 

    She didn't want them to follow her home, and her parents always told her not to talk to strangers. When she was younger, now she thinks they wouldn't care if she got kidnaped. Though she still didn't want to go missing.

    But on the other hand she was curious. Really curious. She wanted to know who they were waiting for every day or if they really were staring at her.
   
Her curiosity finally got the best of her in January. One after school there they were again. Sting on the bench that was across  from the school. With the same sunglasses and black hood. She had told her parents earlier that day that she was going to a friend's house; they wouldn't expect her to be home for hours. She took a deep breath and crossed the road and approached them.

"Hello." she said. She noticed that they had their gaze towards the school still.

"Hello.." they took their gaze off the school and looked up at her

"Who are you waiting for?"

"No one."

"Really I always see you here."

"Well I guess I am.... I just don't think they want to go with me."

"I'm sorry if this is personal but why? If you wait for them you must really care about them."

"I do. She doesn't remember. If you want you can sit down."

Not wanting to be rude she sat down. "So what's her name?"

"She goes by a different name. I don't know what it is."

"I am sorry, if you want I can help her remember you."

They smiled at her "thank you so much, I should probably tell you my name. I'm Handaconda but she used to call me Mr.H."

"I'm Hallow, Do you want me to call you Mr.H or Handaconda?"

"Whatever you want."

"I'll just call you Handaconda. I don't really like formal names."

"Yeah me neither..." he stood up. "Follow me please."

She hesitantly followed him. "You're not joining to hurt me right... I just have to make sure."

"Don't worry I won't"

After walking down several blocks Hallow noticed that they were in the same neighborhood that April lives in.

"Where are you going?" Hallow asked. She wanted to turn and run away. At least if she did she could go to April's house.

"We're going to my place... please don't run away, you said. You would help me...... you should probably stick with your word."

"I wasn't going to." She half lied.

"But you were thinking about it weren't you?"

"Maybe.."

He led her to a smaller house, she noticed that it was the house that was recently sold... so that means he was new to this area.

The house was mostly empty.. Not even boxes he motioned for her to sit on one of the fre folding chairs in the room. She sat down and twiddled with her fingers.

"Um... so look." Handaconda spoke up. "I don't know how to tell you this but..."

"You're going to hurt me aren't you," she said, trying hard not to cry.