Away

Chapter 2

As asked, the boy showed up with our pizza.
"Hi," I smiled.
"Hey," he said "where's the brunette?" he asked.
"Oggie is inside, and I'm Phonix," I said.
"Mason," he nodded.
"Okay, Mason, you have to promise not to say anything to anyone, even the police, about where we live," I said
"Okay, I promise," he said, oddly.
"Okay," I said, taking a deep breath, "follow me."
I led Mason through the tarp, (with the pizza),the crawl space, and then up stairs.
"Oggie," I called.
"Coming," I heard her call.
"Are you guys kidding?" Mason smiled, looking at me.
"No. We're run-aways and this is our hide out," I said, looking down.
Mason reached out and picked up my chin.
"Are you guys okay?" he asked.
"We're fine," Oggie said, walking over and pulling my shoulder over to her and away from Mason.
"What are you doing?" she hissed.
"What?" I asked.
"You're flirting," she said.
"Am not," I said as I walked over to Mason.

We were sitting, eating,
"So your real names are Phonix and Oggie?" he asked.
"Well, Phonix is her code name, my code name is Cloud," Oggie replied.
"So, what's your real name?" he asked, staring at me.
"She doesn't-like her-name," Oggie answered between bites of pizza.
"Come on, what is it?" he asked, after taking a bite.
I swallowed, then smiled, "Do I have to?" I complained.
"Yes," Mason replied.
"Okay, the name my parents gave me is...Brandy," I sighed in defeat.
"That's a beautiful name," he said.
"Well, don't call her by it or she'll elbow you," Oggie giggled.
"She's right, I will," I laughed.
Mason chuckled, "I'll stop by tomorrow to drop off some supplies."
"Thanks, but we'll get them," I said as Oggie nodded at me.
"And get arrested for stealing, running away, breaking an entering, and loitering. How are you guys not in jail yet?" he asked. 
"You know what...we'll stay in tomorrow," I said.
"Yah, I mean, we should probably clean up a bit," Oggie said looking around the dusty, abandoned building.
"We have some spare brooms at my dad's pizza place that I'll bring over," Mason said as he got up and left.