Sarah looked around the store. It was a small convenience store, with rows of candy, lighters, and thing you would find in your junk drawer. A man with greying hair came over and looked at the two of them.
'just what do you think, you two are doing?' The man asked.
'We were riding our bikes, and we got chased by a dog, we came in here to hide from it.' Noble explained, looking over at Sarah, who rolled her eyes.
' Well its safe out there now, go get moving.' The man said.
Nobel reached into his pocket and pulled out a 20 dollar bill.
'What do you want?' He asked her.
' you brought money?' Sarah asked, hoping he didn't expect her to have brought some.
'Yea, what do you want?'
After Sarah and Nobel had bought them each a water bottle, they headed on. On their left was a small gift shop. Sarah patted his arm and pointed at the building. They headed inside. The shop was small inside, and banners, magnets, and odds and ends, everywhere. They came up to the counter, where a tired young lady stood, eyeing them both.
' boy that's a pretty bad cut on your knee sir.' The woman said. Looking down, she saw his jeans were ripped at the knee, and bloodied.
' I tripped on the way over, we are just looking for directions ma'am.' He said politely.
To where?' She asked.
'Stanford correctional facility.' Sarah said.
' Well why would the two of you want to go to a place like that? You've got your whole life ahead of you, that place-' Sarah interrupted her, 'burnt down, but we are doing a school project, -' She looked over at Nobel, who nodded slightly, 'we only need directions.'
'You too are way off, it's a very long way, could I offer you a map?' The woman asked.
' Yes, thank you,' Noble reached for a map on a stand but she placed her hand in front of it. ' That'll be five dollars.' She said, obviously trying to get some money out of them.
'Of course,' said Nobel reaching into his back pocket,
' Alright will that be cash or-' at that second Nobel grabbed a map, and ran, grabbing Sarah's arm, and ran out.
'Hey! Come back here!' The lady yelled, but Sarah barley heard. They kept running, and running, until they reached train tracks. Noble took out the map and traced his finger along it.
'Here-' He was cut off by the sound of an aproching train. .' Is where we get on, get ready to jump.' He said, looking at the train coming closer.
'Jump! Are you nuts?' Sarah asked, her legs suddenly became unstable, and she nearly fell, from fear of jumping onto a moving train, and not dying in the process.
' want to get to Stanford in two days?' He asked. Of course, Sarah thought, it's not like I have anywhere else to be.
' I cant jump onto a moving train, idiot!' Sarah snapped, but instantly regret it. The train was almost apon them, and Nobel was crouching.
' run!' He yelled over the sound of the train. They both ran along the train, and Sarah noticed an open cart, just a little ahead of her. Noble came up from behind, and grabbed the rail next to the opening. He swung himself on, and grabbed Sarah's hand, and hoisted her in. The two of them collapsed from exhaustion.
' I'm sorry I called you an idiot.' Sarah apologized, her whole body felt warm, and buzzing.
' im sorry I almost killed you.' He said, in between breaths. After a few minutes, sarah sat up, and looked around the train cart. It was small, with a pile of hay in one corner, while the others were bare. The car was a dusty red color. The color of rust...she thought, the color of rust. She fell back down, and went to sleep.
