"People like you?" She raises a brow suspiciously. "Yeah people like me, why didn't you run away?" I questioned."Well I noticed the arrow in your hand, I didn't run because I wanted to die, thought you were gonna do a quick job but here you are sitting infront of me talking, so we're both somewhat in shock." She stated, disappointment laced in her tone. "Y-your not scared of me?" I stutter like a damn idiot.
"What's there to fear, I thought you'd kill me but you didn't so here we are." She giggled, I sounded so angelic I couldn't help but smile. "You're weird, it's kind of funny." I smiled. "Well I'm sitting here with a dangerous...." She trailed off, guessing it was my Que to introduce my self. "Ryder Smith" i stated. "Well Ryder Smith, I'm Zoey Adams." Hearing herself call herself by that name sent a sharp bing to my chest, but I couldn't tell her. As much as I missed her I couldn't.
"Nice to meet you, Zoey Adams." I stretches out my hand. "Likewise" she stretch out hers and shakes my hand. "I have to hide people are looking for me." You could hear people yelling from the distance, shit they found me. "
Come with me." "I don't want you to get into this please." "It's better than my life I assure you, come on let's go."
We get up in a hurry, bolting passed the trees, reminds me of the days her and I ran away from Nel and Mel late at night. Hearing the leaves crunch under my feet, the air blowing in my hair. I trailed behind her, the smile on my face growing each second I couldn't say I didn'miss this the adrenaline she'd give me. I can help but smile myself, ducking branches, jumping over rocks, running in puddles hearing the water splash under our feet. Crossing the streets as we make it to a house, luckily there's no one here. We run in and lock the door.
The house is filled with our laughter. "We'll never have I ever imagine running away with a criminal." "Never have I ever imagine being rescued by a beautiful girl, thanks for that by the way." I smiles at her. "Anytime, your welcome here, I live alone so whenever you need to hide I'm your gal." She smiles back. I can't help but feel a flutter in my chest.
We take a seat on the couch, and turn on the TV. "Don't you want to change out if those blood soaked clothes." " I think I should, do you have any black clothes?" I asks. " I think my brother's closet does, I'll check for you."
She walked up the stairs and disappeared. Wondering why she was taking so long I walk up the stairs. Clearing my throat, as watch her just stand in the middle of a door way, I'm guessing belonged to a guy. Turning fast on her heels, she hands me clothes and toiletries, she walked out of the room and sprinted down into another I'm guessing was hers.
After my shower, I could hear yelling. It got louder and louder as I walked down the hall, and I hear a shatter. Worry kicks in but as I reach to knock I remember that shouldn't get too close to her, she'll get hurt.
"Hey Ryder, I got Chinese food!" She yells from the living room. "I'll be down soon!" I yell back. Walking into her lining room, I feel weird wearing these. "umm is this fine?" I question. "Umm y-yeah it's fine, here's your food." She hands me the Chinese food. I take a seat next to her on the couch. "So what do you wanna watch?" "Slenderman, let's watch that, pretty cool movie, I promise," I smirk. She loved the movie even thought as she said it had more potential. " That smirk screams, I'm lying. But let's watch it anyway."
6 minutes into the movie she's holding onto my arm like her life depended on it. "You said it was a 'pretty cool movie I promise' why TF at they disappearing!" She yells at me. "Okay, okay we'll watch someth-" she hisses in pain, shit she hurt herself . "I'm fine it's nothing." "Oh okay if you're sure." I don't t push.
"I'm done with this movie, I'm going to bed." She gets up from the couch, w alking up the stairs.
I walk into a room to find her crying on the floor, Im was confused about what was wrong. "I- I was just leaving, s-sorry." She tries to walk passed me but I gently wrap my hand around her forearm. "If you want to stay you can stay, I don't have a problem with it unless you do." She started. "I w-" "You don't need to explain Zoey, it's okay."
I walk over to the bed she follows behind me. Sitting herself on the bed cross legged, i sat myself on the edge of the bed. "Zoey, do you know who I am?" I ask unexpectedly, I just want to know if she probably remembers. "No, I don't know who you are." She responds. "Do you want to know who I am?" Starting at her hoping she'd what to know her past. " Yeah, I guess I do." She stares into my eye's.
......
It's weird how she saved me from getting caught, she does hurt herself.
"I'm a dangerous person, a person who kills people because they disobeyed orders, because I have to get my job done. The person everyone's scared of, but not you. You saw me walking towards you and you just sat there staring at me. I was wondering what was wrong with you, why you didn't run from me. You don't know anything about me." I inform her . " Ryder, honestly I don't care that you kill people for a purpose. I wasn't scared of you because I wanted to die, I didn't want to live anymore. Ryder there are things about me that I'm not ready to say yet, all I know is that I don't want the life I have now I just want to move on from here, I want to forget this place and never come back. But that can't happen because where would I go" I see her trying to look at me from the corner of my eye.
"Zoey if I take you with me, you're not going to get yourself into shit right?" I question still not looking at her, was I sure about this . "I can't promise you anything, as long as you teach me." Our eyes lock, my green/yellow eyes and her beautiful brown ones, she still has the same personality she's still my Alex. "Zoey, I'm serious this is a really dangerous life, always watching your back. Do you want that?" I question her. " I don't know." " Zoë, trust me I'd rather have you safe here then somewhere else with me. I-'' I plead with her. "Ryder, are you going to leave me here alone?''
"Zoe- you know I can't stay here." I sigh. "Ryder please, I don't like living here alone." She pleads. She's so sleepy she's asking me to stay.
I lay down facing the ceiling, Alex doing the same. "You know, I didn't expect my day to go like this." She starts to slur. "Would go like what?" If I could see her face I'd assumed she'd be smiling, still doesn't well with me that I have to call her Zoey. "First I find out that my parents are dead, next I think I'm about to die and now I'm laying in bed next to a criminal, who thought." She lays her head on my chest, if only she knew she was once a criminal herself. "Your parents are dead?" I ask, I knew but it would be weird if I didn't ask her about it.
"Yeah, plane crash but I'm okay though." They didn't die in a plane crash, they died a couple of years ago. Hunter killed them, and killed everyone's family to make us somewhat ruthless. The phone call she had gotten was from Selena, to at least try and trigger a memory by reliving her trauma. It didn't work, we have to kick it up a notch.
" You can sleep you don't have to stay awake." "Goodnight Ry." She yawns. I tensed at her calling me that, it's been a while since I heard that nickname only she called me by it. Slowly but surely she'll gaining her memory back. "Goodnight princess."
