Escape

A new friend

"He's not coming back. He's a liar. You were foolish to actually believe him. " I whispered to myself.

"Who's not coming back? " asked 286.
"Oh no one. Just someone in one of my dreams " I whispered. She hugged me tightly and I carest her head.
"Do you think we are being punished?" asked 286 sadly. I took a pause, I didn't know what to tell her, but I couldn't ruin her spirit. "Well I don't think we are."
"But it's so bad here."she said as her voice broke into a cry.
"I know but ..." I didn't know what to tell her.

"Hey , do you know what your real name is? " I asked.
"No-o.. I don't" she said. She layed her warm face of tears on my chest.
"Well let's make you a name then." I said with a smile. "We can do that?" She said as she jumped up in excitement.
"Of course we can, what would you like your name to be?"
"Um I don't know." She said pondering.
"How about Isabelle?"
"O-oh I like that one. Yeah I really like it . " she said in a happy tone. She hugged me tightly. "Thank you..." she took a pause. "um..what's your name?"
"I think my name is Naomi." I whispered.
"Wow! " she yelled. I covered her mouth quickly. "We have to be quiet ." I whispered.
"Oh yeah I'm sorry... I just really like your name."she mumbled. "It's fine." I said. I removed my hand off her mouth.
"Can we call each other by our names now?" she asked shyly. "Yes we can.. Isabelle." I said as I hugged her. "But I think we should keep our names to ourselves."
"Yeah that's smart."she said.
"Our secret?" I asked. "Our secret. " she answered with a hug.
I hugged her back and looked around. There was a little girl sitting by herself. She was new, she just arrived two weeks ago. I focused towards her face, it was a dim room but I could notice her face expression.
"Give me a moment Isabelle." I whispered in her ear as I broke our hug. I crawled towards the girl and sat in front of her. She kept her eyes towards the ground.
"Hi" I said softly. She stayed quiet.
"I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to be friends."
She looked up at me with tears in her eyes. I held out my arms. She hugged me tightly with her warm face pressing against my chest.
"You don't have to be alone." I whispered.
" Why am I here? I was fine with my mom ! " she said.
"I never bothered anyone, I only worked and gave the money to my mom."
"I don't know why you're here... I don't even know why I'm here. No one does." I answered.
"I know why we're here! " said a girl as she stood up. "Our parents didn't want us so they sent us here for money! They never loved us!" shouted the girl.
Isabelle started to cry. "Will you just shut up! " I yelled.
"That's not everyone's reason for being here! So sit down and shut up!" I yelled as my face became hot with anger.
A hard slam came from the door as the man walked in. "What's with the noise!" He shouted.
Everyone grew silent, even Isabelle. We were terrified. "That's what I thought. Now go to sleep you imbeciles" he said as he slammed the door shut.
"You see what happens!" whispered the girl.
"Yeah exactly , now go to sleep." I whispered back.
I turned my attention back to the girl in front of me. "Can you tell me your number?" I asked.
"I'm 306" she answered back. She kept her eyes towards the floor, tears still streaming down her pale cheeks. She looked so fragile , I couldn't help but feel my heart break as I saw her cry.
"Come with me ." I whispered as I stood up. I put my hand out for her grasp, she didn't hesitate and grabbed my hand tightly. We quietly walked towards Isabelle. " This is 306." I said as I patted her head. I sat down on the ripped mattress. " This is 286" I said while looking at 306. "We can all be friends."
They both smiled, but 286 was first at hugging 306. She jumped on her and smiled real big. 306 sat still but then hugged her back. When the hug broke , 286 wiped the tears off 306's face. "Let's go to sleep. " I said. "We can dream of having a puppy. " said 286 with a smile. "Goodnight" said 306. They laid on both of my sides and fell asleep. I fell asleep soon after.