I landed with a loud thump on the ground, but no sooner had I landed than I started sprinting. I knew that around 9:00 PM Flavrin was gonna check the rooms and find I wasn't there. It was already 8:56 PM and she was always on time.
"Gotta get away," I said between heavy breaths. I finally slowed after I found an abandoned gas station, and decided that since I was now a good 10 away it would be pretty safe.
I slung my bag over my shoulder and walked through the old creaky doors and found a nice spot behind the front desk. I laid my sleeping bag on the floor and checked the time on my watch.
It was 10:38 PM and I knew that Miss Flavrin would be looking for me in the morning. I snuggled down into my sleeping bag and slowly began to drift off to sleep.
When I woke up and could see more clearly, I realized that there was still some snacks and stuff left over from before the place closed. I looked around and found a pack of nutty bars, two bags of potato chips, a pack of mini chocolate chip cookies, and some hot fries. Everything was still in pretty good condition, so I put it in my bag.
I left my stuff in the gas station and walked outside, but the only thing there was a long road. I walked back over to my pack, sat down on my sleeping bag, and read some of my books till nightfall.
When it started getting dark, I got in my sleeping bag and fell asleep. I was woken up by a creaking noise. I looked at my watch and it was 6:43 AM, and I knew that that the noise was not from an animal. Then it hit me.
Someone else was in the gas station.
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Journey Home
RomanceZoey has been living in Miss Flavrin's orphanage for most of her life, but now that she's seventeen and has finally figured out where her parents live, she's decided that, with the help of her best friends and roommates Nancy and Clare, she's going...
