Outside

Chapter 3

Sophie's POV

At first the bright sunlight blinded me. I squinted and brought my hands up to my face. My eyes adjusted and I smiled at the beauty. The bright blue sky shimmered and the clouds were bright and fluffy. I felt the happiness rise up in my chest.

There was a giant forest flowers scattered around the ground. I saw birds and squirrels and butterflies. I walked down the front steps and the green grass swayed slightly. The wind brushed the grass making it look like water. I ran to the lawn and felt the grass. It was soft. I giggled. This is dangerous?

I looked back and saw Vince smiling at me. I suddenly felt really bashful. I breathed in the fresh air. It made inside feel like a prison, made it seem inferior. The air was sweet and calming.

I looked to my left and saw a giant metal machine. I furrowed my eye brows. I walked over to it. It had four wheels, four doors, a roof, and six windows.

I let my finger touch the metal. It was hot, so hot I flinched back. I took a few steps back.

"What..... is...it?" I asked slowly. It was weird and unseen. Vince and his friend chuckled.

"It's a car. You use it to travel around." Vince said coming up behind me. He leaned across me and opened one of the back doors and gestured for me to get in. Clumsily I crawled into the car, not knowing what will happen. I sat down and he leaned across me grabbing a strap with a metal piece on the end. He was so close. I breathed in and his scent hit me like a slap in the face. I close my eyes and breathed out. I heard a low groan as he pulled back. I felt a blush rise in my face.

He shut the door with a loud slam that made me jump and let out a small yelp.

"Oh.... sorry." He said with a worried look. I nodded and pulled my knees to my chest leaning my chin on them.

A loud roar screeched through the car making me yelp again. My hands shot up to my ears trying to block it out. I felt a tear leak out from my eye.

I heard a mumble.

"Cut it off! Cut the fucking car off!" Vince growled at the person in the front seat. I trembled at the desperation and anger in his voice.

I felt his hand gently grasp my wrist.

"Shhh, shhhh. It's okay, it's off now." He said in a whisper. My trembling slowly started to stop. His soft black tousled hair fell just over his eyes when he spoke.

"How are we going to get home?" His friend asked softly. Vince looked down and thought.

"Give me your head phones and iPod." He said and his friend, who is still nameless, passed a rectangle device with a wire that split at the end. He turned on the device and put the endings of the wire in my ears. Soft melodies played softly. They slowly got louder then it stayed at a certain volume. I slowly closed my eyes to be engulfed by the music. Then I felt vibrations under me. My eyes widened. I looked over at Vince and he smiled at me. I felt a small smile on my face.

"Thanks." I whispered. He looked me in the eyes and smiled as he nodded. The car pulled out of the drive way and I watched out the window. The window slowly started disappearing and my eyes widened. I slowly put my hand out the window letting the wind hit it slowly.

I was scared. All of this was overwhelmingly new. It was scary I didn't know what to expect. We turned down a dirt road the road was lined with thick trees and it opened up once we reached the end, we passed a couple of fountains it was beautiful. It was extremely shaded and only a little light made it through the leaves.

I breathed in the smell of the trees and light. All of these new smells were wonderful, compared to the constant antiseptic and bleach smell of my room. Constantly clean and no germs what so ever. Always clean and no dirt ever. It felt really good to have dirt on my feet. His friend pulled the car to a stop in front of a giant magnificent house scratch that it was more like a giant castle. It was huge.