Difficult Decisions

Laser-Tag

(Author's Note: Uh, question for anyone. How many days has it been since the beginning of the book?)

Alex POV:

My smile doesn't falter. It can't. If he see's how sad leaving Georgia would make me I would feel guilty. "It's okay. We could do lots of co-op and Skype is a thing too." Sean's smile comes back in full blast. He hugs me. Georgia walks up.

"Any advice on where Mark and I can have fun?" I burst out laughing.

"In which way?" I ask, nearly on the floor. Georgia blushes and starts laughing with me when she realizes what I'm talking about.

"You know what I mean." She chokes out, on the floor with me.

"Yeah. I know of a place that's cool. Sean and I went there not so long ago. I think. I don't know. Wanna go tonight?" Everyone nods. I get my cell out and text Matty.

A- Hey, wanna play another round of laser-tag?

M- Sure.

A- K, tonight around like, 7. I'm getting on a plane to Ireland around 11.

M- ... We're going to have a talk before you go. Alone.

A- okay? Bring your buddies to play

I shrug and turn off my phone. "Let's go and get our alter-ego's. We need a big team." I say. We head off.

--Time Skip brought to you by stalling!--

Georgia's POV:

I shoot at Mark as I dive to avoid getting shot. Alex runs up to me and we do a cool back-to-back shooting thing. I tackle Alex as a laser almost gets both of us. "Thanks, Georgia. I'm sorry, but I must do this!" She shoots me and runs off.

"You traitor!" I yell after her, waiting for my vest to stop blinking so I can shoot again. Sean runs up and asks which way she went. I point and he runs off, shooting people along the way. My vest stops blinking and I shoot after Sean, getting him. Running, I jump over a surprised Dark and roll to avoid the gun-fire shot at me. Alex runs up. I point my gun at her.

"Woah! Team! Plz no I fan!" She yells, smiling as she slows down.

"You shot me!" She looks at me, confused.

"Uh, noo. I didn't. You sure that wasn't one of my alter-ego's?" She says, shooting one of her friend's- friend to save me. I look at her weirdly, shrugging it off. I position my gun and shoot Wilford, who was sneaking up on Alex.

"Aw, darn!" He yells, running. Alex and I smile, running from our spot as lasers come at us from all sides.

"It looks like we're so pro that everybody decided to team up on us!" Alex yells, tugging me down as someone tries to shoot us. The buzzer rings right as Alex shoots me. She smiles.

"Liar! It was you!" I yell as she starts laughing. I smile. Everyone crowds us, saying how we're pro at laser tag.

Alex's friend, Matty pulls her away. No one gives them notice as they disappear.

"Let's go to the pizza place across the street!" Sean yells as we all agree and run to the place. I call out to Alex that we're heading off to the pizza place. She yells okay.

Alex's POV:

Matty pulls me aside and walks me over to where no one could hear us.

"Why are you going? Not only are you leaving you friend but you're leaving your BFF who is also your human slave!" He whisper-yells at me.

"Alex! We're going to the pizza place across the street, meet you there!"

"Okay!" I yell back in response. I sigh, going back to Matty.

"Don't go all kidnapper on me now, Mr. Matty-the-not-really-rapist." I say, trying to enjoy our last true conversation.

"I won't. But do you have to g-" his voice cracks in the middle of his sentence, "oh away? Please don't K-Alex! You can enjoy life here! You don't need to go with Jack!" I look up at him, seeing that he was crying.

My gut tightens as I say these next words, "Matty, I already broke up with you. You had no reason to stay and even now we're not that close. Georgia agree'd with me that this is for the best. Jack, as you call him, is an amazing person. I truly love him too. I'm not going to change my mind."

He looks at me. Wiping his tears, he looks at me even more. Then he looks around, and back at you again. Folding you in a hug, he whispers something in my ear. The words make me tremble and he lets go and runs off with his friends.

"Do you really think they could like runaway's that lied about their age?"

I fall, texting Georgia to come over alone. She replies with an okay and a minute later I hear her footsteps running up.

"What happened?"

I repeat what Matty said to her. She falls next to me.

"We have to tell them who we really are before anything happens." Georgia says in a cold voice.