Lost

Chapter 9

Belle's POV

I think I need some fresh air...

My shoulders and head are slump below my neck as I sigh to myself quietly-the signs of a sad lonely little girl. My plan is to sneak out of the bedroom, past Miss Hableknuck's chambers and the front office and through the front door becasue that is the only way out of here. I quickly look around to see if anyone is paying any attention to me and race to the door with a stretched hand, prepared to turn the door knob, when I hear a gasp behind me.

"Belle! What do you think you are doing?" Annie, a 13 year old, turns me around and looks me right in the eye.

"Leaving..." I mumble quietly. I didn't think it was such a big deal. It's good to go outside and breathe in oxygen, rather than the chemicals from the cleanign supplies.

"You can't leave! Not unless if Miss Hableknuck says so and she didn't. So, get back to scrubbing the floor. You'll have to work twice as hard now that Bethany is gone." Annie scolds me and pushes me towards my cleaning post.

"I just want some fresh air." I murmur back right before I get pushed to the wet floor.

"So do I. But guess what? If you leave, you leave for good. Do you hear me? We don't need another girl around here." Annie, obviously not the sweetest and nicest girl at the orphanage, snaps at me bitterly.

"Well I don't want to be here anyway."

Yeah. I'm better off by myself. I don't need to be here.

"Then go." Annie points to the door and consequently I walk out of it.

The tears are streaming down my face now as I run through the orphanage halls without a care in the world, about as loudly as I can. The sound of my shoes slamming against the wooden floor is the only thing that I want to hear right now. Seconds later I am at the door....to leave or not to leave that is the question.

I'm leaving right now.

With all my might, I push the heavy door open before Miss Hableknuck can stop me with her screams and leave.

I'm free! Now what?

After realizing that I had not thought this scheme out thoroughly, I walk towards the big empty road and await my fate.

Where do I go? Now Bethany's gone... I have no one left...unless if my granny is still alive. She can't be can she? what if she is? No. She clearly doesn't want me. Maybe... or maybe it's because she's still sick. Yes! It all makes sense now. She needs me. She must be there now, at the hospital. But how do I get there?

I begin my journey back to the hospital by the only way I can...I walk.

This could be an adventure. Yeah. Everything will be okay just like my grandma always says...

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