The Other Side

Chapter 3

"Thank you so much...I don't know how to tell you how happy I am." I didn't think that it was even possible for me to be happy ever again. I guess letting me go would be the thing to crack my silence.

We walk closer and closer to the door.  Then I feel a breeze. Finally. I get to smell the fresh air and see the light. For once it isn't artificial, I get the real thing.

"If I don't get back in there Alex goes back into that room to find you gone, it's not going to be good." He said so concerned. My god he's cute. I never thought I'd say that but he's not that bad looking. I mean, I wouldn't go out of my way to get with him but, I don't know.

At that point, I noticed that I had no idea where we were. It was the middle of nowheres. We were literally in the middle of the woods. There is nothing but trees surrounding us and a three story house.

"Come on! You don't want him to find you don't you?" He was standing there by a small tree waiting for me to clue in he was talking.

"Umm... Yeah. I'm coming." Was he going to come with me? Was he just being nice to me and telling me where to go? I don't even know who to trust anymore.

We sneak off between the trees. It feels like forever walking into little branches and stomping on weeds until we meet a road. There was no action what so ever except for us.

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"Where are we going."

"I honestly have no idea anymore.  I'm just trying to get us away from that hell whole." I don't know why but I line it when he talks like that.

I take a big sigh, "you didn't tell me your name."

"Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Clark. I know it's a weird name but I was born with it."

I burst out laughing. "I'm sorry. It's the way you said that. Umm...how old are you?"

"I'm 15, why?" Oh crap. Why do I want to know?

" I guess that since we are going to be together for a while we should get to know each other." He totally bought that. Well, I wasn't lying. We were going to be together for a while and I guess we should get to each other better. Ok I  wasn't lying at all.

"I guess you're right. How old are you?"

"14 and my name is Natalie."

"I know your name."

"Huh? How? I don't even know anything about you. How do you know me?"that really scared me. How on earth would he know my name?

"Oh umm...we were stuck in the same house. I heard them talk about you. I heard things that I probably shouldn't  know."