Trapped

Chapter 4- Trickery

When we stepped onto the plane there were only 2 other contestants. Tram White, the 8 year old, and the really hot guy. Lorelei shot me a glance, and I glared her down. He was mine.

Lorelei and I glided to the back of the plane, claiming 2 seats next to the window.

I dropped my stuff, and looked outside. We were getting ready to take off, to go and pick up the next contestant, whoever that may be.

I just noticed that there were no camera guys outside when we got on the plane. Maybe they told them to back off or something.

The flight didn't take awhile, but maybe that was because we didn't have to go far to get some of the others. I know there were at least 5 others that lived around here, so we got them. They all chose seats away from everybody, in seperate "corners" of the plane. We then flew to Africa, where we picked up the 7 year old, Zuri, and this other boy. He was 13, but his name I didn't know.

We then flew to England, where we picked up Raeven. She had a black leather jacket on, and a red and black plaid purse that went with her tights. Weird. She glared at us, then went to sit next to Tram. Poor kid. I feel bad for him.

During the flight to Europe I washed up a bit in the plane's bathroom, then sat back down next to Lorelei. I could see that Raeven was actually treating Tram nicely, which surprised me. Huh. Maybe she had a soft side for little kids. Wonder what that's about...

I worked out that we were going to get 7 more, and that meant that someone would have to share a seat with another, since there were clumps of 2 chairs spread around the room, and there were only 10 of those. Me and Lorelei occupied a pair, Tram and Raevan, then 2 other kids who seemed they knew each other took up a pair, then the other 7 each had seats to them selves. This means that the next 7 that got on have to share with someone.

We stopped in this place in Europe to pick up the Mimi girl, and she took the seat in front of us. We also stopped twice more. I had to go to the bathroom, so I excused myself while Lorelei and Mimi talked. When I got back, my seat was taken by Mimi, and when I got there she apoogized in this thick accent.

"Oh, no. Sit, sit! I'll find another place to sit, Ok?" I said, glancing at Lorelei for approval. She nodded, and bagan talking to Mimi about what her school was like and sorts.

I glanced around, looking for any open seat. I spotted Hot Guy, sitting alone with a Rubix cube in his hands, and earphones in his ears. I strided over to him,  and took the seat next to him. He never looked up, but a grin stretched across his face.

"Hey. Your Avee, right? Or are you Lorelei?" He asked, never taking his eyes off his Rubix cube. He took his ear phone out, and shoved them into his pocket.

"I'm Avee. I don't think I caught your name. You're..."

"West. West Benette. How old are you again?" He asked, his eyes still transfixed by that colorful cube in his strong hands.

"15. You?"

"15." The grin on his face turned into a giant smirk, and he finally glanced up at me.

I was speechless, his eyes looked even better up close. I felt the need to touch his face, to caress it in my hand. I clenched my hands into fists, I couldn't trust myself.

"Has anyone ever told you that you have freaking gorgeous eyes?" I asked, tilting my face with a questioning look.

"Yeah. I get it from my Dad. Your's are a beauty, too," he said, reaching up to touch my face, his colorful cube forgotten in his lap.

You know, if we get out alive, we could have a chance at love.

There is no limit to the amount of people that can escape alive, but it's never been more then 1. Everybody almost always dies, or gets killed by another player. If evereybody is dead but one person, and if that one person has no chance of getting out alive, then they just stop, and collect that person, and they end up winning.

I had closed my eyes, but I open them at the thought.

"Staying alive until the end? Yeah, I've already thought about it. It's possible, if we can work together." He said, before I could even open my mouth.

"Wow, how did you do that? And would you like to ally up with me and Lorelei? We could try to win."

"No. Actually, now that I think about it, we should work alone. Sorry." He puts his earphones back in, and starts playing with that cube of his.

Stupid colorful cube. I turned away, and started walking.

"Avee. Take this." He says, handing me a notebook. What the heck? Did he think I would use it as my diary, or something?

Ugh.

I trudged back to my seat, and found Mimi back in her own seat. I slumped down, and threw the notebook to the floor. I Noticed that every seat was now taken, including the one next to West. It was claimed by none other then that Jarid boy. Ugh, I sighed.

"What's wrong?" Lorelei asked.

"West," I said, empathizing his name," said we could work as allies, then suddenly said we couldn't."

"Oh. What was up with the face-touching?"

"Ha. That. He said I had pretty eyes, after I told him his were gorgeous. And he's 15. Like us."

"Oh. Sorry. And the notebook?"

"He thinks that I will use it as a diary. Stupid West."

"Did you look inside the diary?" Lorelei asked me, bending over and handing it to me.

"No."

"Read it."

I snatched the journal away from her, and opened it. I read it, twice.

I turned to West, and gave him a slight smile. He was facing me, but with his hoodie on, and earphones in. It looked like he was asleep, but he gave a small smirk.

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