runaway ; fillie

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"Quiet", I turned around to face the voice, "take off your band, if your heart rate goes up they'll come, take it off!".

The girl looked at me as if I was an alien, "are you for real?"

I looked into her brown eyes pleadingly, "just do it please."

She took off her band and threw it onto the grey bed sheets, "now, who the hell are you and what are you doing in my house?", she moved from her spot in the door and was now face to face with me, "start talking or I'll call the police."

She had sparkling brown eyes and short brown hair, her clothes were standard issued sector 2; white dress with grey stripe across chest.

Her face was stone cold, but her eyes told a different story, they were riddled with fear.

"That's it", she threw her hands up and started to walk out the door.

"No, please don't", I rushed over to her and grabbed her wrist.

She jumped as she looked down at her hand then back up to me, I let go of her wrist and brought my hands behind me.

"Ok then", she popped out her left hip and crossed her arms, "who are you and why are you here?"

She had her head tilted to the side, her face grew more impatient by the second.

"I'm Finn, I'm from sector 0–", I confessed. Her eyes bulged with fear at the mention of 'lower economic side'.

"What? You're from 'down there?'", she scoffed, "figures", her eyes rolled back into her skull.

"Well now that you've told me", she walked over to a small desk perched beside her bed and picked up a sheet of thin glass, "I'll be calling the police."

The glass lit up her perfectly chiseled face, showing all of her features.

"You can't", I moved in front of her and swiped the glass from her finger tips, "if you do I'll-"

"You'll what?", she walked closer to me, "you'll kill me? Like you could do that", her face was overrun with disgust.

"I won't hesitate if I have too", I coldly replied. Her confidence faded from her face, I backed her into the corner of her room, "remember, snitches get stitches."

I pulled myself away from her and dropped the broken pieces of glass onto her floor.

She had tears in her eyes, and was slowly slipping down against the wall.

"You need to go", she croaked.

"What?", I laughed looking down at her small form.

"Get out of my house, I'm already in enough trouble as it is", our eyes met for a split second before she pinched them shut, "if they catch you here, they'll bring me down with you."

"Why don't we make a deal", my sudden boost of confidence was fading, I only had little time left before I'd be wrecked with guilt for what I said to her.

"A deal?", she looked up at me with her brown eyes, "what sort of deal?"

"You don't tell anyone about this-", I stated, "and, you have to hide me from the police."

"What? You can't be serious", she laughed, "wow you really are mad, what could you possibly have that would make me say yes."

"Hm I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's one of the top crimes to live without your legal guardians", I smirked. Her face blushed a bright red, and her shoulders caved into her small frame.

"They're on a business trip", she stuttered as she brought her eyes back up to me.

I stayed silent, just looking down at her and examining every detail of her.

"Ok fine, they're not", she confessed throwing her head between her knees, "but so what, who's gonna believe a street kid over me?"

"You're right about that, but then again, you've been harbouring a criminal in your home, pretty sure that's a big crime", I flicked my hair back and smiled.

I gazed down towards her, she looked back up at me as she pushed off the ground and steadied herself against the walls.

"Millie.", she said.

"What?-", I replied before she cut me off.

"If we're gonna be working together, you're gonna need to know my name", she stuck her hand out and looked at me with an annoyed expression.

I took her small fragile hand and shook it.

"Millie, you don't know what you've gotten yourself into."

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