19th Century Princess, 19th Century Tramp

Chapter 5

I had just got into my bedroom and fallen on my fluffy, down filled four poster, king sized bed, when I heard the light tapping on my window. My bedroom is in the second storey of my house, so I wondered what the tapping was. I pulled my window open, it creaked from lack of use, and I poked my head out of it. "Victoria! Down here!" I heard the hissed whisper and looked down towards the gravel flooring that skirted my house. Stood looking up at me, was Scotty. "Scotty? What are you doing here?"

"I need you to leave, leave with me, now."

"Now?"

"Right now, please Princess."

"Why Scotty? What is going on?"

"Just. I can't explain right now, just jump. I'll catch you, don't worry. And bring a bit of money, we'll be gone for a while." I sighed, it must have been an emergency, otherwise, Scotty would have waited until tomorrow. I ran to my bed and crawled under it, I lifted a small panel of wooden floor board from my floor. I lifted out the little wooden jewelry box from the hollowing and pulled a small amount of money in notes out of it. I probably had at least fifty pounds, it would last us at least six months, just for food. I then walked to the window, it was quite a drop, and I could feel the sides of my sight blurring, "Scotty? Catch me, I'm scared." I sat on my window ledge and swung my legs over, "I will, princess, don't worry." He held his arms out in front of him. I clutched my money to my chest and bit my lip. I closed my eyes and slid off of the ledge. It seemed like a long fall, the wind whipping my hair out of its once perfect style, I was tempted to scream out, but Scotty caught me. "Good job, princess. Now, lets go." Scotty put me gently on my feet, but he kept hold of my hand. "Why did I have to leave, Scotty?"

"I'll have to tell you later, but right now, we don't have much time. How much money did you bring?"

 "Fifty pounds, why?"

"Perfect, come on, we're going on a little trip." At first I was a bit scared, but then I realized,I was with my best friend, and as long as I was with him, I was safe. So I went along with it and walked. And walked. And walked, until we came to the London underground train station. Scotty ordered us two train tickets, middle class, to a destination I did not know.