Alone

Who?

PREVIOUSLY.

"Henry?" Ezrie says crawling out from underneath my legs. "Ezrie?" the guys responds. She runs up and greets him with a hug. Who the heck is Henry?

CONTINUED

They stand there hugging for a while. "I'm so glad you're okay!" Ezrie says happily. "Same here!" Henry says giving her a big squeeze. "Who is this guy?" I ask walking up to Ezrie. "Oh, Piper, this is Henry!" Ezrie says jumping happily. I stare at her confused. "What?" She says after a few minutes of staring. "I noticed his name was Henry, but I want to know how the heck you know him!" I snap. She looks a little shocked. "He's my boyfriend!" She squeals. She turns her head and they kiss. I give a disgusted look. "But your only 9 years old!" I say shocked. "No I'm not!" She says stubbornly. "Then why did you say you were new here?" I ask angrily. She took advantage of me! She definitely was going to kill me one of these days. But you have to admit. She's a pretty good actress.

"Because I am new!" She says grabbing my arm. She leads me to a couple of stumps and we all three sit down. "My daddy is rich so he payed the primaries so I could go in later than most people. I'm 16." She smiles. I stare in disbelief. My parents trained me but didn't really give a crap about me. They just were obeying the law. When I turned nine they were happy and woke me up early to help me get ready. I got to the compound before any other nine year old that shared my birthday. That's how I got this awesome spot.

"I was a year older than her and she begged the primaries and her dad to let him stay until the age she was allowed to wait and he agreed. I still went out a year before her but before I left I asked her to be my girlfriend and she said yes." He says hugging her. She smiles and kisses his cheek. I turn and gag. She frowns. "Well, Ezrie." Henry says. I stand up and walk to my house. I close the weed door but I can still hear them. "Will you come join me? I will take the best care of you!" He says. I peek out the window and he grabs her waist and spins her around. She grins and he pulls her to his face and they kiss. I almost vomit and turn back to my house. I curl up in a ball and try to tune them out.

"Of course I will baby, I love you!" She responds. There's silence so I know they are probably starting a make out session. I shiver at the thought and cover my ears. They are disgusting. I hear footsteps and I assume they are leaving. "Piper?" Ezrie says pulling the weeds out of the way. I was wrong. "What?" I ask a little annoyed. "Do you want to come with us?" She asks sweetly. Uh, no. I'll follow you to your camp and you'll tell me to go to sleep and I stupidly will. Then, I will wake up the next morning dead with a knife in my throat. Wait.... My thoughts are interrupted by her hugging me. "Please, please come with!" she begs. "No, don't touch me." I say pulling her arms off of me. I don't like people.

She frowns. "Are you jealous? because Henry's got an older brother that would be per-" I cut her off. "No, and ew, I don't want love, I want life." I say annoyed at the thought of meeting someone and being forced to be in love with him. I turn around and smash my face into the blanket I have balled up as a pillow. She shakes my arm. "Please, please please please plllleeeeease!" She begs. "I said no and I will not change my answer, EVER!" I yell at her angrily. Henry reaches his arm in and pulls her away. I turn and try to get comfortable. It's a little hard when there's rock solid ground underneath you.

I hear her whimper as they walk away. What if they come back in the middle of the night and kill me? Why am I so paranoid about them killing me? I guess I have a little bit of trust issues. Especially since my parents told me before they took me to the compound that they were taking me for ice cream. That was the worst ice cream ever. I shudder and hunker farther down under my blanket. I need to relax and get some sleep.

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Dream

I look around outside my house and nobody is anywhere in sight. But it sounds like I'm in the market back in the 21+ compound. I hear footsteps, children running and playing, and a murmur of people. But I'm in the forest. It's very confusing. A little girl skips up to me coming from the bushes. She holds her hands behind her back and twists back and forth. "Um, can I help you?" I ask awkward and confused. She puts her hands out in front if her and hands me flowers. I awkwardly grab them but my hands go right through them. The girls face melts and her body follows it to the ground. It's quite creepy. I step back creeped out and turn around about to run. I see a very familiar face there. It's my best friend from when I was little, Asher. I actually had a major crush on him but now I see what a mistake that was. It distracted me. But now he looks older. My age actually. He turned out to be quite handsome. I shake the thought from my mind and try to figure out what's going on. He grabs my hands. "Piper, your beautiful. And I love you." He starts to lean in for a kiss. I'm about to lean in too and remember, its just a dream. I put my hand up to his face and it disappears. I shake my head and try to wake up. I don't want to see what happens next. I hear a loud pounding sound in my head and can't get it out. I grab my head try to get rid of the sound but it just keeps getting louder and stronger. I fall to the ground on my knees and feel a hand touch my back and the pounding immediately stops. I open my eyes and turn to see who it is. It's Ezrie. She's much taller now and seems mature. She sort of was when I first met her but now she's acting more like her age. "Hello Piper." She sneers. I look at her in shock. "Why are you so upset?" I ask confused. "You denied my request. You wouldn't come and live with me and my now, husband Henry." She says without lookin at me. "You got married?" I'm shocked. I can't believe it. "That's not the point. I still haven't forgiven you, and now, it's time to pay." She says. She sounds a little creepy. She slowly bends down and runs her hand down her leg. When she reaches her boot she shoves her hand in and grabs something. She slowly starts to pull it out and I see a glint of light as she whips it out and stabs me in the stomach with a knife. I cough and I feel it but no sound come out. I fall to the ground and I see her smile as Henry comes up and joins in her rejoicing. The picture slowly fades away as I breathe my last breath.

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I sit up quickly and I cough and feel something in my throat. I must have chocked on some spit or something. I turn to my right and I think I see a shadow in the corner. I think it's moving. I get a little freaked out and reach for my lantern. I quickly light it and see that it's a person. I'm even more freaked out because It doesn't look like anybody I know. They slowly spin around and their eyes are still closed. I hold the lantern closer to their face and see who it is finally. Asher?

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