safe

chapter 3

Rick walks in front of the cars and guides them towards the others. As soon as the car stops I jump out with Max in my arms. I let go of him so he can see everything for himself; this place is like its own quirky little community. Everyone is looking at the group now, i feel like I'm in a petting zoo... this is some weird sort of nighthtmare. Well everything is nowadays so it musnt be that different.

I scan the crowd checking if I know anyone here. Nobody looks familiar. Damn. I put Max down and Rick welcomes us to the group.

"Everyone this is Ruby and her group, make them feel welcome." He says gesturing for us to sit at the communal table.

Everyone starts to greet me... i get handshakes and hugs and eventually I find my way through the sea pf welcoming and sit down at the table. Max is about two metres away from me talking to a littl girl a little but older than he is. (A/N its Mika)

"Hey I'm Glen!" I whip my head around to see a cute asian man seated next to me.

"Hey my names Ruby. Nice to meet you." I reply. He stares at me while I talk making intense eye contact. I feel myself blush heavily and see my glasses fogging up.

"So where you from?" He asks holding eye contact. I look down and pull my foggy glasses off, rubbing them on my long, raglan Nirvana t shirt.

"Ugh well I was born in Australia, but when I was twelve my parents bought me to Atlanta." I replied, more nervously than I expected to sound.

"Oh really! I lived in Atlanta too!" He said excitedly. "So are you a mom? Is that your little boy?"

"Oh god no!" I replied quickly. "He is my cousin, his family and my family are dead so we look after eachother."

Glenn looked at me, eyes full of sympathy. He reached his hand out and put it on top of mine. As his skin touches mine I feel a spark surge through me. Goosebumps crawl up my arms and my stomach starts to tge itself in knots.

"Hey, you have me to look after you now." He says looking deep into my eyes. I turn my hand the tiniest bit and he responds by turning his hand and linking his fingers into mine. As i look down at our hands I realise how well they fit together, his long, slender fingers encasing my small, round fingers. I look back up to hjs face and notice him staring at me.

"Glenn come over here!" A womans voice calls.

" I gotta go... talk to you again soon!" Glenn says before he runs toward the voice.