The Little Red Boots

Into the Woods

Chapter 2

Into the woods

As I start my way into the woods looking for this damn little girl I come across another one of her boots, well shit now shes running around with no shoes she’s either going to get hurt or get sick, I need to find her. As I walk along the crunchy September ground I come across this weird little, oh my god, I think it’s a freaking graveyard. I start to get even more freaked out by this town, something doesn’t seem right. As I walk around all the little graveyard stones I become very sad because all the dates showed that the people were very young. I got off track for a little bit but quickly remembering about the little girl. The stones on top of all the graves went on for what seemed to be forever but then I stopped at one grave inputicular with still tons of graves left to look at I don’t really know why I stopped at this grave but I just felt like I couldn’t move away like something was drawing me in, like I was in a trance. But I quickly recovered from my what felt like a trance because I heard a twig snap behind me , I prayed to god that it was the little girl so I could finally go back home after getting her to her home if she wasn’t already their. But when I looked behind me it was just that same guy I had met earlier. Why was he here was he following me like what the hell. I thought for a second if I should just plain out ask him what he is doing here or start saying why he was following me. “ are you following me” I asked. “ um well yeah” he said almost in a very quiet whisper like before when I talked to him. I started getting weird senses around him like why would he be following me? I just stated the question plainly and kinda cold “ why the hell are you following me, I don’t like when people follow me” I say. “ Cause your in danger”, he mumbled.  “Excuse me “, I said softly. Then I started to leave saying “ I have to find someone so I need to go”.  He then grabbed me by the wrist turned me around and said “ I know your trying to find that little girl the one with the red boots and yellow coat right”, he said. I was nervously nodding my head yes when he quickly and sharply and I think the most coldest tone of voice i have ever heard said, “ You can’t find her go back, she’s dead”.

“That’s not possible”, I protested. “She died a year and a half ago, I would know I was her brother”. “ Im sorry I didn’t know but how did she die”? “ It was a freak accident she was about five years old, and she wondered her way into the woods she, she slipped and fell we never really knew what happened they say it was an accident but I could never believe that it was. “Why not”?, I ask. “ She was just so gentle and always careful at such a young age”. “But, but I just saw her, she spoke to me how is this possible”? The boy began to say that his sister was suposebly spotted several times in different place of the town. He said that he didn’t belive it till he saw it with his own eyes. It was a cold December early morning,  he said he had been walking home from a party that he went to that night, when he was walking home he had cut across the woods to make it back to his house in time before his parents woke up, but while he 'gvwas hurrying home he had fallen and was badly hurt. He didn’t know how he fell but he knew it was bad he said he had a big gash down his rib cage, he looked up and he saw his little sister hovering over him asking him what was wrong. Okay now to be honest I really feel bad for this guy I mean I know it was creepy how he followed me but still as he told me this story it made me feel bad for him. So when he finally finished his story it ended up as him going to the emergency room, not telling his parents about how he saw his sister, and he got a scar and was grounded.  I was so shocked and felt so bad for him that I was speechless. He said “so now please let me take you home”. He had said it in more of a louder tone this time, now I could finally hear him normally. “ How do I know I can trust you”? I said. I told him that I had to walk home,he said he had a car but I said I would rather walk, that was a lie but since I don’t know him I am not getting in his car, he said alright I guess I’ll walk with you. Since I didn’t really want to walk home alone after hearing all this I allowed him to walk me home.

While he were walking it was a little awkward we didn’t really have much to talk about until I relized I didn’t even know the boy’s name, how could I possibly forget to ask him his name, I’m so stupid. I didn’t really want to just plain out ask him what his name is but I figured how else would I ask him? “ So, um I don’t think you ever told me your name”, I said. “ Guess I never gave it,” he said. “ It’s Benjamen Heart, but everyone calls me Ben”. I try to be suddle by saying, “That’s a nice name , I’m Skylar Frey , but everyone calls me sky.” He gave me a faint smile and I thought I could hear a little chuckle from him so I looked up at him in confusion, he must have noticed my confused look because he said,” I think I’ll call you Skylar it’s a cute name”.  Was he flirting with me, haha I hope so I mean he is pretty cute, tall, brown hair, and built, damn I hope he is but I don’t know I guess i'll have to see.