The Nobody

Chapter 12

When she is done telling me her story the first thing I do is pull her towards me and holds her close. She stiffens up at first but then I feel her arms slide around me. We just stay that way holding on to each other. Just as soon as it started on the hug I feel her pull away from me and I can't help but feel a little lonely when she pulls away. "I'm sorry that wasn't supposed to happen on the hug. Even though its been a long time since that incident but I still have nightmares about it at times," she says to me. 

I frown and I vow right then and there to always protect her. Rather she would let me do it or not I will always be there to protect her. She gives me a funny look and I realized that I have spoken out loud. I feel my face get hot when I realized what I just said. I try to hide my face by getting up and leaving her room. 

*Ruby's point of view* 

I watch Andy leave my room and I can't help but laugh out loud when I saw his face was a deep shade of red. But then I get serious and realized that this was my chance to find the room with the door to the other world. I get off of the bed and I check to make sure that Andy wasn't in the hallway. When it looked like the coast was clear I leave my room and I wander down the hall. This was Andy's side of the suite. I figured this would be the best place to start.

I start to open up each bedroom and in each room it held some sort of stuff or storage space. Just when I think I won't find anything. That is when I enter into a room. At first I thought it was empty until I really looked at it. That's when I see another door inside of the room. I walk into the room and I head towards the other door. I was just about to open up the door when I hear someone behind me. I turn around and I see that Andy is in the room. I jump in surprise and I look away guiltily. 

I hear him walking towards me and he takes my arm and gently turns me around to face him. "I see that you have found this room I was hoping you wouldn't find it," he says. I look at him. "What is on the other side of this door?" I asked him. He doesn't say anything and he just looks at me. That was when I get angry and I jerk my arm out of his grip and glares at him angrily. 

"EITHER TELL ME WHAT IS IN THIS ROOM OR I WILL LEAVE! YOU KNOW DAMN WELL THAT I WILL DO IT TOO! SO YOU NEED TO SPILL NOW I AM SO SICK OF THIS SHIT I WANT ANSWERS AND I WANT THEM NOW!" I shout at him. He takes a step back in surprise when he hears me yell. That was when he sighs. "Fine I will tell you if you promise not to freak out when I tell you what is in this room," he says. I nod my head quickly afraid he was going to change his mind and not tell me. "There is another world behind this door and I come from that said world," he says to me. 

I stand there in stun silence I was not expecting him to say that. "Are you yanking my chain or are you just messing with me?" I asked him. I feel myself bristle I couldn't help but feel like he is just messing with me. Because he knows he can. But when I see how serious he is I can't help but be speechless. That is when I start thinking about the million questions I want to ask him. 

When I open my mouth just about to talk. That is when he spoke up first. "I know its a lot to take in but trust me when I say that it is true," he says to me. I nod my head I know if someone told me there was another world inside of this room I would have called them crazy then laughed in their face. But instead after everything I have been through and I have experienced. It's no surprise to me now. "How did you end up on this side of the world?" I asked him in wonder. 

He laughs and looks at me before answering. "I was just about to tell you my story on how I got here," he says to me. I stop talking and wait for him to tell me his story. 

He leads me out of the room and walks me to his main room. He sits me down and we sit just facing each other. "So one day I'm wondering around and looking at rooms. I hear this girl crying and I follow the sound. I see this girl by herself.

I go up to her and I look at her. As if she could feel me there next to her she looks up at me and she stops crying. We just look at each other and then she stretches out her hand and hands me something.

I look down and I see that it was a seashell in her hand. I smiled and I take it and I was just about to get up and leave. When she grabs my hand and stops me. I turn around and I looked at her and she smiled at me with a tear stained face.

"Your sad too aren't you?" She asked me in her sweet innocent voice. My eyes widen in shock and at first I didn't understand what she said. But then I feel something wet sliding down my face. I reach up my hand and I wipe it away. I look down and I see the wetness on my finger.

"Yeah I guess that I am sad and thank you for this seashell," I said to her with a smile on my face. I leave the girl and I realized that I never did get her name. I turn around and was just about to ask her. When I don't see the little girl anymore. For the longest time I don't see her.

I keep searching for her and just when I was about to give up. That was when I see her again and I see that she has gotten bigger. It looked like time has passed for her while time remains the same for me. I walk up to the girl and I noticed that she has changed.

That she wasn't the same little girl that I knew when I first met her. Instead she was just a shell of herself. I was just about to hold her to me. When she speaks up and talks to me yet again. "Who are you? And what am I doing here?" I felt hurt when I saw that the girl didn't remember me anymore.

I thought she wasn't going to forget me but I was wrong. "I am just someone who is passing by don't be afraid. Won't you tell me your name?" I asked her with a plastered smile on my face. The girl smiled back at me and then tells me her name. "My name is Ruby what is your name?" She asked me.

I couldn't help but smile when she asks me her question. "My name is Andy it's nice to meet you Ruby," I say. She smiled big and that's when I see the old side of her coming out.

"Are you lost? Do you remember how to get back home?" I asked her with a smile. "No I don't think I'm lost but I think I might need help finding my way back home though Andy," she said to me. I laughed and offered her my hand to take. "I can gladly help you find your way back home just follow me," I said. She takes my hand letting me know that she is trusting me to help her.

As we walk hand in hand I thought for one fleeting moment. That I wouldn't be able to help her find her way home. Along the fact that I couldn't answer her question on why she is here.