As we walked with the old woman, Molly and I kept exchanging glances. What had we gotten ourselves into? We followed her through the corridor as we passed door after door. We walked up stairs and at about the third floor, the woman stopped. "Here's da room use gonna be stayin in." She opened the door and when we walked in, it looked like a normal room. (considering the year) The only thing that was a little off was that there was only one bed.
"Um, excuse me. We aren't a couple," I told the lady. "We've just been traveling together."
"I knows that. Nobody ugly like yourself would get a lovely lil' lady like da girl your standin with." She then walked us in and explained the schedule. The supplies were to low for lunch, but breakfast and dinner were served at 10:00 am and dinner at 8:00 pm.
After all of this happened, I knew the question had to be posed. "What happened here?"
The old woman looked at me, and although she seemed cheery, you could tell the question hurt her. "Well, it was just a two days ago that them monstahs attacked. They showed up and immediately started torching buildings. Them monstahs charged and attacked, then, they brought people into town hall, which ain't tree blocks from here. Last I heard, they was putten people in dese masks and walkin off wit dem."
Of course, the masks knew where we were headed from the start. I looked at Molly who was definitely just as pissed as I was. I was surprised she hadn't freaked out yet. I was surprised I hadn't freaked out yet. I mean, ever since the masks had showed up, they had ruined everything. I mean, life was totally ridiculous when they had taken Molly. Now they were destroying whole cities. I mean WHAT THE HELL!
"Isa call use when dinnahs ready," said the old woman. She then started waddling out. (Her walk had turned into more of an awkward stride by the time this happened.) I went to the bed. It had been a lot of walking and shock for a day. I then sat down and started to lay.
Molly started walking towards me. "You don't live here, do you?" She looked at me, glaring at me intensely.
I frowned. I figured Molly's intuition would kick in eventually, I just didn't think this early. I has to try lying. "What makes you say that?" It had to do.
"You're not mad. I mean, your town was destroyed by our number one enemy and you don't seem the least mad." She had a good point. I was just glad to relax. She was more worried than I was, and I was supposed to live here. I had to do something. But acting mad would end in an argument, and she would hate me. My other option, telling her the truth, may end in her leaving me. I'd die without her. I had to make a decision.
"I, um. I..." I cracked. She was now looking at me with that, "if you lie, you're dead," look. "I'm not from here. Please let me explain."
She just looked shocked. "WAIT! So you're telling me I dragged your lazy ass up here to find out this isn't where you freakin live! You've got to be kidding me. DAMMIT KLARSEY!!!" She looked at me again. This was her third and final look. It was a look of dissapointment. She looked at me, telling me something through this look that probably would be the last thing Molly said to me. She told me through this look "I trusted you". Before I could get a word in, Molly broke into tears, and broke away, sprinting out the door. Me... I just sat in the bed, then lay.
