We didn't speak a word the whole time, all that was heard was the sound of our footsteps, as we sped to the back exit, but just as he had his hand on the door handle a voice from behind called, "Where do you think you two are going?" It was Dr. Smith. It seemed as if he didn't know about me failing the test, or maybe he did.
"oh, um..."
"I was just going to take her to see the town, she looked down and I wanted to cheer up her spirits a bit!" he quickly said in a convincing tone. He spoke in a rushed but confident tone. It wasn't a total lie but the only thing was that we weren't coming back, and really, I was glad.
"ah, I see, you youngsters are going on a date. Well, here is $100, go have some fun. Oh, and do you need an escort?" Dr. Smith smiled. Now I was sure he didn't know.
"No thanks, we can protect ourselves," he replied.
"Well, have fun. Oh, and did you remember to bring a portable charger just in case?" Dr. Smith said with a smile. "You don't want to run out in Public!"
"Don't worry, we have some in the backpack," he replied.
"Well, I guess you guys are all set then. Now go and..." and without a goodbye, we were out the door. Never to hear the last part of that sentence.
Outside:
"Go faster, we are almost at the gate," he yelled to me.
"I am literally right behind you." I rolled my eyes at least I attempted to. "But seriously, I can't believe we just did that! Also, that was a great save, I thought he was gonna find out."
"Your welcome. But let's save this for later there are cameras all over the place, so he can still figure it out now."
"Wait how do you know all this? Have you tried escaping before? Are you.."
He cut me off, "stop with all the questions, let's just focus on getting out of here, ok?
I stopped walking "Wait, can you at least tell me your name? I mean I deserve to know that at least." he stopped and turned around to face me, I stopped walking too. for one whole minute, we were like that. Just staring at each other's eyes.
"Oh, um... well" he stuttered.
"Come on! You won't even tell me your name!"
"You hypocrite! You haven't even told me yours!"
"Well..., You, You never asked" I stuttered, he was right though, I haven't told him my name yet.
"Well, I am asking now!" He looked like he was trying to take the subject off of him, and pin it on me, which he was doing.
"I asked first though" I shouted back. I wasn't going to let it slip. I wanted to know what he was hiding.
"well-"
"Just say your name already!"
"I am, ok!" he retaliated.
"ok," I responded.
"My name is Liam." he had lowered his head when he said as if he was ashamed. "My name is Liam, Liam Driscoll." he raised his head, "Your turn."
"Eleanor, at least that was my name before I was taken in by my stepmother and father," I responded. "I had to change my name because my father didn't like my name because it was my mother's, so my name changed to Blair. Well, that's my complicated name story." I still don't understand, why do I remember my stepmom and father planning the car crash. My stepmom treated me as if I was her own, it's, it's just so hard to believe.
"How about your last name?" He pressed.
"oh, I guess I have 2." "Mc Coy, is my fathers, I don't like it very much. My mom never changed her last name so before she passed I used hers, Sapphirus."
Well, that's... complicated."
"Yeah, I know" I retaliated
"Well, what should I call you then. I can't say Eleanor Blair Mc Coy Sapphirus just to call you." He sounded like he was mocking me, but I think he was just making a joke. Hopefully... I still don't know if I can consider him as a friend or not. I just think that this seems... I don't know, it's kind of weird, like he shows up one day and tells me I am in danger, which I already sort of knew, and now I am escaping with someone I barely know and blindly trusting him! No. No way will I let my guard down, even though I kind of already did a little. I have to test him, to really see if I can trust him.
"Hello..." he started to wave his hand in my face. "Hey, earth to Eleanor Blair Mc Coy Sapphirus" he laughed a little while saying that.
"Get your ugly hand out of my face!" I slapped his hand out of the way.
"You do know that our hands are crafted the same way right?"
"So."
"Sooo.. you're calling your own hand ugly too."
"Does this really matter right now" I was annoyed, why was he pressing into this it really isn't important?
"Yes it very much does, you are calling your own hand ugly."
"Whatever let's just keep going."
"Fine Eleanor Blair Mc Coy Sapp-"
"Just stop calling me that!"
"Well, you never answered when I asked what I should call you. You just stopped moving and stared into space"
"Just call me Eleanor, okay?"
I had been talking for so long that I hadn't even realized that we were already at the front entrance and almost bumped into it.
2 guards were stationed at the gate, one of the guards said in a deep voice, "got any permission to go out?" Then out of nowhere Liam pulls out this ting piece of paper and hands it to the guard, "That should have all the information you need." I was bewildered where he even get it? Why did the guards look stunned when they saw it? I gave him a quick side glance and he looked back at me with a glance that said 'don't worry.'