(hooray to that
)
Aspen almost smiled when he saw the look on her face when he asked her about a hotel. He was sure he would have reacted exactly the same way, if he was her. But fact was that they had to get off the streets. Preferebly right now. And even a shady hotel was safer then just stand around in the open...tho only a little.
He furrowed his forehead slightly at her offer, obviously sceptic about it. He seemed to try to practically suck out onformation by looking at her. this Girl clearly did not seem like some one who would get herself involved in problems that where not hers. So why was she offering them help? And he was certain that she did know that the two of them where in some sort of trouble. On the other hand, he knew a lot of the...employees of the guy who was after them, and got rather quick in recognizing the ones he did not met before. And, at least untill now, they operated without involving outsiders in helping them...
They may had changed their tactic tho...
He already fell a decision tho...This Apartment only could be much better, or much worse for them then a hotel room with a more or less corrupt owner. Even he had to take risks once in a while...
All this was running through his head, before he answered calmly "sounds better then a Hotel. I think we'll take the offer..." "really?" Jane squealed happily, and a little too loud. "Oh thank you! that is really kind! thank you so much!" she almost hopped on the spot out of exitement, and it seemed that only a short glance
calmed her down enough to stop her from trying to hug Autumns knee. Aspen did not get it...This girl had been through so much pain, loss and bloodshed the past 3 weeks, and yet she still managed to be so happy.
He just hoped that she was not somehow loosing it already...
While they began to follow Autumn, Jane now really bouncing and Aspen not looking too comfortable,
Jane began to ask questions again. This time, she seemed to be carefull to not talk about herself too much,
casting a questioning look over her shoulder every now and then "So, you do really live around here? I bet you have seen a lotta cool things...have you told yourself to fight?" the last question was somewhat different in tone...while she seemed completely innocent the whole time, this last question was somewhat...more seriously curious the childish. as if she knew perfectly well which questions might where important and which where not to her...
Aspen still was even more tense then before. He was not used to actually follow someone else, even less then he was used to take care of a child 3 weeks ago...that still was weird to him...
His attention was caught by a man who leaned against a wall of a small street they passed by. The way he looked at them for a moment, and the fact that shortly after the passed left his spot and went into the other direction and out of sight got Aspen extremely alarmed...but he only slowed down a tiny bit. He did not get a
proper glance on the guy to tell if he really was a threat or not.
(something more exiting will happen in the next post, I swear O.o. Just have to get something done school wise now, I've been incredibly lazy the whole day XDD)