“Wha…”

“Shh” I just look at her. Okay. This is strange. Harper pulls me into her bedroom and pulls me in the closet. She closes the doors.

“She’s not here” I hear a man with a deep voice say. “Let’s check the rest of the woods. She must be somewhere close by. She couldn’t have gotten far.” We just stand there for a while. Finally Harper peaks her head out and opens the doors. I step out.

“Are you going to explain to me what just happened?!” I demand.

“Yeah.. so I’ve been running low on supplies and money so I stole a couple things from the local market.” She walks into the living area. She slumps onto the couch. I sit down next to her.

“Honestly I’m not mad. I’ve done that before to.” She looks with a from for a moment then she smiles.

“Really?!”

“Yeah. I was hungry and Mistress wouldn’t feed me so I snuck out and stole some food. No one caught me though. No one even knew I did it.”

“That is awesome. Maybe you can teach me some of your tricks.” I chuckle.

“Maybe” I cry out and pain and reach for my mouth. I feel something hard in my mouth. “What the heck.” I reach in my mouth and pull out a tooth. “What the crap!!”

“Is that a tooth?”

“Yeah.” I feel around in my mouth and find it was one of my top death. I hold it up and look at it. “This is really weird.”

“Yeah it is. Would you like something to put that in?”

“Sure. Maybe a plastic bag.”

“Okay.” She turns on the light and grabs a bag. She hands it to me and I put the tooth in the bag. My stomach growls. “Are you hungry?”

“Yes. I haven’t eaten all day. If you don’t have enough to eat though I’ll be fine. I promise.”

“No, no, I insist. I’ll get you something. “She walks into the kitchen and hear some pans clanging. I look behind me and see her pull out a small pan. She turns on the stove and sets the pan on the stove. She walks away from the stove and grabs a carton of eggs.

“Wait I have a good Idea.” I grab a cloth and tie it over her eyes. “Let’s play a trust game. You’ll just have to trust that I won’t let you get burned and that I guide you the right way.”

“I don’t know. We just met.”

“I promise I will make sure you don’t get hurt.” I put my arms over hers and grab the tops of her hands in mine. I put my head over her shoulder a little. I move her hand over to the eggs. I place her hand on one of the eggs. “Okay grab.” She picks it up and I move her hand over to edge of the pan. I help her adjust her hand on the egg. I move her hand up and down so she cracks the egg on the edge of the pan. I use her hand and grab the spatula. I have her scramble the egg in the pan. I do this for a couple minutes then I look at it and see it’s still not cooked all the way. I move her hand around so she scrabbles the eggs more. I check it again and see it’s down. I move her through the kitchen and help her grab a plate. I have her set it down on the counter by the stove. I have her grab the handle on the pan and tip it so the eggs fall onto the plate. “See that wasn’t so bad was it?”

“No. It was actually kind of fun. It was nice to have you close. I mean..um…sorry.”

“See I told you it would be.” I say ignoring the other comment. I liked that too. It was so nice. You smell so sweet. A weird sweet though. It’s odd. I think to myself.

“Okay. Ready to eat?”

“Yep.” She sets the plate on the table and sits down. I sit down at the plate. “Oh fork.” I stand back up and grab two forks. I set one in front of Harper and keep the other one in my hand. I sit down again. I take a bite. “Mhm. Good job. Here, try a bite.” I take her fork and cut a piece off and stab it with the fork. I lift the fork up to her mouth. She takes a bite.

“That is good.” She makes a sore face. “Except that.” She pulls a piece of egg shell out of her mouth.

“Opps I must have missed that one. Sorry.”

“It’s fine.” I eat most of it but Harper takes a couple bits here and there. After it’s done. I wash the plate and put it away. We both sit down on the couch. I grab the book off the night stand by the couch. I open it and start to read. Harper lays down and rests her head on my lap. Continues to read. A little bit later I hear her make little sounds and see she’s sleeping. I smile to myself. She’s so cute and sweet. I really like her. I just don’t know how to tell her though. Without really thinking about it I lean forward and smell her neck. I gasp a little and pull back quickly. She moves a little and makes a cute grunting sound. I put my hand on her head and stroke her hair. She just continues to sleep. I start to doze off but Harper sits up and rubs at her eyes. She looks at me and smiles. I smile back. I see her blush. She looks away. I take her hand. She looks at me and blush’s more. I glance at her watch and stand up quickly.

“I have to go! I’m sorry!” I pull her into a huge. I kiss her cheek. I run out the door and all the way back the to The Madern Home for the Mentally Sick and Inflicted. I flop onto my bed and fall asleep. I sleep for a while.