Ten
"Can I help you?" You ask. She takes a shaky breath in and stands a little taller."Well I was actually wondering if you needed a lift somewhere," she replies, still twisting the ring, "you look lost."
You look around. You're not lost, you know this street. There's a woman down the way that your mum sometimes goes jogging with. You begin to decline the offer but she takes your hand.
"Your from Tunsley's aren't you," she nods at you uniform, " as a matter of fact I'm headed quite near there, are you sure you wouldn't like a ride?" Her eyes, staring into yours look so kind and from her hand a warmth spreads through your body. You feel safe and content and suddenly a walk, home or to school, is extremely unappealing. Weren't you headed home to ask for a lift anyway? Yes, the logical thing to do would be to accept this kind woman's offer.
You nod and she smiles. Such a pretty smile. It shows such pretty teeth. A little odd perhaps, most people's teeth aren't quite so -
She rips her hand from yours and starts twisting her ring. The comfortable warmth is gone and the woman looks normal. You look at the teeth. Perfectly normal. You'd swear that there had been something odd about them before but you can't quite grasp it... No matter.
"Come along then, my car's this way." She walks a few steps then turns around and doesn't move, just looks at you. Waiting for you to catch up.
You shake your head to clear it. Maybe you should just go home. You don't know this woman. But she was very nice, and your intuition tells you she's safe.
~ If you accept her offer of a ride go to chapter
~ If you decline her offer go to chapter
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