Jake From Blake

Two bleeding teens

"I said give me all of your money! " The ninja in the ski mask repeated.I sighed angrily and poked at the shotgun he held an inch from my face.

"look sir...that was all the money what did you expect me to have..a hidden gold mine?"

The ski mask ninja growled and poked me with the shotgun.   

"Shut up! I'm robbing you what do you not get about that you little punk?"
I sat back in my chair behind the counter and looked around this place of all places ..why not go to a bigger town. We have 4 people That live here  (423 to be exact in our small town of Blake)  yet he chose here and to rob my store that has maybe 14 customers a day....God I hate people.

Waking up in a hospital is almost as bad as waking up in a casket. Except for in this place they shove tubes in every orifice and the beds are uncomfortable . the only reprieve you get are the occasional hot nurse but that is only in movies. I look around trying to remember why I am in the hospital and how long I have been here. I groan and set up to find my shoulder wrapped in bandages . Thinking back to the last thing I remember being a shotgun in my face I shrug and move my arm experimentally making sure it works to its full potential. Then I stand up and pull off all of the tubes grunting as they draw blood and turn to find my cloths . After finding them and looking at my phone with 23 missed calls from various people I turned and opened the door walking down the hallway and heading outside into the bright afternoon sun . Flicking out my phone and thumbing through the contacts to my friend Richard  Who is the only person I know that has a car other than me. The phone rang about three times before he answered and sighed 

"What do you want Jake ...I am at work?" not wanting him to hang up I explained as fast as I could why I needed him to come get me and then laughed 

"It is not like this is the first time you have left work to get me from the hospital..." I joked 

He said he would be there in about ten minutes so I busied my self by reading the multitude of messages from my mom who heard about what happened from someone in the town. "stupid small towns and news traveling fast" I grumbled as I read the last of the texts.

Hearing the door behind me open I franticly tried to not look like I had just Escaped the hospital and turned to see who had come out. I swear if I had not been bleeding from my wounds I would have gasped . A blonde girl had walked out of the hospital with a red spot on her shoulder that stood out in contrast to how pale she looked at the effort of walking. I walked over to her while she stopped to catch her breath ."h....hey what happened to you. get shot by a robber to?' I joked She smiled and straightened up .

"Close I was actually caught between a car and a wall ." she stated still smiling. Looking around to see if anyone had noticed us.... two bleeding teens standing in front of a hospital and sighed when no one was out. " so what are you doing now?" I asked trying to not stare at how nice she looked. 

"I am about to go get a job...I just moved here and have no idea where to go for one.."

I almost jumped into the air... this girl was about to be roped into my life weather she liked it or not "Well it just so happens that I own a store ... I guess I could give you a job.."

she smiled " Is it cause I'm pretty or cause you're lazy and could use the help ."

"A little bit of both to be honest "

"Then sure ". She replied reaching out her hand to shake my hand. I turned at the sound of a car horn to see Richard drifting into the hospital parking lot. Shaking my head I turn back "That would be my ride...do you have a phone number so I can tell you the address?' I asked the girl.

"Yes I do...doesn't every teen now a days?" After exchanging numbers I climbed into Richards car and we left the parking lot at around 80 miles per hour while I thought about the girl I just meet and how for once this town did not seem so bad.