We all stared at them silently. Until I finally spoke up, "Why? Why would you do that? don't you want to be free?" Shiro sadly smiled at me "Of course we do, which is why we are staying here. We are going to stay hidden until all of you are finally out." "So we can be free together, all of us." Allura finished for him gripping his hand. None of us said anything, we just jumped up and hugged him. That is until we heard a knock at the door. "C-come in!" I shouted as we all let go of the couple. A small girl entered the room clutching a small red stuffed lion and a large suitcase for dear life. even though we knew she had to have been 16, she looked like a young child who had lost their mother. She had beautiful long black hair put up in pigtails and a caramel colored skin. She was wearing a stunning beige sleeveless top and a pair of skin-tight light blue jeans. The girl had tears prickling her eyes as she stared at the group in front of her.

 She scanned us at met eyes with me, "A-are you, Pidge?" She asked, in a quiet voice. My face softened when I realized she must have been the newest addition to this place. "Yep, that's me, can I help you?" The girl seemed to relax a bit to hear such a casual response. "I-I'm Blaze, I'm your new roommate." I stared at her, my roommate was Hunk. "I think you were mistaken, My roommate is Hunk," I said very seriously, gesturing towards him. As if on cue, a guard walked in, and everyone stiffened. "Hunk Garret, come with me, you have been moved into a new room with a new recruit, Lance Mclain." Hunk sighed and flashed me a sad smile, hugged me, and left with the guard.

I looked back at Blaze still standing there, scared. I couldn't break down now, Hunk was my best friend and knew me almost as well as I knew myself, I did have a lot of mental breakdowns and he was always there for me. I stiffened, clearly not wanting to be here anymore, "Well, I guess that's that, welcome to your new home, Blaze." I said, leaving my room. 

I headed down the hallway. Looking for Hunks name on a door. I had noticed when I left that his name had been removed and it was replaced with Blaze's name. Come to think about it I probably should learn her last name. Eh, I'll check it out later. I sulk as I stuff my hands in my pockets and walk down the long hallways. Looking for the right room. After a good five minutes, I finally see his name. This room had three names in it. "Hunk Garret, Lance McLain, Coran Hieronymus" I really didn't care about the other two people. I entered the room.

Hunk was sitting on a bed chatting with a Cuban boy with stunning blue eyes and milk chocolate brown hair. And they were both smiling. I looked down. And was about to leave with tears in my eyes when I heard a voice "Hey girly, are you alright there?" I look up to see the Cuban boy looking at me worriedly. I couldn't help but smile. "Yeah, just came by to make sure my buddy Hunk was doing okay," I said, gesturing to him. Hunk noticed the tears that were previously falling from my eyes when I was searching. He jumped up and hugged me. Hunk was like a brother to me. Suddenly my thoughts returned to Matt and I started sobbing. Hunk hugged me tighter and gently told me everything was going to be okay. After a while, I quit crying. I felt like a baby for crying so often today. But eventually, Hunk stood up.

"Pidge, this is Lance." And for the first time, we made eye contact. I fell back, my heart pumping fast. I thought I was having a heart attack. Lance just looked confused and worried for me. But he seemed panicked as well. 'It feels like a filter was on the world and now it has been removed.' I thought to myself. And then it hit me. I could see so many different variations of color. Lance was color blind, wasn't he? I just got a side effect. And I looked down and checked myself for anything weird. Nothing. Strange. I thought for a second.

It must have been my imagination playing tricks on me and I just had to jump to a conclusion. But still. Those eyes. They just kept staring at me. Staring so intensely I thought it might have been a glare. And then he looked away.

"The names Lance, you can call me Loverboy Lance, if you prefer." He said with a cocky grin, finally making eye contact again. My heart was still pounding. I realized I needed to say something. "Oh, uh. My name is Pidge. And, I already knew your name." I let out a giggle, which eased the tension. He laughed as well and let out an "Oh"

"So" I started, attempting and starting a conversation with Lance "How old are you?" I said. Before realizing he was probably 16. That was the age you should show up here. I then tried to cover it up "Oh, sorry. I guess its Obvious-" "No" He cut me off "Actually  I'm 18. I've been a runaway, I've been hiding from everyone for a couple years now. I thought this place would be like Hell. It's not as bad though."

I was silent for a moment "Ah, I'm 17 as of today. It's actually my birthday!" I said cheerily. Just then. My stomach growled. And as if it was waiting for that queue. The dinner bell rang. We all got up and went to the dining hall, there was already a good 30 people there when we arrived. Romelle waved us down and we took our seats after we had gotten out food. And began to talk again. We talked about all sorts of things. Especially me and Lance. We seemed to have hit it off pretty well. He told me all about his big family. And I talked non stop about Matt... It seemed like we both missed our families.

"I'm telling you, he fit 10 blueberries in his nose." I was saying. When we realized the room was empty. Everyone had left. We were alone together. "Well it's getting late, we should probably get back to our rooms," I said starting to get up. Lance caught my wrist just before I left. "Can I walk you back?" I smiled at him. "Sure. Why not." and with that, we began the very short walk to my room. Seeing how it was right down the hall. "Goodnight Lance, I'll see you tomorrow." I said "Goodnight princess, and thanks for the color." he said, winked at me, and walked off. I stood there confused.

So I was right?

I couldn't think straight. I needed some sleep. I walked in to see an already asleep Blaze passed out on her bed. I went and got in bed. Not caring about pajamas. And went right to sleep.

A/N: you guys are silent readers! Don't be afraid to comment some stuff and tell me what you think about the book! I'm hoping you are enjoying it! Stay sweet, stay safe, and don't forget to smile! Bye, my Beauties!

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