Elector Streets

“I don’t know, Leny,” Hayden frowned, glancing up at her brother, her gaze quickly returned to the street. She hadn’t seen anyone following them either, but she knew better than to always go with what she’s seen. “You never know,” she shrugged slightly. She paused beside one of the small trees on the sidewalk. She scanned it slowly, as if she were looking for any abnormalities it might have. She discreetly scanned the street before them and after them from the corner of her eyes. “We could always go and buy something to eat.” She turned away from the small tree, stuffing her hands into her pockets. “A restaurant? Or take out if you really want to go back home soon. At least we’d have to wait a little while before the food is ready before heading back to the house. Either way, we haven’t eaten out in a while and let’s be honest,” the corner of her mouth lifted up into a smirk, “you’re not the best cook and I kinda get tired of cooking for you all the time.” She didn’t really mind cooking for her brother. She’d actually rather cook for him than having to eat kraft dinner and microwavable food for days on end.

Hayden’s smirk grew into a grin and she nudged Hallen with her elbow. “Depends on what you mean by expanding our horizons. I don’t want to try eating something completely exotic.” She wrinkled her nose. It wasn’t that she wasn’t fond of the idea of trying new foods, but she wasn’t fond of the unknown aftermath the new food would have on her. It wasn’t the first time she’s had something new and she ended up being sick afterwards. “Being the rebellious new food eater is more your thing than mine anyways, but let’s go see what we find.” Hooking her arm around her brother’s arm, she led him off down the street. She would rather have go home instead of wander around the city some more, but if this meant they’d be extra certain that their house hadn’t be followed to or that there were no explosives hidden anywhere.

“Yes, yes I did know that,” Hayden sighed, shaking her head slowly. She frowned, raising an eyebrow and glancing up at her brother. “That doesn’t sound like a good idea. Why would you want to try eating something when it might make you sick?” She was fairly sure that the squid was going to be fine, but still. “If you get food poisoning you’re not going to go and eat hamburgers right after.” She yelped as she was pulled off down a corner, and she shot a glare up at Hallen. For all of his nice and brotherly love, sometimes he was just a jerk. He could have dislocated her shoulder! “Just hold on for a minute,” she pulled on the back of his shirt to stop him. “This is going to take us a while if we’re just going to go walking around and hoping we’ll come across a Japanese restaurant, or some other take out place. We could look at a map, or find someone that’s willing to give us directions. I don’t think your stomach can handle much more waiting for us to find some food to fill it up with.” She gave Hallen’s belly a poke, smiling up at him sweetly before she continued on down the street. She would have rather look at a map and find their own way to a restaurant than resorting to having to ask anyone for help. If push came to shove though, she didn’t want to spend the night wondering around for somewhere to eat. She did want to go back home at some point.

Hayden came to a sudden halt, turning her head to look up at her brother slowly. "You will do no such thing! You'll just scare whoever it is I'll be talking too and make us both remember-able in the process." Sighing, she shook her head and looked away, continuing to walk down the street. How did Hallen manage to come up with these ideas? Why didn't he think about the consequences of those actions? Maybe that's what she was for. "If we find someone to ask for directions you can keep a look out. Don't look at the person, don't even try to smile at them, just think of your grumbling stomach needing to be filled up."

Sighing, Hayden came to a halt again and glanced up at her brother. "We're not going to get anything to eat anytime soon if we're going to continue arguing over this. Whenever we come across someone to ask for directions you can do whatever you want. If they react negatively..." She shrugged her shoulders, shaking her head. "We'll deal with it then. Sound good to you?" A cold drop fell onto her cheek and Hayden jumped, looking skyward to see the dark grey clouds rolling above them. "Well....this is just great," she mumbled. "Let's get going. I don't want to get sick from being caught out in the rain again." She took a hold of Hallen's sleeve and pulled him along after her.