Snippet #2283125

Aarti looked at the girl in surprise, and then her surprise changed quickly into suspicion.
From what Aarti could see, the girl was alone, how did she manage that?
A group of three had a hard time getting by, surely a group of one would be even worse...
[i] The others might of died recently, [\i] Aarti thought, trying to make sense of it, [i] Or maybe they're somewhere else.. [\i] Those were both equally realistic possibilities, now Aarti just had to find out if she was right.

"Um... Hello." Leo said, Aarti was thankful for him breaking the silence.
Alex didn't say anything and Aarti guessed that he was deciding whether to play nice and find out who the girl was, or kill her on the spot.
Aarti hoped that he'd play nice.
However, when Alex reached for a pocket inside his jacket, Aarti knew immediately what he had chosen.

Before he could even had the gun in his hand, Aarti quickly stepped infront of him and put on her most convincing smile,
"Don't you dare." She whispered so softly it was difficult for Alex to hear.
Then, as if she hadn't spoken to Alex, Aarti spoke again,
"Hi there... It's not too often that we run into people who aren't trying to kill us, so it's nice to have things changed up a bit for once!"