Chapter 55

Benjamin slipped in front me as if he were protecting me and scanned the area as well. Much to my surprise, the silly, over exaggerated movements that he used to make were gone. In its place, were those of someone of more experience; his reflexes even seemed more catlike. On one hand, I was proud of his newfound confidence and on the other hand, I was very pissed that a young man like him had been forced to gain this kind of experience. He stopped at the door and looked back at me giving me a weird look.

“Are you coming?” he asked.

“Yeah,” I said shaking those thoughts out of my head.

He reached for the door handle and made some weird motion with his hand.

“What?”

He made the same silly motion again but this time a little more urgently.

“What?” I repeated a little irritated.

He gave an exasperated sigh. “I’ll go in first, you cover me.”

“Why?” I asked confused.

“So that if someone’s in there, we can take them by surprise.”