Chapter One
My heart was beating fast, as I ran down the stairs from my mother.
“Get off of here!” My mother yelled, while throwing a glass vase at me. I ducked, and it missed me.
“Where will I go?” I yelled back at her, while stopping in my tracks. I suddenly soaked my words in, and understood them. If I were to leave, where was I going to go? I had no place to go.
“I don’t care! Now go and don’t come back!”
I ran to the messy kitchen, grabbed my backpack, and ran out the back door. I ran all the way to the school crying. I collapsed on a bench, thinking to myself how I was glad I was early. I stopped cry and took out a tiny mirror from my backpack. I lifted the mirror to look at myself. My auburn hair was a mess. The green in my eyes had dulled. My straight nose was running. My cheeks were a bright red from running here.
I looked up from my mirror and noticed kids starting to fill the school grounds. I put my mirror away. I got up from the bench and started walking into the school with everyone else. As I walked into the school I thought, this is going to be a horrible day.
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“Uh, my life is messed up. I need someone to talk to, and badly.” I said with a miserable tone. I sat down on a bleacher putting down my bag, getting ready to watch the football game. I looked out on the field and watched the high school football players warm up.
“Why? You can talk to me.” Aaron said, sitting next to me.
“Long story,” I simply answered.
“Well, I want to hear it.” He said, looking at me.
I turned my head to face him. He looked at me with puppy eyes, and I felt myself loose grip on my control I had with his puppy eyes, and give in.
“I’m alone.” I whispered. I felt myself break inside, I started to shake.
“No, you have me.” Aaron said, putting his arm around my shoulder.
“No, I’m not just alone, besides you, but I have no place to go.” I said.
“Why, what happened?” He asked with a serious tone in his voice.
I started to gather my stuff. I didn’t know where I was going to go , but I needed to leave. I couldn’t stay at the school all day and night.
“Maybe I could go stay at-“ I thought out loud.
“Stay with me.” He said.
“Wait, what?” I said, stopping what I was doing, and felt little butterflies start to form in my stomach.
“Stay with me.” Aaron said.
“No, just because my Mother kicked me out, doesn’t mean you have to take me in.” I answered sharply. Even though I really wanted to stay with Aaron, I felt like I couldn’t for some reason.
Suddenly, Aaron grabbed my wrist, and stopped me from what I was doing.
“Stay with me.” He said firmly, letting go of my wrist.
“I…I...” I started to say.
“Can.” Aaron finished for me.
I finished gathering my bag and said, “Fine, just for a week.”
“Good,” He said, grabbing my bag for me.
“What about your mom? Won’t she get mad?” I asked, looking at him.
He turned his face to me smiled and said, “Not if she doesn’t know.”
I smiled in return and hugged him. “Thanks,” I whispered into his shoulder, since I couldn’t reach up to his ear. He lifted me up and said, “No prob, shorty.”
I finally got back down on the floor, and started to walk down the bleachers, with Aaron at my side. I thought about how this could work, and how I wouldn’t get caught if we did this right. Then, I looked up and noticed that we were walking off into the sunset, just like in the movies.
