I'll Follow You Anywhere

'You love me right?' He said with a smile, he's seriously fucked up.

'Of course I do. You know me, this was all just a prank.' This made him laugh.

'Yes, I knew it, I knew this was just another one of your jokes.'

'It went too far and I'm sorry.' I said putting my hands on his shoulders. 'I didn't mean to make you go this far to prove how much you loved me.'

'I do, I love you so much.'

'I know, I know.'

'I didn't mean to make you cry, I'm sorry. I'd do anything for you.'

'Then let's run away. We'll run away together, we'll find a small house in the woods near a small town, you can get a teaching job, I'll finish high school. We can start our life together.' He nodded eating up every word.

'Okay, let's go.'

'Wait.' I said pulling him back.

'What?'

'Aren't you going to kiss me?' I questioned and he smiled.

'Of course, sorry.' He leant down to kiss me and I brought my knee up as hard as I could right into his groin, he fell to the floor and I kicked his head in hard. He fell unconscious and I took a minute to breath.

'Eric.' I cried getting the knife that had fallen from Starks hand and cutting him from the tiny plastic prison.

'Are you okay?' He asked as I helped him stand up.

'I'm fine, let's go before he wakes up.' I said helping him out of the room. I locked the door behind us so Stark couldn't get out.

We found some stairs and headed up them.

'Are you kidding me?' Eric said as we walked out into the school parkinglot. 'That freak had us in the school basement?' I laughed as we sat down. I checked my pockets for my phone, nothing.

'My phone's gone.'

'Prick smashed mine.' Eric said holding his head. There were sirens and cars that pulled up and I turned to see both our parents. I helped Eric stand up.

'Ricky.' His dad said pulling him into a hug, his mum petrified by what happened to his face.

'Thank god you're safe.' Mum said and engulfed me in a hug.

'Stark went nuts, he kidnapped the both of us and kept us in the bloody basement all night.' Eric said as our parents let us go.

'Yes, we figured that out a few hours ago.'

'How?' I asked and Mr. Rynstone looked over to Dick.

'I remembered how much that principal crept you out, you told me that he was just always there, and I'd thought at the time when you told me that he was being a bit stalkerish but you didn't mention him that much after Eric so I figured nothing of it until I thought back to that day we went to the mall together and you ran off when he showed up. We were chatting and he spoke about his hobby being photography. It sort of clicked even though it could have been a long shot.'

I looked at dick and bit my lip before walking over and hugging him.

'Thank you.' I said hugging him tightly and after a moment of shock he held me back.

'He's still in the basement by the way. John knocked him unconscious.' Eric said and I pulled back, my mum and Mr. Rynstone nodding and going over to the police. Eric walked over and pulled me to his chest.

'I'm sorry I said those things, I swear I didn't mean them.' I whispered as I cried into his chest.

'It's fine baby, I understand.'

'I love you.' I whispered holding on tightly and he kissed the top of my head.

'I love you too.'

The school day was cancelled, no one really wanted to explain why the principal was being carted away by the police. Eric and I were sent to the hospital and checked out, I was fine, Stark didn't hurt me. But Eric had a bruised face and a few cracked ribs. We were sent home after that, Eric came to my place and we slowly walked up the stairs, mainly for his benefit because he was hurt. My mum staid home for a week looking after us, Eric staid here most of the week, his dad was totally cool with it. His whole family came over on the weekend for a barbeque that Mr. Rynstone and Richard cooked, both our mums making salads and things. His brothers and sister played in the pool together while he and I sat on the sun lounge together.

'Eric.'

'Yes baby?' He said looking down at me as I watched his siblings try to drown one another.

'I love you.' He chuckled, which caused him to wince but he smiled.

'I love you too.'

'If we end up getting another deranged principal that thinks one of us is his love then we seriously need to either screen the principal candidates better or we need to move.'

'I'll follow you anywhere.' He whispered before kissing me.