Save Me ♦︎

Chapter 5

I pulled out the flashlight on my phone so we could see as we walked through the forest. We couldn't dare be found.

In the distance we heard the music still blasting from the party we came from early that night. I was so glad Matt had saved me from Austin. I smiled to myself in the darkness of the night.

We walked for what seemed like hours in comfortable silence. The last slivers of twilight were disappearing as the sky turned a lavender and peach color.

Matt stopped and turned around "We'll sleep during the day because it's easy to see through the trees in daylight. I'll take the first watch. You get some rest." I nodded and set my pack down. I grabbed a granola bar and chowed down before drifting into a deep sleep.

Matthew woke me up around noon and fell asleep almost instantly. He looked so cute in his sleep. I shook off my thoughts about Matt. I noticed a white lined piece of paper in his back pocket. I carefully walked over and snatched the paper. I went back to the log where I had been sitting before I looked at it.

But before I had a chance there was a rustling in the woods. "I FOUND THEM" someone yelled. My stomach dropped. I ran to Matt's side and shook him awake.

"the Matt we need to run. Now. They found us. Let's go!" I was panicking. Surprisingly Matthew seemed wide awake. We both grabbed our packs and sprinted as fast as we could down a river bank. We found some stepping stones and crossed the stream/river. We kept running.

We couldn't see the people anymore. Matthew and I ran for an hour at least. He was basically dragging me by my wrist. The make up covering the cuts on my wrist seemed to have disappeared. I made sure to make it extra thick before we left. But thanks to Matt it was gone.

When we finally stopped I took a good 15 minutes to recover from that run. Matt shook his head when he saw my wrist. I sighed and took out the white paper after Matt said he was going to sleep. I looked it over.

What it said made my head spin. My thoughts fluttered in millions of different directions. My world tilted around me.

I was lost in my thoughts.