Get on the Road Again

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Y/n POV
I walked off of the bus and looked around me. Everything was so big compared to Tulsa, I had almost forgotten what the city was like. I started walking to where I remembered my friend's apartment being, and felt around in my pockets.
I pretty much ran out of Tulsa without taking any of my things.

I found a couple dollars.
That's it.

"Fuck" I whispered, I should've thought to bring some money with me. Oh well, that's what happens when I make impulsive decisions.

I arrived at the apartment complex and walked inside. I took the elevator up to their room and knocked on the door.
"Please don't be his parents please don't be his-" I whispered to myself, but a voice interrupted my thoughts "y/n!?" "Jack!".
I was relieved to find that he was the one to open the door, "is it really you?" He asked me in shock. "Yeah it's me" "oh my god hurry get in here" he said and grabbed my arm to pull me inside, while looking outside the door to see if anyone else was there.

"What's wrong now Jack?" I asked as he closed the door. Jack was the only friend I had when I lived here, and we were really close.
"You're dead!" He exclaimed and I gave him a confused look, "what?".

But then I remembered.
My mom.

"Oh right, so that's a funny story" I told him sarcastically, "I'm actually not!"
"Well no shit considering you're standing right in front of me!" He responded, "ok let me tell you everything-" I began to say and he nodded. Then the front door opened and we heard people talking.

"Quick! Hide in the closet!" He told me and pushed me into the open closet door directly next to me, closing it afterwards quickly.
"What are you doing here?" The voice said.
I finally recognized that it was his dad's.

"I just got home from school" Jack said as his voice quivered.
"Just let him go-" "no!" "Don't push her!" "God damn it move!" A few voices yelled back and forth. Then I heard a bang against the closet door making me almost jump out of my skin. Then it opened, revealing Jack grabbing his shoes and he motioned me to get out on the other side. I nodded and quickly followed his directions, and we ran out the door.

I looked at Jack, he had tears in his eyes. I put my hand on his cheek "is this new?" I asked him, referring to his father's aggression. He nodded, "it'll be ok" I told him and he hugged me, just like he always had.
"I missed you y/n" "I missed you too".
Eventually we gathered ourselves and left the apartment complex.

"So y/n, technically you're dead. Why are you out in public?" He questioned me as we walked. "Jack it is such a long story, and clearly if I'm out in public and I'm supposedly dead, I don't give two shits" I said and he laughed, "man have I missed that for the last seven months".

We went to a small diner nearby so I could explain to him what had happened in my life these last few months. We sat down and I started talking "so seven months ago I was finally sick of my parent's abuse, so I left. And yes, I'm so so sorry for not telling you!" "Y/n it's ok, I get it".
I felt so bad for not telling him, I don't even know how'd I'd react to find my closest friend suddenly gone one day.

"Anyways, I left and went to Oklahoma-" "Oklahoma! Jeez that's so far!" He interrupted me, "yeah I know" I said with a laugh.
"I made some friends there pretty much right away, and that's who I've been with the entire time I've been gone. They were like my family, we called ourselves a gang, but they weren't anything like the ones from here".
I continued, "So, one of my friends there mailed something to here, but accidentally left the return address on it and my family got it and came for me".
"Oh my god this is insane" Jack added in, to which I nodded.
"So Jordan and my dad came to where I was living with an order from my mother to kill me! But my friends were able to knock out Jordan and stop my dad from shooting me, and we agreed to tell my mom that he killed me, because if he didn't she said she'd kill him and then me".

"Woah, I can't even imagine dealing with that" "yeah I know, I swear this stuff is always happening to me of all people. So that was that and everything was good for six months, until my boyfriend decided to cheat on me. So then I got a different one-" "wow y/n, what a catch" he interrupted me again with a laugh, "oh shut up" I said playfully.

"But then everything went downhill, my boyfriend's psycho ex came back and told me that they started dating again. Then I walked in on my other best friend getting beaten by his dad, and my ex was trying to kill me when he found out about me and my boyfriend were dating, well ex boyfriend now, all in the same day!".
"Oh my god no wonder you left" he told me with widened eyes, "yeah, so that's how I ended up here again".

"Well hey! I missed you! I really needed to see you again" he told me, trying to make me feel better, "yeah, I missed you too" I said and smiled.

For the first time in a while, I felt happy.
But that, of course, didn't last long.

A waitor behind the counter then called "order for Jordan!".