A Long Road Ahead

Chapter 10

"So, you are telling them tomorrow?" Massi questions.

I nod as my reply.

Tomorrow is it. Tomorrow is the day I finally tell them after four years. Tomorrow is the last day of life as I know it.

Everything is about to change.

"Are you really sure this is a good idea?" He asks me.

"What do you mean?" I ask back, lifting my head off of his shoulder and looking at him.

"I am just not sure this is the safest thing." He elaborates.

"What do you want me to do, just run away?" I ask him, fully sitting up.

"I mean, I don't know. I am just worried about what will happen." He tells me.

"Well, I don't care what happens. I want to tell them." I protest.

"Chloe, if they are going to hurt you, are you sure this is the best idea?" He asks me.

"Yes." I confirm.

"Chloe, I don't want you getting hurt." He repeats.

"I don't care." I say again.

"Chloe, I don't want you to do anything that will hurt you if it can be avoided." He points out.

"Listen. I know you are right. I know that what I am going to do is stupid. I know that my parents do not deserve closure. I know that they are going to hurt me. I know that this is not going to end well." I start to ramble. "But I still want to say goodbye. I know how awfully this is going to go. And I know that it isn't the safest decision. But they are still my parents. I don't want them looking for me, or thinking I ran away. I want to tell them about you. And I want to say goodbye to them." I add.

At this point, I am fully sobbing.

"Chlo, I'm sorry." Massi tells me, pulling me into a hug.

"Don't be." I tell him. "You are right, this is a stupid decision. But it is still the one I want to make." I assure him.

"If you think that is what you should do, then that is what you should do." He tells me, although I can tell he doesn't really want me to do it.

And he doesn't know how bad it is going to be.

"I love you." I tell him.

"I love you too." He tells me, pulling me further into his lap as he hugs me tighter.

We already have the plan for tomorrow.

When I wake up, I am going to pack up my car, filling it with everything I need and cannot live without, leaving the rest behind.

I am then going to meet Massi at his house, as my parents won't find it there, although I am not sure they will care if they ever do see it.

He will then take me back to my house and I will wait for my parents to get home.

I am going to leave everything with him.

I don't want my parents to destroy my phone, or ruin any of my things, and I don't want to leave any of it behind, so I am just not going to have anything with me.

Once they kick me out, I am just going to walk to Rachel's house that is just a few away from mine, and she will take me to Massi's house.

Although I doubt that things will go that smoothly.

That is at least what I plan on happening.

My mom is going to be devastated, and my dad is going to be livid.

I am expecting my mom to give me a solid slap across my face, and I am expecting my father to express his anger in a very physical way.

"Are you sure I can stay here tomorrow night?" I ask Massi.

"Yeah, why?" He asks me as he had already confit it was okay.

"I just don't want to be a burden." I admit.

I feel bad for just showing up at their house and staying there.

"Chloe. You are not a burden. My parents are beyond excited to have you here. They want to meet you. So does Malia, she is excited to have another girl in the house." He explains to me. "And they want you to stay as long as you need." He adds.

"No, just one night." I insist. "Then I will stay in a hotel, or somewhere before I find an apartment or something and move in." I say.

"Chloe, save your money, stay here for a bit, it will be fine, I promise." He assures me.

"We will figure it out tomorrow." I suggest, knowing he isn't going to give up.

"Fine." He agrees.

"Your family is actually excited to meet me?" I ask him.

"Yes, they are. My parents are a little upset they didn't find out until now, but they understand. And my sister will probably never leave you alone. All she will talk about is how pretty you are, and she is so right about that. But she already loves you." He assures me.

"Okay." Is all I can reply.

"Everything will be fine." He tells me before he kisses me.

"I love you." He tells me after we separate.

"I love you too." I remind him.

I curl up on top of him as he holds me.

"You are so beautiful." He whispers to me. "You are gorgeous and perfect and you are amazing and I don't know how a person can be as stunning as you are." He rambles on.

"Shut up." I say with a laugh.

"What? I just wanted to remind you that you are the most beautiful person ever and I love you so much." He tells me.

"I love you too." I repeat.

When the evening arrives and it is almost time for my parents to get home from work, I quickly leave so I can beat my mother home, as she doesn't know I am not home.

"I'll see you in the morning." He tells me at the door.

I nod in response. "I love you." I say once again before bringing my arms around his neck. He grabs my waist as I kiss him.

"I love you too." He tells me as I walk out the door.

I just wrote a 24 page script for a movie I am going to make with my American Girl dolls. I am 20.