The Run

part 3

My mom and i.... we didn't get along, she had this idea of a "perfect family" and i wasn't apart of that, i still love her and want to be with her, but when i stopped breathing at her works picnic, she was going to send me off to boarding school. Except when the morning came to go, i didn't get in the cab. I ran, and i didn't stop running either, until i ran into him.

Josh, i never knew him, he was a year older, and we had different lunch hours. I had seen him in the hallway, he didn't really talk to anyone, except his girlfriend. I think her name was Laurie, she had been killed in a car accident about 6 months ago. He didn't handle it well. He took off the rest of the semester, and i don't know if he plans on going back or not...

Josh came back and handed me a water, he looked at me and said "asthma?"
i looked down, disgusted with myself... "If only that was it." I think he realized I didn't want to talk about it. "Alright" he said as he got up, and reached out his hand to help me up.
"Okay" i said taking it. I smiled for what seems the first time in forever. An actual genuine smile that i meant.

He knew i didn't want to talk about it, and he didn't pressure me too. Is it sad if thats probably the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me? i don't think so..

He was just as much misunderstood as i was, and thats okay. Because i understood him, and he understood me.

We started walking when he asked me, "Which way?"
and i smiled, and i said, "pick one."
We turned left, and didn't look back.