Her Fairy Tale

7. Running away

I sat under the tree beside my garden and start crying. I don't want to get married at this age, I am only 18. I didn't want to continue study hist because I have no option for college it doesn't mean that Pa should marry me off like this. And Carlos I didn't know that he had harbored those feelings for me. If I had known before may be I would have done something to stop it but it's his fault he shouldn't have fallen in love with me. And may be I would have said yes to marriage if he wasn't adamant on living here for his whole life. He is a nice guy, a guy of every girl's dream.

I hid my face in my knees while crying, they can't do this with me. I was crying for an hour or so when I felt a presence beside me. I look up to see Aaron staring at me, I felt so embarassed that he found me like this. He didn't said anything just sat beside me on the grass. After a long of moment of silence when I stopped crying completely he spoke.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked me.

"No.. I .. it doesn't matter because no one can help me" I told him looking towards the dark sky. Only lights from the lamp posts are illuminating the area.

"Yes but you can help yourself" he said as a matter of fact which made me turn towards him. I look at him with confusion, he didn't said anything after that for a while but then he made an eye contact with me.

"You should be strong enough to fight for yourself beacuse no one in this world would do that for you, if you think so then you are delusional. Crying can not solve any problem it never had. Crying is a stupid emotion which waste our time. It's upto us whether we want to waste that time or utilize that in standing for ourselves" he told me and I looked at him with aww. Wow!

"Thank you" I said when I got an idea.

"You are right I should fight" I said standing up from my place on the ground, he too mimics my movement and stood infront of me with a soft smile

"When are you leaving?" I asked him, he looked confused for a moment then told me.

"5 in the morning, it's a five hours long drive so we have to go early" he said with a sigh, he was contemplating on saying something else but then thought better of it.

"Okay, it's enough time" I said in my own thoughts.

"What?" He asked not understanding anything, well good for me.

"Nothing, I gotta go" I yelled running towards my home. I ran straight to my room I looked at the clock it was 10 pm. I think everyone is sleeping, this is the best time to execute my plan.

At 4:30...

I stand infront of mirror, I have changed into sweat pant and a sweat shirt. I put my hair in a messy bun. I went towards my closet and took my most prized possession out. It was my mom's Violen this is the only thing that I have of her with me. I have only learned playing it because of her. It was neatly packed in a violen case it was an average sized, easy to hold. I put it on my shoulder and took my suitcase in my hand which have my belongings in it. As I was about to step out of the room, I glanced back at my room and looked at the letter lying on the side table. In that letter I have told Pa that I am going away from here. I will come back after sometime and request that he don't come after me. I hope listen to my request, I know he would be hurt and sad but he made me take this step.

I head out of the back door closing it gently behind me, I don't want to wake anyone up. When I was out the door I make a run towards outhouse, I saw a car standing infront of the door, the trunk was open as driver was placing bags inside, I waited for the driver to go inside. When he went inside I make a run to the car I put my stuff inside the trunk, thankfully it was very big it can easily fit all of the bags and me. Though it would quite uncomfortable but I have no other choice. If I would go to bus stop someone would definitely tell my grandpa even before I will sit inside the bus so it is a best choice for me and I don't know why I feel like I can trust Aaron. I settled inside the trunk half lying on the bags and with my one hand I closed the trunk which left me in dark. I was scared for a moment but then I closed my eyes and starts chanting my parents name, this is something I always do when I am scared and it make me relax. After few minutes I was relaxed and I waited for Aaron to come. He came after 10 minutes and then the car started moving. I danced in happiness in my mind!