Finding Hope Somewhere

Chapter 5

I woke up by sirens and the cops, the first thing that I thought of was the Jack was dead, but as I looked up I saw the police talking to Jack. I went over there to see what they are talking about.

"Jack what is going on?"

"Sherrif this is the girl that made me run away with her"

"What the hell are you talking about Jack?"

"You know, you forced me into doing it"

"Miss, is this true?"

"No, I didn't force him into anything"

I couldn't believe this was happening Jack just betrayed me, he just lied to the cops, I thought he was my friend, I thought he cared for me. He was never my friend, now I'm taking the blame for all this. Jack never mentioned that he also wanted to do this, he just did this so he wouldn't get in trouble.

"Come on miss you and your friend are going to the station" The officer said while hand cuffing Jack and I.

"What are you going to do?"

"Call both of your parents"

The first thing that came to mind when he said that was my parents were just going to let me sit in prison because "I need to learn my lesson" and poor Jack will probably get a beating after this. Maybe this was my fault, maybe Jack was right. The ride in the police car was kind of cool but scary at the same time because the cop kept on staring at me. Jack was in another police car behind us on our way to the station. I was looking out the car window admirng the sunny day but on the other hand I was going to be in jail. When we got to the station the officers called our parents to tell them that Jack and I were here. I could hear my mom screaming on the phone and that made me nervous.

"I'm sorry Laura"

I just sat there ingnoring him.

"Laura?" he said looking at me.

I just sat there still with my arms crossed and said.

"Jack why would you do that?"

"I was nervous"

"Thats the dumbest excuse"

"I didn't want to get in trouble"

"Oh so then you throw me under the bus instead?"

"Yes, I know I was wrong"

"Jack bestfriends always do things together"

"I know" Jack said while putting his head down.

The officer came out and gave us a sign that both our parents were coming to pick us up. My mom came first and was really angry I could see the anger in her eyes. Before I left I gave Jack an "I'm sorry" hug and left. My mom pulled my arm so that we could get in the car. Once we got in the car, she rose her hand and slapped me right across the face.

"What the hell were you thinking?"

"I don't know"

"Laura, you better give me a better answer than that"

"Fine, I wanted to get away from you, I wanted to runaway with Jack"

"So it was that Jack kid's fault?"

"No it was mine"

My mom shook her head and she pulled the joy stick to drive so that we could get heading home. The whole car ride was silent I could her my moms heavy breathing but the thing that worried me the most was, if Jack was going to be okay?