RUN AWAY! (Horrid Henry)

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Lately Henry has been feeling ignored by his parents, everyday he would try to make trouble for attention but none of them cared anymore. He started to get angry — he had no idea what could be so important rather than their own son. The most confusing part was that they were only communicating with Peter. All of these sudden changes from his parents were making him feel frustrated.

The only time his name came out of their mouth was when they were waking him up for school. Henry has always loved being the center of attention, always loved to be included and recognized but that wasn't working out for him at the moment. Henry opened the front door and left his house — on his way to school with his little brother, Peter.
Henry's mind started to get cloudy with thoughts while walking through the halls. Before he entered his class he took a quick breath expecting to get scolded again for being late by his terrible teacher. He turned the door knob as quietly as he could but that didn't matter anyways..
"Henry!" Yelled out Ms. Battleaxe.
"Yes?" Sighed Henry.
"Mind explaining why you're late, AGAIN?" Questioned Ms. Battleaxe, empathizing ' again' .
"Because I slept in?" He mumbled, staring at his shoes.
She sighed. "Have you done your homework from yesterday?"
"No.."
"Go to your seat, Henry!" She growled.
As Henry walked towards his desk Ms. Battleaxe interrupted. "Everyone is writing an essay of why attendance matters." Henry turned to look at her. 'Are you serious?' He thought to himself, everyone glared at Henry for causing an essay on them. He simply just snarled and sat beside his best friend, Ralph. Ralph had always made Henry feel better in any situation he got into. He was always there to cheer him up even when he was in the wrong.

After Class
Everybody bolted  out of their seats once the bell rang, lunch time! Ralph and Henry were having a race to the cafeteria. While both were running as fast as they could and rotating from different hallways, they quickly became exhausted and started to slow down. Eventually Henry slipped from the slippery tiles.

"Haha! Guess I won, huh?" Chuckled Ralph.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Henry rolled his eyes and picked himself up.

Ralph swung an arm over Henry's shoulder. Henry's eyes widened by surprise but swiftly got comfortable and returned the gesture by doing the same. The duo made it to lunch and skipped the line, passing some angry students for short cutting. They never knew why kids waited so long in line when they could just walk past them — what were they going to do?

"What's on your mind? Are you mad that I won?" Teased Ralph with a smirk. "Pfft, of course not. I've just been dealing with stuff." Henry shrugged, feeling uncomfortable.
"What stuff?" Asked Ralph, in a more serious tone.
"My parents, they haven't talked to me in awhile and i feel like they've been ignoring me. " He whisper-shouted.
"I want to make them notice me again. I hate being ignored." Henry scoffed.
"Hm.." Hummed Ralph, thinking for a solution. "What if you were to disappear?" Ralph snickered with his hands up in a dazzling - movement.
Henry stood silent. "Are you saying to kill myself?" Grumbled, Henry, not getting the gesture.

"WHAT? NO!!"

"I mean—" What if WE run away? Together!" Exclaimed Ralph. Truthfully, Ralph has been planning to run away with his best friend for a bit.
Henry took his request into consideration. "It might help me forget about them.. -And will also catch their attention!"
"But— my parents don't even look at me! I'm basically already gone." Said, Henry.
"C'mon, don't be stupid! Obviously they know you're there." Ralph convinced.
"You're right." Henry hesitantly agreed. "Besides!" Said Ralph as he scooted closer to Henry with a paper on his hand. "-I've already planned everything out!" He gave Henry his paper with his ideas for running away. As Henry took a look, he quickly got deja vu from the last time he'd snuck out, it didn't go well. He had been grounded for a month with an empty bedroom, and was only able to come out to use the bathroom. The thought gave him chills and doubt but looking at his best friend, his eyes of determination. Henry didn't care about the consequences he was getting himself into anymore, "Okay, let's do it!!" Smiled, Henry.

After their quick discussion, they ran outside to the top of their designated climbing frame -until Margret and her minions came along. "You two are in our spot." She said in disgust. "Back off, we made it here first." Ralph said.  Margret's eyes were exploring the area ; a paper with drawings and notes caught her attention. She snatched it away from the boys and took a closer look. "Hey!" Henry growled, trying to receive it back; unfortunately for him - he was shorter than the girl.

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