Royals

Acceptance is the key

         The next morning I was awakened by the warmth of the sunlight. It has never felt this warm before. It was as if I felt its energy running through me. I stretched as I do every morning when I wake up. It felt amazing and my body felt completely relaxed. Which was odd after the night I had. I jumped out of bed and looked down at myself. I didn't even remember changing into my big white tee shirt and my fuzzy warm white footies. I must have been really out of it.

             Like a tornado it hit me, I remembered everything from the last night. How shady I was to everyone. I shook those thoughts off as if it was just a bad dream. I was feeling too good at the moment. I wanted to enjoy it. I grabbed my favorite fuzzy black bath towel and went to the bathroom to take a nice hot shower. I needed a stress reliever. While I was in there the water felt more refreshing than ever before it was like my body was the roots of a tree and it was feeding off the water. Usually, the morning sun was a bother, I used to dread waking up to have the sun beam me in my eyes. Showering was great but never this great. I felt even more energetic than when I woke up which for me was really rare. I wasn't a morning person at all and I haven't had my morning coffee. I popped out of the shower and quickly dried myself. I put on some black boy-shorts and a black sports bra. I then grabbed a pair of black leggings and some black running sneakers. I brushed my hair back into a ponytail. I felt so energetic, I had to burn off some of it and there's no better way than a good run. I grabbed my phone and some headsets. On my way out I saw my aunts having a conversation in the living room. They stopped talking and looked up immediately when they heard me jump down the last two steps. By the disappointed look, my aunt Lily gave me. I know she was still mad at my behavior last night. Wendy, on the other hand, didn't take my recklessness seriously. She was once a young rebel, still is.

"Good Morning! Going for a run! Okay, love you guys!" I yell in a rush, running out the house door as quickly as possible.

      I didn't want to deal with the awkward talk about how negative and rude I was last night. I know aunt Lily was going to just stare and tell me that my behavior was unbelievable. How she doesn't approve of it. Then she would say that she is highly upset and disappointed in me. Wendy would just stand there instigating the whole thing. Which I wouldn't care. I just didn't want to hear Lily saying she is disappointed in me. I rather she curses me out than tell me she is disappointed.

       Old Oak Park is the place I love to go running at. Kai showed it to me years ago. It is filled with so many trees, which leaves have turned orange, yellow, and red. Autumn has never looked this beautiful before. It also had a stream that flowed throughout the whole park. Making the environment just that more relaxing.  The running paths were great and hardly had any bumps. The run felt good. I felt the wind on my face and running through my hair. The trees smelled beautiful, the breeze made the leaves sway and it sounded like they were giggling. It put a smile on my face. I never noticed how beautiful trees are. I put on my headset to listen to some music. The tunes were in sync with the breeze, it was perfect. The song made the trees look like they were dancing and the bushes swayed around me like ballerinas.

      All of a sudden, I felt warmth run through me. Like a defense mechanism, I quickly pulled my headsets off and stopped. I looked around but all I saw was trees, bushes, the stream, and the running path. No one was there but the feeling I had I knew someone was out there watching me. I felt it getting closer and closer. I felt this feeling before that warmth that just runs through me and down to my core. Now I felt it right behind me, I quickly turned and threw I right hook but my hand was caught and I was pinned up against a tree.

"Nice hook, You could have taken off someone head with that."

"Too bad I didn't."

Hunter smiles and melts my soul.