Innocent Fugitive

Love-Hate Relationship

"So, thank you for saving us, guys," Margo was trying to start an awkward conversation.

"Yeah, no problem Margo! Anyone else wanna say thank you?" Joseph replied with over enthusiasm and everyone in the car could tell that it was pointed to Bella.

"Don't think so, Joseph, why don't you just concentrate on driving?" Bella was clearly trying not to talk to Joseph as much as possible.

"Hey, Bella, can I talk to you when we get to wherever we are going?" Teresa asked quietly, afraid of rousing Bella.

"Sure, hey, where are we going?" Bella answered.

Before Joseph could reply, Carlo had cut in, "The dump," all three girls screwed up their noses, and Carlo added, "yeah, I know, but we don't have anywhere else to go right now."

"Sure we do!" Teresa suddenly burst out.

"Where?" all but Joseph chorused.

"The Sunday Markets," Teresa nodded proudly at her idea.

"What did you hit your head to hard back at that warehouse? That is one of the dumbest things I've heard this whole day!" Bella looked as though someone had just abducted Teresa, brainwashed her then put her back on the earth.

"Actually, it's perfect. I mean, think about it, we can't go back to the dump as they'll look there, and they know where I live so that's not the best idea either," Teresa started.

"Yeah, but they're not the only ones looking for us remember?" Bella interrupted.

"That's why I was going to say that the Sunday Markets is soooo overflowed with people that we will blend in just fine!" Teresa finished with a bit of a raised voice, she obviously wasn't in the mood to be interrupted.

"Fine, the Sunday Markets it is!" Carlo cried out before anything else could be said.

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They arrived at the markets to find the busiest place they had ever seen. Teresa cast a look at Bella who scowled.

As they walked threw the streets, Teresa began to stop at clothe stores and purchase items.

"What are you doing?" Margo asked curiously.

"I'm buying clothes, so I'm not as recognizable. You should do the same." Teresa advised. Both Bella and Margo nodded and started doing the same thing.

As they walked, Margo decided to have a chat about boys with Bella like she and Bella used to when they were friends at their old school.

"So, what's going on between you and Joseph?"

"What do you mean?" Bella asked as though she had no idea what Margo meant.

"Come on Bells, you seem to be hating on him all the time. I think it's cause you like him!" Margo smiled in that cheeky way when people are teasing their friends about people they like.

"I don't... Well I kinda... look Margo it's complicated, even if I did like him, I'd never go out with him," Bella replied.

"Why not?" Margo almost sounded disappointed.

"Well... I have been out with him before and... it didn't end well. I swear I got way too many scars to heal up from that incident, it aint ever happening again," Bella answered firmly, clearly not wanting to talk on this topic any further.

"But if you sort of like him, then why are you being so harsh on him?" the queastion that was really ringing through Margo's mind.

"I don't want him to get any ideas. It's kind of a love-hate relationship, you know? One moment I wanna give him a hug and the next I wanna claw the eyes out of his head. Like I said, it's complicated." With that, Bella sped up a bit to catch up with Teresa.

Margo could hear something in the distance. It wasn't cheering, laughter or screaming... it was sirens. Margo turned quickly around to make sure she wasn't imagining things. She wasn't. But how? How could they know we are here? There's no way unless...

She looked at Teresa and Bella who were chatting wildly over something. Joseph was mingling about at a food stand and Carlo... he was looking around, as though he was waiting for something to happen. Strange...

What am I doing?! Margo ran to the others.

"Quickly! We have to run!" Margo cried to Bella, Teresa and Joseph. Carlo must have heard too as he also started running. Strangely, he was running slower than what he could do. Why?

Carlo ran into a barrel of fruit by accident and it spilled, making Teresa fall. Bella and Joseph stopped running, but Carlo did not, he just kept running like he didn't even care. Police were catching up to them all ready, Bella, Margo and Joseph all started to run again, thinking Teresa was getting to her feet, but she wasn't.

Teresa let herself be picked up by the police force and taken away into a car.

Margo, Bella, Joseph and Carlo didn't even notice until it was too late.