Run || g.d

Chapter 2

I looked behind me to make sure nothing or no one was following me.

But was quickly stopped when I ran into something and fell.

"Stupid tre- oh your not a tree" I looked up and saw a boy looking down at me.

He lightly chuckled "no I am not" he held his hand out.

I grabbed it and he pulled me up.

"Are you okay you ran into me pretty hard" he asked

I didn't make eye contact.

"Yeah I'm fine are you okay?"

"Better than ever"

"Good. Well if you'll excuse me I've got to head home sorry about that" and with that I took off.

I decided to slow down a bit so I could avoid my dad when I got home. Since he leaves early for work I usually don't see him in the morning but at night is when he get mad. And let me tell you it's a nightmare.

I looked down at my watch and saw I had been out for 3 hours. The sun was already shining and my stress free day began.

I slowed to a walk when I reached my driveway and put my hands above my head to catch my breath.

"Oh thank god Juliet your back" Alex ran out of the house.

"Yeah what's up?"

"Dad isn't going to work today so I think we should spend the day at the pool to stay away from him"

I nodded my head okay "give me an hour or so to get ready"

She ran inside and I followed behind her

Alex is 1 year older than me, and she decided to come home for summer break so I wouldn't be by myself with the monster we call our dad.

I walked into my room and flopped down onto the bed.

My legs ached from my run but I didn't care.

I grabbed my phone off the nightstand and texted one of my friends Leah.

"Hey heading to the pool later want to come?"

5 minutes later she responded: "sorry can't today have to babysit my little cousins, maybe another time this week"

"Okay it's fine"

I threw my phone down on the bed and slowly sat up.

Looking around the room my eyes caught on a picture of me and my mom before she left.

I never had the strength to take it down since she was the only other person besides my sister who knew what my father is capable of.

I heard a knock on the door and my eyes instantly look to the door.

"Hey Juliet we need to get going. Dads starting to get mad"

And with that I jumped up from my bed. Grabbed the first bathing suit I could find, a towel, flip flops, and my phone and ran out of my room. 

We slowly and quietly walked by his room and out the front door not making a sound.

"You could have at least gotten changed first" Alex says

"It's fine I'll just change when we get there"

Since we both don't have cars we had to walk.

It's not that far of a walk since we live in a pretty small town. Everything's within walking distance.

5 minutes later we arrived at the pool.

And of course it was crowded with little kids and preteens

I walked into the changing room and quickly changed out of my sweaty running clothes and into a bathing suit I have never worn before.

"Omg I love that bathing suit sis"

"Yeah that's because you gave it to me" I laughed.

When it comes to me and Alex we are nothing alike. She could pick out an outfit for you to wear well I on the other hand can tell you what running sneakers to buy. In other words she's the fashionista and I'm a runner with no fashion sense whatsoever.

After getting settled we both laid down on the chairs. Since I hated to burn I lathered up with sunscreen while Alex didn't care and tanned.

I scanned the pool and my eyes instantly met someone's.

And let me tell you they looked oddly familiar.

You've got to be kidding me

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Second chapter is up. Who do you think Juliet saw at the pool? Find out in the next chapter