Runaways

Chapter One

The cold September wind blew softly. The trees swaying back and forth. The stars shining bright. I have a weird obsession with stars. They way they shine brightly in the night and disappear behind the clouds or when the Sun takes their place. They're a great mystery to me.  Wondrous beauty with no one to care for them, well no one but me.I guess that's one of the many things i like about Katelynn . And before you start to ask who Katelynn is, don't. You'll figure it out later. Anyway where was i? Oh yeah Katelynn. She's a mystery to me. No matter how much i try to understand her sometimes I can't. But that doesn't stop me from loving her. And i know what you're probably thinking, so stop she's not my girlfriend. Maybe one day, a guy can only dream. But i do love her, even if she doubts it. Katelynn is my best friend, do i like her? No, i should stop kidding myself of course i do, but nothing would ever happen between us. I'm just a friend to her, that's all. But that doesn't mean I'll stop loving her,I mean after all she is my best friend. I try to always be there for her. There have been times that i let that get to me and I'm a little too protective of her. You can't blame me though, when you really care about someone you try doing everything in your power to make sure they don't get hurt. Sometimes that's not enough. But even if it's not enough I'll be there for her. I'll stop boring you now with this and get on with the story.

So it was getting close to midnight and we were outside, it was cold, but anything was better than going home and facing our problems without each other. " Sometimes i wish i could just run away. Just leave this place ya know?" Yeah i did know, a million thoughts ran through my head. God she drives me crazy, in a good way. " that would be great, but it's nearly impossible." "'Yeah i know it is but just imagine it, think about how great it would it be. To be so far away from here. Settle down somewhere. To live happily" I do imagine it. All the time. But the turnout is different in my mind. " I mean i guess it would be great" " what are you talking about you guess? It would be great." She started jumping on the rocks. From one to another. All of a sudden i felt her take my hat " hey!give it back!" "You have to chase me for it" " oh c'mon just give it back" she taunted me " Katelynn give it to me" she looked at me with a playful smile " no" she jumped to another rock. She knew it was bothering me , but she didn't know i kinda liked it. I stood up quickly and chased her around the forest. She was pretty fast. I started to catch up to her, and she tripped. I went over to her, of course i didn't bother to check where i was going and tripped as well. I reached over and grabbed my hat. My hands touched hers i helped her up. I didn't want to let go. She didn't let go until i did. We were so deep into the woods i had no sense of where we were and i loved it. She did to for she found a nice little tree trunk and sat down. I sat down next to her. My heart was racing. No i needed to snap out of it. But i couldn't. I reached over to remove some of the leaves in her hair. I stroked it and put a strand behind her ear. Suddenly her eyes were staring into mine. God i loved her. I would've kissed her i really would, but it would only scare her away.I snapped out of it and looked away. For five seconds when i was sure she wasn't looking back. " ya know maybe running away wouldn't be such a bad idea." I looked over she had fallen asleep. I probably should've woken her, but it was late. No one would miss us anyway. I sat  down beside her. I couldn't sleep thinking about her and running away. I wanted to i really did, but would i be able to handle it? All the time i would have to spend with her, it would be great and torturous all at the same time. As i said earlier i would do anything to make sure Katelynn was happy and i knew that running away, leaving this place. It's all she's ever dreamed of. So no matter how hard it would be, it's a risk i would be willing to take. I slowly started to drift off to sleep, i laid down and stared at the stars. I don't remember when i fell asleep. I do remember the next day. Pretty clearly.

I woke up a couple hours later to find Katelynn already gone. Which was no surprise to me. I went back to the house to find my Dad passed out on the couch. No surprise there either. At least i can always say i came home last night. I went upstairs to get some more sleep when i noticed a picture of Katelynn, and i was fluttered with memories from last night..... Or this morning i couldn't tell how late it was.  If only she had heard me tell her about running away, we could've done it then and there.  If only she knew, everything. If only she wanted the same things i do. I was startled by a noise only to realize it was only my phone.  "14 missed messages"
Fuck, had they all been from Katelynn? Sure enough they all were. I left the house in a hurry, when i arrived i found Katelynn, sitting on the front steps of her home, crying. I went over to her and hugged her. That was it. I had to get her out of here. But how? Would she go for it? Her parents didn't really care for her but boy were they pist when she didn't come home last night. Thats one of the things i never understood about her parents, they didn't seem to care for her, but they were always there to make her feel like crap when something went wrong.  I didn't say a word. I just hugged her. Maybe i briefly assured her a couple times to let her know she would be okay. That i was here for her. I was constantly telling her that i was always gonna be there for her. It really feels like the only thing i can do. What more could i do? It killed me to see her cry. I hated seeing her cry. I hated when she's upset. If anything if hurt me to see her that way. I stood up slowly. " c'mon let's go for a walk."