The Chase

Chapter One

(A/N: OMG GUYS, SECOND FANFIC. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS ONE. It is completely opposite of Rescue Me From Myself, and it's something I've wanted to write for a while now! I am going to be putting my full concentration on this one, but I promise to finish up RMFM eventually. Love you all, can't wait for you to read!! JEG ELSKER DEG <3333)

"For the last time Mom, I said I was going to the mall with Vee." I shouted down the stairs to my annoying mother. She was constantly in my business. I was 18 years old, I could do as I please. I was tired of my parents bossing me around and trying to make me into some sort of clone of themselves.

"Audrey Lee Kollins. Don't take that tone of voice with me. I'm your mother, not one of your friends." she yelled back up the stairs. Ugh, she was SO annoying. 

I live in a quaint little town called Los Altos, CA. I went to a private school my entire life, and I always got good grades, I didn't even have to try in school to pass exams and understand everything. I guess that's what happens when you have doctors for parents, the intelligence gene just came naturally to me. My parents were always on my ass about grades, and how I needed good grades to get into Stanford, their dream school for myself. I didn't want anything to do with Stanford and all those other rich snobs that planned on going there on their parent's money. I wanted to take a few years off and travel the world, make new friends, learn about different cultures other than the California one. But my parent's were so against it. 

Lately, I've been really rebellious. I've been coming home late, talking to them with an attitude, anything to make them angry. I don't want to go to Stanford in September. I don't care if I was accepted, or even what my parent's want, I'm done with them and their dream of what I could become. I don't want to be a doctor. I don't even know what I want to be!

I heard Vee's car pull up into my driveway, and I slipped on a pair of shoes and ran down the stairs to try and avoid my mother. But I spoke too soon.

"Audrey, don't be home late again. We have a tour of Stanford tomorrow and you have to be there, your father and I even took off of work for the afternoon to be there." she told me. 

"What? Mom, you know I'm going out tomorrow. I have plans! I don't want to be touring Stanford." I told her. She just rolled her eyes.

"Don't be late Audrey. You're going." she said coldly. I sighed and snatched my purse from her hands. I just got out of the door because I heard her complaining to our maid, Nancy.

"I just don't know what's gotten into her lately Nancy...She's a completely different person." my mom was saying before I slammed the front door as hard as I could. Humph, that should show her. 

I stormed over to Vee's car, which was her dad's actually. A nice BMW, he let her take it out on occassion. I made sure to not slam the door, because I wasn't mad at Vee, I was mad at my parents.

"Woah, what's wrong with you Aub?" Vee asked as she pulled down our driveway.

"My stupid parents are taking me on a dumb Stanford tour tomorrow, they even took time out of their precious schedules to accompany me!" I told her. 

"But we're all supposed to be going out tomorrow! Marcy is leaving for Fresno for the summer semester and we won't get to see her until Thanksgiving!" Vee told me. I sighed.

"I know, but they won't listen to me. I'm so angry! This is why I've been 'acting out' lately. They don't see they've been suffocating me their entire life. I'm tired of their crap!" I shouted.

"Calm down sweetie, you're going to have an attack if you keep this up." Vee reminded me. I took a deep breath and tried to calm my nerves. Vee was my best friend, and she was the only person who knew I had anxiety attacks, not even my own parents knew. They just sent me to a doctor and never even asked what they said.