He would kill his own daughter? This whole thing is just so screwed up. I had to get her away from here where her dad won't find her. But where will I go? I have a family I can't just run away. Can I? "A-are you okay?" She asks. "Yeah, why?"
"B-blood." Blood? I reach up to my nose a wince as my fingers make contact. I feel a sticky substance on them, immediately recognizing it as my own blood. I completely forgot about my face. Must be the adrenaline. "Yeah," I lie through my teeth, "I'm fine."
"You m-must be pretty t-tough." She says. You basically feel the awkwardness in the air. Hey, I'm an awkward guy, alright. "Not as tough as you."
"Please, I cried like a baby I'm not tough." I look at her confused. She is kidding right? She's saying she isn't tough when she literally just got punched by her dad? I don't get people sometimes. "How long has this been going on?" I pry, I want to know more but I don't want an FBI questioning. "It's been going on ever since I was little. The truth is he isn't my real dad but he forces me to call him 'Father'."
"But if he isn't your real father than what happened?" Her eyes get real wide and her pupils dilate. "I-I don't know if I can talk about it." She's now bouncing her knee and fidgeting with her hands, glancing at me every once in a while. She keeps sniffling and letting out uneven ragged breaths. "Hey, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to but I have to get you out of here now." I say with all seriousness in my voice. I couldn't live with myself if I just let her go home with an abusive jerk. "I-I don't have anywhere t-to go." She states sadly, tears dripping down her porcelain skin. I whip my keys out of my back pocket. "I'll take you wherever you want to go." I say with a mischievous smile on my face as hers lights up with joy. This is the first time I've seen something other than pain written on her like a traffic sign. I help her up and run to my car. "Wait!" She intervenes. "I don't even know your name."
"It's Oliver." I state. "Oh, well I'm-"
"Lauren." She looks a little creeped out by the fact that I know her name but you know what... "H-how did you know?"
"I have my ways." She giggles a little bit. And it's the most adorable thing I've. Ever. Heard. "Where to princess."
"Princess?" She asks surprised. "Yes you're a princess therefore you are to be treated as such."
"O-oh, I've never been treated like a princess before." She's almost embarrassed. I wonder why. "Soooooo where are going."
"To find my parents. My real ones."
"Well where do they live?" She hesitated for a second before saying, "California." That's a long drive. We live in New York. "Well then, Cali here we come!" I revved the engine and drove off. This is the rush of adventure I've been waiting for. "Wait, w-what about your parents!" I contemplate for a moment. "Whelp, I'll just tell them I won't be home for Christmas." And I winked.
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And ooooh Oliver's being flirty😏
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😘-Jill
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Lauren And I.
Romance"All the pain, all the abandonment, all the suffering she went through, and it made her nothing but kind."
