Runaways

Luke

Listen to the song above. It totally reminded me of this book. I Love It!

Title: Runaway

Singer: Galantis

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Gosh Dang It! I forgot my chocolate!

I stopped in the middle of the road. Maybe I should run back and get it. I mean, North and Silas probably won't notice me if I went back home for a few seconds and came back to them. I wouldn't even have to tell them about needing it. It would save myself from further embarrassment.

What am I talking about! Chocolate as my fix is not something I should be embarrassed from! The Chocolate Goddess must be extremely disappointed in me. I'm sorry! I'll do anything Oh Holy Goddess. I'll even eat only chocolate for an entire day.

Ohhh, that would be fun!

What would I eat? There's so many different types of chocolate. Obviously, dark chocolate first because that's the least favorite chocolate I like. Ugh! It's so healthy. It's probably the only chocolate North would let me eat. Speaking of North, I look up and see him calling my name. Breaking out of my plans for my chocolate filled day, I ask him what's wrong.

Looking at me with disbelief, he placed the back of his hand on my forehead and muttered that I didn't have a fever.

"I'm fine, little brother. Why would I have a fever?" I ask, taking his hand off my head.

"Well, you kind of did stop in the middle of the road and stared into nothingness for a while. North and I started calling out your name and shaking you, but you didn't even blink," Silas says.

"Are you serious?" I ask in disbelief.

"I didn't know I needed my fix that much," I mumbled under my breath.

Sh*t! I realize I might have said that a little bit louder than I thought I would. Geez, I hope they didn't hear me!

Looking up, I hear them speaking rapid Greek. What the heck! Are they talking about me? I listen in to see if they slipped anything in English, but of course, they didn't. Feeling angry that they're speaking another language without me, I start yelling at them.

After my yelling, North looks at me smirking and says, "So what's your fix brother?"

Oh sh*t! They did hear me. Feeling my face pale and my eyes widen, I ask, "You heard that?"

After asking that question, I start mentally face palming. Of course they heard you! Why would they be asking you what your fix is if they didn't? Idiot! I should have just kept my mouth shut.

"Yup. So what is it?" Silas asks.

Well, I might as well tell them.

"It's.......chocolate," I answer and then immediately start daydreaming about it. I can't wait to eat some more later.

Wait! I almost forgot! I don't have chocolate with me. We need to buy some asap! If not, I might not survive!

"The entire time we've been trying to get you out of your daze, you were thinking about fucking chocolate?" North asks, breaking me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah, it's amazing," I say dreamily.

"Wait! So we stood here for the past 10 minutes because you were having dirty thoughts about chocolate?" Silas asks with disbelief.

Getting angry at Silas and North for practically dissing my chocolate, I say, "Yeah! You got a problem with that?"

"Yeah," North responds instantly.

This guy!

"Well deal with it," I say quite childishly for a freshman in high school. But, what can I say, no one disses my chocolate.

With that, I brush past them and walk towards the nearest drugstore. I need to get my chocolate! I'm a man on a mission.

Searching through my brain for the directions to the nearest drugstore, my thoughts get interrupted by North asking me a question.

"Have you decided a destination, Luke? Because you look like a man on a mission," he says.

"Yup. I've got a place to got to," I answer.

"Really? Where are we going?" North asks with obvious relief. It looks like he didn't know where we were going to go before. I think an actual destination point is making him feel better now.

"We're going to a drugstore," I respond happily.

My happiness suddenly goes down the drain when I feel someone pull my sweater back, causing me to bump into North.

North looks at me in disbelief. "What the fuck bro? I thought your fix was chocolate not drugs!" he says.

"There's no fucking way we're actually taking you to a drug store! I don't care if you have that as another fix. You're sticking with the chocolate and nothing else!" he says angrily.

Realizing that he thought I meant an actual drug store with illegal drugs, I start bursting out in laughter.

Both of them, who apparently mistook my laughter as something else, start glaring at me.

"We're serious Luke. We're not letting you anywhere near illegal drugs! I don't care if we have to chain you to us. You're not going anywhere!" Silas says in a serious manner.

Unfortunately, that only made me laugh more. I was at the point of tears when I started to respond.

"No you guys! I'm talking about a drug store like Rite-Aid or Walmart. Not an actual place that sells illegal drugs!"

And after that, I start bursting out into laughter again.

"Oh.....my bad," Silas says while stepping back from me.

"Why are we going to a drugstore," North asks still looking a little angry that I laughed at him and had little tinges of red on his cheeks. Aww....my poor little baby brother was blushing. I wanted to pinch his cheeks.

But, sparing him from further embarrassment, I decide to drop his case. Cause you know, I'm such a nice person. I would never make fun of my baby brother. Wink wink.

"We're going to get my chocolate fix," I answer. And with that, I shrug North's hold off of me and continue to walk in the direction of the nearest drugstore.

Chocolate, here I come.