"Amy I love you so much! You are the best friend I could ever have!" I told her giving her the tightest, bone-crushing hug I could manage.
"Oh come on girl. Don't worry about it! Dylan hasn't been in there for three years. It's all yours."
"Amy...you really don't have to do this for me...this is so crazy!"
"Corey, you're going to be okay. I know, this is hard. And I promise to take your letters and give them to him. You need to be strong. Don't worry, I have this under control. I can't believe it's finally happening...you're going to be gone...in New York! I promise to come and visit and please just give me a call and I'll be there as fast as planes can fly," Amy looked at me with so much emotion; scared, hopeful, nervous.
Amy is my best friend. We have been best friends since the first grade.
"I'm going to go write my first letter."
"Okay," Amy told me with a small sad smile.
I walked over the the large tree house hanging in the oak tree in Amy's backyard. She went back inside her home, too.
I instantly started to write:
Dear Ezra,
I am running away from home.
It is the first day of my voyage of running away from home. Don't look for me. As kids, I was always good at playing hide and seek. You know I can run and hide. My life is much easier without the hardships of home. I will come back for you, I promise, as soon as I get the chance. I could not live with my parents' torturing, beating, and harassing me. I miss you and love you.
My parents went too far. My father abused me. My mother beat me and forced me into work and labor.
That's not even telling what James did. Remember, James, my older brother? He was three years older than me...he abused me...more than my father. Every night he tied me to his bed...and yeah. My little sisters need help. Please save them, kidnap them do whatever. Em and Sammy, they are twins, 7 years old, and I am scared they will have to go what I went through. Please help me with this one thing, Ezra. Your parents could take them in.
I am in Amy's little brother's tree house and will be moving soon. She gives me food and lets me bathe in her home. I am slowly making my way to New York. Trying to follow my dreams, use my talents, and be on Broadway. As soon as I get enough money I will come back for you. Please don't move on from me. Keep me in that special place in your heart.
Auditions are in two months and I have to get there to audition for Wicked. Amy said she would pay for a bus ticket up there and I accepted.
I know I'm sounding and being desperate but I am. I can't take the violence and abuse anymore. I promise. As soon as I can make enough money I will come for you and come home and you will come with me.
Remember the times we have had together. Remember the places we used to go.
Remember me:
Forever and Always.
Always and Forever.
Baby, You and Me.
I love you.
Your girl, Corey<3
"I'll drive over now; do you want to come?"
"No. I can't see him," I told her quickly. A small tear strolling down my cheek.
"Okay," she gave me another quick hug and ran out the door. I went back to the tree house and instantly fell asleep.
***Ezra's Point of View***
"Amy?" i asked once I saw her at my front door. She was worried and her eyes red and puffy. She had been crying, "What's wrong?"
"Corey...here..." it was hard for her to speak.
She handed me an envelope that had my name and a heart on it...no...Corey.
"What is this?" I asked her.
"Read it; it explains everything," she pulled me into a tight hug and released me, tears filled her eyes.
"Do you want to come in?"
"No. I have to go," she ran away from the door, into her car, and sped off.
I walked back into my house and walked up to my room.
I lay on my bed and read the letter.
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No. She can't...She wouldn't...She has to...She's leaving me...us...she is leaving us.
Her family...I never knew...I'll kill them for hurting her. I couldn't...they can't know that I know about the abuse...they can't know I know she left...or where she is going.
I love her...and I'm losing her.
Corey and I have been dating for the past three years. She and I have known each other since preschool and we were always meant to be. Amy always called us soul mates. We made it official then and now I'm losing her...all over again.
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