The Start

Chapter Ten

Jade's pov

I woke up and looked at the clock to see it was only 9:00. I sighed and got back out of bed and went over to John as I went to rub his head he opened his eyes.

 "Hey." he whispered.

 "Hi buddy." I whisper back

 "When are we going?" he asked 

"In about an hour," I replied. 

"Why can't we go now?" He said 

"You know what? Your right. I'll go wake Braden up. Get dressed." I whispered unsure of why I still was when I decided to wake Braden. I walked over to the bed he was in and looked back at John who was already dressed and holding a cup of water smiling mischievously. I walked back over to him and put my hand in the water. It was freezing. I smiled, walked back and, without even thinking twice poured it on Braden. He jumped up and cursed. He glared at me and then smiled he walked to me and my heart started to race. I looked at him confused. When I realized what he was doing it was to late he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly.  

"Get off!" I screamed

 "Hey, it's not my fault! You're the one who poured water on me." He said, "Why did you wake me up anyway?" He asked. 

"Me and John decided we should go now." Came my reply. 

"Your right. Hold on." He said. 

He walked to the tv grabbed the remote and turned it on and to the news. 

"Yesterday afternoon a woman was found dead stabbed to death in her own home. Her husband the police chief said he found his two kids and the neighbor with her when he got home. The kids are now missing. And have been put on the top of the suspect list." 

"Dang it!" Braden screamed.

 "There on to us. We have to go now." He said. 

"No!" I shouted

 "No?" He said 

"Yes, no you and John can go home I'm the one who did this. Not you and John."

 " We.re not letting you do this alone. So shut up and get your stuff together." He said 

"Okay." Came my short reply.

So we headed out.
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"Where are we, we've been driving for hours?" John whined from the backseat.

 "Colorado." Came Braden's short reply. 

"Where are we going?" John asked. "New Orleans," Braden said sounding slightly annoyed. 

"Hey," I said as I put my hand on his arm. 

He tensed at the action. 

"Are you okay?" I asked as I withdrew my hand. 

"Yeah." He said stiffly. He looked at John through the rear-view mirror an said:

 "Just take a nap I'll let you know when we get there." An so we continued to drive away from everything we've ever known. And it's all my fault.

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