Run Away With Me

8

We were in the car now, it was late, and we just made it to Kentucky. Blake pulled into a hotel, "I'm gonna go see if they have any room." He got out of the car and walked into the hotel. I sighed and thought about what happened. He loves me. I didn't tell him I loved him because I honestly don't know. We had a great time together in Maine and Vermont and every where else we've been at. I do like him, I just don't know wanna say I love him yet. I feel like I do, I just want to be sure. I watched as he walked towards the car. "Okay, they have room, let's go." I gathered some stuff and followed him to our room. I noticed one bed. "So they only had one bed available, I can just sleep on the floor tonight." He said. "Um, okay." I laid my stuff down, "I'm gonna take a shower." I said. I walked into the bathroom and took a hot shower.

I stepped out of the bathroom to see a pile of blankets and a pillow by the bed. "Nice set up." I said with a chuckle. "Thanks, it looks comfier than your bed." He said. "Yeah, I'm so jealous." I laughed as I sat in the bed. "Where are we going tomorrow?" I asked. "We can go to Louisville and explore a bit." He answered. "Okay." I laid down in my bed and watched as he turned off the light and made his to his bed. His bed was right next to me and I smiled knowing that he just wanted to be near me. He laid down on his back while I laid on my side and stared at him. "Do you normally sleep with your eyes open?" He asked. "Yeah. You should try it." I said which caused him to laugh. A few moments had past and I watched him, he was peaceful and perfect. I missed the way his arms wrapped around me. The way his body was pressed against mine. I wanted him near me. 

"Blake." I whispered. "Yeah?" He whispered back. "Come here." I watched his shadow rise and I scooted over as he got in bed with me. I kept my body close to his, I grabbed his arm and wrapped it around my waist and closed my eyes. "Goodnight." he kissed my head and we fell asleep. 

I woke up and saw Blake looking at me with a smile on his face. "Morning." "Morning." We laid there for a while then I rolled over to look at the ceiling. "Did you sleep good?" he asked. "I slept perfectly." "Me too." "I'm hungry." I said. He laughed and sat up. "Let's go." We changed and grabbed our stuff and headed to his car and drove to Louisville. He parked his car and we walked to a cafe. 

"Well I'm thinking waffles. What about you?" he asked. "Eggs and Bacon." "That sounds good too." We skimmed over the menu and placed our orders. "So do you have any siblings?" He asked. "Yeah, two little sisters. Katie and Annie, they're twins. You?" "Nope, I'm an only child. Is it fun having sisters?" "Yeah, I love them so much. Sometimes when I'm upset they come in the room and make everything better." I smiled as I reminisced about my sisters. "Having siblings must be great. I never really had anybody." I looked at Blake as he stared at his water. "Well you had your parents right?" I asked. "Sort of. My dad left us when my mom started getting sick. She has Alzheimers and when she got to hard to handle he left. My mom doesn't remember me. So it's like I'm alone." "I'm sorry." I reached over and grabbed his hand. He ran his thumb over the back of my hand and lifted my hand to face and planted his lips on it. "What about your parents? Are you close with them?" He asked. I sighed and turned my head to look out the window. "My mom and I were pretty close, I used to be a daddy's girl. We had that All-American family vibe, then he screwed up. My dad cheated on my mom with her best friends, and other people." "Wait, 'friends' as in multiple friends, like plural?" He questioned and I responded with a nod. " Yeah, he lied about it more than I could count, but I caught him, my mom caught him. People talked. Everyone in Pittsburgh basically knew. Our house was vandalized because one of the girls he slept with was the mayors 26 year old daughter. People found out they assaulted and threatened us, going to school sucked for me. Our lives changed, yet my mother chose to stay with him. Her marriage is more important than her self-worth apparently." I sipped my water and ran my hand through my hair as I waited for his reaction. "Do you wanna go back home?" I gave him a questioned look, "Um, was it something I said?" "I mean when we are done with all of this, are we going back to Red Pine?" "Why don't we wait until we get to that point." I suggested. "I don't wanna go back. I wanna find a place and stay there and never go back." "I have school and I don't have enough money to find an apartment. I don't have enough education to get a job." I said. "I've got you covered." He said with a smirk. "Where are you getting this money?" I asked. "It's my dads." "What, are you stealing from you dad?" I asked. "No. After he left I tracked him down, he lives in New York. I confronted him and yelled at him and told him what he did was wrong. Long story short he said if I needed anything to let him know. His money is mine and he also offered me a job so when he dies I take over his business and I stay rich forever." "Oh." "So do you wanna go back to Red Pine?" I stared at his hopeful eyes. I knew he wanted me to stay with him, I wanted to stay with him. I never wanted to leave him, I just don't know what I should do. "Well what am I gonna do? If I don't go to Red Pine and I stay with you, I still don't have a job." He smiled at me. "You are gonna be fine. You don't need a job. You need happiness. Hearing you talk to your mom and knowing what you want in life, I can give that to you. I am gonna give you happiness, just tell me and I'll do it." Everything he was say was perfect but why? Why does he want to do this for me? What did I do to deserve any of this. "I need to go." I got up and left the cafe. I ran to a park and found a bench. 

I had been laying on the bench for a while now just thinking about Blake and what he was telling me. It was hard to believe that someone I just met wants to take care of me. I felt as if i'm being set, my mom hired this guy to love me and it's not real. Just how everything is being played out is strange. 

"Hey." His voice sent chills down my spine. I got up and walked away, "I don't wanna talk right now." "Are you okay?" He asked. "Blake, I don't want to talk to you right now. I have a lot to think about." I stated. He grabbed my arm and turned me to him. "What?!" I barked at him. "What are you thinking about?" He questioned. "Let me go. Just leave me alone right now, okay? I need to think about what you said and everything that has happened." I said. I wriggled my arm out of his hold and backed away. "Are you scared?" I stopped walking. Was I? I honestly don't know what I am right now. He walked closer to me and stared at me with his deep brown eyes. "Why?" I questioned. "Why what?" He asked. "Why are we here? Why are we doing this? why do you love me? Why do you have my life planned out with you already?" I asked. "I don't know." "Yes you do! You have to know! Is this some joke? Am I being punk'd? Is my mom behind all of this? Who are you?" I began raising my voice and a few bystanders were watching us. "You aren't being punk'd, your mom isn't behind any of this. It's not a joke, its our life." He said. "Our life? Since when do you get to dictate our life? We don't have a life yet? I saw you across the street and now we are running away together and now you think we are ending up together. You want me to live with you while we live off of your dads money and wait for him to die so you have a job! But what about me? What about what I want?" I asked "Well what do you want?" He asked with a raised tone. "I don't know! All of this happened so quickly, one day I'm a student and now I'm preparing the rest of my life with you! You don't get to sit there and tell me that our life is gonna be great! I don't want that! I want a real life. I want to find someone and love that person and go through struggles with him and find a place to live. I want a family. I want a job. Forget about a picture perfect life, I want a real life! I'm not gonna let you tell me what our life is gonna be like because what if there isn't a life for both of us!?" "Don't say that." There was hurt dripping from the words he spoke. "Say what? We won't have a life together? Listen, I just met you, I thought that I needed to run away but I was wrong. I'm going back home. I don't wanna start a life with a stranger." "I'm not a stranger Lexie, you know me." He said as he stepped closer to me which caused me to step back. "I don't know you. All I know is that you have family problems and you have money. I don't know your favorite food, what makes you happy, sad, mad, or confused. What is your favorite TV shows? Oh what is mine? What is my favorite movie? Tell me. If you get it right I'll stay. If you tell my what my favorite move is I will stay with you and we can live the life you want. I will shut up and we can go in your Jeep and go where else you wanna go. Tell me!" I stared at him and waited for his response yet he just stared at me. I shook my headed and walked the other way. "Good bye Blake." I looked at him as he stared at me hopelessly and I walked away.