The plane flight was long and quiet. The flight was said to take about eight hours. The only sound that was heard in the quiet atmosphere was the loud music that emitted from a young man's cell phone. His headphones weren't very good at keeping others from hearing the music that played, so the lyrics of the song were faintly heard throughout the plane. The young man was staring out the window at the dark sky and clouds that were scattered around. He brushed his brown hair from out of his face and sighed quietly. The most of the other passengers were already asleep and he didn't want to wake them, though he knew his music wasn't helping. He had the same song playing since he got on the plane and he's already been in the air for three hours now.
SO YOU CAN THROW ME TO THE WOLVES
TOMORROW I WILL COME BACK
LEADER OF THE WHOLE PACK
The song, oddly enough, encouraged him to leave his home in the first place. It's been his favourite song since he was twelve years old. He was sixteen now, he's decided to leave his past behind him. His parents didn't care. That was why they weren't with him. If they did, they'd be sitting next to him on the plane, coaxing him to go to sleep.
BEAT ME BLACK AND BLUE
EVERY WOUND WILL SHAPE ME
EVERY SCAR WILL BUILD MY THRONE
He started to lightly tap his finger against the glass of the window as the instrumental part of the song played. He smiled, remembering how he even got on this plane. He just wanted to leave. He was in a hurry.
THE STICKS AND THE STONES THAT
YOU USED TO THROW HAVE
BUILT ME AN EMPIRE
SO DON'T EVEN TRY
TO CRY ME A RIVER
CAUSE I FORGIVE YOU
YOU ARE THE REASON I STILL FIGHT
He just looked up 'cheap flights to America' on his computer. He took the first one that popped up. It was to Cincinnati, OH. He knew that the shark would probably find him sooner or later. He needed a new name. He needed a new look, a disguise. The young man figured he could dye his hair some wacky colour and get a few piercings. That would get him noticed... He didn't want to be noticed... Fuck it.
SO YOU CAN THROW ME TO THE WOLVES
TOMORROW I WILL COME BACK
LEADER OF THE WHOLE PACK
BEAT ME BLACK AND BLUE
EVERY WOUND WILL SHAPE ME
EVERY SCAR WILL BUILD MY THRONE
He didn't want to sleep. He'd just travel deeper into the darkness of his mind and nightmares would take over. He forced himself to stay awake. Though he was slipping into sleep more and more every second....
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"Sean? Is that your name?" The man looked down at the brown haired boy with a sadistic smile on his face. The boys parents didn't answer, they just watched the man place the knife on his throat and chuckle. "If I don't get the money by next week, I kill him. How does that sound?"
His parents said nothing, but shivered in fear.
"Let them go. We'll be back in a week, you two. Try to run and you're dead."
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Do I Matter?
RomanceSean is a young man in a new school that's in a new country filled with many new people. The only reason he's here is because he's running. Running from his past. He feels everything from his past is causing him to question his own worth. He feels a...
