The Runaway

Five:// Do you know what leaving me alone is?

(Chapter title honestly me at school)

"Beauty queen of only 18, she, had some trouble with herself. He was always there to help her, she, always belonged to someone else."

-She Will Be Loved, Maroon 5.

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When I started to wake, I heard voices.

"..just tell me." I hear Ashton's voice. I open my eyes slowly, and shut them instantly against the light.

(A/N: Me getting up for school.)

"Man, it isn't my secret to tell." I hear Zach state blankly. "If she opens up to you... Man I'm sorry you had to hear." He says, and I can imagine him shaking his head.

"Its bad, isn't it?" Adeline's soft tone reaches my ears.

"Yeah. Real bad. I'm so sorry she's had to deal with it, with what happened." He says. I feel something cool touch my forehead. I don't move.

"Did someone... Did someone r*pe her?" Ashton asks slowly, with an angered voice.

"No, no, not at all." Zach dismisses quickly. I hear breaths of relief.

"Mmsh." I groan slightly when a slight pain hits my head. A wave of sadness, depression washes over me suddenly, a feeling of pain hitting my heart. I feel my face twist. I open my eyes and sit up to see them all looking at me. "Jacket. Please." I state instantly, clutching my aching chest with one hand. I take rapid breaths. Adeline and Genevieve stare at me with wide eyes. Zach hands me my pills. I take them dry quickly, and calm myself down.

"What time is it?" I ask, laying back and staring at the ceiling as my chest aches so heavily, its like drowning.

Everyone is silent for a few minutes.

"Around one in the morning." Zach says.

"Hmm. Usually I'd still be drinking right now." I calmly state. I look around. "Why are we at your house?" I ask curiously. He shrugs.

"Didn't feel like driving elsewhere." He says. I roll my eyes.

"How are we supposed to get home?" Adeline asks. I purse my lips for a second.

"Kehlani would be either drunk as fuck - she's a total lightweight even though she's been drinking for two years straight - or she'd be in the middle of fucking Andrew." I ponder. Ashton's face twists in disgust. "What? Don't act like you've never had sex before. Stacy Williams in Sophomore year." I state. His eyes narrow.

"Ew." is all he says, and I give a real smile, laughing. A slightly glazed look goes over his features.

"Hmm.. Red is my ex-fling, so no." I state.

"Definite no." Ashton agrees.

"Oh! I have an idea." i say. I text Kehlani. Luckily, she isn't in the middle of doing the nasty because she replies back instantly.

L- Think you could help with something?

K-Yeah

L- Can you get a friend to pick me up along with a couple of people?

K- Walk of shame? Yeah I'll call up my friend Jay.

L- Ah okay. Thanks. And not exactly.