Count to Ten - A Robbie Kay FanFiction

Chapter 10 - Flashback

A/N:.I changed my book cover again and I'm so proud of it right now! x) like I spent so much time and effort trying to make Robyn and Robbie look realistically together and personally? I think I did pretty well.

So this chapter is a flashback to when Robyn was 10 and still lived in Houston. Keep in mind that it is in the perspective of a child, so sentences won't sound very educated. :) enjoy

*Flashback to 8 years ago*

I hate mom.

I hate dad.

I hope never to see my parents ever again.

I ran down the road and didn't care where I was going. As long as I never got to see them again, I can be taken away by an eagle and not whine or complain.

My legs started to shake because they got so tired and I dragged them until I stopped. I rested my hands on my knees to take a break and catch my breath. It felt like I had ran for nearly 30 minutes without stopping. My heart felt like it was screaming to the sound of a massive drum roll - And it hurt.

I attempted to stand up straight and felt pain through my diaphragm. But I stayed standing and ignored it. I had to keep going.

But before my legs started moving again, I looked around. I had ran to a place where I've never set my eyes on before. Fields of grass surrounded me and thick forests lied in the backround. I noticed a thin trail leading to the forest and it triggered my curiosity.

I began moving my feet, walking through the trail and following it towards the forest. There was a wide opening that led me to seeing all the tall thick trees, standing together as if they were best friends. The forest was wide, and I couldn't even see it to the end, for that there was always a tree blocking my way.

I took a moment to decide whether to keep walking or go back. I thought back to what I had overheard mom and dad saying. I scowled at the thought of them and started walking through the forest. I made sure to dig my feet deep into the dirt so I could follow my trail back out of the forest.

Everything was so beautiful. Every once in a while, birds would chirp and their songs would bounce off the trees and echo off into the sky. It made me wonder what it was like to be a bird. If I could turn into a bird, I could just fly away to a place like Japan, and my parents would never find me. I envied the birds. I wished they understood how lucky and free they were to do whatever they want. If I had one wish, I'd wish to grow wings and fly with all the other birds.

I had already walked for so long and so far, but I didn't want to stop. There were always little creatures flying around, climbing up trees, digging into the ground, and simply walking their bare feet on the ground. Sometimes I wished to speak their language so we could just talk all day long about everything.

20 minutes has passed, and I was still walking. I nearly forgot to dig my feet into the ground so I could form a trail.

All of a sudden, a bird flew out of a tree hole and scared me half to death. I watched it fly high into the sky then stop at a branch of a tree. I stared at it and watched it sit still and motionless as if there was nothing else to do.

Then, right before my eyes, I saw something that jogged my excitement. A large treehouse sat at the top of the tree, and a tall ladder stuck to the side. I wouldn't have ever noticed it if the bird never flew near it.

Without thinking, I climbed up the tree and smiled widely. Not once did my eyes trail off from the tree house. Ever since I was a child, I would always wish for my dad to build a tree house, seeing he was an architect. But he never had the time to do that for me.