Almost free

1) The beginning

What I imagine Hannah looks like

My name is Hannah and this is my story.

The story of how I ran away and found love. My mom died when I was 5. My father however is still alive, much to my dismay. He was never a father to me and never was a husband to my mom he abused both of us. My mom used to take the blunt of it all. At first it was mental,calling me a whore,saying that I was worthless. Then it escalated into something truly terrifying. After one too many drinks one night, he started beating my mom, then he moved onto beating me when my mom couldn't take anymore or when she passed out from the pain or blood loss.

I've tried to contact people but they can't help he is my legal guardian. When I contacted child protective services  my dad made it look like nothing was wrong. Forcing me to cover up my bruises with makeup. After the inspector left he beat me almost within an inch of my life. I've never been in so much pain. He said that if I ever tried anything like that ever again he would kill me. So I swore to myself, at a very young age, that I would never be like my father.
Now  I am still alive and I have a plan, the one person that knows about this plan is my best friend Sarah. She supports me in this plan and she promised to make a cover up story to my teachers and the police if it comes to that.

"Hey, are you ready?"asked Sarah.

"As ready as I'll ever be.", I said with as much confidence as I could muster.

"Just remember my great uncle Dave has a truck and a house halfway to Oklahoma that you can use and remember only use cash. I'll visit you next summer." 

"I remember,you're making it seem that you're the one running away. Do you remember the cover story?" I asked

" Of course I do,"said Sarah."You went to live with your great aunt out in the country to get away from all the hustle of the city. Her aunt has no internet so there is absolutely no way to contact her and the reason her father doesn't know about this trip is because he forgot that it was this year."

" I don't know how to thank you for all that you're doing for me, I mean lying to the cops and teachers is pretty big."

 " Anything to help you get away from him."

 After Sarah said those words it made everything seem so real.

"Remember to meet at the  park at 2:00 to check on last minute things, and to say goodbye. " After I said, I could see Sarah begin to tear up.

"Hey," I said "Don't cry because then you're going to make me cry and then we will both be absolute messes." I said with a faint laugh. Sarah pulled me into a tight bear hug once I was done talking and we cried into each others shoulders for a few moments before we went to class.

 " Sarah," I said breathlessly while she was continuing to squeeze the life out of me,"We need to get to class unless we want detention, again." Fun fact me and Sarah are always late to class because we do this.

"Ok," Sarah said while reluctuntly pulling away from our hug,"I will see you tonight or is it tomorrow morning?"

"I think it's tomorrow morning? I'm not sure let's just call it tonight so that we don't get confused anymore."

Then was when the lovely bell decided to ring signaling that we were late once more. Which meant that I now had to face the walk of shame that every student knows. The walk to your desk when you are late after speaking to the teacher explaining why you are yet again late.

When I walked into my first period class my teacher, Mr. B, was busy talking to the class about something that seemed to be important.

"Ah, look who decided to join us today." Mr. B said in his booming voice that echoed off the walls.

"Sorry Mr.B I wasn't paying attention to the time." I said hoping that he would buy it and let me slide past without a detention. Luckily fate was on my side, as Mr.B continued talking. 

" As I was saying before we were interrupted by Ms. Kingsley, we have a new student joining us who has just moved from Montana. Please welcome Jacob Peterson."

Just then the most gorgeous boy I've ever seen walked into the room. I was so distracted by him that I didn't even realize that Mr.B assigned him to me as my lab partner. When he came over to my station I really got a good look at him. He had these bright blue eyes that made me feel like I could trust him with anything, he also had this mop of brown hair that made him look like a cowboy from an old western movie, but I was quickly pulled out of my trance when he said," Hey you're Hannah right?"

Still halfway in my trance I replied stammering," y-yes and you're Jacob right?" 

He just replied with a laugh. "Yes if I wasn't then I would feel bad for that poor sap that had to be tortured in front of a gorgeous girl like you." He said with a smirk that made him seem even hotter than before. After he said that my heart just stopped. My cheeks felt like a bonfire on my face. I stood silent for what seemed like forever.

Until Jacob asked, "Hey are you ok?"

 Not thinking of what I was saying I said, "I'm ok now that you're here." Now keep in mind that I've always been the outcast of the school, the ghost. I've never had a boyfriend,or had a relationship with anybody, because of my home problems. While I was totally freaking out, Jacob said, " Well I'm glad that I can make you be ok beautiful." Then the bell rang, signaling that class was over. He walked out, but not before saying bye to me with a smile that could make me melt. The rest of the day was a blur all I could think about was Jacob and tonight. Feeling happy for once in my life to go home, knowing that it would be my last time to ever look at the place that caused me so much harm.

Hey hope you guys are liking the story so far. I am in the middle of doing major rewriting and a lot of editing so if you notice any plot holes or things that don't seem to make sense, that is why so please don't leave hate comments, because if you do, they will be promptly deleted.