Runaways

Chapter 2

Ash opens her eyes and sees Brendon Urie's face right above her in her bed. She smiles at it then starts to groan as she realize what today is.

It's Saturday. The day she has to spend with her new friends.

Don't get her wrong, she likes them more than she thought she would. Ash has never been that good with new people and it kind of scares her to spend that much time with them.

Plus she was going to suggest they run away, which is not something most people do. She was thinking about it the first day they met. After school Rachel texted Ash about the others situations and how they too had difficult lives at home.

She may not suggest it now. She'll most likely wait a few weeks then do it. Yeah, that'd be best.

Ash looks at the clock and notices it's 10am. Her sister will be leaving in 30 minutes. She decides to make some cereal and walks in the kitchen to find her sister eating a granola bar before work.

"Hey little sis! How ya been?" Bridget questions with her black hair sorted into a messy bun and her black slacks and button up making her look like what she is, a waitress at a fancy ass italian restaurant.

"I've been great," she yawn out as I grab a bowl from our tiny kitchen cabinets, "Today I'm going to hang out with some of my new friends is that okay?"

"Yes that's great. I've worried about you not hanging out with anyone lately so I'm glad you're actually enjoying yourself," she then laughs her... unique laugh. "Oh, Look at the time. I've got to be going. love ya!" then she scrambles to the door, barely hearing my response.

Ash sighs then sits down to eat her cereal. After she's done she washes it up and heads to the shower.

After her shower it ends up already being 11 so she drys her hair fast and puts it into a messy bun. She decides on wearing a black crop top, some high waisted black skinny jeans, and her black converse.

She grabs her black glasses and heads to her volkswagen.

She got this van after her mom died. Her mom had this van we she was just about Ash's age and loved it. Her mom had left it in the will for her ince, unlike her dad, she knew her time was almost up.

Ash's mom died of cancer when she was 8. Her died after an accident at work 3 years later. The timing could've been worse, at least Bridget had just turned 21 so they could live together.

Ash stopped at Starbucks and checks her vans clock. It is currently 11:54. She decides to go in and get a caramel macchiato, her favorite. She sees that Emmy is already there and decides to situate herself next to her. She decides to sit on the same side as her so that the two love birds can sit by each other.

Emmy is wearing her hair in a tight ponytail and her contacts. She has on some black and white adidas, skinny jeans, a plain white tee, and a sea foam green North Face Jacket.

"Hey Emmy," Ash smiled at her. That awkwardness was still in the air like when they first met. Neither of them knew why it was their, but after a while, it became normal for them.

"Hello Ash," Emmy smiled back, her dimples slightly showing through her tan skin.

After their awkward introductions Rachel and Tony appeared in front of them. Rachel had her hair in a pink beanie and she was wearing some white glasses. She was wearing a crop top like Ash's except it was white with a little flowers dotted around it. She was also wearing a pair of pink shorts, matching the light pink color of the beanie. She was also wearing adidas, but they were too a light pink color.

Tony had a black and white snapback hat on his black hair and just had some regular jeans and a grey shirt.

They all talked about random things for a while. Rachel was unusually quiet for the exchange. After about 20 minutes of being at starbucks, Rachel spoke.

"So guys," Rachel mutters out, seeming anxious, "I was thinking," She kept shfting herself in her seat. "We all have horrible home lives, I think we can agree on that, right?"

The other three nodded, confused on where she was going with this.

"What if we just," Rachel ducked her head closer to the table, the rest followed, "Ran away."

The other three were stunned for a few milliseconds, considering they all had the idea and they were going to pitch it.

"Yeah I know it's a dumb idea but I mean just think about i-," Rachel began rambling as she was waving her hands around.

"No, no, no Rachel," Emmy grabbed her her hands and smiled, "It's a great idea."

"We should go somewhere else," Tony added on.

"My sisters not home, we can talk about it there," Ash suggested anxiously, not used to having people over at her small apartment.

They all nodded and in about 5 minutes they were all in their cars and following Ash to her house.

-

Tony stopped in front of a decent sized building. You could tell that it actually situated around 6 different houses though.

The three walked in to the pretty small apartment and followed Ash through the hall into, what they presumed to be, her room. The walls were black and covered in posters from different bands, shows, and movies dotted around it. There was a desk with many knick knacks and tinier desk with a dollar store mirror above it. It was small but it fit Ash's personality very well.

"Yeah..." Ash scratches her head and looks around her room, obviously embarrassed, "It's not much, but I mean, it does its job."

Tony decides to sit on the the rolly chair in front of the big desk. Ash takes the mushroom chair in the corner, Emmy sits on the fluffy stool in front of the smaller desk, and rachel slouches on the bed.

They all sit and think for a while. About running away.

"Well," Rachel begins, "We should probably set up a plan. We can't just up and run away."

They all nod their heads in agreement, "We should wait until about April. That way we can collect money and gives us time to plan out everything." Emmy adds, to which they again, all nod in agreement.

"Where should we go," Tony adds on, "We need an ending destination."

"We should go to LA!" Rachel claps her hands and smiles wide.

'Oooo that's a great idea!" Emmy says sarcastically, "Where are we going to afford an apartment in LOS ANGELES!"

Ash's eyes go wide as she goes to her closet. She then reaches in and grabs a jar filled with hundred dollar bills, "I've been saving up. A lot of this money is from my parents. It was supposed to be for college but I cashed it all because I knew there was no way I was going to go. There's about 30,000 dollars worth in here. That should be enough for a few months, until we can get jobs and things."

"Ok, that answers that question," emmy laughs, "So whose car are we going to use? We can't bring them all, it'd be easier for people to find us, and cost way more."

"Obviously Ash's volkswagen. It's got room for everything we need!" Tony says gesturing to Ash, making her slightly blush at the attention.

The rest of the conversation is just them planning on the date, doing research on around how much money in total it will cost and seeing how many weeks of work they'll need to get through to get all the money needed.

They also decide they'll need to change their looks.

-

Time slowly, but also quickly goes. It's currently March 24, 2018. 4 weeks till April 21, the day they run away.

Today they are meeting up and planning what appearance changes they are going to make. Next week they'll be getting the car set up for the trip. The week after that they will be packing up everything. And then on the 14 they will be writing letters for their caregivers. Then on that final week they'll begin by buying food and drinks for the long drive, then they'll change the appearances, and at about 3 they will begin their journey. Beginning at their horrid homes in Fostoria, Ohio then to Rochester, Indiana 3 hours later.

NOTE: I probably should've mentioned this at the beginning of the story but oh well. The places I have chosen are random ones I clicked on on google maps. I have never been to any of them except the last two. Those ones are big cities many people visit. Some of these people are inspired by some I know but they're in n way completely based on them.