Running Away (a Louis Tomlinson fanfic)

Chapter 2

September

Chapter Two: 

Alice's Point of View

"Alli!" Daniel yelled as he wrapped me in a bone crushing hug.  I hadn't realized how much I missed him until right now.  I had to swallow the lump in my throat realizing I missed my whole family.  Daniel picked up my small bag off the conveyer belt.  "Where are your other bags?" he asked.

"That's, uh, that's all I have," I said looking down suddenly feeling ashamed of my past again.  The fact was after the trial Daniel knew practically everything about where I'd been the past two years and suddenly I felt dirty in front of him.  Like I wasn't good enough.

"Oh, ok." He said and with that he started walking to the car.  His car seemed really nice and as I got in I realized Daniel must have done well in the last few years.  He had a fancy car, he was wearing a nice suit, and he flew me here first class.  I felt proud of my cousin knowing while I was gone he had accomplished his dreams.  As Daniel got in the car I noticed his expression had turned more serious.  He started the car and turned to me, "Why didn't you call me?" He asked and started to pull out of the airport parking lot.

"I got your calls, but I didn't have time to return them." I lied.

"Bullshit." He said seeing right through me, "and I don't give two shits that you didn't return my calls.  I meant why didn't you call me when you…"

"When I ran away from my dad?" I finished his sentence.

"Yeah." he sighed. He turned his eyes back to the road "or when your mom left.  Look if I had known what your dad was doing I, I would've…" He trailed off again.

"It's ok." I said. "I didn't call you because I thought I could take care of myself."

"So you thought it'd be a good idea to run off with some guy instead of your own family?!" He shouted.  He was right and I felt ashamed again as I turned away from him. He noticed and his voice softened, "Look I'm-I'm sorry it's just I can't, I won't imagine you going through the things your dad, or that guy put you through.  I know it's been hard, Al."

"You have no idea…" I trailed off.  It was true he didn't even know the half of it.  He knew what my dad did and he knew that I went to live with Ryan, but that was it.  I couldn't bare to tell him about it.  We pulled into the drive way and when we walked in he motioned me to sit down on the couch.

"Tell me what happened. The whole story." He said looking straight into my eyes.  He knew I was hiding something, but I was hiding way more than I thought.  I knew I would have to tell him at some point.

"Look Dan, I will, but it's been a really hard couple of days and I'm exhausted.  Soon, but I can't quite tell you yet.  There's just so much…" I trailed off as he walked over and rubbed my back as tears started to form.  He led me up to my room and told me he'd be taking me shopping tomorrow.  "What for?" I asked.

"Clothes," he chuckled gesturing towards my tiny suitcase full of maybe five things.  It had a few pieces of clothing, some cheap practically empty make up, sleeping pills, and cigarettes.  I don't smoke anymore, but I thought after the trial and with the stress of the next few days I might need one.

"But why so soon, It's not like I have to be anywhere."

"It's Saturday, the first day of school is Monday."  I had completely forgotten about school. I hadn't thought about it for so long now.  I groaned and buried my head in my hands.

"I know it sucks, but your lovely cousin pulled a few strings and convinced your new school you had just enough credits to not have to repeat last year."

"You're the best." I smiled and hugged him.  Maybe this wouldn't be so bad.  School would give me a chance to think about something other than the horrifying events of the past few years.  Not only was I starting at a new school, but I was in a new country.  I had the opportunity to make all new friends and a new reputation.  This was the perfect opportunity for me to start over and, to be honest, I was kind of excited.

Hey guys, I know the first two chapters were like insanely short, but they're just like background information.  Starting at the third chapter they get much longer, I promise :)  Thanks for reading and let me know what you think!!  You can either comment or message me on tumblr at http://duncastah.tumblr.com/faqask :) xx