Runaway Girl

Chapter 1(Lena)

Lena couldn't take it anymore, not even for another second, to stay in this house. It wouldn't make a difference if she would just pack and leave, given she was adopted anyway her mother never allowed her to forget that. She had been counting down the days until she would turn eighteen so she can be out in the worldon her own and even though she's onlya month shy from being eighteen, she can't stand to be here anymore. So she packs a few clothes in her backpack, it isn't much, but it's something and then she runs, out on the street no particular direction in mind.

It doesn't matter to her where she goes, as long as it's far away from here, far away from the family that's not hers. She had a family, once, when she was a toddler, but she lost them and at age four the Luthors adopted her. Life with the Luthors felt like living in a prison and after the stunt Lex pulled it only got worse. It was disappointing because she used to think he was better than that, but it turns out that he wasn't.

"You can pout all you want but i'm not going to let you drive," Alex says sternly, not planning to budge. "My car is my baby," she points out once again. "Fine," Kara huffs,leaning back onto her seat and crossing her arms over her chest. "At some point you're going to get tired you know."

"If i get tired we can stop at a motel or something," Alex replies, since she's really not going to let Kara drive her car. She worked hard to get this car, even helped to get everything on it working. Her car is red and the roof is pulled back, so they can enjoy the wind in their hair.

"It's getting dark," Kara comments, noticing how it's not that light outside anymore. "We're not even near a motel." Maggie chuckles and leans forward, settling her elbows between Alex and Kara. "It's pointless, Kara," she says, knowing Alex well enough. It would be weird if she wouldn't know her girlfriend well because they've been together since they were sixteen and now they're sort of on a road trip since Alex turned twenty-one recently.

"I learned how to drive a year ago," Kara point out, not agreeing with the cruelty of Alex not letting her drive at least once. "I'm seventeen I know what I'm doing." "Your age is irrelevant," Alex replies. "Give it up, Danvers junior," Maggie says teasingly to Kara."Alex won't even let me drive and I've been dating her for the last five years." "But I've been her sister for years," Kara retorts. "I used to share my desserts with her."

"Share?" Alex scoffs. "You always ate mine." Kara unbuckles her seatbelt and clambers over the seat to sit in the back. Maggie laughs lightly and takes the opportunity to take the seat next to Alex. "Alex slow down!" Kara shouts suddenly. "What the hell, Kara!?" Alex replies, shouting as she slows down a bit. "We're only five miles away from a motel," she says, nodding her head towards a sign next to the road that says so.

"I see something," Kara explains as she points her index finger in the distance. It's dark, but if she squints her eyes a bit, there's definitely something there, or rather, someone. "There is a person over there, walking next to the road." As Alex keeps on driving slowly, she's nearing the person Kara is referring to. "It's the middle of the night," she says dryly. "Maybe it's a drunken person or some type of hitchhiker. Kara watches how the person slumps down. "Stop the car," she says softly. "Alex, stop the car," she says with a stronger tone when her sister doesn't listen immediately. Alex sighs and pulls her car to the side, stopping it. "Don't do it Kara," she says, disagreeing as her sister hops out the car. "Stranger danger is an actual thing."

Kara doesn't listen and runs, hearing how Alex and Maggie jump out of the car as well to chase after her. She keeps on running until she reaches the person and when she's up close, she sees that it's just a girl. "Hey," she says, kneeling down. "Are you okay?" Lena slowly looks up, surprised that someone is actually talking to her. "Hi," she replies shortly while she wraps her arms tightly around herself. It's been getting cold, a bit too cold and she has been walking for hours, which makes her feel exhausted. "You're shivering," Kara says, concerned. She takes her jacket off and slings it around the girl's shoulders. "I'm Kara, what's your name?"