Running Away

No name

"Hey, Lycia." Blue eyes shakes me gently. "Time to buckle our seat belts."

"Okay." I murmur, whilst I climb back into my seat and buckle my seatbelt.

"You're okay now?" He checks.

"Yeah." I reply.

"Good." He smiles and I can't help but smile back. "Your smile is beautiful." He compliments.

"Thank you." I blush and look down.

"No problem, bae." He says while intertwining our fingers.

My heart begins to pick up pace so I wiggle my hand out. He looks hurt so I cover it up with a scratch on my cheek.

"Look I-," My voice trails off. "Thanks for everything."

"No problem, bae." He smiles big and rubs my arm.

I grimace slightly and pray he doesn't notice.

"Are you sure you're okay?" He asks.

Thats my luck for you.

"Fine!" I fake a smile.

"Okay . . ." He gives me a look that says he doesn't believe me but says nothing.

-

We exit the plane and Blue eyes carries my suitcase the whole time.

"You don't have to." I say quietly.

"I want to, bae." Blue eyes responds cheerily.

"Oh." Is all I reply with.

"Lycia? Lycia! Lycia!" I'm greeted by my little niece, Anna, running up to me.

"Hey Cutie!" I smile and pick her up.

She giggles as her blonde curls bounce up and down.

Just because my life sucks doesn't mean I hate ALL people. I try to treat young children well so that their life might turn out better than mine.

"How's my favorite littlest niece?" I ask tickling her stomach.

"Good!" She says between fits of laughter. "I missed you!"

"Awe I missed you too babe!" I respond while setting her down.

"Ah, Lycia!" My Aunt jogs up and gives me a huge hug.

"Aunt Carol!" I smile.

"Its great to see you!" My Uncle Davis kisses me on the forehead.

"You too Uncle Davis!" I hug him lightly too.

"Aye what about me?" I turn to see my cousin Colton smiling at me.

"Colton!" I exclaim running into his arms. A tear falls down my cheek as he hugs me loosely. They all know to hug me with littlest contact, except Anna.

"Who the hell are you?!" Hunter yells ripping Colton from me.

Big mistake.

Colton punches Hunter straight in the jaw.

"Don't you fucking touch me! After everything you do to my cousin! All you put her through! You don't even deserve to live!" Colton yells before punching Hunter in the stomach then jaw again.

"She's my girlfriend." Hunter forces out. "I can treat her how I fucking want."

"No you can't what the hell is this?! Slavery? She's not your fucking property! Stay away from her!" Colton shoves him to the ground and kicks him a few times.

Hunter just stands up and runs away. He may beat me up, but he hates getting hurt.

Colton then turns and hugs me while I sob into his shoulder.

"I missed you so much, Lyci-bear." He says stroking my back lightly.

"I missed you more, Colty." I reply into his shoulder.

"Who's he?" Aunt Carol asks, pointing at Blue eyes.

"Oh, just a guy I met on the plane." I explain.

"Hello, I'd love to stay and chat but I gotta get going," Blue eyes says politely. "See you at school, Lycia."

"Bye . . ." I trail off, I don't even know this kids name.

Before I can ask for it he's gone into the sea of sleep-deprived people milling around in the airport.

My uncle takes my suitcase and leads me to his red Chevrolet outside.

-

We arrive at their house, or should I say Mansion, and my uncle leads me up to my room.

"Here we are, pumpkin." He announces while placing my suitcase on the bed.

My mouth hangs open. Its a big room with white walls and a huge window with a balcony facing the neighbors balcony. There is a kingsized bed with a white and blue ruffled duvet and matching pillows. The nightstand has a mini fridge in it and there is a desk on the far wall. On the desk sits a white iMac, Macbook pro, and a canon camera/tripod. Next to the desk there is a huge walk in closet I could jump around in.

"You like it?" He asks.

"I love it!" I say breathlessly.

"Great!" My Uncle says satisfied.

"Why the camera?" I ask walking over and picking it up.

"Oh, well your Aunt and I thought that maybe you'd want to make youtube videos? As a way to give you a new start."

"Oh," I say.

"Colton wanted a new camera anyways so we gave you his old one." He admits.

Colton makes youtube videos and has 600k subscribers. So thats why they want me to make them too.

"Okay." I agree.

"Great!" He says again. "Oh before I forget!" My uncle digs through his pocket and hands me a gold credit card. "For clothing, make-up, hair, school supplies, whatever."

"Thank you so much, Uncle." I smile and give him a kiss on the cheek. "You don't have to do this, though."

"I want to, sweet pea."