Blue Without You

Color on the run, Blue in the lead

My heart stops, my face glued to the picture of Clarence on the TV.

"Sky? What do we do?" Ash says desperately. His hands clench around my wrist. "Tell me what to do Sky!"

His lip starts whimpering, his hands start shaking, and his grip tightens.

"Let go..." I whisper. He looks down and jumps back, like my hands were fire.

"I'm sorry I just can't go through that again..." His voice whimpers sending chills down my spine.

"Okay I have an idea but you guys are going to think I'm crazy." Luke says wiping his hands off on his pants. Ash and I turn to him. "We could get out of town."

The thought of leaving this town I've been in for my whole life scares me, but the thought of seeing Ash in pain again scares me more.

"Let's do it." Ash says standing. "Sky go pack." I, somehow, stand and get up stairs. I throw all of my jeans and shirts. I leave a few outfits, but I bring my dress with me. I leave a little note on my bed, also leaving a few tear drops on it too. I brake open my piggy bank and take out a good 100 dollars.

"Sky?" Luke says leaning against my door. I jump at the sound of his voice.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you." His voice coo's. My hands latch onto my desk chair. I wave him off and he comes over. "Are you okay?"

"No..." He opens his arms and I collapse into him. "I'm sorry."

"About what love?" He says pulling my head towards him.

"Everything." He stares at my lips but I wiggle out of his grip before he has a chance to do anything. I grab my bag and my wallet and we go over to Ash's house.

My head is a blurry mess. I trip over three rocks just in my back yard and Luke has to boost me over the fence. When we walk into the back door, Ash is running into the kitchen.

"Okay I have clothes, food, car keys yes okay...wallet yup!" He says shuffling through his bag.

"Ash we need to get going." His eyes jump up to mine. He looks so worried. I stumble over holding onto the counter. "Let's go babe."

I grab his shoulders. He nods and we go out to Ash's car. Luke follows behind. We get to Luke's house and he runs inside to pack.

"Where do we go?" I say reaching for Ash's hand. He stares at the garage door in front of us.

"I don't know Sky..." We sit in silence.

"I don't know." He finally whispers.

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"I have an aunt in New Mexico?" Luke says popping his head in between Ash and I in the front seat. We are at least a hundred miles from Destin, the highway making the cheep glass shudder.

"Too far." Ash says sternly. "I say we have a good two days to get as far as we can. Someone will run my emergency credit card by then."

I hear Luke sigh and mumble something about having to be in a car for hours on end with a control freak.

"Oh shut the hell up Luke. You don't even need to be here." Ash spits as he pulls into a gas station.

"Yes I do. You do realize I was kidnaped too!" Luke yells getting out and slamming the door.

"Please Ash don't start..." I say rubbing my temples.

"He started it. He can whine just not around us." Ash gets out of the car and slams the door. He walks over and starts to pay for the gas. Luke walks over to my window and taps on it. I roll the window down and he leans over on it.

"Where are we going Sky?"

"Luke, we are all stressed and scared and we don't know what to do. Asking over and over again isn't going to help. What would help would be if you drove for a bit." Luke nods and walks around the back of the car and talks to Ash. I see Ash hang his head but he nods at the end.

I get out and sit in the back seat. Luke crawls in the drivers side and fixes the seat.

"Really? You won't even sit up here with me." Luke says sadly.

"Sorry." Is all I can make out. Ash finally slides into the back seat. I sit next to him and he threads his arm around my waist.

"I want to go home." He whimpers on my head.

"I do too." I say quietly. I grab onto his hand and start rubbing my thumb in circles. His breath slows down to almost nothing.

He is falling apart. Every time he is reminded of that night he turns into a shaking mess. But when Luke gets in between us he turns into this rock. I just hope when this all ends, it isn't me that falls apart and he has to stay strong for me.